Bling? On the Other Side of the Spectrum

I made a lot of posts about that helios that I love – but I wanted to try something completely new. Last year I worked at building my own Stratios, and while I have been able to fly it for some time I haven’t actually found a situation where I wanted to – until now.

I know that everyone out there has their own preferences on what ship to use for what situation, and those ideas rarely ever line up, but I saw someone looking for a fit to use in C1-C2 where they could do relic/data sites (the safe ones) as well as combat sites (but not relic/data combat sites as those are typically one level higher than the system they show up in). They wanted to be able to spend extended periods of time in jspace. One of the more interesting answers, was a stratios.

Why wouldn’t I just stick with the tengu? Well, one of the issues I have is it is a complete beast when it comes to ammo. I go through a LOT of it. It takes up a lot of room, and I get tired of running out during long stints in jspace, I usually have to re-supply after a bit of time. It’s also not fit for any sort of PVP, which is fine but wouldn’t it be nice if I could be a little scarier.

I’m using the fit above for light combat, I have a bunch of drones in the bay, and I swap out the web for a data/relic analyzer when needed. Of course that also means I’m carrying around a mobile depot, I’m also carrying around a mobile tractor unit, salvager, and some nanite repair paste. This is roughly 30% of my cargo space, which is perfect. I have max drone skills and I don’t have to worry about ammo.

I’m trying it out this week to see how I make due. This fit is a HUGE amount of ISK compared to the Helios, but I’ve been collecting ISK and doing nothing with it for so long now, I figured I might as well splurge a bit. What else am I going to use it on, after all.

I also just crossed over the 80,000,000 skill point threshold! I’m excited about that one. The next closest character I have is at 22,000,000 so this is quite a gap. Still, I’m happy with how things are going in game. As always, fly your way! o7