Eve: the Retribution Scythe

Looking ahead to the new expansion I've been thinking about what to fly. And the ship I'm most keen to try is the revamped Scythe.

The Scythe is one of the forgotten ships of Eve. With bonuses to mining and tracking links it has been badly synergised, useful only really for alts newbies or bait.

In winter it becomes a cheap version of the Scimitar, currently one of the most popular ships in Eve.

Here's my Scythe fit:

[Scythe, Healer]
Damage Control II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Capacitor Power Relay II

Medium Shield Extender II
Medium Shield Extender II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
10MN Afterburner II

Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Medium S95a Partial Shield Transporter
Salvager II

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

4 Medium Armour Maintenance Bot IIs 
Light Armour Maintenance Bot II

CPU 380/415
Grid 185.6/330

That's a comfortable fit. It's possible that with very good skills you could use a Large Shield Extender II or Large F-S9 Regolith instead of a Medium for even more effective hit points. You might need to change one of the rigs or low slots to fit that.

So what does this fit do:

1) Tank. It's an axiom that "healers" are the tanks in pvp. People who want to kill the other team always go for the healers first. In fact it would be better to take the Shield Transporters off and leave the tank than take the tank off and leave the Shield Transporters. Your role in a fight might often be to buy your side 30 seconds at the start of a fight then blow up.

2) Heal. 2 Medium S95as with the new ship bonuses will put out:
672 repaired shield hit points every 5 seconds out to 66 km for 111 cap per activation. With energy management V the new cruisers will have 1562.5 cap, enough to run both transporters for 14 cycles (70 seconds) before considering cap recharge. It recharges cap superfast.

4 Medium Armour Drone IIs and a small heal 315 armour per 5 second cycle with Repair Drone Operation V and the new ship bonus. You could swap these for shield drones if everyone you fly with shield tanks.

3) Loot. A roomy 475 m3 cargo bay and a Salvager II let you get rich while pvping. Once your shield transporters and drones are on the right ships you can probably get away with scooping loot while everyone else is shooting each other!