Archived stories from New Eden - Page 17

A Fraternity. Absolution worth 1.5 billion ISK was destroyed in F7C-H0 in a brief but costly engagement that also claimed a Typhoon Fleet Issue. The fight appears to have been a sharp interception by The Initiative., with 20 attackers contributing to the destruction of the command ship before Skiggens, flying a Dominix Navy Issue, landed the final blow.

A Proteus worth 1.4 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in J165820, ending a brief but sharp hunt that left two ships down and roughly 2.5 billion ISK in losses across the encounter. The strike was carried by Lux Collective and a small number of attackers, with the final blow landing from a Nemesis as the target was broken apart in the wormhole system.

A Tholos worth 1.1 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in J165820, ending a brief but costly encounter that left little room for escape. The ship, flown by Richard Bronze of Lux Collective, was finished by Element Nobe in a Curse after a small group converged on the target in the wormhole system.

A capsule worth 1.1 billion ISK was destroyed in Mamenkhanar when an unidentified attacker in an EDENCOM Heavy GunStar landed the final blow. The loss was brief, but the price tag was anything but: a pilot from R A I D E R S academy saw their escape end in a flash, along with several expensive implants.

A costly hunt in J141502 ended with a Leshak and a 2.5 billion ISK capsule destroyed, the latter carrying a full set of high-grade Amulet implants that vanished with it. The brief engagement, involving 33 participants and two attacking groups named Imbicillin and BEASTIA, turned into a sharp reminder that even in wormhole space, a moment of exposure can be enough to lose everything.

A large-scale fight in S8-NSQ left 61 ships wrecked and 104 pilots committed across nearly two hours of combat, with Dracarys. and Out of the Blue. appearing to take the heavier punishment. The engagement ended with 3.8 billion ISK destroyed and a battlefield scattered with battlecruisers, logistics, and heavier hulls that could not get clear once the shooting started.

A 67-ship engagement in 57-KJB ended with Sigma Grindset taking the heavier punishment, as the fighting left 31 ships destroyed and more than 4.3 billion ISK in losses behind. The Initiative. emerged as the dominant attacker, while the wreckage suggested a clash that escalated beyond a brief exchange and held long enough to inflict serious damage on both sides.

A prolonged engagement in ZXB-VC ended with 3.6 billion ISK destroyed, as The Initiative. and Invidia Gloriae Comes and Invidia consilium perdit traded blows over the course of more than two hours. What began as a large-scale clash in the system left both sides bloodied, with the heavier share of the losses falling on Invidia Gloriae Comes and Invidia consilium perdit.

The campaign in Outer Passage appears to be tilting back toward D3ad End, with defenders regaining ground even as broad regional pressure continues to press on JBUH-H and XDTW-F. The fight is not over, but the shape of it is changing: what began as a growing campaign is now meeting firmer resistance at the key infrastructure lines.

The Outer Passage campaign has entered its second week with D3ad End beginning to claw back ground on a front that remains active and tightly focused. With JBUH-H and XDTW-F still in play and FVQF-W now out of the picture, the contest appears to be narrowing around a stable line of pressure rather than spreading into a wider regional sweep.

A costly escape attempt in Kourmonen ended in a flash when The Tuskers Co. caught and destroyed a 1.6 billion ISK capsule flown by Falling Lief of Genstar Reloaded. The final blow came from cursedlion in a Hecate, closing the brief hunt before the pod could slip away.

A Fraternity. capsule carrying implants and support hardware worth an estimated 1.6 billion ISK was destroyed in 1-NW2G after The Initiative. caught it with just two attackers on the field. The loss turned a brief interception into a very expensive reminder that even a pod can be a high-value target when the wrong eyes are on it.

A 1.2 billion ISK Widow was brought down in E-9ORY after a Northern Coalition. group closed in on the stealth bomber’s much larger prize: a black-ops battleship carrying more than a cargo hold of trouble. The ship was reduced to wreckage in a short, local fight that left almost nothing behind but burned fuel, expended missiles, and the certainty that the target was never getting away.

A costly Gila was caught and destroyed in AD096 in a brief, sharply executed hunt that ended with a capsule loss as well. The fight lasted only seconds, but it still produced more than 8.4 billion ISK in destruction and put Vigilant Tyrannos and Perun Clade together on the winning side of the exchange.

A Golem carrying expensive cruise missile stocks was destroyed in NG-M8K as a 14-pilot fight collapsed around the battleship. The 2.1 billion ISK loss fell to Benigno Numine and allies, with the final blow landing from a Proteus after the target had already been heavily chewed apart by a mix of battlecruisers and heavy assault hulls.

A 3.5 billion ISK Paladin went down in J104754 after a small group closed in on the marauding Marauder, ending a brief but costly fight in wormhole space. The loss also took a Mobile Tractor Unit, suggesting the encounter struck while the ship was working in place rather than prepared for a clean escape.

A Revelation worth roughly 5 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in BKG-Q2 as Insidious. forced a costly Shadow Cartel capital into the wrong place at the wrong time. The dreadnought went down under sustained pressure, with a Phoenix Navy Issue landing the final blow after the target had already taken heavy damage.

A Revelation-sized loss anchored a fast-moving 100-pilot fight in BKG-Q2, where Shadow Cartel and Insidious. traded blows in a battle that ended with capital wreckage, a destroyed Phoenix, and 10.6 billion ISK in losses across just over four minutes of combat.

A Tengu worth roughly 1 billion ISK was destroyed in CSOA-B after an 18-pilot engagement pulled Fraternity. and allied pilots onto the target. The heavy assault cruiser, flown by Trimethoprim of Togawa Group, was caught in a fight that ended with Michael Wing’s Thorax landing the final blow.

A 2.9 billion ISK Vargur was brought down in Rimbah after Coffin Carrying Pallbearers and supporting pilots closed in on the Marauder with a compact strike force. The loss left little doubt that the ship had been caught exposed, and the final blow came from a Loki after a wave of damage from covert-ops support had already done the heavy lifting.

A Brave Collective Impel was caught and destroyed in Jita in a sharply focused strike that turned a transport into a 3.8 billion ISK loss. The ship, flown by Saucy Sarah of Brave Newbies Inc., was finished off by Vendetta Mercenary Group after a brief but decisive engagement that left little room for escape.

A 1.1 billion ISK Curse was brought down in J154726 when a small New House of Flanders strike team caught the cruiser and finished it under Tornado fire. The loss left little room for escape, with the target destroyed in a fast, concentrated engagement that turned a 457.5 million ISK wreck into a sharp reminder of how quickly a valuable ship can disappear in wormhole space.

A Phoenix jumped into the wrong kind of fight in BKG-Q2 and did not make it back out. Shadow Cartel and its partners were on grid in force when the 4.4 billion ISK capital ship was brought down, with a Revelation landing the final blow and leaving only wreckage, ruined supplies, and a very expensive reminder of how quickly a capital can be isolated.

A 1.4 billion ISK Tengu was caught and destroyed in 1QH-0K in a brief skirmish that appears to have left Insidious. with little room to react. The loss, credited to unaligned attackers, ended with the strategic cruiser stripped apart in a fight involving only three participants but a very expensive target.