Archived stories from New Eden - Page 24

A Deepwater Hooligans Naglfar was brought down in Dal after a crowded fight that pulled 164 pilots into the area, ending with Curatores Veritatis Alliance and its allies claiming a 4.2 billion ISK prize. The super-heavy dreadnought was left exposed long enough for the final blow to land from Varrinox’s Tempest Fleet Issue, capping a chaotic engagement that scattered a mix of navy battleships and supporting hulls across the field.

A Bhaalgorn worth 2.7 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in Dal as a 67-pilot fight swirled around the system, with Deepwater Hooligans and allies bringing the pressure down on ZERG REBORN’s Kublai Genghis Khan. The expensive battleship went down under concentrated Barghest fire, ending with Ned Starrk landing the final blow.

The Perrigen Falls campaign has settled into a sustained contest of control, with the Brotherhood of Spacers now regaining ground after six days of pressure. The front remains concentrated around 6-1T6Z and U4-V3J, but the removal of 5T-A3D from the active list suggests the struggle has narrowed rather than spread, leaving both sides focused on a smaller, more stable line of conflict.

A Siberian Squads Widow was caught and destroyed in 2O9G-D after a brief, one-sided interception that left no room for escape. The black ops battleship, flown by Ferril Estidal, was valued at 2.6 billion ISK and went down to an unaligned attacker flying a Guristas Fleet Stronghold.

A 1.5 billion ISK Nightmare was caught and destroyed in J152404 as a mixed hunting force closed in on Space Mob’s battleship before the hole could offer any escape. The ship fell to End of Natural Lifetime’s Mister PewPew in a Loki, ending with most of the Nightmare’s value vaporized and only a sliver of loot recovered.

A Phoenix Navy Issue was overwhelmed and destroyed in Dal in a 7.6 billion ISK loss that suggests a concentrated attack by Deepwater Hooligans caught the capital ship in a dangerous position. The ship, flown by CrackerC of Spaghetti N' Meatballs, went down after sustained pressure from multiple Barghests, with SirJoJo landing the final blow.

A Fraternity. Golem was destroyed in V-NL3K after a brief but costly interception that left the 1.1 billion ISK marauder burning under sustained fire. The ship’s loss came in a seven-pilot clash where Hispanic Enterprises Holding emerged with the final blow, turning a short encounter into a very expensive mistake for the defender.

A Loki worth 1.4 billion ISK was brought down in Wirashoda after a small hunting force from UA Fleets caught the cruiser and ended its attempt to stay in the field. The loss to 7.62 was swift, costly, and made all the more painful by the amount of ammunition and fittings that either scattered into space or burned with the ship.

A Proteus worth 1.8 billion ISK was brought down in CHA2-Q after a 21-ship engagement put The Initiative. on the right side of a sharp, costly catch. The destruction left little time for escape, with the final blow landing from a Manticore flown by soul922 as the fight closed around Pict1on’s strategic cruiser.

A Deepwater Hooligans Barghest was caught and destroyed in Dal as a 71-participant clash collapsed into a costly loss for the lone battlecruiser pilot. The 1.3 billion ISK ship came down under concentrated fire from Minmatar Fleet Alliance and allied Tempest Fleet Issue pilots, ending with the Barghest’s missiles and fit wrecked in the field.

A Paladin worth 1.7 billion ISK was destroyed in J164031 when a small group from IFU Industries and CollapseTrap caught Stomatolog-Proktolog’s marauder and brought it down with a Vargur finishing volley from HondaBot. The fight was brief, but the result was decisive: a heavily armed battleship was left exposed long enough for a compact hunting group to turn the wormhole into a killing ground.

A Vindicator worth 1.5 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in Dal in a brief but crowded engagement that drew 66 participants to the field. The loss went to Daughters of Ane, with the final blow delivered by MineDude777 in a Barghest, ending any chance of a clean escape for WinniethePooh’s blaster battleship.

A Deepwater Hooligans Naglfar was shattered in Dal after it became the centrepiece of a sprawling 171-participant engagement that left the dreadnought wrecked and its cargo scattered or lost. The final blow came from a Typhoon flown by Halik Tokat, but the destruction appears to have come amid sustained pressure from a much larger attacking force.

A large fight in the wormhole system of J160941 left 77 pilots tangled in a costly exchange that destroyed 11.4 billion ISK in ships and fittings. Kitchen Sinkhole and United Cats and Beyond the Breach, and others emerged as the principal names on both sides of the wreckage, with the heaviest losses falling across cruisers, battlecruisers, and smaller support hulls as the engagement ran across more than a day of conflict.

A Barghest worth 1.3 billion ISK was destroyed in Dal as a 83-ship engagement tightened around the battleship and denied Deepwater Hooligans a costly escape. The ship, flown by Krimson Serenity of Deepwater Hooligans' Full Broadside, fell to a Tempest Fleet Issue flown by Bobrdobr Shazih of Smile 'n' Wave, with the final blow landing amid a heavier exchange involving multiple Tempest Fleet Issues and a Typhoon.

A lone Federation Navy Comet from Watch This turned a brief encounter in Dal into a 1.5 billion ISK loss for Wild Geese., destroying the capsule of Niluso and the expensive set of high-grade implants inside it.

A Metenox Moon Drill worth 1.1 billion ISK was destroyed in 6-8QLA after a brief but decisive strike by Brotherhood of Spacers capital pilots. The structure fell to a Nyx-backed attack led by Mikiyama Schnimura, with a Hel also contributing heavily to the collapse.

A Viator in Deltole was caught and destroyed in a fast 15.6 billion ISK ambush, with the expensive industrial escaping only partway into the trap before a trio of Mallers from Something Really Pretentious finished the job.

A costly escape attempt in KBP7-G ended with the destruction of Wyrm Alnaden’s Genolution 'Auroral' 197-variant capsule, a 1.6 billion ISK loss that appears to have been caught by a small Goonswarm Federation hunting group. The kill was credited to Blackwater Task Forces pilot Ciri Ferro flying a Caracal Navy Issue, with support from a Tengu and a Sabre.

A capsule carrying a costly set of implants was caught and destroyed in JH-M2W, ending a short but decisive hunt by Wicked Goats Enterprises. The loss, valued at 2.5 billion ISK, turned a brief intercept into a ruinous setback for The Hideaway.'s Cassandra Firefox.

A Thanatos carrier was destroyed in Keri after a 16-ship assault by PUT THE FRIES IN THE BAG closed in and broke the target down for a 4.1 billion ISK loss. The wreck left Phoenix Naval Systems taking the heaviest hit, while the attackers — flying a Paladin-heavy formation — claimed one of the more expensive single ship losses of the evening.

A short but violent capital engagement in 4-HWWF left a Fraternity. Phoenix wrecked for 6.4B ISK, as a mixed force tied to Fraternity., The Initiative., and allied groups traded heavy capital losses in a fight that escalated quickly and ended with 15 ships destroyed across both sides.

A Raitaru worth 1.9 billion ISK was brought down in J164507 as a 60-ship engagement closed around the structure and left WarpToo Zero Holdings with a costly loss. The final blow came from YudZir0 flying a Drekavac, capping a fight that appears to have tilted decisively in favour of CBOPA KOTOB B KOCMOCE and their allied pilots.

An Astrahus worth 3.3 billion ISK was brought down in J164507 after a large group of 61 pilots closed in on the structure and chewed through it with a wall of Drekavacs. The fight ended with the citadel wrecked and much of its fuel and armament destroyed or scattered, leaving WarpToo Zero Holdings with a costly loss in the depths of wormhole space.