The meta for scouts has changed a lot over the previous few months so any old guides, specifically those regarding TacNet are largely out of date.

As Cass above has stated, Gallente isn't a bad build to go for.
The Gallente has a mild precision bonus which is good for spotting tanked out scouts (light assaults).

Though somewhat differ on the being CQC thing, I've run Rail Rifle and Nova Knives (opposite ends of the spectrum) on my gal scout and found it pretty effective.

The three EWAR skills should be a high priority. IMO in decending order.
Dampening.
Range.
Precision.

Gallente, due to their slot layout, end up as kind of Dual tankers (both armour and shields). As so many scout type mods are low slots (Codebreakers, Kin Cats, Dampeners). Consider speccing both Armour and Shield Mods.

Scouts can be very hard to fit for PG/CPU especially if you're using a cloak. Don't even try to fit the cloak (IMO) until you have your chosen scout suit skill at 5. And make sure to spec into Core, Electronics and Engineering ASAP.
I run a cloak and an uplink, so the fittings cost for those two items is pretty extreme.

Are you a new player to the game or just new to scouting?

Also, there is an in game chat channel called Scouts United. That can sometimes be a useful place to squad up with people to learn in game, and good on you for hooking up with Immortal Guides.

If that's what you have then I think it would be better to build upon that rather than start over with a respec.

SP optimization. If G. Caldari is still around, this is why it is important to get dampening to 5 ASAP

12 more minutes and then I am off to the the race to damp 5.

[quote=Garin Caldari]Due to some time off for school and passive SP I should be working with around 4M. It's hard to pick something specific as things may change after the update, but I love the idea of invisibility, capping, and cqc. I've been reading the older guides about knives and shotties for assassin type builds too.

In agreement. It'll take a couple weeks, but you'll be glad you did. Its a good month to grind with the SP cap as it is.

Unless its minmitar, you want to get the scout first.

Gal has great fittings, and you should be fine with lvl 3. Ill give you the optimal PC Gal Scout fit RN for ultimate heavy spam countering capabilities, and modify it so that you can fit it with level 3 fittings.

http://www.protofits.com/fittings/shared/0/8976

Your goal should be to get that fit working. You may need to get to level 4 electronics, but that right there is a super solid PC fit. You can downgrade to f/45's if need be.

But that right there is your goal. If you need ISK, HMU in game if I'm on.

Militia shotgun is good. Also consider speccing your side arm of choice first and duel wield them.
Dual SMG and dual Scrambler Pistols I did a lot very early on.

Live without the cloak for the time being.
Many here will disagree but speccing up your HP I recommend.
Gal is a kind of dual tank play style though. Shields in the highs until you spec precision and put in precision enhancers.

Also do gallente faction warfare, this allows you to buy suits and mods 1 rank above what you're specced to.

Do you know what weapons you're going to go with?

Isn't Dust University exactly what you're looking for? Or did something happen to D-Uni while I wasn't paying attention.

You can buy for ISK?!
I accept these additions.
I finally have something to use the ludicrously large pile of in-game currency I have.

Or i could buy a Cal Assault with LP.

50M for the Gal collection.
(if it was AUR i would rage at their existence because they look hideous, like Cal-Commando ugly but worse)

But collectables!
And I finally have something to spend 200Mil ISK on.