Archived stories from New Eden - Page 32

A drawn-out fight in wormhole space ended with 7.8 billion ISK in wreckage and 40 ships destroyed, as Siberian Squads and Fuel Blocks Not Included collided with Blue Loot Not Included in J123432. The engagement stretched for nearly six hours, suggesting a battle that was neither brief nor clean, but one that slowly ground down ships on both sides before the final break.

A 2.1 billion ISK Vargur was overwhelmed in Aufay as a 20-ship fight closed around Little Miss Mayhem’s marauder. The final blow came from a Catalyst flown by Valerie June of Goonswarm Federation, ending a costly brawl that left little room for escape.

A Metenox Moon Drill was destroyed in Modun as D-sync. forced through a costly 1.3 billion ISK loss belonging to Vanguard. The structure’s destruction came at the hands of a 25-ship local fight that turned on concentrated damage, with ExEgle of D-sync. landing the final blow in a Leshak after a sustained assault by the attacking fleet.

A 1.5 billion ISK Cenotaph was destroyed in N-8YET after a small Invidia Gloriae Comes group caught the ship and brought it down before it could escape. The loss went to Weetiktochniej of The Initiative., whose hull was finished off by a pair of Catalyst Navy Issue attackers in a sharp, contained ambush.

A Goonswarm Federation Widow was caught and destroyed in KE-0FB in a brief but costly encounter that left 2.2 billion ISK in wreckage behind. The super-covert battleship went down to an unaligned attacker flying a Gist Cherubim, turning what may have been a quick movement or isolated operation into a sharp and expensive loss for its pilot.

A Vargur worth 2.2 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in Aufay after a 10-ship assault closed in on the Marauder and ground it down under rapid fire. The fight drew in 30 participants overall and left behind a 4.3 billion ISK trail of wreckage, with the final blow landing from a Catalyst as the target’s ammunition stocks and tank were stripped away.

A 2.2 billion ISK Vargur was caught and destroyed in Aufay after a 15-pilot engagement turned into a fast, punishing takedown. The Marauder fell to a mixed assault led by Ascom Royal, with the final blow delivered by a Catalyst as heavier support chipped away around it.

A 1.4 billion-ISK Vargur was brought down in Amamake after a dense knot of hostile ships closed around the marauder, turning a local encounter into a costly loss for Sedition. The final blow came from an Exequror, an almost insulting end for a ship built to dominate small fights, but the damage had already been done by the time the repair cruiser landed the finishing shot.

A Paladin worth 3.5 billion ISK was destroyed in Hulmate in a brief, one-on-one encounter that left little room for escape. The Marauder, flown by Siemon Andruno of PURPLE HELMETED WARRIORS, appears to have been caught cleanly by a lone attacker operating under the banner of Unaligned attackers, turning a routine moment into a costly loss.

A Fraternity. pilot lost a heavily implanted capsule worth 2.4 billion ISK in AD074, ending a brief and costly encounter with DED. The destruction of Hich’s Genolution 'Auroral' 197-variant capsule turned what might have been a routine escape into a sharply expensive mistake.

A capsule carrying 3.5 billion ISK in implants was destroyed in 5-FGQI, ending what appears to have been a very costly escape attempt almost as soon as it began. Fuel Xion of The Silent Syndicate, flying an Eris, delivered the final blow against Dexter Tivianne of Intaki-Business Logistics Union.

A brief hunt in wormhole space ended with a costly collapse for Hard Knocks Executors when a Buzzard and its capsule were destroyed in J153449. The loss was small in ship count, but the value was anything but routine: the capsule alone accounted for 1.7 billion ISK, and the engagement was sealed by a Thanatos flown by OVO BeastAlt of Wardec Mechanics.

A single capsule in AD117 became a million-ISK problem scaled up to a billion. Navka Overminds caught and destroyed the pod of Yloken Arota Ichosira of Out of the Blue., ending what appears to have been a very expensive escape with the loss of a heavily fitted clone.

A 1.2 billion ISK Vargur was brought down in LBC-AW as a 30-pilot engagement closed around the Marauder and left little room for escape. The loss went to Insidious. and allies, with Nakito Kobara’s Kikimora landing the final blow after the target had already been stripped of most of its value.

An Orca carrying more than a billion ISK in value was caught and destroyed in KA6D-K, ending in a brief but costly hunt that left Curatores Veritatis Alliance with only fragments of its cargo and Aurora. with the field.

A fast intercept in the wormhole system of J215215 ended in an expensive and surprisingly total loss for Best Intentions., as a capsule worth 1.4B ISK was destroyed in the closing moments of a brief encounter with SANGUIS INVICTUS. The engagement lasted barely eleven seconds, but it was enough to claim two ships and erase implant sets that made the escape attempt far more costly than the hulls themselves.

A capsule carrying roughly 1 billion ISK in implants was destroyed in Wirdalen on Thursday night, ending in a swift strike by Novus Ordo. and a Catalyst flown by LORD Marwood. What should have been a brief escape instead collapsed into a costly loss for Questor Paydirt of Paydirt Production.

A lone Bestower hauling valuable cargo in H-EY0P was caught and destroyed in a fast strike by The Initiative., turning an ordinary industrial run into a 1.4 billion ISK loss for Test Alliance Please Ignore. The final blow came from Count Scary in a Purifier, and the wreck left behind suggests the ship was carrying far more than a routine cargo load.

A 1.2 billion ISK Proteus was destroyed in Vale after The Initiative. caught the strategic cruiser in a 26-participant skirmish that ended with a Flycatcher landing the final blow. What began as a brief clash turned into an expensive loss for 7.62, with the ship’s fit offering a glimpse of an active combat scout caught too close to danger.

A Tatara in Manatirid was brought down in a sharp, costly strike that left 15 billion ISK in losses behind and marked another reminder of how exposed even industrial capitals can become when the right hunters find them. Wrecking Machine. accounted for the destruction, with five Leshaks among the most visible names on the field and Adam J3nson landing the final blow.