Astrahus Falls in a Tight Wormhole Hunt
An Astrahus in J110924 was caught and destroyed in a compact wormhole engagement that brought together ten participants and ended with the structure worth 1.5 billion ISK reduced to wreckage. The final blow came from Doob Jakatar’s Vargur as Big Green Fly and its allies pressed the attack.
THE CATCH
The fight in J110924 appears to have been a brief but deliberate hunt rather than a sprawling brawl. Ten pilots were present around the engagement, with Big Green Fly leading the attacking side and Empire Trading Corporation on the losing end. At the centre of it all sat an Astrahus, a structure that is never cheap to lose and rarely easy to replace once it has been pinned down in wormhole space.
THE ASSAULT
The damage trail suggests the attackers brought a mixed and capable force to bear. Doob Jakatar in a Vargur delivered the final blow, while support came from ships including a Tempest Fleet Issue, Kikimoras, and a Caracal Navy Issue. That combination points to a coordinated strike that had the range, pressure, and staying power to grind through the structure’s defenses and keep the target from slipping away.
THE COLLAPSE
When the Astrahus broke, it did so with costly cargo still tied to it. The structure’s loss accounted for 919.4 million ISK destroyed and 596.8 million ISK dropped, including an Astrahus Upwell Quantum Core among the notable items recovered. For Empire Trading Corporation, the loss of the citadel itself is the headline consequence: once an Astrahus is exposed and caught in a place like J110924, the margin for escape shrinks fast.
THE AFTERMATH
The result gives Big Green Fly and its allies a clear and expensive success, while Empire Trading Corporation is left with a dead structure and a visible dent in its presence in the system. In wormhole space, that kind of loss can change how a group occupies a chain, how boldly it anchors, and how much risk it is willing to accept the next time a structure goes up under pressure.
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