EVE:Kestrel
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The Kestrel is a great frigate for pilots of all skill levels. It is one of the slowest combat frigates which makes it less useful as a tackler but it's damage capabilities are rated as one of the highest of all frigate-class ships. It should be used as a anti-frigate ship or a support damage dealer.
Setup:
There are main two ways to setup the kestrel. Rockets or Standard Missiles. Rockets are very close range, fire very quickly and tear apart most of what they meet. Range should be around 5000m, depending on skills.
For the middle slots you can do a couple of things but the modules you should be looking at are:
-Warp Scramber/Disruptor
-Small Shield Booster
-Webifier
-Tracking Disruptor (not very common)
-Afterburner (Don't think MWD fits well on a kestrel)
-Sensor Dampener and EW
As for the lows, you can pretty much put anything in there that you want. Some examples are:
-2x Nanofiber
-Micro Auxilary Power Core, 400mm Plate
-2x Cap Relay (Don't use power relay if you are using shield booster)
-200mm Plate, Small Rep
-2x Ballistic Control System
You might not be able to fit any combination, but you get the general idea.
Pros:
Great damage
Good slot layout
Can do any damage type
Cons:
Slow
Example setup 1: Rockets
High: 4x Rocket launchers
Mid: 1MN afterburner, small shield extender, small shield booster
Low: 2x nanofiber internal structure OR nanofiber internal structure, ballistics control system
Example setup 2: Missiles
High: 4x standard missile launchers
Mid and lows: Identical to setup 1.
Warning: This is skill-intensive fitting, since it requires a lot of cpu and grid, which you need to mend with your skills, like engineering, electronics and weapon upgrades.
Both of these setups are made for a gang or fleet fight, if you can't depend on support ships however, your mids should have at least 1 webifier, and the other two slots filled with any combination of sensor dampeners or warp scramblers.
Example setup 3: 1v1 PvP
High: 4x rocket launchers
Mid: 2x stasis webifier, warp scrambler
Low: 400mm armor plate, micro auxiliary power core
In this setup, the EW mid slots are used to keep your target from running, so you can pound it with rockets.
The low slot is used by an armor plate, since the midslots you used to tank before are in use already.
