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Four-and-a-Half Billion ISK Fight Ends in the Quiet of Wormhole Space
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Four-and-a-Half Billion ISK Fight Ends in the Quiet of Wormhole Space

A 4.5 billion ISK clash in J113152 ended with 16 ships destroyed after a 23-pilot fight between Zoo Landers and Aunt Edna's Old Fashioned Fullerite Emporium, and others, and Other Minds and Void.exe. The engagement ran for nearly two hours in wormhole space, where the final cost appears to have landed heavily on the side that lost the system-named prize.

THE PRIZE

The centerpiece of the fighting was not a flagship in the usual sense, but the wormhole system J113152 itself as recorded in the battle data, with losses totaling 4.5 billion ISK. That kind of figure is enough to make any wormhole engagement worth notice, especially when the combat is spread across a long, tense stretch rather than a single violent burst.

THE CLASH

The report shows 23 participants divided between Zoo Landers and Aunt Edna's Old Fashioned Fullerite Emporium, and others, and Other Minds and Void.exe. The ship mix suggests a serious organized encounter rather than a passing skirmish: Flycatchers, Leshaks, Bifrosts, Maelstroms, Golems, and a Vagabond all appear among the losses, pointing to a fight that involved both support and heavier hulls. By the end, 16 ships had been destroyed in total.

THE BREAK

Other Minds and Void.exe account for the bulk of the pressure in the available data, with the engagement lasting from 19:39 UTC to 21:20 UTC. That span suggests a fight that unfolded in stages, with the situation likely changing as ships were committed, removed, and replaced in the field. The final blow is credited to WarBeacon, closing out a contest that appears to have been decided by persistence and the ability to keep ships on grid long enough to grind down resistance.

THE LOSSES

Zoo Landers and Aunt Edna's Old Fashioned Fullerite Emporium, and others absorbed roughly 3.5 billion ISK of the destruction, while Other Minds and Void.exe lost a little over 1 billion ISK. The named losses include three Flycatchers, two Leshaks, two Bifrosts, two Maelstroms, two Golems, and one Vagabond — a spread that suggests this was no clean pick-off, but a costly exchange that punished both sides in different ways.

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