A good mouse

When I rank, I'd have all the energy modules that you have installed.
As I start killing and using energy, I'd uninstall the energy modules but not enough to lose energy, and then mount more weapons.
Yes, it gets expensive, but the kills go even faster.

I'd also do that for every single itty bitty little thing. Shield rechargers? Waste of deck space. Shields? Waste of deck space.
Relays? Don't mount them at all until all your energy is gone.

Use scannning artifacts every time.

And make sure you have Null Fuses up the wazoo.