HOW TO: make a cheap pvp worthy CV(Tips and Tricks)

SO u are a newer player or may have been playing on HWS for a little while now and u would like to venture into PvP but not sure if ur ready or if ur ship is going to last long enough to warp away.
So u need a few pointers to get urself into a decent miner CV that will hold up enough for u to warp away.
Ill start with the ship design, rigid bulky boxy an eyesore no fancys, cockpit in middle of thickest part buried and no windows not like a cockpit at the front like a bridge on a ship, this is pvp empyrion the front usually gets damaged first jus an fyi, but ya the front of ur ship make it come to a bit of a point or cone or jus streamlined cuz if its gunna b boxy save the cosmetics for the nose imo and fill front with spoof generators jus a few, space ur core near ur cockpit in middle of thickest part, warp tank near cockpit imo and warp drive u can put toward the back, make sure hull is like 3 or 4 layer thick ideally, space fuel tanks apart not near any other device, place ur spoof gens up front and other toward back i would say, put ur thrusters in banks of updown side and forwardback like in quadrants. U can put the drills on an arm or something easierit easier.
When u are mining make sure ur warp out is set to boogy away and keep an eye on minimap, b careful of sv ppl put out to ping them and itll tell ppl there an intruder then u will hav ppl coming to gank u.
Hope this was helpful good luck

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Good article may I add a few things

(1) Make several sets of spare core, cockpit, RCS, fuel tank, generator, thrusters, warp drive, warp tank. Have a set of spares in your backpack so that you can replace anything quickly. If your ship is cored, you won’t be able to use the P menu

(2) Have several BPs of simple spawn pad BAs, small warp SV and/or CV ready to spawn, with fuel, oxy, pentax in your backpack at all times

(3) Solid armour many layers thick is the same as 1 layer to lag-shots. Use air gaps between armour layers, or fill the gap with triangle shapes inside the armour to catch lag shots

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