0.0 roam...

Had a little roam into 0.0 the other day, Section-X are good friend with Interimo, and as such I have wanted to do something with them so they are not just blue pluses on my overview but people I know and fly with. Steve had informed me that Interimo were flying ops into the Provence region up past amarr empire space. Eager to fly with our new friends I hooked up with the t1 cruiser gang and made my way up to the staging station in Esa, 21 jumps away. I arrived in good time and prepped my crew for combat.
‘Equium here, Ruppie ready and waiting’
‘Cool you can be our dps, me and space are in intie and lowrider is in an ishkur’ replied suitonia, damn looks like this was a t2 frig op, I’d of been much happier in my jag or hyena for this. Aah well it will be fun.
First off we need to move through sylph and CVA space in providence, then into catch before finally ending up in Provence. It was an exciting journey; we nearly jumped into a large 24man camp, which then chased us 3-4 jumps before losing interest. Then we found a domi, I was reluctant to engage as I was in no doubt that I would be primary to its vicious drones and neuts. It died pretty much without my help. Then we engaged a raven on a gate, it aggressed, then de-aggressed then jumped. A few locals set up camp on the gate and we were at stalemate. A hyena class ewar frig was zooming around and I thought he might be cocky enough to tackle my ruppie
. I was right and he died. Lowsec foolishly got caught and was killed.
We got bored soon enough and started on the trek home, we tried to intercept a hawk that was ratting but missed him. Then 3j later there was a massive gate camp, space promptly lost his crow and I believe suitonia was killed and podded. Leaving me in my dmg’d ruppie and space in his pod. I decided to engage. I waited on the gate with a stiletto and Ishtar knowing what was on the other side. I jumped in, and MWD’d for the gate, I reached jump distance as I entered the last scraps of armor, but decided against jumping, I then got myself podded and saved myself the 32j trip home. Fun all around.
Things got worse,
Section X decided to field a formidable fleet to head down to WT’s lair 4-5 jumps out. So we were a bit scattered but finally pulled together to make our way down. En route we became bored and The Devil flipped some cans. He was promptly engaged by a thorax as I spotted a navy issue mega jumping in and converging on his position. We thought our 4 BS in support would win the day, but it seems the mega’s tank was god-like, with The devil unable to get him past 1/5th armor. Then our rep BS started running out of Boosters, then we did run out of Boosters and had to abandon The Devil, for fear of losing our own BS. It was a strategic retreat which spec and I were not proud of, and stubborn as always Lord Void our CEO remained till his untimely end... A sad day, 2 BS losses and zero kills. I Logged unhappy! Spec and I have agreed to spend some cash getting Void back up and running, as the devil has already a ship set up in reserve.
In other news I am touching up on support skills, and possibly pushing for interceptors as they seem like wonderful ships to fly. I’m also considering Cross training into another race of ships. I am currently torn between caldari and gallante. Both have their charms, and of course both have their draw backs.
Caldari:
Pros:
Excellent Recon ships,
Excellent Mission ships,
Fleet BS ‘Rohk’ is rather nice, even when equipped for close range.
Cons:
HAC’s leave a lot to be desired,
My missile skills are lacking
My shield skills are not stellar
They are so SLOOOOW!

Gallente:
Pros:
Fantastic HAC’s
Fantastic Command Ships
BS are awesome win machines
Whilst my hybrid skills are lacking, my gun skills are very good.
When I go capital their caps are very very good
Cons:
Recons Suck
I need MOAR drone skills
Everyone flies gallante, although everyone flies minnie too.

Anyway decisions decisions. I am leaning towards gallante for the in your face DPS pwnage, but the lure of missions and those sexy sexy recons is nearly too much!