This is my assassin. FDL. It does the trick and there's no NPC it cannot take on. Not exactly optimal, but it is fast, well protected, good jump and lightweight. Just my sort of ship.
Eagle Weslake Fer-de-Lance -- Assassin
For a long time it was my go-to combat ship, but as I branched out in to Couriers and Kraits for combat, I needed to find a role for the old girl. So now I take it out basically for assassinations and not much else really. 30 jump makes it nice to hunt these miscreants down no matter where they are.
Once I get around to replacing the armor with HD stock alloys it will be even better!
Eagle Weslake Fer-de-Lance -- Assassin
For a long time it was my go-to combat ship, but as I branched out in to Couriers and Kraits for combat, I needed to find a role for the old girl. So now I take it out basically for assassinations and not much else really. 30 jump makes it nice to hunt these miscreants down no matter where they are.
Once I get around to replacing the armor with HD stock alloys it will be even better!
The other thing you could do would be to make a frag Mamba, or a FDL with SRB rails and a huge corrosive multicannon. You want to build a gankmobile; the sort of think you don't want interdicting you in Shinrarta Dehzra.
Here's an example of the Mamba:
s.orbis.zone
Here's an example of the Mamba:
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Here's what I use. Big shields, big speed, big guns. Get in fast, kill the mark, get out quick. jump range isn't really important, cos the mission is always near and shield regen doesn't really matter, cos I'm not planning on a long engagement. The turreted beams are so I can turn upwards under the enemy and the beams stay on them.
It works for me.
It works for me.
Are some cases in this kind of missions you need to kill the target in under 1 minute, that is - the time your shields can resist. I got one like the OP here with a "venerable general" in a ship made of Duracell batteries, guarded by 4-5 buddies ( a Chieff, a pair of Vultures, and 1 - 2 Mambas ) PLUS a bunch of syst auth. ships ( some 4-5 of them, but with more 3-4 reinforcements in 1 minute after the first shot fired ! )
My first try, in a tank build Vette, was a spectacular failure - I didn't run away on time ! - so I meet the rebuy screen ...
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The target is legit in the system, so the authority vessels will jump on you immediately, since they are always there, at 3-5 km of the target. My Vette shields melted in 4-5 minutes - at least 4-5 guys where shooting rails and plasma at me, and the other dozen with lasers and missiles ...
Second and third time I run on time - but with hull damage, once heavy one ( hull at 25 % ! )
I give up my Vette, and take my FdL - a huge Beam and all others MCs !
First run I manage to get the target at 20 % health before my shields dropped - so I made an escape to save my ship.
Second run on FdL I manage to stick in his tail, at 3-400m, for some 30-40 sec - and I killed him in under a minute - then I run away, with shields at over 1/3 , all that after 10-12 other NPC.s ships did the best they could to stop me !
FdL is like a precision, surgical weapon - fast and without collateral damage ! Probably THE best ship for individual assassination missions; Mine have some 2800 shields, and is more than enough to endure concentrated fire from a dozen of NPC for more than a minute...
My first try, in a tank build Vette, was a spectacular failure - I didn't run away on time ! - so I meet the rebuy screen ...
)The target is legit in the system, so the authority vessels will jump on you immediately, since they are always there, at 3-5 km of the target. My Vette shields melted in 4-5 minutes - at least 4-5 guys where shooting rails and plasma at me, and the other dozen with lasers and missiles ...
Second and third time I run on time - but with hull damage, once heavy one ( hull at 25 % ! )
I give up my Vette, and take my FdL - a huge Beam and all others MCs !
First run I manage to get the target at 20 % health before my shields dropped - so I made an escape to save my ship.
Second run on FdL I manage to stick in his tail, at 3-400m, for some 30-40 sec - and I killed him in under a minute - then I run away, with shields at over 1/3 , all that after 10-12 other NPC.s ships did the best they could to stop me !
FdL is like a precision, surgical weapon - fast and without collateral damage ! Probably THE best ship for individual assassination missions; Mine have some 2800 shields, and is more than enough to endure concentrated fire from a dozen of NPC for more than a minute...