Cenotaph Lost in a 1B ISK Strike in BU-IU4

A Cenotaph valued at roughly 1 billion ISK was destroyed in BU-IU4 after a concentrated attack by Olde Guarde Historical Preservation Society brought the ship down under fire from a 10-pilot contingent. The loss left LT Shax of Ferrata Victrix and Iron Warriors Legion without one of New Eden’s more dangerous hulls, while the final blow came from Cream Hole flying a Drake Navy Issue.

THE CATCH

The engagement in BU-IU4 appears to have been brief but decisive. Olde Guarde Historical Preservation Society fielded ten attackers against the Cenotaph, with the wider fight involving 14 participants in total. The numbers suggest a tight local clash rather than a sprawling fleet action, but the result was anything but small for the pilot who lost the ship.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The attack was carried by a wall of Drake Navy Issues, with Cream Hole, My Dirty Secret, paXionfruit, BadDragonSlayer and My Little Swallow all contributing damage. That kind of coordinated fire left little room for recovery once the Cenotaph was exposed. By the time the ship went down, 716 million ISK had been destroyed with another 308.7 million ISK recovered from the wreck.

THE PRIZE

The Cenotaph itself was the centrepiece of the fight. Rare enough and expensive enough to matter on sight, it carried heavy assault missile ammunition and other fittings that underline the scale of the commitment around it. The loss of a billion-ISK hull is the sort of event that tends to linger, especially when the ship is brought down by a compact and clearly focused attack.

THE CONSEQUENCE

For Ferrata Victrix, the destruction of LT Shax’s ship is more than a line item: it is a reminder of how quickly a valuable target can be isolated and overwhelmed in New Eden. For Olde Guarde Historical Preservation Society, the kill suggests a successful hunt or opportunistic strike that turned a local encounter into an expensive setback for the other side. In BU-IU4, the Cenotaph did not escape the net.

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Based on recorded combat data Narrative based on recorded New Eden activity and archived editorial analysis.

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