Golem Falls in a Solo Ambush in DNEP-Y
A Golem worth 1.2 billion ISK was destroyed in DNEP-Y in a brief, one-sided ambush that left the marauder stripped of nearly everything it carried. The ship, flown by Ackc Gagarin of QUANTUM-ZERO in Invidia Gloriae Comes, was lost to a single attacker identified only as Unknown attacker in a Station Ultima.
THE CATCH
The engagement in DNEP-Y was over almost as soon as it began. One Golem faced a lone hostile, and the outcome was decided in a matter of moments. With only two participants recorded, this appears to have been a tightly focused interception rather than a broader fleet action.
THE TARGET
What makes the loss stand out is the ship itself. The Golem is no casual prize, and this one carried the kind of missile loadout that suggests it was ready for serious work: thousands of Mjolnir Rage Torpedoes, with additional Javelin ammunition lost or destroyed in the wreck. Even after some cargo slipped through, the destruction still totalled 1.2 billion ISK.
THE FINISH
The final blow was delivered by an attacker in a Station Ultima, an unusual detail that only adds to the sense of a fast, opportunistic strike. The attacker inflicted 196,622 damage, enough to bring the marauder down before any escape could be completed. The surviving loot was modest compared with the value of the hull, leaving just 26.8 million ISK recovered from the wreck.
THE LOSS
For Invidia Gloriae Comes, the result is simple and costly: a high-value marauder removed from the field in a single local encounter. For the unnamed attacker, it is a clean prize taken from a very expensive ship. In New Eden, losses like this do not need grand armies behind them to matter; a single caught Golem is consequence enough.
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