Perhaps I missed it but I cannot figure out the ranges on the weapons.
I went with kinetic weapon focus and was getting my butt kicked by everyone before I could ever get a shot off. Once I had ships big enough to absorb the damage, they did not fire until they got super close.
It seems that energy weapons fire faster, more often, and at much greater range than missiles or kinetic. This pretty much removes any reason to not use energy weapons.
where can I see what my base ranges are?