The starter Ash fleet is supposedly one of the more potent ready-made fleets in the game, being surprisingly hard-hitting despite lack of focus (it's got electronic warfare, missiles and beams). And my fleet's primarily built to take on large, single enemies, so not an ideal matchup. But the CPU isn't too smart, so it balances that out. ;)
And, technically... I've too have got EW, beams and missiles... xD