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Astrahus Lost in Saatuban as Bully Brigade Lands the Final Blow
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Astrahus Lost in Saatuban as Bully Brigade Lands the Final Blow

An Astrahus worth 1.5 billion ISK was brought down in Saatuban after Bully Brigade caught the structure with five attackers on grid. The final blow went to Medronho flying a Kronos, ending a brief but costly engagement that left the Upwell Quantum Core among the items recovered from the wreck.

THE CATCH

The fight in Saatuban was short, but the result was anything but routine. Bully Brigade committed a mixed small force against an Astrahus belonging to cheese rolling, with eight pilots appearing on the battlefield in total. The engagement centred on a structure that had clearly been exposed long enough for attackers to commit to the kill.

THE STRUCTURE BREAKS

As the pressure mounted, the Astrahus absorbed a punishing amount of fire before giving way. Medronho delivered the final volley in a Kronos, while other attackers in the group helped push the damage through. The wreckage tells the story of a concentrated assault: 921 million ISK destroyed, with 597.3 million ISK dropped from the structure as it collapsed.

THE PRIZE

Among the surviving loot was an Astrahus Upwell Quantum Core, a reminder that even when a structure goes down, not everything inside it is lost. For cheese rolling, the loss of the Astrahus represents a heavy material setback, and for Bully Brigade it is a clean, expensive result from a brief engagement.

WHY IT MATTERS

A structure loss of this size is never just a local inconvenience. It strips away asset value, disrupts whatever presence had been anchored in Saatuban, and signals that the attackers were able to force a decisive outcome with limited numbers. In a universe where structures are built to project stability, this one instead became a prize for the group that found it vulnerable.

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