Golem Caught and Broken in PX-IHN Raid
A Golem worth 1.6 billion ISK was destroyed in PX-IHN after Rote Works and allies caught FAO CAPGAMA's marauder and ground it down in a short, sharp fight. The loss left only a modest portion of the ship's value to be recovered, while the rest was burned away under concentrated fire.
THE CATCH
The engagement in PX-IHN was over almost as soon as it began, but the outcome was anything but minor. Nine pilots were present in the fight, with Rote Works on one side and Out of the Blue. on the other, and the target that mattered most was FAO CAPGAMA's Golem from The Phantom Regiment. In New Eden, a marauder rarely dies casually; when one is caught, it usually means the pilot has been cornered or simply outpaced by a faster answer.
THE BREAK
The pressure fell first on the Golem, then on its options. Damage came from a mixed attacking group led by Gorika Galrog in a Leshak, with DrHorrible's Vargur and Kibitt Kallinikov's Vindicator adding weight behind the strike. A Proteus was also present, though it appears to have played no direct damage role. By the time the final blow landed, the ship had already been reduced to a wreck, its defenses unable to hold against the focused attack.
THE LOSSES
The destruction of the Golem accounted for 1.5 billion ISK of the total value, with only 83.9 million ISK recovered from the wreck. The cargo and fittings tell their own small story: more than a thousand Caldari Navy Mjolnir Cruise Missiles were destroyed, alongside hundreds of Nova Fury and Mjolnir Fury rounds and a stock of Nanite Repair Paste. The surviving Mjolnir Precision Cruise Missiles suggest the pilot had come prepared for a fight, but preparation was not enough once the ship was exposed.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Out of the Blue., the loss of a marauder is a costly setback in a single, decisive moment. For Rote Works, it was a clean prize taken in a brief engagement that rewarded the side able to apply enough force quickly enough. The kill was finalized by Gorika Galrog's Leshak, but the outcome was built by a small group that turned a valuable ship into debris before it could escape the net.
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