Lost a gnosis

Take a moment to remember our martyrs. We lost a Gnosis Battlecruiser today along with hundreds of crew on board to a Centii Ravagers and its Sansha gang in October 13th, YC118.

Rest assured that their sacrifices will not be in vain. We will prevail and continue our anti-piracy operation.
What is strange is the insurance paid me 6 ISK for the lost of the Gnosis. So, far I spent 12,5 million ISK to re-fit. The ship itself is 64 million ISK in Amarr, if I buy it new. So, we lost a total of 76,5 million ISK. I wish we could find a cheaper ship after insurance that perform as well.

Here is my current Shield-tanked laser drone Gnosis fit 305,2 DPS (112 Medium Laser, 17km optimal, 23 km falloff, 193,2 Small drones), 34K EHP (8K Shield, 690 s, 29 hp/s, 72% EM):
[Gnosis, Gnosis]
Damage Control II
Shield Power Relay II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II

Large Shield Extender II
EM Ward Field II
50MN Microwarpdrive I
Shield Recharger II
Shield Recharger II
Shield Recharger II

Heavy Pulse Laser I
Heavy Pulse Laser I
Heavy Pulse Laser I
Heavy Pulse Laser I
Heavy Pulse Laser I

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Core Defense Field Purger I


Hobgoblin II x10
Salvage Drone I x5

Microwave M x5
Microwave S x2
Xray S x1
Blood Infrared S x1
Radio M x1

Amarr Alpha Clone PvE Combat Skills

My favourite PvE activities is blowing up stuff. Alpha clones are limited to skills that can fly T1 frigate, destroyer and cruiser. To get the most DPS, try to train for Cruiser with destroyer and frigate as stepping stone.
For Amarr alpha clones this could be training for Punisher Mastery Level I, Coercer Mastery Level II and the Alpha Clone Skill maxed out Maller or Maxed out Gnosis Battle Cruiser.
Unfortunately, Salvage Drone skill is exclusive to Omega clone pilot. So, Alpha Clone pilot cannot load their Gnosis with Salvage Drone. They are forced to bookmark the wrecks, then re-ship or re-fit if they want extra income from salvaging their wrecks.

Group	Skill	Punisher I	Coercer II	Maller Maxed
Armor	Armor Layering			1
Armor	EM Armor Compensation			1
Armor	Explosive Armor Compensation			1
Armor	Hull Upgrades	1	3	4
Armor	Kinetic Armor Compensation			1
Armor	Mechanics	1	3	4
Armor	Repair Systems	1	2	3
Armor	Thermal Armor Compensation			1
Drones	Drone Avionics			4
Drones	Drone Durability			4
Drones	Drone Interfacing			3
Drones	Drone Navigation			4
Drones	Drone Sharpshooting			4
Drones	Drones			3
Drones	Light Drone Operation			4
Electronic Systems	Propulsion Jamming	1	2	3
Engineering	Advanced Weapon Upgrades			1
Engineering	CPU Management	3	3	4
Engineering	Capacitor Management		1	3
Engineering	Capacitor Systems Operation	1	3	3
Engineering	Electronics Upgrades		1	3
Engineering	Energy Grid Upgrades		1	3
Engineering	Power Grid Management	1	3	4
Engineering	Weapon Upgrades	1	3	4
Gunnery	Controlled Bursts	1	3	4
Gunnery	Gunnery	3	4	5
Gunnery	Medium Energy Turret			4
Gunnery	Motion Prediction	1	3	4
Gunnery	Rapid Firing	1	3	4
Gunnery	Sharpshooter	1	3	4
Gunnery	Small Energy Turret	1	3	3
Gunnery	Surgical Strike		3	4
Gunnery	Trajectory Analysis		3	4
Navigation	Acceleration Control		1	3
Navigation	Afterburner		1	3
Navigation	Evasive Maneuvering		1	3
Navigation	High Speed Maneuvering			3
Navigation	Navigation	2	3	4
Navigation	Warp Drive Operation		1	3
Resource Processing	Salvaging			3
Science	Science	1	1	4
Spaceship Command	Racial Cruiser			4
Spaceship Command	Racial Destroyer		3	3
Spaceship Command	Racial Frigate	1	3	3
Spaceship Command	Spaceship Command	1	1	3
Targeting	Long Range Targeting		1	3
Targeting	Signature Analysis		1	3
Targeting	Target Management	1	3	4

Choosing Alpha Clone Race

One impact of the introduction of Alpha Clone state is racial cross training is no longer possible, unless you upgrade to Omega Clone state. The only difference between Alpha races are weapon system skills.

