The Bellicose is quite a good ship actually, the only Min cruiser with 4 midslots. I think ppl think they are crap because one of the bonuses is wasted on target painter effectiveness. The bigger powergrid allows me to fit the largest medium autocannons though, making up for some lost damage which is actually higher than the Scythe's, even without drones. Costs me a low slot for a PDS though...
The cool thing about the Belli is that it has a 40m
3 dronebay and a 40Mb/s bandwidth, which is pretty neat (highest drone ability of all Min cruisers). The Stabber and esp. Rupture have awesome powergrids though, compared to the Belli's.
But all in all, I used the extra midslot for some extra tank (1 passive shield and 1 pass. armor on this one) and fit an Multi ECM (could also fit a webber) for some nasty for anyone we encounter.
All in all the Belli seems to be the better cruiser to do the Gank Night in

