Helios? Helios.

One of the main reasons that I love to fly the Helios, is the cost. Sure, I can’t do any combat in it what so ever, I can’t scare people away like an Astero / Stratios probably could, and it’s not something I can even re-fit for my purpose like a Tengu or a Loki, but it does what it’s meant to do very well (hacking) plus there is a fair amount of room for loot so long as you drop things off every so often.

The cost of the helios is pennies, you can do a site or two and make back everything you spent without too much issue (as you can tell from my screenshot above) so even if you were to lose the ship (we all do at one time or another) you’re not going to be out much ISK. My tengu on the other hand cost a pretty penny, and I’d be upset if I lost that one, so I don’t tend to fly it much these days. Not that I don’t have the ISK, I have more than enough, but it’s still not fun to lose expensive ships (unless of course maybe you have an entire corporation backing you with SRP).

The other reason I love the helios is because it is a fast little ship that can get out of most situations. I’ve got an interdiction nullifer on it, and a warp core stabilizer, with inertial stabilizers, bringing me to a 2s warp time. In wormholes I don’t need to worry about most of these things but I don’t really plan out where I’m going to be doing my adventuring, and I never know what situation I might want to be prepared for.

Anyway, I know this post is just me blathering on about how awesome the helios is – but I’m pretty sure it’s one of my most used ships and I just adore it.