12 Tie Phantoms for the win ;-p
I mean the poor transport is going to get hit with 60 dice at range 1
(Yes I know you can only have 8 small ships but I can still dream)
Actually I think you can have 12, 8 is for escalation or team epic if i remember right
Maybe go 4 Phantoms, and 6 Defenders with Ion Missiles those Ions will really come in handy