Insidious. Machariel Lost in a 2.7B ISK Friendly Fire Incident in PUWL-4
A Machariel worth 2.7 billion ISK was destroyed in PUWL-4 in a brief engagement that appears to have gone disastrously wrong for Insidious., leaving the alliance to absorb a painful loss at point-blank range.
THE COLLAPSE
The fight in PUWL-4 ended as fast as it began. One Machariel was destroyed in the opening moment of the engagement, and the scale of the loss makes clear this was no routine skirmish. The ship belonged to windclimes1 of Insidious., flown out of Sunset Red Activity Club, and the final blow also came from an Insidious. pilot, suggesting a catastrophic case of confusion or crossfire inside a very small, very expensive clash.
THE PRICE OF A MACHARIEL
The loss carried a total value of 2.7 billion ISK, with 1.8 billion ISK destroyed and nearly 893.3 million ISK dropping into space. The hull itself was packing a heavy loadout, including Guristas ammunition, Vespa drones, and a Dread Guristas Large Graviton Smartbomb, all of which underline how much was riding on the ship when it was caught. For a single ship to absorb that kind of damage in one instant is the sort of event that leaves a mark.
A SMALL FIGHT WITH LARGE CONSEQUENCES
Only six participants were involved, and four Insidious. pilots are listed among the attackers on the top loss. That narrow participant count suggests a tight, fast engagement rather than a broad fleet action, but the result was still severe: a high-value battleship destroyed, assets scattered, and questions left by the fact that both sides of the loss point back to the same alliance. Even in a small fight, mistakes in EVE can become very expensive very quickly.
WHAT IT MEANS
For Insidious., the cost is not just the loss of a Machariel, but the embarrassment of a ship destroyed inside its own ranks. Whether this was an accident, a misfire, or simply the chaos of a brief clash, the result is the same: a billion-ISK-class battleship is gone, and PUWL-4 will be remembered for the wrong reasons.
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