[geoschmo]

In the stock game fighters and missles are of limeted use agaisnt tailsman. PDC are too easy to build and too powerful against them. And the PDC also gets the guaranteed hit of the tailsman. Not too mention the standard weapons can now be used with great effectiveness against your fighters cause they don't miss anymore.

Your only chance really is as Mephisto says, get in close and pound him to dust. Phased shielding, and your strongest per shot weapons. Throw out the rules about not using the big guns cause they take too long to reload. When you ship only gets one shot before going poof you want it to be the biggest shot you can make it. So this is a case where Null space can be superior to Phased polaron beams.

Also have lots of ships and plan on losing a bunch. If your enemy has tailsman AND can outproduce you are pretty much dead. Learn your lesson and next time take them out sooner.

Geo