Ships & Modules

Can a single triage carrier solo tank the first cap escalation wave + the first anom wave in a normal (no system effects) C5? (The idea being to do an entire site with as little as two toons, a triage carrier and resisted/buffered dps subcap(s) to be repped by the carrier).

The "vanilla version" of a triage Thanny seems to be something like this:

[Thanatos, wh triage armor gang]
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Capital Armor Repairer I
Capital Armor Repairer I

Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II
Cap Recharger II

Capital Remote Armor Repair System I
Capital Remote Armor Repair System I
Triage Module I
(two more empty highslots to be used as the carrier pilot desires)

Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I
Large Capacitor Control Circuit I

local reps 8614 dps with a cap stability of 54% (~90 extra cap per second at peak cap recharge)

Is this enough to tank the 6 sleepless guardians + the first wave of C5 anoms WHILE resisting the neut pressure? If not, then to what degree do I need to pimp the carrier's resists/reps/cap mods/rigs to do the job? How much dps does a sleepless guardian do per second? How much do they neut per second?

Also, what is the orbit distance of a sleepless guardian?

Please only respond if you have experience cap escalating in C5's or C6's; thanks in advance to anyone who can answer these questions accurately!!!!

I don't know about C5's and I'm hardly an expert on this, but I do C6's every now and then. I wouldn't even think about trying to do this with only two ships. You need several subcaps just to kill the BS spawns and sleepers have no problem killing a carrier if there are not enough other targets to distract them.

2 ships = dead drones = toothless carrier. Applied fighter dps is bad, ogres are slow as, so good luck locking & cycling reps on sentries in time to not have them just alpha'd.
Again, Sisi.

A Thanatos is a fairly bad choice for your Triage, since it doesn't receive any useful bonuses. To simulate the neuting you'll be under, apply about 12 heavy neuts in EFT. Armor command links are essential, and at the very least you need to run a mindlinked T2 Passive Defense module off the Carrier, but all three off a Damnation or Legion is preferred. In the end, an Archon does the job my more easily. Your Thanatos helps most by assigning fighters from off grid.

Really though, don't try to do this with not enough people. While you can do it with four or six people, the process would be painfully slow, and you're going to be walking a tight rope in a place where anyone wandering by would just love to push you off.

You want 2 high DPS BSs at LEAST, even then it will take ages.
Navy geddons or Machs are the best.
I've run C6 sites 'solo' before with a thanny, 3 BSs and a fleet booster.
it works fine but does take a while.

FYI, that thanny fit will get you killed, needs more cap recharge.
needs 1 more CPR and 2x T2 ccc rigs.
all the CPRs need to be faction, EANM should be faction.
pilot should have at least 2x 3% cap implants.

the last 2 highs need to be a cap transfer and a smartbomb.

I've done some C5 capital escalations, and from my experience in a basilisk, I can confirm that "about 10-12 heavy neuts" is on the mark.

In a C5, A carrier + 1 Sub cap ship will not be enough, you need atleast 2 High DPS Sub caps + a Carrier to do the site in any respectable time. I use a nightmare and a mach minimum, with chimera support.

We never needed triage in a C5 or C6. This has the advantage that you can also use all your fighters and contribute DPS.

Neuting isn't a problem for capitals either. Sleepers will switch targets long before the capacitor is dry. The only way a capital's capacitor will go dry is if the pilot isn't paying attention and leaves the local rep running when it isn't needed.

Escalation 1 = Carrier 1: The most important carrier. Does nearly all the repping. Assign all fighters to free-up targets.
Escalation 2 = Dread 1: DPS.
Escalation 3 = Dread 2: DPS.
Escalation 4 = Carrier 2: The least important capital. DPS.

Solo? The capital will die.

Sleepers will neut 3-4 targets. We typically used 8-10 ships so half wouldn't be neuted.

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