Weapon types
Amar - energy and missiles
Caldari - missiles and hybrids
Gallente - hybrids, drones
Minmatar - projectiles and missiles.

Targeting Systems
Amarr - Radar
Caldary - Gravimetric
Gallente - Magnetometric
Minmatar - Ladar

Damage types
Guristas - Kinetic / Thermal
Serpentis - Thermal / Kinetic
Blood Raider - Thermal / EM
Sansha's Nation - EM / Thermal
Angel Cartel - Kinetic / Explosive / Thermal

Best Damage to NPCs
Guristas - Kinetic
Serpentis - Thermal
Mordus - Thermal / Kinetic
Blood - EM / Thermal
Angel - Explosive
Mercenary - Thermal
Arch Angels - Kinetic / Thermal
Sansha - EM / Thermal

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