Ships & Modules

I can haz 1 bil then we play together, pwetty plz?

Anyway, the fit looks ok but you can try fitting a cap booster instead of a cap recharger and a 4th BCU instead of a flux coil. You should be able to carry enough cap boosters so you just have to pulse it when need be. I'd also go for a Gist-C X large shield booster for a much better boost to cap efficiency [you'll thank me for this].
As for the tractor beams, I don't know the quality of mission drops atm but I don't think it's worth it, but if it turns out to be, a dedicated salvager in a noctis can vacuum a bazillion metric cube of space quickly.
A second painter in place of the shield boost amp doesn't sound like a bad idea since the changes I've made above lower your cap consumption and give you full control over cap so you almost never run out.

On a torp Golem you want:
4x damage mods - because :damage: (last one doesn't need to be faction)
At least two, preferably 3 target painters - because torps need them to do full damage and with 2 you sometimes have to wait for them to cycle
2x Large Hydralic Bay Thrusters II - because torps have **** range without them

Use a cap booster to make it work (Golem has plenty of caro).
You could target paint from the Ishtar, but it's easier to just drop sentries and assist them to the Golem

edit: also, a salvager instead of just 3x tractor beams

You can put the salvagers on the ishtar.

Rather than CN invulns invest in a really good shield booster, pithum A-type med is best by far for a golem in my opinion. Having a near cap stable tank means you can focus on getting you're target painter cycles right and not wasting torp vollies.

This is the setup I've used for ages:

[Golem, Lv4 Golem]
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Phased Weapon Navigation Array Generation Extron
Pithum A-Type Medium Shield Booster
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Invulnerability Field II
Invulnerability Field II

Siege Missile Launcher II, Juggernaut Javelin Torpedo
Siege Missile Launcher II, Juggernaut Javelin Torpedo
Siege Missile Launcher II, Juggernaut Javelin Torpedo
Siege Missile Launcher II, Juggernaut Javelin Torpedo
Small Tractor Beam II
Small Tractor Beam II
Salvager II

Large Rocket Fuel Cache Partition II
Large Hydraulic Bay Thrusters II


Hammerhead II x5
Hobgoblin II x5


To compliment you're golem you will want a CNR, the golem is terrible for some missions and completely unusable for guristas due to NPC jamming.

[Raven Navy Issue, Lv4 CNR]
Capacitor Flux Coil II (or signal amp/gravimetric sensor backup array)
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

ECCM - Gravimetric II (or afterburner/target painter)
Pithum A-Type Medium Shield Booster
Shield Boost Amplifier II (or afterburner/target painter/omnidirectional tracking link)
Shield Boost Amplifier II
Caldari Navy Invulnerability Field
Caldari Navy Invulnerability Field

Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Cruise Missile Launcher II, Wrath Fury Cruise Missile
Small Tractor Beam II (or drone link augmentor)

Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Large Warhead Rigor Catalyst II
Large Warhead Flare Catalyst I

Garde II x3
Hobgoblin II x5

You could even share the faction ballistic controls and shield booster between the 2 ships to save some isk, but I doubt that's an issue for you as you're rather flush right now.

With just these 2 ships you'll have an incredibly effective solution for all level 4s.

The implants I recommend to get maximum performance are:

Slot 6: 'Squire' CR8 - +5% cap recharge
Slot 7: 'Deadeye' ZML1000 +5 missile velocity (takes effective torp range to a little over 60km)
Slot 8: 'Deadeye' ZMA1000 -5% explosion radius
Slot 9: 'Deadeye' ZMS1000 +5% explosion velocity
Slot 10: 'Deadeye' ZMM1000 +5% launcher ROF

It alot depends on what you want to spend, I used to run with:

4x Caldair Navy BCU's

Gist-C X large
3x Republic fleet Target painters (or two and 100MN rupublic fleet afterburner)
CN navy innvul
2 x mission specfic resist's

4x tech two launchers, using both tech 2 ammo types

2 of those missile speed rigs (for extra range)\


I used a noctis so salvage so put a tractor in a high to grab mission objectives.

If I had the extra money I would have gone with a Pithi A Medium booster

Sold my golem and got a night hawk and have never looked back.

No nighthawk is really quite good, for isntance.

Here is a setup I came up with a while back:

[Nighthawk, Cheap Anti-Guristas Nighthawk]
Gravimetric Backup Array II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II

10MN Afterburner II
Gistii B-Type Small Shield Booster
Invulnerability Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II
Ballistic Deflection Field II

Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Small Tractor Beam I

Medium Bay Loading Accelerator II
Medium Warhead Rigor Catalyst I

For a little over 300 mil It does an insignificant amount less DPS than a tengu with 4 faction BCS(with drones factored in), It has enough tank for all kin/therm level 4s and can tank most others with a bit of kiting. With a few inexpensive changes it can tank many 0.0 kin/therm DEDs and it has that wonderful explosion velocity bonus enabling you to reach the full damage potential of fury tech 2 ammo even against cruiser NPCs.

Don't write of the nighthawk it's a really great ship.

try this

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Tengu is a must have route if you are a mission runner. They also get you in incursions where you make the really good isk :) .

Not really. A max-gank, active tank NH doesn't stack up well against the Tengu.

The NH's drones add a maximum of 99 DPS, but due to drone travel time, damage type, etc., it's significantly less and doesn't help compensate for the NH's 661 missile DPS against the Tengu's 784 missile DPS. The Nighthawk's missiles are slow and limited to < 75km versus the 110+km of the Tengu, so the NH loses DPS on several missions while trying to get into range, and has a greater chance of losing DPS due to volley miscounting. The Tengu has nearly double the sensor strength of the NH, so you're less likely to get jammed by NPCs.

The NH is also bigger, slower, less agile, and has less tank than the Tengu which makes blitzing missions more difficult in the NH. The Tengu can also be made hard to scan down so the Tengu is a better choice for low/null-sec missioning.

OTOH, the NH is much cheaper, has a bigger buffer, can passive tank, and is less likely to get suicide-ganked in high-sec.

I was running:
4x caldari navy BCU's
1x Navy PDU

2x Gistii A Small shield boosters
Gistim B 10mn afterburner
CN Invul
Mission specific resisit

Heavy missile launcher x6

Med core defence operational solidifier II
Med bay loading accelerator I

On paper a fair bit less dps then a golem, but factoring in heavy missiles vs torps and the expolsion velocity bonus it prob kills stuff faster.

As for vs. a Tengu I haven't flown one I wouldn't know.