Thursday, July 29, 2010

Ships I fly - The Double Bubble Cloaky Sabre

The double bubble cloaky Sabre is always welcome in a fleet. The point of the ship is not to do damage, but rather to launch warp interdiction bubbles, and survive. There are other Sabre fits that are great damage dealers and for solo work, but this fit is basically the ultimate support ship in fleet. A bubble can be used for the following situations

  1. Preventing an enemy fleet from warping during combat
  2. Catching an enemy ship jumping in from warping.
  3. Catching an enemy ship warping to a gate, making it land off-gate.
  4. Slowing down a pursuing enemy fleet.
  5. Splitting an enemy fleet into two.
  6. Catching an enemy fleet forcing them off a gate.
  7. Preventing a super-cap from warping.
  8. Preventing an enemy ship/fleet from warping to your fleet.

I will probably go into detail all of these scenarios in later posts. However for now it can not be stressed how advantages having two bubbles and a cloak is. Having two bubbles means that you can bubble one side of a gate, jump through, and then bubble the other side. It also means that if you are not in a perfect spot to catch the enemy fleet, you can drop a bubble, power to a better spot and drop another. The cloak allows you to drop a bubble and cloak up, staying alive in a big fleet fight. Once the first bubble goes down, uncloak and drop the second bubble and then get out someplace safe. The cloak also can hid your ship from an enemy so they are not aware that your fleet has a dictor.

All 4 dictors can be similarly fit with two bubbles and a cloak. The main advantage of the Sabre is speed. It is by far the fastest which allows it to get into position and get out of danger faster then the others. It is also however the most expensive. If you can't afford it, or don't fly rust, a Flycatcher, Heretic or an Eris will serve just fine in a pinch.

So if you always want to be welcome in fleet, assisting the fleet get the kills, bring a double bubble cloaky Sabre and your FC will love you.

[Sabre, Double Bubble Cloaky]
Co-Processor II
Co-Processor II

1MN MicroWarpdrive I
Medium Shield Extender II
1MN Afterburner II
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I

125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, EMP S
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, EMP S
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, EMP S
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, EMP S
125mm Gatling AutoCannon II, EMP S
Prototype Cloaking Device I
Interdiction Sphere Launcher I, Warp Disrupt Probe
Interdiction Sphere Launcher I, Warp Disrupt Probe

Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I
Small Polycarbon Engine Housing I

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