Ok, technically I played against myself, but part way through I forgot which side I was on, so it was probably fair.

The scenario:

The Decados and Hazat fleets have entered the system, looking to gain control.  Each side sends a couple of ships to the verdant, unexplored planet "Astra", but they're being careful, splitting up their ships to get a good look around.  Unexpectedly, there's a contact!  Galliots on both sides find each other and start the space battle, but the frigates on each side aren't nearby, and will take an undetermined amount of time to arrive!

Decados Ships:
Gypsy (Frigate)
Envy (Galliot)

Hazat Ships:
Honor (Frigate)
Courage (Galliot)

Courage starts at the bottom of the map, and Envy at the top.  The top left corner has a thin asteroid field.  The bottom left corner has a gas cloud and, a little closer, a very dense asteroid field.

Both ships head directly toward one another, each cutting to the side in time to make a broadside attack.  The Envy has an EMP Gun turret that gets a shot in early, but it misses (and never hits for the entire battle).

Too late, the Envy realizes that it should have taken the opportunity to fire its Grapple Guns and board the Courage, because the Courage has three times more Light Blasters than the Envy.  The Envy does its best to swing around under the withering blaster fire, but it's too late, and now she finds herself flying into the edge of that dense asteroid field.  Coming in too fast to avoid the deadly space debris, the Envy is relatively lucky, and suffers only four (out of a potential 28) hits.  The Envy finds herself crippled, with a fire in the mid-deck and flickering energy shields.

That's when the Honor shows up.  More bad news for the Decados.  The Honor isn't very fast, but the Envy is much slowed due to damage.  The Honor threatens the Envy with an even nastier Medium Blaster and very precise Light Lasers, but luckily for the Envy, the asteroid field makes it difficult for her enemies to get a lock.  Nonetheless, they do manage to plink away at her, and there's still no sign of backup from the Curses.  Discretion being the better part of valor, the Envy escapes out of the far end of the asteroid field, leaving the planet to the Hazat forces.

The Hazat take control of the resource-rich world, but don't find anything else of note there.  With the time available to them, the crew of the Courage refit the ship with an Advanced Sensor Array, the better to pin down those pesky Decados hiding in the asteroids.  Meanwhile, the Honor takes on other assignments, netting it a ship's Theurgist, whose holy rituals can mend hulls and give new life to damaged electronics.

The Envy, probably pretty annoyed at the crew of the Curses, does what repairs it can while in-system to correct the ship's structural integrity, though the fire damage still makes it difficult for the crew to get around inside and the shields are still unreliable.

All of this took about 6 turns.

Round 1:

Despite the Hazat's hopes, the Decados get the initiative, forcing the Hazat to make their move first.  The Gecko tries to draw them off, hiding behind the asteroid field, but they don't fall for it.  The Courage and Immortal gun it up the side, hoping to escape all the firepower strung out along the blockade.

The Gypsy fires medium blasters at the Courage, but despite the strain on the shields caused by the Courage's speed, they still manage to block the single hit.

So far, it looks like the plan is working.  The Gecko might be in trouble, but the Courage and Immortal are well placed so far.

Looking this over, if the Decados have any chance at all, they need to win the initiative this next turn.  If they can do that, the Gypsy might be able to grapple the Courage, slowing it down quite a bit.  Then, if the Distemper can pile onto it as well, that will stop it cold.  Then, assuming that the Decados ships can hijack the Courage, the Hazat will still win unless somebody can stop the Gecko.

It's either going to be a complete shut-out, or the closest game ever.