Eve Stories - Tales from New Eden

Checking EVE SSO...

Log in with EVE
High-Grade Capsule Ends in 4B ISK Loss in K5-JRD
Nullsec

High-Grade Capsule Ends in 4B ISK Loss in K5-JRD

A lone capsule carrying a costly set of high-grade Nirvana implants was destroyed in K5-JRD, bringing a sudden end to what appears to have been a short, sharp hunt. The final blow came from Prisoner's Chain in a Proteus flown by Screaming Hayabusa, and the loss stands out less for its scale of force than for the price of what was caught.

THE CATCH

The engagement in K5-JRD was brief enough to leave little room for drama in the usual fleet sense, but the stakes were anything but small. Fanatic Legion.'s Karvonista lost a capsule worth 4B ISK, making the destruction a high-value prize rather than a routine skirmish result.

THE PRIZE

What made the loss sting was the implant set inside the pod. High-grade Nirvana Delta, Gamma, Epsilon, Omega and Alpha were all destroyed with the capsule, suggesting a fully fitted and extremely expensive clone was exposed long enough to be caught and finished. In a game where the pod is often the last line of escape, that last layer failed completely here.

THE FINAL BLOW

The killing shot came from Prisoner's Chain, flying a Proteus for Screaming Hayabusa. With only two participants recorded in the engagement, the evidence points to a very small-scale interception or pursuit, one where a single attacker was enough to close the trap and secure the destruction before the target could get away.

THE LOSSES

No wider fleet clash is visible in the data, and no additional ships are listed beyond the capsule itself. Even so, a 4B ISK pod loss is the kind of event that can alter how carefully a pilot moves through dangerous space, especially when expensive implants are on the line. In K5-JRD, the margin between survival and ruin was measured in a few moments and a very expensive clone.

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.