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Athanor Destroyed in Wormhole Ambush as CreepShow Presses the Advantage
Wormhole

Athanor Destroyed in Wormhole Ambush as CreepShow Presses the Advantage

An Athanor worth 3.3 billion ISK was destroyed in J105632 after a 43-pilot engagement that left the structure’s defences overwhelmed and its costly fittings torn apart. CreepShow Entertainment and its allies appear to have found the right moment to force the issue, with the final blow landing from a Coercer flown by Mia Kutia.

THE CATCH

The fight in J105632 centred on a single, expensive target: an Athanor belonging to Buy More Plex Inc. What began as a structure loss quickly became a substantial fleet action, with 43 participants drawn into the engagement and CreepShow Entertainment leading the attackers. The scale of the response suggests this was no quiet raid, but a focused attempt to break a valuable foothold in wormhole space.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The damage came in layers. Heavy hitters such as Ikitursas and a Drekavac did much of the work, chewing through the structure while the Athanor’s fittings and stores were exposed to the violence of the attack. Among the losses were a Standup Multirole Missile Launcher II, moon-drilling efficiency rigs, and large quantities of fuel and ammunition, the sort of inventory that makes a structure loss sting long after the hull is gone.

THE LAST HITS

The final blow was delivered by Mia Kutia in a Coercer, an ironic ending for a structure far larger than the frigate-sized hull that finished it off. The Athanor’s destruction destroyed about 1.9 billion ISK worth of assets and left another 1.5 billion ISK to be recovered or looted, a reminder that even when a structure falls, the consequences ripple through everything it had been holding together.

WHY IT MATTERS

For Buy More Plex Inc., the loss of an Athanor in wormhole space is more than a single expensive explosion: it is the loss of a major industrial anchor and the assets tied to it. For CreepShow Entertainment, the kill adds a clear statement of reach and firepower in J105632, and the presence of multiple allied organizations on the field suggests the attack was backed by enough coordination to turn a hardened target into wreckage.

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