Ships & Modules

1. Overview.

Greetings fellow capsuleers! This contest is simple. I'm going to post a ship setup, and the first one to post a battlecruiser setup that can beat it in a one on one fight wins iskies. The contest will run for 2 weeks or so, depending on how much interest the thread receives and I'll post a winner (if there is one) on or around the 16th of June 2012.



2. The target ship.

A lone Drake (Duh).

Highs

Heavy Missile Launcher II x7
Missiles of the Drake pilot's choice. They'll almost certainly be whatever your ship's weakest resistance is or whatever the Drake's damage bonus is. (Yes, the Drake does have a damage bonus.)

Mids

Experimental 10mn Afterburner I
Warp Scrambler II
EM Ward Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Shield Extender II x2

Lows

Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II
Ballistic System II
Ballistic System II

Drones
Drake pilot's choice, but again, probably going to hit against your fit's weakest resistance or Hobgoblin IIs, whichever is most effective.

Rigs
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I x3

3. Where you come in.

Select your best tech 1 battlecruiser setups and post them in this thread. If I like it, I'll do a test fight. First person to post a setup that I like that I can consistently beat my own Drake setup with wins the 100m isk. If you post a setup that I like, I may elect to give you 10m isk as a compensation prize even if you don't win the 100m.

A tip to designing a setup: I don't like Drake fits, so don't post any. Also, if it breaks the bank to set your loadout up, then I probably won't like it. That means if you're suggesting I take an officer fit Brutix up against the target ship, then don't expect to be winning the contest. Try to keep it limited to tech 2 or best named.

Some important notes: I'll give the benefit of the doubt regarding lock times, but if the Drake is able to simply right click empty space and warp away if his shields get low, then your setup isn't going to be Killing the Drake, is it? You might want to fit some modules capable of preventing a mid-fight warp-out.

4. The Test Fight

I'll select several setups that like and I think can beat the Drake setup I posted, and perform a test fight between them. The test will go something like this: I set up both ships according to the designated loadouts, warp my two characters to a safe spot, flip a can and commence fighting. Starting distance will be 20km. Both characters have similar skills, so one's not going to be fitting T2 modules while the other one is fitting meta 0 or anything. No fleet bonuses or other external effects. I won't actually be destroying either ship during the test fight since I'm the one funding this little venture and I own both of the ships that are doing the fighting, but I'm going to keep them fighting until a clear winner emerges which may include going down into structure.

Edit - I forgot to add, the test fight's Drake pilot may try such evasive maneuvers as "flying in a straight line with the afterburner on," "right click orbiting at a pre-designated distance" and other such l337 piloting skills. Also I may or may not decide to use overheating. If I do overheat, I'll be doing it for both characters.

[Myrmidon, Myrmidon]
Medium Armor Repairer II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Medium Armor Repairer II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Damage Control II

Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 800
Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 800
Experimental 10MN MicroWarpdrive I
Warp Scrambler II
Stasis Webifier II

Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Ion Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M

Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I


Hammerhead II x5
Warrior II x5
Hobgoblin II x5
Vespa EC-600 x5

I'm too poor to fly one right now but want to so I was quick on the draw.

/Fingers crossed.

The good ship 'Friendship'.

AB HL Drake with no web and no small neut?

I wonder if a 1600mm plate AB Thorax wouldn't manage it.
Also AB long point Talos?

A dual rep Brutix should have enough cap charges to last, equally a dual rep Myrm, not sure the triple rep, dual injector Myrm won't cause itself cap booster supply problems before the drake's dead.
Of course with links this would be trivial for such active-tankers.

Fancy flying a Cyclone?
Also AB armour brick Cane and Harb should screw over a Drake.

Hmm, are implants permitted? LG crystals/slaves/even halos could make a big difference.
Also do you have AWU 5 or are cheap PG/CPU implants valid?

Why not test this on Sisi and not waste isk on ships & fits? And be able to go through hull.

a triple rep or dual rep myrm will kill this regardless of what guns are fitted. that drake fit operates in web scram range. the standard cyclone fit will do this as well. in fact that drake fit would die to anything that can tank its damage for long enough to kill it.

Active ferox or prophecy could probably do it eventually

The OPs drake fit is very very bad.

Is this supposed to prove the drake is overpowered or something? Because it's not working

Almost anything that can tank 300 kinetic DPS (slightly less in the case of low-sig cruisers) is going to be able to beat a Drake.

Highs

Heavy Missile Launcher II x7

Mids

Experimental 10mn Afterburner I
Warp Scrambler II
EM Ward Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Large Shield Extender II x2

Lows

Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II
Ballistic System II
Ballistic System II

Drones
Drake pilot's choice.

Rigs
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II x3 (see what i did there?)

Ta da, above fit wins =)