Archived stories from New Eden - Page 31

A Menace of Morons strike in J113334 ended with a 1.1 billion ISK Ikitursa wrecked in the wormhole dark, its final blow landing from a Loki after a brief, four-pilot clash. The kill suggests a tight local engagement rather than a sprawling fight, but for Jack Sheppardd of Center for Advanced Studies, the cost was anything but small.

A prolonged fight in Senda ended with a 12.2 billion ISK destruction and 115 ships lost across a 159-pilot engagement, with The Initiative. and Observatory Great Bear among the forces on the field opposite Kybernauts Clade and Psyno Theory.

A Dracarys. Thunderchild was brought down in LX5K-W after a brief but costly encounter with two attackers, ending with the dread-powered Centus Dread Lord landing the final blow. The loss pushed the fight into the 2 billion ISK range and left little doubt that the ship had been caught out in dangerous space.

A six-hour battle in Rakapas left 353 pilots across several coalitions trading blows and burning through 33.4 billion ISK in losses, with Kybernauts Clade and allied forces taking the heaviest punishment as the fighting finally ground to a close.

A Solyaris Chtonium Thanatos was destroyed in 3T7-M8 after Snuffed Out caught the carrier during a sharp 38-pilot engagement, turning what appears to have been a fleeting moment of exposure into a 4.1 billion ISK loss.

An Azbel in J122503 was destroyed in a concentrated attack by Hard Knocks Citizens, ending with the structure’s final blow landing from Pielars in a Leshak. The loss, valued at 11.8 billion ISK, came in a fight that drew 32 pilots into the system and left little doubt that the structure had been caught exposed at the wrong moment.

A No Vacancies. Leshak was destroyed in J001820 after URSA. and allies caught the battleship in a fast-moving 12-pilot engagement that stripped away more than a billion ISK in hull and fittings. The ship was finished by Crash-Down flying a Cerberus, ending a short but costly encounter in the wormhole system.

A Test Alliance Please Ignore Thunderchild was caught and destroyed in W6VP-Y after a brief but costly fight that ended with Brotherhood of Spacers landing the final blow. The super-weapon ship went down in a 4.2 billion ISK engagement that also claimed a second ship and left the field in the hands of the attackers.

A short-lived engagement in J121105 ended with 18 ships destroyed and an 8.7 billion ISK haul stripped from Rantek Industries, as a mixed force of 19 attackers caught an industrial group in the depths of wormhole space. The fight ran for just over 25 minutes, but by the end the field had been cleared of barges, exhumers, cruisers, and support ships alike.

A No Vacancies. Leshak was caught and destroyed in J001820 in a 19-participant clash that left behind roughly 1.3 billion ISK in wreckage. The ship went down under pressure from High Bear Nation. attackers, with the final blow delivered by Present Derz in a Cerberus after the target had already absorbed heavy damage from several ships on the field.

A Metenox Moon Drill worth 1.3 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in Doril, with ScotFire credited for the kill after a 23-pilot engagement that left the industrial structure burning and much of its stored material lost with it.

A 1.5 billion ISK Praxis was destroyed in KW-OAM after a brief but unusually tangled fight that appears to have involved Brave Collective pilots on both sides of the engagement. The loss ended with Kiatrai Vexione delivering the final blow, while an unidentified Angel Dreadnought and several other attackers helped wear the ship down.

A quiet wormhole encounter in J150306 ended in a brutal reminder that even a capsule can be a costly prize. A pilot flying for No Vacancies. lost a fully laden pod worth 1.1 billion ISK after being caught by a lone attacker from 33 Year Old Men Rage Rolling On A Friday Night, with the final blow delivered by Ca1ebTC OTW in a Nestor.

A Solyaris Chtonium Thanatos was ripped apart in 3T7-M8 after a compact but dangerous hunt brought together 39 pilots and at least two hostile groups. The carrier’s destruction, worth 4.1 billion ISK, was the centrepiece of a 5.5 billion ISK engagement that also claimed an Ikitursa, turning a short fight into a costly loss for its owners.

A Leshak worth 1.5 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in J001820 after a brief but costly hunt that drew together 25 pilots from both sides. The ship, flown by Ripfubar Sr of No Vacancies., went down under pressure from URSA. and High Bear Nation. in a fight that ended with the battleship-class hull stripped of its cargo and left to burn in the wormhole.

A costly skirmish in the wormhole system of J150306 ended with No Vacancies. losing a Bhaalgorn and a string of support ships after Mercenaires Sans Frontieres. and 33 Year Old Men Rage Rolling On A Friday Night put together a coordinated 18.3 billion ISK engagement. The fight ran for about fifteen minutes and left the defenders’ more expensive assets exposed at the wrong moment.

A Leshak worth 1.3 billion ISK was destroyed in J150306 after Mercenaires Sans Frontieres. brought a sizeable force to bear on a lone No Vacancies. ship. The engagement drew 55 pilots into the same wormhole pocket, and the cruiser-sized brawl ended with CivilAME’s Leshak broken under focused fire from a pack of battlecruisers and battleships.

A Goonswarm Federation Golem was cut down in J-RXYN after a 16-pilot engagement that brought together black ops battleships and stealth bombers to overwhelm the marauder. The 1.2 billion ISK loss left little behind beyond a small pile of recoverable cargo and a reminder that even heavily armed mission ships can be vulnerable when the wrong fleet finds them at the wrong moment.

A Solyaris Chtonium Ikitursa worth 1.4 billion ISK was brought down in 3T7-M8 after a 32-pilot confrontation narrowed into a sharp, fast kill. The battle left the cruiser wrecked and only a small fraction of its fittings recovered, with Rote Kapelle credited for the destruction and Iskander Rurikovich delivering the final blow in a Raptor.

A Metenox Moon Drill worth 1 billion ISK was destroyed in 9-KWXC as Apocalypse Now. pressed a large attack that ended with the industrial structure torn apart and a portion of its cargo lost with it. The strike was credited to Eri Yu in a Kikimora, but the damage appears to have been the work of a broader assault involving 112 participants and heavy fire from multiple ships.

A Banderlogs Alliance Gila was caught and destroyed in 0-UVHJ after Meta Reloaded brought a small but coordinated tackle onto the field, ending the fight with a clean finish and a loss worth 1.1B ISK. The skirmish was brief, but the damage was not: most of the ship’s value went up with it, along with a substantial load of missiles and repairs supplies that never got the chance to matter.

A 1.3 billion ISK Orca was brought down in Ignoitton after a small hunting group caught the industrial command ship exposed and outmatched. The loss went to Coffey Industries’ Raven Kautsuo, with the final blow delivered by Old Redcap Sly flying a Hecate for Clandestinauts.

A prolonged clash in 78-0R6 has left behind 10.7 billion ISK in wreckage, with 179 pilots involved and losses spread across both sides of the fight. The engagement appears to have centered on a major destruction of value for Goonswarm Federation and SONS of BANE, and others, while The Initiative. and Doomsday Tactical Force also took a meaningful hit in the same contested battle.

A Goonswarm Federation Widow was caught and destroyed in KE-0FB in a brief, one-sided encounter that left a 2.3 billion ISK wreck behind. The black ops battleship, flown by FengChao J1 of Peoples Liberation Army, was brought down by a lone attacker flying a Gist Cherubim, turning what may have been a routine movement into an expensive loss.