First loss

Running up and down throughout the Essence region all the time, just to please a Sister of Eve. Pathetic, but the ISK rewards are nice, which come handy on my way to power. It takes money to get the necessary equipment to destroy infidels and heretics.
Speaking of equipment, I just suffered my first loss of ship. I was instructed to fly into a nest of drones, just to have my warp engine disrupted and my ship webbed. This should not have been much of an issue, but unfortunately, I'm not someone whom you'd call a tanking professional (yet). I could just sit there, watching my armor repper draining the last bit of cap then stop, leaving me there practically naked. It did not take too much time - 12.3 seconds, just to be precise - for the drones to rip me totally apart.
Note to self: ships are yearning to be insured.
Lessons learnt: a lot. Like I should be able to hit something just a shade farther than a mere 2.5k, thus pulse lasers are a no-no, at least until I can tank opponents who hit me harder than a sparrow's fart. Welcome beams with radio crystals! 17k seems good enough for a start, though I guess I'm still not safe from missiles and the like. Armor plates are better than Damage Controls in a way that they do not ask for cap, though they hurt the velocity somewhat. I can counter-balance that with a nice AB, so I can easily make 700/s. I really have to train my skills: putting something on which is basically a metal hide is lame.
I flew back with my new ship and took my revenge on those damned machines. Orbiting at 15k, flying with 600/s, they couldn't even shoot at me, while I could butcher them with my Dual Modal Lights. I have to admit that when I say 'butcher', I really mean 'going by small cuts', as it took one minute average to get rid of just one, unlike the 'one volley - one down'-like pulse with multi.
There are problems with this loadout, like it's not cap stable, one high slot is empty and the like, but so far I can fly just this. I'm a bit concerned about Power Grid: just .75 MW left.
I'm still adamant about learning Learning, so the figures will remain the same for a while.

[Punisher, Alien Mk. II]
Small Armor Repairer I
100mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Capacitor Power Relay I x2
Cold-Gas I Arcjet Thrusters
Small Ld-Acid Capacitor Battery I
Dual Modal Light Laser I, Radio S x3