Hulkageddon V - It's a Trap! (v2)

I'm probably going to write a bunch of different articles leading up to Hulkageddon. It's one of the defining events of EVE. EVE Online would not be EVE Online if something like Hulkageddon could not happen. A kinder gentler EVE-O would have announced the shutting down of the servers back in 2008 or 2009.

Yesterday I posted a Gankalyst fit. Today, I figured I should come at the equation from the other side. Hand out a potential Hulk bait fit that'll cause ganker tears to flow. A spanish inquisition fit, so to speak.

This is the re-edited version. A few people in the comments (here and on Reddit) suggested replacing one of the Power Diagnostic Systems with a Damage Control II. I'm cool with suggestions. I'm still a newb, and learning is part of the game. Always.

Hulkageddon gankers aren't the most well-prepared folks in the world. They're taking part just for the t-shirt. About as prepared as they get is fitting out a bunch of gank ships, moving them to the prime ganking locations. Most of the rest of their equation is assumption. The see a Hulk, they assume it's equipped for maximum mining efficiency. There are not a whole lotta gankers out there that rely on ship scanning alts (for one, it alerts their prey to what is about to happen.)

Folks that make a living out of ganking, they'll scan you down, likely ignore you. That's fine. Means you're not losing a Hulk.

[Hulk, It's a tarp! (revised)]
Small Energy Neutralizer II
Modulated Strip Miner II, Veldspar Mining Crystal I
Modulated Strip Miner II, Veldspar Mining Crystal I

Ballistic Deflection Field II
Heat Dissipation Field II
Heat Dissipation Field II
Invulnerability Field II

Damage Control II
Power Diagnostic System II

Medium Core Defence Field Extender I
Medium Core Defence Field Extender I

Vespa EC-600 x4
Hammerhead II x1

This fit assumes either a Brutix gank, or Catalyst gang ganks. Blaster fits. Kinetic/Thermal damage. Overheated, this will give the Hulk 25871 EHP, 65% electro-magnetic resistance, 95% thermal resistance, 92.3% kinetic resistance, and 80.4% explosive resistance. Capacitor is stable at 31%. The Small Energy Neutralizer is to get you on the killmail, if you can lock fast enough. The strip miners are to add some legitimacy to your sitting in an asteroid belt (impossible to fit three strip miners on this fit, simply not enough CPU.) One Hammerhead II drone (another opportunity to get you on the killmail) and the rest ECM drones. Getting on the killmail is for the lols. Watch the WTFs!?! and growling in local. I'm no pro at EFT, so not sure how many Gankalysts it would take to pop this Hulk, but my guess is more than the usual gang of three.

Nothing is ungankable. The goal here is to protect against the current flavour of the month in gank fits. Right now, that's the Catalyst. Some folks still prefer Minmatar over Gallente. If Thrasher gangs are more prevalent in your area, then switch up the shield hardeners to take into account the different damage types.

All that said, don't start locking the gankers until they set their drones on you, otherwise you're giving up the ghost. To make it look really good, when the gankers arrive on grid, you might want to stop mining and making slow 180 degree align, act as though you're trying to escape. Once you've surprised them into being CONCORDed, move on. Don't sit in the same system. You're asking for them to bring a larger force. You've pissed them off, they'll want their e-honour restored.

(All of these numbers based on all skills at V in EFT.)