If you like Drones, choose either Gallente or Ammar. If you like Drone with Laser, then choose Amarr. If you like Missiles, choose either Caldari or Minmatar. If you like Missile with Projectile weapons, then chose Minmatar.

Then of course, each Alpha race can fly only their racial frigate, destroyer, cruiser and industrial. So, if you like Rifter for example, then you can only choose Minmatar. All alpha race can fly Gnosis battlecruiser. However, Gnosis is expensive especially if insurance is taking into account (only cover 6 ISK).

The following are the popular ships for alphas:

1. Gnosis Battlecruiser can be flown by any alpha races.
2. Vexor or Vexor Navy issue cruiser, great drone DPS, good tank, can be flown only by Gallente alphas
3. Thorax cruiser, highest close-in DPS, can be flown only by Gallente 
4. Arbitrator cruiser, cheap EWAR or drone boat, can be flown only by Amarr
5. Caracal cruiser, good missile DPS, no tank, can be flown only by Caldari alphas
6. Iteron Mark V the biggest cargo hauler, can be flown only by Gallente alphas
7. Any T1 destroyers, good salvaging ship, can be flown by its alpha race.
8. Rifter good damage, good speed, great tackler frigate, can be flown only by Minmatar alphas
9. Any T1 scanning frigate, good for scanning signatures, can be flown by its alpha race.
10. Venture frigate, great mining cargo, can be flown by any alphas

Update: This list has been updated to reflect balancing after CSM feedback.

