I agree.  I use the skiff... I just let the Mycon fire, and then run around in back of it.  It's own homing blobbies will kill it.  It's pretty great to 1. ask them how they'd taste in butter, and then 2. kill them without hitting fire.  

You can try this save game editor.  I havn't tried it with v0.3 yet and I'd like to know if it still works?

http://www.classicgaming.com/starcontrol/files/uqm.shtml

I tried this, but a Gamespy login is required, and the login screen is apparently shot.  Is there any other site with the file?