Which ships are suited to farming the “tags for sec” NPCs in low-sec

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In the Odyssey expansion CPP added a new way to regain security status, the Tags for Security Status feature. There are new NPCs in low-sec belts that drop tags which can be traded for a security status gain.

I thought I might try to farm those a bit and repair my security status a bit. Which ships would be best suited for this purpose? They should be reasonably cheap for the case that I'm caught, so no pirate faction or T3 ships. They should be able to kill the NPCs effectively, but still small or cloaky enough to get through the inevitable gate camp.

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Thats my lowsec Ratting Manticore. The trick is that the 2 Painters will help the manticore to apply its decent damage on the cruiser sized Clone Warrior NPC. Even with my average skills (Torps only sitting at 3, Missile base skills at 4) I'm able to plop the NPC before Im even taking any damage at all. Thats why the MSB may be debatable but I keep it as a failsafe guard for now. Gives you the time to warp off in case something goes wrong. I think about swapping it for either a small or none at all (your signature size is your #1 defense)

I tried all sorts of tanking the NPC before and always ended up in armor and with burned modules. With the setup below it's a nobrainer. Just don't forget to enable the TPs ;-)) Attack range will be about 30km - you may want to even get a closer in order to make for shorter Torp flight time. It's all about plopping him before he even really starts shooting at you. You could tank a couple of rounds though.

[Manticore]
1x Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
1x Core Probe Launcher I
3x Prototype 'Arbalest' Torpedo Launcher

Medium power
1x 1MN Afterburner II
2x Target Painter II
1x Medium Shield Extender II

Low power
1x Ballistic Control System II
1x Micro Auxiliary Power Core I

Rig Slot
1x Small Bay Loading Accelerator I
1x Small Warhead Calefaction Catalyst I
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