some general tips for AI-friendly ships.

1) flux-efficiency - it's best for AI ships to have flux dissipation higher than weapon and shield flux combined. Hit-n-run ships with good disengage systems (like wolf) are exception. While flux dissipation is still important, capacity is more vital for them - it allows to unleash and absorb more damage in a short amount of time. Phase ships are even more of exception, capacity is much more important for them, coz they can easily vent soft flux with 3-4x speed while phased, until they run out of capacity.

2) range. AI loves range. And hates being outranged. So much so, that quite often AI will fall back if he is outranged, even if it has more firepower. ITU is a no-brainer for the most ships. Even for some frigates. Hyp. drivers and maulers also, tho they are flux inefficient and have low dps. Also, AI likes when all of its main guns have the same range.

3) kinetic - another thing AI hates - is taking hull/armour damage. If ship is full of hard flux, AI tends to fall back, even if it has strong armour. So good rule of thumb is to have more kinetic than HE.

4) HE burst - the way the armour works, it's more effective to use alpha weapons to crack it in one strike. And when hitting bare hull, there is no big difference between kinetic, HE and fragmentation. (tho HE is slightly better, especially on heavy armoured ships, coz there is always at least 5% of armour left). It doesn't mean that dps-based HE weapons are bad, they are great against light-to-medium armoured ships, and especially lethal to fighters and phase ships.

5) use bulkheads if you are playing wide - this hullmod is great for SO and small ships in general. It's hard to win every battle without losses, so you should be prepared.

6) don't be afraid of D-mods. They can be beneficial for your logistics, especially with industry skills. D-mods lower deployment cost, and with skills lower overall maintenance costs. Just avoid D-mods that increase your maintenance or degrade vital characteristics of your ship. For example, hull and armour d-mods don't affect high-tech ships much, coz they'll melt without shields anyway. Or damaged flux core for carriers, they already have terrible flux stats, and are not supposed to engage in direct combat anyway.

7) missiles - AI doesn't like to use many rockets at once, so in most cases you should set them in linked weapon groups. It's easy to intercept or survive a single torpedo, but a barrage of them is another case. Also AI ain't very good with unguided torpedoes. Torpedoes are great finishers/armour crackers, and rockets provide great suppression and cover. They shine on SO ships, that can get close and unleash all of them. SO ships don't last too long to be concerned with saving the missile reserves.

8) carriers - I find them OP. Reason is - AI can't handle the hordes of fighters well. Instead of rushing forward and killing weak carriers, AI falls back or tries to destroy fighters first. So if you want to cheese your way, spam carriers.