Battleships and Destroyers: A Fight of Two Halves in LW-YEW

The engagement in LW-YEW was not one fight but two. First came a bruising exchange of battleships and logistics between Brotherhood of Spacers and Deepwater Hooligans. Then, as the evening wore on, Sigma Grindset's destroyer swarm became the primary source of wrecks. Combined destruction reached 30.8B ISK.

Alliances involved

Brotherhood of Spacers
Deepwater Hooligans
Sigma Grindset

      30.8B ISK
      Destroyed
    

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— Capitals lost

The Expensive Core

Brotherhood of Spacers took the worst of the opening blows. Their Oneiros logistics cruisers were lost one after another, alongside a string of Typhoon Fleet Issue battleship losses. A Vindicator flown by Crawdaddy became the fight's most expensive single loss at 2.1B ISK, destroyed by Shiny Diamond of Deepwater Hooligans. Deepwater Hooligans did not escape cleanly either; they lost several Machariels and a Zarmazd as Brotherhood of Spacers pilots fought back.

The Destroyer Wave

Later in the engagement, the wrecks changed character. Sigma Grindset's Thrasher Fleet Issue destroyers and Kirin attack battlecruisers appeared in numbers, and Brotherhood of Spacers pilots dismantled them methodically. Individually these losses were modest, but the sheer volume of Sigma Grindset wrecks showed how one-sided the exchange had become. Sigma Grindset managed a few kills in return, including a Retribution, but the imbalance was stark.

A Late Interruption

A single Pacifier belonging to croissant enjoyers club was destroyed by Brave Collective. The loss was a minor footnote to the larger engagement, but a reminder that not every loss on a busy day belongs to the main event.

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