Warfare & Tactics

The Hull tank is Omni-resist and you can buffer without a loss of speed.
A SAAR can still operate, repp-ing your armour so that the grind through your hull HP is reduced.
In some hull tank situations the hull buffer might just be big enough for your AAR to have time to reload for a 2nd cycle.
Hull rigs do not affect speed either (other Armor rigs slow you down).

and of course the Gallente hulls have a higher natural hull hp than either shield or armour.

The standard Tristan fit looks something like this -

2x T2 ion blasters

T2 AB
meta 3 scram/web

AAR, DCU II, Drone Damage Amp

Bulkhead rig ×3

You may be able to fit a nos/neut or upgrade to neutrons.

Basically you get around 1400 hull hp with 60% omni resist + another 2k or so EHP gain from the ancillary repper. You have 100-120 DPS worth of drones so you can drive off kiters, and the blasters add another 80 or so DPS for brawling.

It's a nasty little boat with a wide engagement profile, you can also fit triple neuts in the highs to instantly shut down cap heavy boats or run a shield/mwd pure kite fit. No one knows what to expect from you until they're engaged.