THE CATCH
The encounter in Sivala unfolded as a focused strike rather than a sprawling battle. Seventeen pilots were tied to the fight, but the damage tells the clearer story: Vendetta Mercenary Group brought enough force to overwhelm a single medium citadel and then keep pressure on it until the structure gave way. The target was an Astrahus, a valuable and visible asset, and once the attack settled in, the outcome seems to have become a matter of time rather than uncertainty.
THE SIEGE FIRE
The killing blow came from Styx Prana flying a Leshak, one of several Vendetta battleships applying the bulk of the damage. Josh Dian, Vanya Indis, masty, and Abazaga also appear among the heaviest contributors, all in Leshaks, suggesting a disciplined siege-style attack built to grind through structure points with methodical force. The final blow was only the closing note; the real work had already been done by sustained pressure from the group’s main line ships.
THE COLLAPSE
The wreckage points to a structure fully committed to defense and storage at the time it was hit. Nitrogen fuel blocks were destroyed, while Standup Heavy Missiles and Standup Cruise Missiles were partly dropped or destroyed, alongside a Standup Light Missile cache and a Standup Gravimetric ECM Script. That mix suggests the Astrahus was not simply abandoned on approach, but taken apart while its fitting and ammunition were still in place. For PushX Citadel Holdings, the loss was not just the hull, but the contents that went with it.
THE COST
At 2.4 billion ISK, this was not an ordinary reinforcement timer or a routine skirmish. Even a single structure loss carries weight in New Eden, and an Astrahus destroyed in open view is a reminder that stationary assets remain only as safe as the force available to defend them. In Sivala, Vendetta Mercenary Group appears to have found a target exposed long enough to finish the job, and the result was a clean, expensive removal from the grid.
