Hey, if anyone is curious, I made a ship modpack for FTL. It's called "Psillyships mod." It has 8 new ships, some of which involve custom weapons, and all of which involve unorthodox setups/strategies. None of them is an OP fan modship like you see in some mods. They all require a bit of a struggle to win with on hard/master mode.
https://www.moddb.com/downloads/psillyships
Note that this modpack also requires some other mods loaded in Slipstream Mod Manager as well in order to work: Hyperspace, Insurrection+, and the two Insurrection+ weapons/augments modules. (If I were you, I'd play with Hyperspace and Insurrection+ anyways since they have a lot of logical balance tweaks that I can't imagine going back to the vanilla game from).
https://www.moddb.com/downloads/psillyships
Note that this modpack also requires some other mods loaded in Slipstream Mod Manager as well in order to work: Hyperspace, Insurrection+, and the two Insurrection+ weapons/augments modules. (If I were you, I'd play with Hyperspace and Insurrection+ anyways since they have a lot of logical balance tweaks that I can't imagine going back to the vanilla game from).