Fit Kitchen: The Exequror

Ok, so. I’m not gonna lie, this is something of a low effort article. Not low effort in terms of content, but in terms of “I’m not gonna stress about getting article structure or grammar absolutely perfect.” It has been a full two weeks since my last piece and I’d rather get something juicy out sooner for you lovely people! So get cosy and we’ll stumble through a truly special ship, the Exequror.

The fits described in this article were created before the resistance nerf in April 2020. Post-patch revised fits will be marked with a ++ at the start of each fitting name although screenshots will not always be updated.

Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):

12.5% bonus to Remote Armor Repairer amount

5% reduction in Remote Armor Repairer activation cost

Role Bonus:

430% bonus to Remote Armor Repairer optimal range and falloff

100% bonus to Logistic Drone transfer amount

“What the hell, why would you write an entire article about a T1 logi ship?” I hear you ask. And, well, I probably shouldn’t. I could just as easily produce a “Fit Kitchen: T1 Logi” and make some sort of comparison between all five. I’m sure we can all agree that the Rodiva would win that competition.

Instead, though, I want to take a different approach. Ships in EVE all have their own bonuses, lending them towards particular tasks more than others. There’s a reason that arty Muninn fleets exist, yet arty Vagabonds don’t. As is evident from my theorycrafting series, I’m big on utilising the bonuses of whatever you’re flying. If you don’t then why even bother?

This time we’re going to try and do everything with one ship that is possible in EVE. I even made a character just for it. Her name is Exequror Emma and she flies Exequrors. Logi Exequror, combat Exequror, hauling Exequror, interceptor Exequror, scanning Exequror… 😉

Emma rocking the latest in wardrobe technology

The Humble Logistics Exequror

Obviously part of this fitting discussion is going to include actually doing it properly. For the sake of that, we’ve got the below two Exeqs. 50MN nanogang style and 10MN “I’m in a logi ball” style. Both are a little on the weak side because they’re T1 cruisers, but there isn’t much I can do about that. The lows are either devoted to tank, or you die to the first Kikimora that wants you dead. You can only really get around this tank issue by using a ton of active hardeners, or by using blingy small reps instead of mediums. The former is a terrible idea on such a cap-heavy ship, and the latter just means that you’re spending too much money on a 6m ISK ship.

A note on logi drones by the way. You should be using them! Taking my 10MN fit below and comparing the reps with and without drones sees about 250 EHP/s extra repped by using a flight of T1’s. Obviously this will differ depending on target resists, but that’s not a bad amount at all. Four Exeqs using them over whore drones will almost provide enough to tank a Vindicator on drones alone. This gives you an option to rep someone back up once damage switches while still getting full high-slot reps onto the new primary. The only exception here is to potentially use damage drones to kill off EC-300 jams. It depends on how much work you want your logi wing to do.

I also lied; there are actually three fits below so you can pick your poison of cap regen or cap boosted. I’d wager that cap booster fits are more effective since it opens a mid for the sensor booster, but you lose some potential longevity. Either work in most situations. The 50MN version is an option, too, you just have to watch cap a bit more closely.

10MN Booster [Exequror, 10mn "ok" Exeq] Damage Control II Armor Explosive Hardener II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Reactive Armor Hardener 800mm Steel Plates II Medium F-RX Compact Capacitor Booster Small Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery Sensor Booster II 10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Ancillary Current Router I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Armor Maintenance Bot I x5 Navy Cap Booster 800 x21 ECCM Script x1 Scan Resolution Script x1 Targeting Range Script x1 10MN Regen [Exequror, 10mn Cap Regen] 800mm Steel Plates II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Reactive Armor Hardener Armor Explosive Hardener II Damage Control II 10MN Afterburner II Cap Recharger II Cap Recharger II Medium Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Remote Repair Augmentor rigs can do a slightly better job here if you prefer. 50MN Booster [Exequror, 50MN Exequror] Damage Control II Dark Blood Armor Kinetic Hardener Armor Explosive Hardener II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II 800mm Steel Plates II Medium F-RX Compact Capacitor Booster Small Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery F-90 Compact Sensor Booster 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Remote Armor Repairer II Medium Coaxial Compact Remote Armor Repairer Medium Ancillary Current Router I Medium Ancillary Current Router I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Armor Maintenance Bot I x5 Navy Cap Booster 800 x19 Nanite Repair Paste x20 ECCM Script x1 Scan Resolution Script x1 Targeting Range Script x1

The Battle Exequror!

