well first off you are putting yourself at a sizable disadvantage by banning early game pressure- The vasari have the strongest late game of any race and the TEC are the weakest late game race.

That said, him not building a supporting fleet is certainly in your favor

LRF will be shredded by his titan, but carrier bomber-massing would do the job nicely.  Just make sure to keep your carriers moving so they don't get titan'd to death.   Super late game bringing a few cielos for designate target would help too- but don't bring too many, they are going to die no question and feed his titan exp.

Once his titan is level 6 things get trickier as the Vorstra's level 6 ability can instantly kill large numbers of frigates in a small area.  At that stage it will benefit you to split your carriers in a few groups kiting in different directions.  But even then things will eb difficult- your best bed is to down that titan before it reaches level 6.

Depends how many skirantras he has. Kodiaks get torn to pieces by bombers and are only worth using if he doesn't have many bombers.  The chances of this are higher then usual though being that he isn't buildign a supporting fleet- just try to scope out how many skirantras he's building.

Also incidentally, gardas wouldn't be a great idea- they counter fighters, not bombers,(and it's bombers that counter kodiaks).  Not to mention late game flak frigates are titan food and don't tend to last very long.  So your support would be better as carriers carrying fighters since fighters are the counter to bombers.

All in all though massing carriers carrying bombers is usually a safer bet though.

I'd also like to note if he were ANY faction OTHER THEN the vasari loyalists, corvettes would be a great option.  Corvettes counter both titans and capitalships and are the best ships in the game for chasing down wounded capitalships.  The reason they don't work so well for vasari loyalists is ebcause the Vorastra titan is the only titan in the game who's AoEs can actually hit corvettes.

That said, corvettes would still be  an option if you're willing to constantly micromanage them in battle to keep them behind your fiend's titan, out of the brunt of it's AoE

 Building a titan would be a good idea in general.  The ragnarov has better focusfire then any other titan, so it will be flying death to a capship/titan fleet.  

Mines generally aren't worth using though and BRB is more of a frigate counter then a capship/titan counter, since titans & capships take 25% reduced ability damage and tend to have high shield mitigation when wounded.

Having an Akkan is always good though.

 Honestly the research that increases DPS a ton for vasari is phase missile research- since he's not building frigates this mostly means how much he benefits from said research will depend primarily on how many squads of bombers(read: how many skirantras) he has.

If he has a bunch you're going to need some fighters to deal with them.

You've got most of the main points in terms of composition.  Have a ton of carriers, mostly fielding bombers, but also some fighters if he has lots of skirantras, build a titan.  In terms of other frigates perhaps a couple cielos.  While his titan is still low level you could also get away with having a contigent of hoshikos, but try to not get these killed as they will feed his titan.

In terms of capitalships you should probably start with an akkan- It's Ion Bolt will be a huge asset in preventing his wounded capitalships from retreating.  Next I'd say grab A Dunov or 2-  Capships are nothing without their antimatter, and titans are likewise greatly diminished.  Having 2 Dunovs with maxed EMP blast constantly AoE AM-draining will take the fight out of his fleet pretty quick.

The Ragnarov titan's massive singletarget DPS & snipe will be a huge asset in focusing down the titan & capitalships & snipe will be strong for finishing runners.

In terms of focusfire, while the titan is still low level focus it first- you don't want it to grow and it should still go down pretty easy early on.  Later on if it does level up much you may do better to focusfire easier to kill capitalships first.

Well those are all tips for your main fleet.  Also remember to play TEC like TEC.  As TEC you're fightign a war of attrition- don't get commit everything to a single battle against his main fleet:  commit your mainfleet to the battle and then his his other borders with ogrovs while he's distracted.  Build a novalith or two and bombard his eco worlds.

 Uses steps like these and TEC's strong economy in general to ensure your economy stays superior to his, then do what the TEC does best: make trades- engage in a battle that costs you a few carriers and him a capitalship.  If you play your cards right your superior economy will leave you better able to recover your loses then he is- especially since any capitalship he loses when rebuilt goes back to level 1.

In short, while his refusal to build frigates may make a single decisive victory very doable, fighting single decisive battles is much more to the vasari's strengths then the TEC's- The TEC prefers to buidl a superior economy then chip away at the opponent with attrition and trades until the enemy fleet is nolonger capable of putting up much of a fight.

Also if all else fails, once he's a  bit more experienced lobby to allow early game action being that that is the main strength of the faction you play and his race is balanced around having a weak early game  

Thanks for the advice so far! Enjoy the rep, very good posts. C: 

Any other advice I can get will be greatly appreciated, especially regarding the following questions (and the one above). 

1. In this battle, would you recommend a Sova or a Dunov? 

2. How many Bombers would relatively quickly knock out a capital? I'm thinking about 70+, but I'm not sure. 

3. If I'm able to split up the carriers and kite them, would you recommend going for capital ships or the titan? I know he's extremely sensitive about the titan, so I feel that if I attack it, I might end up losing a chance to do some major damage to his fleet.

4. If someone loses a research lab, will the upgrades unlocked by it (e.g., health/shield upgrades, not fleet/structure upgrades) go away with it as well?

5. Are PJI's worth it?

6. Would pulling him to battle at a star or a heavily defended asteroid be better? 

Thanks again guys, great feedback!

Dunov's are a must have when titans are around for their antimatter draining. Sova's are realitively weak late game, though if isn't building any frigates at all you might find it okay to have one.

It's a good number, but the more the merrier. Just watch out for Kortuls and hanger defenses, they can jam/freeze your bombers if you don't manage them carefully.

Depends, especially early on the capitalships can easily be more of a threat than the Vorastra. High level Jarrasuls, Kortuls and Skirantras should all be priority targets over a level 1 Vorastra. However, you absolutely cannot let the Vorastra get to level 6, otherwise the Maw will be a mortal threat to your carriers, and it will be risky to engage with any frigates unless you've depleted its antimatter, effectively giving you the same handicap he has.

Generally stat improvements are kept even when the research labs are destroyed. What you lose are access to researchable frigates, structures and abilities.

Yes! If you can get him to attack you at a fortified planet with PJI's, you're set to kill something important. Combine with the Akkan's ion bolt to keep the most important caps from phase jumping.

The star's antimatter regeneration will hurt your Akkan's attempt to drain antimatter, but if your enemy is using a lot of Kortul's with disruptive strikes to do the same thing to you it may cancel out (though they also have an ability cooldown reduction so I'd guess he'd have the advantage). In a titan vs titan fight though the Ragnarov has the advantage however, as its abilities all do damage and use antimatter. If he isn't supporting his titan well scattershot + snipe at a star could work very well, but my first choice would still be a fortified planet.