Ahbazon Fight Ends with a 25B ISK Loss for Deepwater Hooligans

A prolonged clash in Ahbazon ended with Deepwater Hooligans losing a 25B ISK engagement, as 235 pilots traded blows over more than two hours and the wreckage piled up across a mixed field of battlecruisers, battlecruisers, and tackle ships. The fight drew in several separate groups, but the heaviest damage appears to have fallen on Deepwater Hooligans as the engagement ground on.

THE LONG FIGHT

The action in Ahbazon opened shortly after 02:01 EVE time and did not fully burn out until past 04:33, suggesting a drawn-out engagement rather than a quick strike. By the end, 84 ships had been destroyed in a battle that reached 235 participants and an estimated total value of 25B ISK. The scale alone points to a serious confrontation, with both sides committing enough hulls to keep the field active long after the first exchange.

THE MAIN FORCE

The heaviest presence on the field came from The Initiative. and The Black Shores, alongside others, with Ahbazon-Prime and Stain Neurodiverse Democracy also represented in force. Deepwater Hooligans, meanwhile, absorbed the largest share of the destruction, with losses totaling more than 14B ISK. The numbers suggest they were at the center of the violence, taking repeated blows as the fight developed around them.

THE BREAK

The ship list shows the battle was not limited to a single class of target. Feroxes accounted for the largest share of losses, followed by Barghests, with smaller numbers of Ibises, Bellicoses, Drakes, and Stilettos also destroyed. That spread indicates a messy engagement where larger combat hulls and lighter support ships were both caught in the pressure, and where tackle appears to have paid the price for staying close when the field turned dangerous.

THE CONSEQUENCE

Ahbazon-Prime and Stain Neurodiverse Democracy, with support from Dragon Riders Legion, Bloody Smile, and the Royal Amarr Institute among others, appear to have helped shape the outcome. The fight's end leaves Deepwater Hooligans with the largest single loss in the action and a field stripped of dozens of ships across multiple groups. In a system that has seen many hard contests, this one stands out less for a single decisive volley than for the slow accumulation of damage that left one side carrying the heavier bill.

Sources and verification

Based on recorded combat data Narrative based on recorded New Eden activity and archived editorial analysis.

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