Hanger of Shame

Update: Ended in complete failure. 100% loss rate. no kills.

Lately, I have been trying to fly more battlecruisers. Needless to say it's not going well. Yesterday I bought 2 Cyclones and lost them both within a few hours. Both in fights I should have won.

First was a hurricane. He wanted a 1v1. It was a great fight, coming down to the wire. we were both in structure and suddenly the fail leaped out of nowhere! Guns were fried... BUT he burned his too. We exchanged GFs and went to rep up. Upon undock he was there again and we still had aggro. We went at it again. This time we were both in deep structure, and I burned my guns again... and he didn't, leading to the loss of the first Cyclone. For future reference, with Thermodynamics V - stop overloading at half damage. I had 2/3 damage and next cycle fried the guns.

Next up was a drake camping a highsec gate. He wasn't flashy at first but I docked and came back out when he attacked a newbie. He engaged me under sentries, practically guaranteeing me victory. His shields are almost down I thought, but I'm in armor and repping up a bit of shield at a time... hmm why am I out of cap? Why wont my cap booster load? By the time I was able to manually load a cap booster I was dead. No idea what happened here. Auto repeat is on for my cap injector, why it decided to stop working at the most critical moment is beyond me. That's minmatar for ya I guess.

Now I have a few more ships to die in a fire with.

The Vengeance is a new addition. Two more Cyclones, an Imperial Navy Slicer and a Rifter.

The Cyclones are identical to the last 2 I lost and hoping to get at least one kill out of them. The Slicer is specifically for fighting other Slicers when they show up. So far they have all ran away when I undock in it. The Rifter is my most used ship (great fight btw) recently, but this could change with the Vengeance. So far I'm liking the tank and rockets on it. 

Only one kill with it (a Caldari Navy Hookbill) but it wasn't a good fight. He pointed me on gate but wasn't even shooting until he was almost dead. No idea what happened to him. 

The other fight I got was vs a Merlin. With my current setup I am able to permarun the armor rep but it only helps so much when you have a Ballistic Control System fitted instead of an Adaptive Nano Membrane. It was a good fight and no clue who would have won. We were both taking heavy structural damage and his scram let go and I warped. At first I thought he died. Later he said the heat from the cap injector fried the scram, thank god for small miracles. It was honestly that close, he may have won, but who knows for sure.

The Vengeance fit:

[Vengeance, Rock It]
Pseudoelectron Containment Field I
Small Armor Repairer II
200mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Ballistic Control System II

X5 Prototype I Engine Enervator
J5b Phased Prototype Warp Scrambler I
Catalyzed Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters

Rocket Launcher II, Foxfire Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Foxfire Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Foxfire Rage Rocket
Rocket Launcher II, Foxfire Rage Rocket

Small Anti-Thermic Pump I
Small Auxiliary Nano Pump I

And the Cyclone:

[Cyclone, Cyclone]
Damage Control II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II
Co-Processor II

Large Shield Booster II
Invulnerability Field II
Medium Electrochemical Capacitor Booster I, Navy Cap Booster 800
Warp Scrambler II
Y-T8 Overcharged Hydrocarbon I Microwarpdrive

425mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
425mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
425mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
425mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
425mm AutoCannon II, Republic Fleet Phased Plasma M
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Hellfire Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Hellfire Rage Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Hellfire Rage Assault Missile

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Anti-Thermal Screen Reinforcer I


Warrior II x8

Any suggestions are welcome along with ship recommendations. Try to keep it cheap though. I'm kinda on a budget.

Thanks for reading.