Because all cops are heroes , and everyone they shoot is automatically a thug who totally deserves it , regardless of what your morals , common sense , or evidence might say . You see , this is why we shouldn ' t have body cameras , because sometimes the video goes against my preconceived notions . <| sep |> Mitigate getting hit . not so much outside of Disables and Confuses . You ' ve a better chance of mitigating the effects of getting hit , if you ' re prepared to accept the hit to your base DPS . Gearwise , you could slotting the CC Deflector with the Kobali 2 piece 3 piece if you have the Core which would give a healthy amount of hull buffs and a passive regen , while still paying lip service to buffing your weapons . The Assimilated Borg 2 piece is another option , but the Sol Defense set is a bit too fond of shields to be appropriate to an EBC build . Abilitywise , Attack Pattern Delta , Polarize Hull , Hazard Emitters , A 2 SIF , basically anything buffing damage resistance and hull . It ' s rare for Eng captains to fly torpboats all those energy buffs , but when they do they should be in EBCs due to Miracle Worker alone . As you get more confident or if you can keep things on global you can look into slotting more disables , confuses , and debuffs . Note that the Kor and Malem can both use Pilot seating , so things like Attack Pattern Lambda , Deploy Countermeasures 9 times out of 10 it ' ll be a torp that gets ya ! , and Hold Together are all worth considering . The Faeht ' s Intel seats mean you can chuck all kinds of potent disables and confuses at people , or get rid of threat . Even some of the less loved Intel abilities can be a safety net for the nervous EBC bomber . EBC ships are unique beasts , have fun with them !