I’m my experience, the Abyss is just not friendly to alphas and turreted ships. I’ve tried a lot of viable T1 cruiser fits, and missiles + drones is just king, which of course means Gila.
I’ve found you need about minimum 30-40 tracking for turrets with single web to hit some of the fast frigs. Blasters and autocannons can hit these goals. Unfortunately, even medium pulse lasers are usually under 30 tho.
I got a Maller fit that tanks tier 1’s easily, but I’m always cuttin it close at around 18-19 min cause it just has a hard time hitting the small targets. If you have to use lasers, I’d highly recommend an Ashimmu fit with MWD and scorch, so you can keep range farther out and hit easier. It comes in at about 200mil total price, but at that point, it’s getting close to Gila prices…
Here’s a thread for some Alpha fits if you don’t want to use a Gila: