Yea, any reason for not using shields? And with a single mrp?
Not only because npc missile spam, but also because rail spam - very common in npc small ships but not only.
You will run out of weapons rather fast and not sure how long you can keep that canopy in place.
When i go hull tanks i go for minimum 2 mrp and an afmu (ideally a 3 mrp + afmu setup)
Q no.2 - what are you planning to kill with it? Those 2 small beams are totally inadequate to drop shields from Pythons or Anacondas. Both are common among npc pirates and some of the higher ranks are using scb and they keep going like duracell bunnies. They might be decent enough for small ships (except vultures - seen some with rather decent shields and with scb too)
Q no.3 - Low emissions PP? playing combat stealth not sure is really working against npc (see Q no.1) - unless you plan do megaship scenarios (and even then, you do try to avoid combat)
Also, as a hull tank you wont be able to engage in prolonged fights and baiting pirates with cargo might prove, well... a bit too much.
I mean, fighting one wing of 3 ships, then having a second wing of 2-3 ships jumping in and scanning you could be nasty (if you go in a nav beacon or a res site)
Anyway, i kept a sort of low emissions PP, although i would prefer an armored one. Replaced the beams with Cytos (G5 efficient with phasing, but i usually go for G4 SRB since better damage and no falloff).
And try to keep close when shooting those cytos - you dont really need to aim with them. If you keep close enough and point your ship in the general direction of enemy ship - at least some of the shots will land on target
(at 600m i could put most of the shots in an anaconda, trying to aim in the middle of the ship ofcourse)
I corrected the engineering on hull - if you go g5 thermal on bulkheads, you can go full heavy duty on hrp. As you can see, way better hull and with shields too
So the build ends up like
this
Edit: if you switch the pp to armored g5, you can go even higher on shields, like
this
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