Loss 7, 8 and 9: Be serious, mon!

About the first two loss I don't have anything to say. I was careless, ratting and enjoying the Enyo. First time a Cynabal jumped on me, I warped to the next belt and checked the guy. He had 2,9 security status so I decided he won't attack me. He followed me and attacked. This is the story of this fight.
Second time again ratting, a Merlin found me this time. With the blasters and without a web I was not able to hit he.

The last loss... I went home and picked up a Rifter. Rifter is the king of the T1 frigs, isn't it? After arriving Dastrynis I started to warp between belts to make Bai attack me. During the warp-here-and-there session it would be nice to check the Merlin's specification. I did not do that. Rifter is the king of the T1 frigs, isn't it? We met at some belt, both engaging and then I was surprised. OK, this guy is shield tanker. But what the fuck is happening? No real damage on him and I am on half of my armor... Desperate attempts to tank the Merlin without success.

Of course I analyzed the fights. With the Enyo I had no chance after scrambled. So if I use Enyo, I have to focus on not to be engaged.
With the Rifter... This is another story. Bai told me that I need "those skills". Yep, I need skills. Ingame and player skills too.
The ingame part is straightforward. My damage and tanking ability was not enough.
The player skills:

• Merlin is shield tanker, so I have to use EMP against it.
• Merlin has insane resistances. I could easily check it before fight but I did not so I went in with Barrage armed. This time gf ment: What did you expect, moron? I am affraid. Against Merlin I should use EMP. Period. I suspect an EMP shild hardener (or whatever its name) on the Merlin but the EMP would be the biggest enemy of her for sure.
  
• I decided to go a 6 km orbit with AB. The idea was the very sophisticated I will be too fast for the missiles to scratch me. As I reconstructed I was not fast enough and additionally the AB sucked my capacitor (Missing skills, right?). So no tank. The vampire... I forgot to overheat and Bai sometimes moved out of range and I forgot to reapply.

Intel, moron, intel! It is a game, yes, but I want to win!