Eve Stories - Tales from New Eden

Checking EVE SSO...

Log in with EVE
Golem Destroyed in Sudden Otsasai Ambush
Nullsec

Golem Destroyed in Sudden Otsasai Ambush

A Fraternity. Golem was caught and destroyed in Otsasai in a brief strike that left the marauder wrecked for 3.1 billion ISK. The attack appears to have been the work of a lone, unaligned pilot flying a Federation Covinus, who landed the final blow in an encounter that ended as quickly as it began.

THE CATCH

The engagement in Otsasai was over in an instant, but the result was severe: a Golem flown by B FGSD7 of Fraternity. was destroyed after a confrontation involving only two pilots. The scale suggests a sharp interception rather than a drawn-out exchange, with the target apparently isolated long enough for the attacker to commit fully.

THE BLOW

The final strike came from an unknown attacker in a Federation Covinus, a striking detail in a fight dominated by the loss of a heavily fitted marauder. The Golem’s destruction accounted for 3.1 billion ISK in total value, with 1.4 billion ISK destroyed and 1.8 billion ISK dropped, underscoring how costly even a brief mistake can become when a ship of this class is exposed.

THE LOSSES

The wreckage tells its own story. Cruise missile ammunition made up much of what was either shattered or scattered, including Scourge Auto-Targeting Cruise Missile I, Nova Auto-Targeting Cruise Missile I, Mjolnir Auto-Targeting Cruise Missile I, and Scourge Fury Cruise Missile. For a ship built to project heavy firepower, the loss of its cargo and fittings would have made the defeat feel even more complete.

THE SIGNIFICANCE

For Fraternity., the loss of a Golem is more than a line item. Marauders are not ships that vanish quietly, and when one falls in a single-pass attack it raises immediate questions about timing, positioning, and how quickly a hunting pilot can punish hesitation. In Otsasai, the attacker found a window and turned it into a kill that will be remembered far longer than the fight itself lasted.

More Stories From New Eden

View all stories →
Big Vantus Paid 15 Ships Toward Pochven's 72 Billion ISK Tab
Pochven

Big Vantus Paid 15 Ships Toward Pochven's 72 Billion ISK Tab

Of the 47 ships destroyed in Ignebaener, 46 were, in ISK terms, background noise. The 47th was a Paladin valued at just under 57.5 billion ISK - close to four-fifths of everything the system destroyed in one sitting. One hull, one pilot, one very bad moment, and the number that will define this fight long after the killboards stop updating.

Brave Newbies Lost 21 Ships in 4-07MU and Shot Back With Interest
Nullsec

Brave Newbies Lost 21 Ships in 4-07MU and Shot Back With Interest

Somewhere around 19:25 UTC, a Caracal Navy Issue died in 4-07MU and 912 pilots decided that was a reasonable invitation. Two hours later the system had produced 200 wrecks, 67.2 billion ISK of damage, and not one capital ship - just battleship after battleship feeding itself into a fight that refused to end. The killboards call it a gank. The killboards are only half right.

Solyaris Chtonium Killed Redux.'s Avatar as 1,166 Pilots Watched
Highsec

Solyaris Chtonium Killed Redux.'s Avatar as 1,166 Pilots Watched

The last thing an Avatar expects to be doing is dying in lowsec, but Amamake has been ruining plans for a very long time. Redux.'s Amarr Titan - one of the largest and most expensive warships in New Eden - came apart in the Heimatar system with roughly 1,166 pilots involved in the kill, and a price tag of 142.7 billion ISK attached to a single loss.

Warlock Industries Alliance Lost 52 Billion ISK. It Wasn't Even a Capital.
Highsec

Warlock Industries Alliance Lost 52 Billion ISK. It Wasn't Even a Capital.

Fifty-two point nine billion ISK, gone. One killmail. Eight hundred and forty-seven pilots on the record. Amamake has swallowed fleets, capitals, and more than a few alliances' sense of direction over the years. It has rarely swallowed 52.9 billion ISK in a single ship that was not even a capital. The victim was the Sarathiel, flying under the banner of Warlock Industries Alliance. The credited killer was Minmatar Fleet Associates. And every one of those 847 names belongs to the same kill.