Auner Fight Ends in a 22.6B ISK Bloodletting
A coordinated clash in Auner left 16 hulls wrecked and 22.6 billion ISK in losses across a 158-pilot fight, with Test Alliance Please Ignore and Deepwater Hooligans both taking part in a battle that appears to have spiraled into a costly, multi-ship brawl. The heaviest losses came from a wave of Nightmare hulls, while a 2 billion ISK Machariel fell after being caught in the thick of the engagement.
THE BREAK
The fight in Auner ran from 03:08 to 03:15 EVE time, a short window that still proved long enough for the field to turn violent. By the end of it, the engagement had produced 16 ship losses and a total value of 22.6 billion ISK, suggesting a large-scale clash rather than a brief skirmish. With 158 pilots involved, the battle appears to have been fought by substantial forces on more than one side, and the presence of multiple organizations among the attackers points to a mixed coalition pressing the attack.
THE LOSSES
The damage spread across a grimly familiar mix of expensive hulls. Fifteen Nightmares were destroyed, making that class the dominant loss of the fight, while a single Machariel also went down. That Machariel, flown by Dacheat Meltroni of Deepwater Hooligans, stood out as the highest-value destruction in the engagement at 2 billion ISK. Its destruction left 1.5 billion ISK in wreckage and 508.3 million ISK recovered, but the loss still marked a hard hit for the pilot and their side.
THE HUNT
The Machariel was finished by Mias in an Ishtar flying for Rantek Industries, with 34 attackers recorded on the kill. The final volley came after a broad pile-on that included heavy damage from Caesar Manson’s Vindicator and support fire from Ishtar and Catalyst hulls among the participating attackers. The loot trail shows just how loaded the ship had become for combat, with large quantities of Republic Fleet ammunition and other munitions either recovered or destroyed in the wreckage.
THE CONSEQUENCE
The result in Auner looks less like a clean victory than a costly exchange between committed forces. Even without a full picture of the broader strategic objective, the scale of the fight and the concentration of losses suggest both sides paid heavily for control of the grid. For Deepwater Hooligans, losing a Machariel in the middle of a larger battle was an expensive reminder that even prized battleships can vanish quickly once a field tips against them.
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