EVE Online: Machariel class Battleship

By far my most expensive purchase in EVE Online. Behold! The Angel Cartel Pirate faction Battleship, Machariel! It's worth over 900 million ISK and with the final fit I intend for it its gonna cost more than twice that amount eventually.

In keeping with the tradition of Claire Danes- namesakes, I named this ship Sonja Jones, after yet another Claire Danes character from the movie, Me and Orson Welles.

That said, this beauty is the largest battleship-class in the game, and also the fastest in terms of base speed. The huge expense of low slots (7 in total), plus the moderately capable 5 mid slots, is used up for a passive shield tank setup, the kind of defense that doesn't use that much cap, though converting from an active tanking ship like the Maelstrom to this does take a little getting use to.

6 guns and 2 missile setup, capable though not as optimum as the 8 guns of my previous ship, nevertheless I intend to round it all up with faction items!