Cheetah Hunter Caught in a One-Billion-ISK Trap in QBZO-R
A covert Cheetah vanished in QBZO-R in a loss worth roughly 1 billion ISK, after Rote Kapelle caught Dark Morgan’s frigate and stripped away most of the value before the ship was finished off. The kill was credited to Jack Times flying a Caracal Navy Issue, with Jack NotTimes’ Malediction helping set the snare.
THE CATCH
What looked like a small intercept in QBZO-R turned into a far more expensive prize than the size of the hull suggested. Dark Morgan’s Cheetah, flown for Republic Military School, was destroyed in a fight involving just five participants, but the wreck left behind an outsized impression: 876.5 million ISK in loot was recovered, while another 165.4 million ISK was lost with the ship.
THE HUNT
The attackers came from Rote Kapelle, with the final blow landing from Jack Times in a Caracal Navy Issue. Jack NotTimes, flying a Malediction, also contributed to the engagement. The pair appears to have cornered the covert ops frigate quickly, denying it the room a Cheetah usually relies on to slip away. In a short, sharp encounter, there was no sign of a drawn-out chase—just a fast closure and a costly end.
THE PRIZE
The Cheetah was carrying more than a routine fit. Among the contents were Covert Research Tools, Sisters Core Scanner Probes, Meta-Molecular Combiners, and a Packrat Mobile Tractor Unit Blueprint, all of which help explain why the loss crossed the billion-ISK mark. For a ship built around stealth and discretion, it became a very visible target the moment the trap closed.
WHY IT MATTERS
Single-ship losses do not always register beyond the local grid, but this one stands out for the value involved and the efficiency of the catch. Rote Kapelle turned a small engagement into a lucrative destruction, and the result is the sort of kill that reminds every explorer and covert pilot that one mistake, one delay, or one bad jump can be enough to turn an escape into a headline.
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