Ships & Modules

So i have been thinking about going on a long haul exploration jaunt with no set goal, i feel i am missing vital elements of the game by not taking the plunge. I am a solo account and fairly casual but regular player if that makes sense my real life job work hours are not set ie 9-5 hence my casualness.

Now what would i like to do while exploring, well abit of probing/hacking and combat sites also hunting / sneaking up on other explorer's appeals to me. Pvp is certainly not my strong point in fact i am quite possibly a pvp virgin :) and the reason for that is i hate been outside of my comfort zone.

Anyway lets say my bags are packed ready to go, i need advice on what ship would be best suited for me to possibly succeed and stay alive on this jaunt, as i said earlier its a solo account so i need 1 ship, my initial thought would be a stratios but i am not sure if this would be limiting to what i could do in way of running combat sites etc.

thanks for any feedback / advice

Spud

Stratios would work. You'd have to watch out for gate camps and bubbles without a scout. You'd need a mobile depot to be able to run such a variety of activities.

Or T3 cruiser.

Some can fit a Med shield extender however if your main prey is going to be other explorers its a safe bet they won't be fit for PvP so your tank will not matter so much. You may want to fit extra points because some explorers will have stabs fit. Go for at least 2x warp scrambler which will give you 4 points of warp scrambler strength which means they aren't getting away unless they have 4 warp core stabilizers fit.

GL