Picked up a
FAS last night in LHS 20 on discount. Ran it back to base (165LY) and even with a scoop had to side stop to find some scoopable stars as its tank range is 4 jumps. (15.35ly range meant that with a side trip to cash in some Alliance stuff, I was mapping 16 jumps back. Ended being 19 with side stops to fuel.)
Since it has Mill Armour, I decide to wing up with Kharma in a Compromised Nav beacon for its inaugural fight. We were soon Joined by Tor and Mikey D.
The only other ship I had ever really hunted in was my Vulture. I sold the Vulture a while back to concentrate on other things, but I know that I needed something to hunt with. Was the FAS a decent replacement?
HELL YEAH!
The good: Has lost of power, moves very well, and can boost to almost 400. Cockpit has good view. No problems with Wep when 3.5 pips to WEP. Was worried about the Top/Bottom Large Hardpoints, but it works well.
The Bad:
Not liking Multis on it because of ammo limitations, but will live with it till I put some more pulses or burst. Never had the shields drop, but did pop 2 shield cells. Did take some damage from heat even though I popped Heat Sinks, but didn't have much. The bottom Medium HP are something I will have to get used to, but with its turning ability, I had no problem getting them on target.
Verdict:
Good Energy, Big Fan, Will Fly again.