Wormholes

What sort of utilities do you like on your covops scanning frigs? Of course it needs to be cloaky, have probes & still maintain enough speed to make slow boating bearable but what else do you put on there? Tackle? E-war? Tank?

I put a longpoint and a hob II in mine. All other scouts must die!

Tackle and a gun or drone. Nothing better than catching a noctis or hauler, shooting it and waiting for the cavalry to arrive only to be ambushed and bushwhacked.
No cavalry? Cov Ops kill!

Depending on the race (number of medium slots-low slots) i always try to fit 2x warp core stabilizers in lowslots and for some extra inertia i prefer the nanofiber internal structure instead of the inertia stabilizer (bonus in signature is bad) incase i manage to escape a hictor bubble before it is launched .In medium slots i use a mwd and some inactive hardeners or passive hardener.The problem with covert frigs is that if you get caught there is no way to survive :P Another option is to fit some EHP in order to survive a bomb from a stealth bomber if you have a habit of cloaking very close to the wh while probing the system .If i remember correctly you can fit an ECM burst module but you dont have capacitor for a second cycle of the module so its like a gambling one shot luck to ecm burst your way out of trouble

We have a rule that all scouts must have tackle on it. For those moments where you see a hauler/noctis on the field and you don't want to be that guy who misses an easy gank opportunity for your buddies.

Personally, i use a battle anathema.

Cheers,

Sith

Use a cloaky-scanny T3. That way you can not only find things... you can KILL them as well!

Ever since my innocent w-space hauler got caught by a cheetah ... and killed by said cheetah plus proteus buddy ... my scanner doods have carried some sort of offensive capability. They've never yet had the opportunity to use it, but it's there.

scram, web, gun, mwd, shield booster, cap booster - as mentioned above, altho I tend not to bother with the DPS part, expecting to have a DPS ship near enough to wherever my little cheetah might be wanting to tackle somebody.

This can be fit to your covops and still have it maintain maximal scanning capability. So ya lose nothing and gain a little flexibiliy. Otherwise, if getting around or getting there is the highest priority, i fit for travel .... nano, dual-prop, cap recharg, and sometimes a stab (ya, I confess).

Long point, scram, cap booster. I used to use long point and web but kept losing targets that were warp core stabbed. An hour after trying my new fit with multi points I caught an orca with two stabs, and I haven't bothered with any other fits since. (damage control and nanos in the low, mwd and sse in mids)

After alot of different fits i've grown to love this particular buzzard fit. It's main weakness is the low cloaked speed I'd say, but I can live with that. It has 4 points so it can scram DST:s, and stabbed orcas rolling wormholes. It is especially useful if the backup you might have consist of only one or two ships without enough points. The ship scanner is awesome for those moments when you catch something expensive and have time for a ransom. And finally the sensor booster, to have a fast tackle if you are camping a wormhole, so you don't have to switch out any ships for fast tackle if your potential backup doesn't have it.

This fit is used in very small gang scenarios, and for situations where you always have a backup that have all this, it might not prove AS useful.

[Buzzard]

Micro Auxiliary Power Core I
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Limited 1MN Microwarpdrive I
Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I
Initiated Harmonic Warp Scrambler I
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution Script
Practical Type-E Ship Probe

Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher, Sisters Core Scanner Probe
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Salvager I /OFFLINE

Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I
Small Gravity Capacitor Upgrade I