Bloodletting

I really should stop spending ISK. It doesn't bode well when I have 79 million ISK left in my wallet, despite the number of ships I have, even if I am owed 250 million. But it has been a long time since I spent anything near 2 billion ISK on a ship and fittings. The only ship that has cost me that much was my first Proteus class Strategic Cruiser, at 2.1 billion for the hull, that was expensive, but then again, in The United, I could afford such baubles.

The reason I have spent so much on one individual ship, not even a capital vessel, doesn't really make much sense. I sold the Vindicator "Rogue Process" after reviewing its combat performance. Having tested it against another Vindicator, I found that the configuration wasn't to my liking, it was impressive, but I didn't like flying it that way. So I swapped it for a Bhaalgorn.

It is not the first time I have flown a Blood Raider vessel, I have previously flown a Cruor, a nasty little ship in its own right, but recent changes have made it less than desirable to fly, for myself at least.

But the Bhaalgorn is something else entirely, whilst the entire Serpentis line all function fairly similarly, the Blood Raider line needs the slot layout of a battleship to reach its full potential. The cruiser and frigate class are nice but having the ability to equip a full complement of energy destabilizers, turrets and backing these up with an impressive armour suite combined with the long range stasis webifiers means that it becomes a behemoth. Shame the price tag means that taking it out solo will just turn it into a massive target.