Oneye
I have slight suspicious that this setting block your own ION , from version 14.1 further.
another very important rule,:
Not only protect your CR by armor, but put at least one as much as possible in the middle of ship, to survive RoD damage as long as possible.
And last but not least: practice piloting with lees ships than having huge fleets, even good ship cannot win against superior pilot with outdated ship, but used with100% efficiency.