31.2 Billion ISK Fight Ends in Auner After Four-Hour Clash

Auner saw a long-running fight grind on for more than four hours before the field finally settled on a costly result: 165 pilots, 79 losses, and 31.2 billion ISK destroyed in a battle that drew in Deepwater Hooligans and Holier Than Thou., Test Alliance Please Ignore and Something Really Pretentious, and Domain Research and Mining Inst. alongside Abyssal Booty Hunters.

THE FIGHT THAT WOULD NOT END

The engagement in Auner began at 03:00 UTC and did not conclude until after 07:13, making it less a quick strike than a prolonged clash of forces. Three broad groupings appear to have been drawn into the same fight, with the heaviest losses falling on the Test Alliance Please Ignore and Something Really Pretentious side, though all sides paid a price as the battle dragged on.

THE DAMAGE STACKS UP

By the time the shooting stopped, the battlefield had produced a grim spread of wreckage. Machariels led the ship losses at 40, followed by 22 Nightmares, with Catalysts, Lokis, Drakes and Coercers rounding out the main wrecks. That mix suggests a fight that reached well beyond a single hull class and absorbed both heavier ships and more expendable support in the same brawl.

THE PRIZE

The most significant loss was the Auner itself, valued at 31.2 billion ISK and credited to Domain Research and Mining Inst. and Abyssal Booty Hunters, and others. WarBeacon’s final blow closed out the destroyer’s long resistance, with the report indicating the target came away with unpriced drops even as the destroyed value alone marked it as the battle’s defining loss. For Test Alliance Please Ignore and Something Really Pretentious, and others, that is a painful result in a fight already measured in major-scale losses.

WHY IT MATTERS

Large battles in Auner rarely stay local in effect, and this one looks no different. With 165 participants and damage spread across multiple organizations, the fight shows a sizeable concentration of effort and a willingness to commit ships over an extended window. The result leaves one side with a headline loss and all participants with a reminder that in New Eden, persistence can be as decisive as the opening volley.

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