THE CATCH
The fight in Ikuchi was brief on the clock but costly in the balance sheet. A PushX Citadel Holdings Astrahus was caught and destroyed in a confrontation that appears to have centered on overwhelming the structure before it could survive the pressure. The engagement involved 14 pilots overall, but the damage was clearly concentrated in Vendetta Mercenary Group’s hands, with 12 attackers recorded against the target.
THE PRESSURE
The heaviest work was done by a cluster of Leshaks. Kingsley II, Soliic Malitar, Anara Rital and Kendra Souterre all appear among the main attackers, with Dastard Dian’s Hecate adding its own burst of damage. That combination suggests a deliberate and methodical takedown rather than a passing skirmish, the kind of assault designed to grind a target down before it can recover.
THE COLLAPSE
When the Astrahus finally went, it was not an empty shell. The structure’s wreck left behind a significant haul of remaining assets, including large amounts of Nitrogen Fuel Blocks and Standup ammunition, while other stocks were destroyed in the explosion. The destruction totaled 3.3 billion ISK, with 1.5 billion ISK lost outright and 1.7 billion ISK dropped from the wreckage.
WHY IT MATTERS
For PushX Citadel Holdings, the loss of an Astrahus in Ikuchi is a serious blow even without the broader context of a larger campaign. Structures are expensive to replace and harder to ignore once they are gone, and this one was finished by a relatively small but focused attacking force. For Vendetta Mercenary Group, the result reads as a clean, efficient kill: a well-applied strike, a captured moment of vulnerability, and a structure erased before help could make a difference.