Group	Skill	Amarr	Gallente	Caldari	Minmatar
Armor	Armor Layering	1	1	1	1
Armor	EM Armor Compensation	1	1	1	1
Armor	Explosive Armor Compensation	1	1	1	1
Armor	Hull Upgrades	4	4	4	4
Armor	Kinetic Armor Compensation	1	1	1	1
Armor	Mechanics	4	4	4	4
Armor	Remote Armor Repair Systems	3	3
Armor	Remote Hull Repair Systems	1	1	1	1
Armor	Repair Systems	4	4	4	4
Armor	Thermal Armor Compensation	1	1	1	1
Corporation Management	Corporation Management	1	1	1	1
Drones	Drone Avionics	4	4
Drones	Drone Durability	4	4
Drones	Drone Interfacing	3	3
Drones	Drone Navigation	4	4
Drones	Drone Sharpshooting	4	4
Drones	Drones	5	5	5	5
Drones	Light Drone Operation	4	4	1	1
Drones	Medium Drone Operation	3	3
Drones	Repair Drone Operation	2	2
Electronic Systems	Electronic Warfare	3	3	3	3
Electronic Systems	Propulsion Jamming	3	3	3	3
Electronic Systems	Weapon Disruption	3	3	3	3
Electronic Systems	Sensor Linking		1
Electronic Systems	Target Painting				1
Engineering	Advanced Weapon Upgrades	1	1	1	1
Engineering	CPU Management	4	4	4	4
Engineering	Capacitor Emission Systems	3	3	3	3
Engineering	Capacitor Management	4	4	4	4
Engineering	Capacitor Systems Operation	3	3	3	3
Engineering	Electronics Upgrades	4	4	4	4
Engineering	Energy Grid Upgrades	4	4	4	4
Engineering	Energy Pulse Weapons	2	2	2	2
Engineering	Power Grid Management	4	4	4	4
Engineering	Thermodynamics	3	3	3	3
Engineering	Weapon Upgrades	4	4	4	4
Gunnery	Controlled Bursts	4	4	4	1
Gunnery	Gunnery	5	5	5	5
Gunnery	Medium Energy Turret	4
Gunnery	Medium Hybrid Turret		4	4
Gunnery	Medium Projectile Turret				4
Gunnery	Motion Prediction	4	4	4	4
Gunnery	Rapid Firing	4	4	4	4
Gunnery	Sharpshooter	4	4	4	4
Gunnery	Small Energy Turret	4
Gunnery	Small Hybrid Turret		4	4
Gunnery	Small Projectile Turret				4
Gunnery	Surgical Strike	4	4	4	4
Gunnery	Trajectory Analysis	4	4	3	4
Leadership	Leadership	3	3	3	3
Missiles	Missile Launcher Operation	1	1	5	5
Missiles	Light Missiles			4	4
Missiles	Heavy Assault Missiles			3	3
Missiles	Heavy Missiles			4	4
Missiles	Missile Bombardment			4	4
Missiles	Missile Projection			2	2
Missiles	Rapid Launch			4	4
Missiles	Rockets			4	4
Missiles	Target Navigation Prediction			3	3
Missiles	Warhead Upgrades			3	3
Navigation	Acceleration Control	3	3	3	3
Navigation	Afterburner	3	3	3	3
Navigation	Evasive Maneuvering	3	3	3	3
Navigation	High Speed Maneuvering	3	3	3	3
Navigation	Navigation	4	4	4	4
Navigation	Warp Drive Operation	3	3	3	3
Neural Enhancement	Biology	3	3	3	3
Neural Enhancement	Cybernetics	3	3	3	3
Neural Enhancement	Infomorph Psychology	1	1	1	1
Production	Industry	5	5	5	5
Production	Mass Production	3	3	3	3
Resource Processing	Gas Harvesting	2	2	2	2
Resource Processing	Mining	4	4	4	4
Resource Processing	Mining Upgrades	4	4	4	4
Resource Processing	Reprocessing	3	3	3	3
Resource Processing	Salvaging	3	3	3	3
Rigging	Armor Rigging	2	2
Rigging	Astronautics Rigging	2	2	2	2
Rigging	Drones Rigging	2	2	2	2
Rigging	Electronic Superiority Rigging	2	2	2	2
Rigging	Energy Weapon Rigging	2
Rigging	Hybrid Weapon Rigging		2	2
Rigging	Projectile Weapon Rigging				2
Rigging	Jury Rigging	3	3	3	3
Rigging	Shield Rigging		2	2	2
Rigging	Launcher Rigging			2	2
Scanning	Archaeology	3	3	3	3
Scanning	Astrometric Acquisition	2	2	2	2
Scanning	Astrometric Rangefinding	2	2	2	2
Scanning	Astrometrics	3	3	3	3
Scanning	Hacking	3	3	3	3
Scanning	Survey	3	3	3	3
Science	Science	4	4	4	4
Shields	EM Shield Compensation	1	1	1	1
Shields	Explosive Shield Compensation	1	1	1	1
Shields	Kinetic Shield Compensation	1	1	1	1
Shields	Shield Compensation	3	3	3	3
Shields	Shield Emission Systems			3	3
Shields	Shield Management	3	3	4	4
Shields	Shield Operation	4	4	4	4
Shields	Shield Upgrades	3	4	4	4
Shields	Tactical Shield Manipulation	3	3	3	3
Shields	Thermal Shield Compensation	1	1	1	1
Social	Connections	2	2	2	2
Social	Criminal Connections	2	2	2	2
Social	Diplomacy	3	3	3	3
Social	Distribution Connections	2	2	2	2
Social	Mining Connections	2	2	2	2
Social	Negotiation	2	2	2	2
Social	Security Connections	2	2	2	2
Social	Social	3	3	3	3
Spaceship Command	Racial Cruiser	4	4	4	4
Spaceship Command	Racial Destroyer	4	4	4	4
Spaceship Command	Racial Frigate	4	4	4	4
Spaceship Command	Racial Industrial	1	1	1	1
Spaceship Command	Mining Frigate	4	4	4	4
Spaceship Command	Spaceship Command	3	3	3	3
Structure Management	Anchoring	1	1	1	1
Targeting	Long Range Targeting	3	3	3	3
Targeting	Signature Analysis	3	3	3	3
Targeting	Target Management	4	4	4	4
Trade	Broker Relations	2	2	2	2
Trade	Marketing	2	2	2	2
Trade	Trade	3	3	3	3