Gila Caught and Cut Down in AD069 Skirmish
A 1.9 billion ISK Gila was destroyed in AD069 after a brief encounter that appears to have caught the ship exposed and unable to break away. The loss went to Navka Overminds with support from a second attacker from Svarog Clade, turning what may have begun as a small local clash into a costly collapse for Absolute Glory.
THE CATCH
The fight in AD069 was small in scale but expensive in consequence. Four pilots were involved, and the centrepiece was a Gila flown by boogiemannz of Absolute Glory’s HALO - United Nations Space Command. The cruiser was valued at 1.9 billion ISK, making it the obvious prize in a very local hunt.
THE PRESSURE
Navka Overminds applied the final pressure, with an unidentified pilot in a Fogcaster Tessella landing the decisive blow. Damage also came from a Striking Drekavac flown under the Svarog Clade banner, suggesting the Gila was being worked over by more than one attacker before it went down. The ship’s cargo tells part of the story too: more than 5,000 Caldari Navy Scourge Light Missiles were recovered, along with several Raging Electrical Filaments, hinting that this was a pilot operating with tools for rapid movement or extraction.
THE COLLAPSE
Once the trap closed, the outcome was swift. The Gila was stripped for 718.2 million ISK in destroyed value and 1.2 billion ISK in dropped assets, a sharp reminder of how quickly a prized cruiser can become loot when it is isolated. The final blow came from the Fogcaster Tessella, while the Drekavac’s damage suggests the target had already been pinned into an unwinnable exchange.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Absolute Glory, the loss is less about numbers than about the kind of ship that vanished in a moment. A Gila is never a trivial casualty, and losing one worth nearly two billion ISK in a small local engagement can sting long after the wreck is gone. For Navka Overminds, the kill stands as a clean, high-value catch in AD069 — the sort of opportunistic strike that makes even a brief skirmish feel memorable.
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