31.2 Billion ISK Clash Ends in Auner After Hours of Fighting

Auner became the stage for a prolonged, high-value clash that ran for more than six and a half hours and left 79 ships destroyed. The engagement drew 165 participants and ended with losses totaling 31.2 billion ISK, with the heaviest damage landing on Test Alliance Please Ignore and Something Really Pretentious, and others.

THE SCALE OF THE FIGHT

What began in Auner turned into a major battle rather than a quick strike. The ship losses point to a mix of heavy combat hulls and supporting craft, with Machariels and Nightmares at the top of the wreckage list alongside Catalysts, Lokis, Drakes, and Coercers. That composition suggests a fight that was not limited to one class of ship, but spread across brawling battleships, heavier support, and smaller ships caught in the crossfire.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The fighting involved three broad blocs: Deepwater Hooligans and Holier Than Thou., and others; Test Alliance Please Ignore and Something Really Pretentious, and others; and Domain Research and Mining Inst. and Abyssal Booty Hunters, and others. The value split shows Test Alliance and its partners absorbing the largest share of the damage, with more than 20.9 billion ISK lost, while Domain Research and Mining Inst. and Abyssal Booty Hunters, and others suffered 7.6 billion ISK in destruction. Deepwater Hooligans and Holier Than Thou., and others also took losses of more than 2.6 billion ISK, leaving all sides paying for the contest.

THE TURNING POINT

The final blow was credited to WarBeacon, with the decisive loss tied to a battle report entry rather than a single named warship. That detail underscores how concentrated the damage became by the end: 165 attackers were involved in bringing the engagement to its conclusion, and the wreckage shows that the fight had already chewed through multiple layers of support and heavier ships before it ended. The presence of so many battlecruisers, battleships, and destroyers among the losses suggests a sustained exchange rather than a brief ambush.

THE LOSSES

The numbers leave little room for ambiguity. Seventy-nine ships were destroyed, and the total destruction reached 31.2 billion ISK. In practical terms, that means Auner saw an extended, costly fight that punished every side involved and left behind a field of expensive wreckage rather than a clean victory parade. Even without a single iconic capital loss to define the engagement, the scale of the losses alone makes this a consequential clash.

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