Demise of Dramiel

The Dramiel was a fast ship and Starwalker had it fitted with an afterburner and dual small armour repairer:

[Dramiel, AB2SAR]
Small Armor Repairer II Small Armor Repairer II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II 1MN Afterburner II J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I Stasis Webifier II Small Capacitor Booster II,Navy Cap Booster 200 200mm AutoCannon II, Barrage S 200mm AutoCannon II, Barrage S Light Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Inferno Light Missile Small Anti-Explosive Pump I Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I Warrior II x1 Warrior II x1 Warrior II x1
Warrior II x1

Whilst the DPS of the auto-cannons alone was comparatively modest it was nicely complemented by the drones. The light missile launcher could easily be replaced by a rocket launcher but he had chosen it to supplement the drone DPS for point range kiters.

The launcher became useful when, after leaving a station, a kiting Atron pointed the Dramiel. Starwalker decided that now was a good time to see if the repairers could keep up with the damage. Consequently he kept the drones in the bay and just fired some missiles to keep the Atron interested. That seemed like a good idea until the Atron called in a Rupture to help.

It was now too late to turn the tide against the Atron by launching drones and the Rupture soon caught up. With the Rupture firing as well the tank could not keep up with the incoming damage and before long the Dramiel was a wreck. Not quite the glorious fireball Starwalker wanted to see but that was life in New Eden.