Now I know this is what you’re actually here for. Alliances have had solid armour logi fits for years so why would you need the ones above? As always I’ve got a few different ways to do this. You can see some interesting fights using these ships in the videos below from 2014 and 2013 respectively. In fact, Zest is the first video which got me properly into PvP in EVE Online. I always wanted to pull off some of the crazy stunts here for the sake of saying I did it. It really embodies everything that solo PvP is.

Onto the actual fits, I have two main ones here for you to take a gander at and a third weird option. There are plenty more ways to fit combat logi, but you typically want to keep the Exequror as an armour boat as in two of the fits below. You’ve got a standard repping Exeq, and a buffer one.

The buffer fit uses an ancil+plate setup to get the most possible EHP, providing you can last at least one full minute. In nicer terms, as long as you take less than about 700 applied DPS you should survive to rep all eight paste cycles. That minute is enough time for your middling 340 DPS output to deal up to 20k of damage to someone, although I’d honestly expect a lot more.

The repping fit, on the other hand, is more formidable in a longer engagement. You can see plenty of that in the Zest video above. It reps up to 660 actual DPS on the ancil and has a relatively healthy capacitor using a battery setup for good regen and resists. Swapping to a non-ancil version or the cap boosted version is a very simple process and only needs you to change a rig slot and mid. It’s all preference, though, and the only way to find out what you like is by giving it a go.

Finally, we come to the wildcard of my Exequror fittings, the polarised variant. By stepping up the guns from frigate level to polarised medium we get something that’s really a bit silly. It does more DPS with the guns than every other fit does all in. And with 17.2k EHP it isn’t too weak at all, to be honest. At least compared to the base EHP. You’re still pretty much praying that nobody shoots your “logi” ship when flying this, and you’ll certainly turn some heads on the killboard. I went with just the web for midslot choice, although it might be better to go with a simple Tracking Computer instead. You don’t want your opponent to figure out that you are the one doing the damage here.

Buffer Combat [Exequror, Plate+Ancil Battle Exeq] Damage Control II 1600mm Steel Plates II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer Magnetic Field Stabilizer II 10MN Afterburner II X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier Warp Scrambler II Small Capacitor Booster II Light Neutron Blaster II Light Neutron Blaster II Light Neutron Blaster II Medium Hybrid Burst Aerator II Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Anti-Explosive Pump I Hammerhead II x5 Null S x2000 Void S x2000 Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S x1440 Nanite Repair Paste x96 Active Rep Combat [Exequror, Battery Combat] Damage Control II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Medium Ancillary Armor Repairer Drone Damage Amplifier II Medium Armor Repairer II Faint Epsilon Scoped Warp Scrambler Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery Stasis Webifier II 10MN Afterburner II Light Neutron Blaster II Light Neutron Blaster II Light Neutron Blaster II Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Hammerhead II x5 Standard Exile Booster Agency 'Hardshell' TB5 Dose II Null S x2000 Void S x2000 Federation Navy Antimatter Charge S x1440 Nanite Repair Paste x96 Polarised Wildcard [Exequror, Emma's Wildcard] Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System Mark I Compact Power Diagnostic System Vortex Compact Magnetic Field Stabilizer Vortex Compact Magnetic Field Stabilizer Magnetic Field Stabilizer II 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Fleeting Compact Stasis Webifier Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster, Void M Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster, Void M Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster, Void M Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Hammerhead II x5 Zainou 'Deadeye' Medium Hybrid Turret MH-805 Eifyr and Co. 'Gunslinger' Surgical Strike SS-903 Agency 'Pyrolancea' DB5 Dose II

