Ships & Modules

So I am currently standing shipless and cannot decide on the ship to use, so I need some advice.

First, I only have 200mil saved up, so no super expensive ship suggestions please.
I am primarily a missionrunner(I do whatever missions the ship I fly can do, I'm not doig it for the best isk/hour output I can get).
I like exploration.
I like drones(and I am skilled in using them), but I will not not myself to them if needed.
I am skilled in shield tanking.
I CANNOT fly T2 ships or use T2 weapons.
I can use T2 shields + resistance buffers, shield rigs, weapon upgardes, drones(Only T1 Sentries), cov ops cloaking and propulsion.
I can fly all ships up to and in including all T1 Battleships of every faction.
I can use all weapons up to and including battleship class, however, I would prefer a smaller ship class, I dislike how slow Battleships are, and the fact that if I buy the hull, fitting it is impossible due to low funds =P

Any suggestions on ships are welcome, as I am currently just standing in Rens, without a ship =)

Gila, Navy Vexor or maybe a Myrmidon? That'd be my top picks with that budget. Gila is hella expensive for you and breaks the rule of "Don't fly what you can't afford to lose".

but it's also only 200mil. A Gila will make that in a few hours for you.

Well, someone was nice enough to donate a 1 time blueprint for a Typhoon, gues I will put it to good use =)
Time to mine =)

Sadly, as I stated, I cannoy fly T2 ships.
It would take me 40 days to get them trained.

And I agree on the Stratios, it is the ideal ship for me, it is just waaaay to expensive atm to be able to get one.

Okay.

Just train what you are training right now and take up the rest at a lter date. And what Ireland said, the Gnosis might be the ship for at this time.

Gnosis. Fitting is very forgiving, easy to shield tank, and you won't need to skill up any ship skills to get the most out of it. Can use a full flight of medium drones or carry 3 flights of light drones, gets a ROLE bonus to guns, missiles and drones, can scan down sites when you get tired of running those L3 SOE's for either LP or isk or a Stratios (awesome ship for running high sec exploration sites, including any DED site you find in high sec. You can make billions with one), one of the most agile BC's so you save time moving around in missions and sites.... The list goes on, it's a great PvE ship and because it has no skill requirements, you can focus on skilling up for the ship you truly want while using it to make isk.

Note: You can't take a BC into DED 3/10's and under.

And it only costs about 70-80mil fully fitted.

And if you don't want to risk a Gnosis (since they're limited), you also have the Prophecy. Drone boat, armor oriented, can fit both turrets and missile launchers. I used one for L3 missions and worked amazingly well.

Rifter.

It's too bad you can't fly any T2 ships, because the Harpy is an oustanding ship in level 3 security missions. It has all of the speed, signature, and resist tank in the world, range and tracking to take care of any size target, and enough power with antimatter rounds to splatter any ship fielded in a level 3 mission.

And for the price of ~30mil isk, it's a freaking STEAL. I sometimes use it to clear out the clutter of small targets in level 4 security missions when I'm feeling insane enough to do level 4 security missions for lols instead of for isk. Seriously. Do level 4 security missions in a frigate while playing Yakaty Saks and tell me you're not thoroughly entertained. But, the harpy can't take out NPC battleships.

...that's what my Enyo is for.

All of that sounds pretty good. And hey, if you got it to work for you, super props to you! Nobody should be raining on anybody's parade if it works for them. My philosophy is that if it works, it works. Just that simple.

I would just say though, running around in null? If the OP wants to go for it, just make sure you're in a clean jump clone first. :)