THE CATCH
The engagement in J104837 was brief, but it carried the weight of a much larger mistake. A Leshak piloted by Kim Jong-hyun of From Lost To The Wormhole. was brought into the teeth of a 13-pilot fight and did not leave it intact. What began as a small local fight quickly became a costly loss when Worst Alliance Ever committed enough pressure to keep the target trapped long enough for the damage to tell.
THE PRESSURE
The attackers came in force enough to matter: nine pilots were credited on the loss, with a heavy share of the work done by Drake Navy Issues. iii23-2 delivered the final blow in a Drake Navy Issue, but the damage had already been building from several directions. viczen7, iii23-9, iii23-12, and iii23-10 all added enough fire to show a coordinated hunt rather than a lone opportunistic strike.
THE LOSSES
The Leshak did not go down empty-handed from the attackers’ perspective, but it still represented a serious prize. Of the 1 billion ISK total value tied to the loss, 847.8 million ISK was destroyed and 201.9 million ISK was recovered, leaving the ship’s owner with a sharp and immediate setback. The cargo tells its own story as well: ammunition, repair paste, and other fittings were scattered or lost as the hull broke apart under sustained fire.
THE SIGNIFICANCE
For a wormhole-side engagement, this was the sort of loss that can change the tone of a day’s operations. A Leshak is not an incidental casualty, and losing one in a fight with this much local pressure suggests the target was exposed at the wrong moment or unable to disengage once the net tightened. Worst Alliance Ever came away with a clean and expensive result, while From Lost To The Wormhole. absorbed the kind of blow that lingers long after the wreck has been salvaged or forgotten.
