Federation Navy Comet Catches 1.5B Capsule in Dal
A lone Federation Navy Comet from Watch This turned a brief encounter in Dal into a 1.5 billion ISK loss for Wild Geese., destroying the capsule of Niluso and the expensive set of high-grade implants inside it.
THE CATCH
The fight in Dal was over almost as soon as it began, but the consequences were anything but small. Watch This, operating through Phantomite in a Federation Navy Comet, landed the decisive blow on Niluso’s capsule of Wild Geese., sealing a loss that reached 1.5 billion ISK. What looks on paper like a single pod kill was in practice a high-value catch, the kind that turns a routine chase into a memorable hit.
THE PRIZE
The value came not from the hull itself but from what Niluso was carrying. The capsule held a full set of high-grade Crystal implants — Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon and Gamma — all destroyed when the pod went up. Those implants account for the scale of the loss and explain why a one-ship engagement can still land with the force of a major hit.
THE BREAK
With only four participants in the engagement, this appears to have been a tight local exchange rather than a broad fleet action. Even so, the outcome suggests Watch This found an opening and took it cleanly, with Phantomite doing enough damage to finish the target and claim the final blow. In a fight this small, there was little room for error and no chance for the capsule to survive once it was caught.
THE LOSSES
For Wild Geese. and Niluso, the loss was immediate and complete: the capsule was destroyed, and the implants with it. For Watch This, the result was a sharp and efficient payday, one that demonstrates how quickly a well-placed intercept can strip value from a target in New Eden. In Dal, the lesson was simple — even a pod can be a prize worth hunting.
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