The Interceptequror and Everything Else

Most of the interesting stuff is covered above and honestly, I’ll fill out the rest of this with those other fits I said I’d dream up. Cargo, align time, scanning and the like… There is one key standout, though, and that’s the interceptor-style Exequror that I have here. It only costs 27m ISK, it has 23k EHP, aligns in 5s with a 4.8AU/s warp, and will travel up to 3.2km/s to catch something. Once it does get on top of them it has scram, web, and a 10MN to help survive. Who the hell expects the logi ship to tackle them?

[Exequror, Emma's Interceptor] Nanofiber Internal Structure II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Damage Control II 1600mm Crystalline Carbonide Restrained Plates Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Faint Epsilon Scoped Warp Scrambler 10MN Afterburner II X5 Enduring Stasis Webifier Small Knave Scoped Energy Nosferatu Small Infectious Scoped Energy Neutralizer Small Infectious Scoped Energy Neutralizer Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing II Medium Low Friction Nozzle Joints I Acolyte II x5 Hornet EC-300 x5

Seriously, compare this to the other T1 cruisers in the same setup!

Travel’ceptor’ [Exequror, Emma's Travel Fit] Inertial Stabilizers II Inertial Stabilizers II Type-D Restrained Nanofiber Structure Overdrive Injector System II Overdrive Injector System II Damage Control II Large Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender Large Azeotropic Restrained Shield Extender 10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Improved Cloaking Device II Core Probe Launcher I Medium Infectious Scoped Energy Neutralizer Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Vespa EC-600 x5 Scanner [Exequror, Emma's Scanner] Damage Control II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Adaptive Nano Plating II 800mm Steel Plates II 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Scan Acquisition Array I Scan Pinpointing Array I Scan Rangefinding Array I Improved Cloaking Device II Core Probe Launcher I Medium Energy Neutralizer II Medium Polycarbon Engine Housing I Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Medium Hyperspatial Velocity Optimizer I Hauler [Exequror, Emma's Hauler] Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II Expanded Cargohold II 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Improved Cloaking Device II Core Probe Launcher I Medium Infectious Scoped Energy Neutralizer Medium Cargohold Optimization I Medium Cargohold Optimization I Medium Cargohold Optimization I Vespa EC-600 x5

500MN 7km/s…what? [Exequror, Emma's Speedmachine] Reactor Control Unit II Reactor Control Unit II Overdrive Injector System II Overdrive Injector System II Overdrive Injector System II Overdrive Injector System II 500MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive Cap Recharger II Cap Recharger II Warp Scrambler II Small Energy Neutralizer II Small Energy Neutralizer II Small Energy Neutralizer II Medium Ancillary Current Router II Medium Auxiliary Thrusters II Medium Auxiliary Thrusters I Bait Fit [Exequror, Emma's Baitboat] Damage Control II 1600mm Steel Plates II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II Reactive Armor Hardener Corpii A-Type Explosive Plating 10MN Afterburner II Warp Scrambler II Stasis Webifier II Warp Disruptor II Small Knave Scoped Energy Nosferatu Small Knave Scoped Energy Nosferatu Small Knave Scoped Energy Nosferatu Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Medium Trimark Armor Pump I Bonus: Navy Issue 1,500 DPS! [Exequror Navy Issue, Polameme] Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Magnetic Field Stabilizer II Power Diagnostic System II Reactor Control Unit II Nanofiber Internal Structure II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II 50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive Warp Scrambler II Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster Polarized Heavy Neutron Blaster Medium Hybrid Burst Aerator II Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Medium Core Defense Field Extender I Hobgoblin II x5 Zainou 'Deadeye' Medium Hybrid Turret MH-805 Agency 'Pyrolancea' DB5 Dose II Null M x4000 Void M x11200 Federation Navy Antimatter Charge M x1600

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