Leshak Destroyed in Wormhole Ambush as Mercenaires Sans Frontieres Close the Trap
A Leshak worth 1.3 billion ISK was destroyed in J150306 after Mercenaires Sans Frontieres. brought a sizeable force to bear on a lone No Vacancies. ship. The engagement drew 55 pilots into the same wormhole pocket, and the cruiser-sized brawl ended with CivilAME’s Leshak broken under focused fire from a pack of battlecruisers and battleships.
THE CATCH
The fight in J150306 appears to have centred on a single, expensive target that never managed to shake free. CivilAME’s Leshak, flown for No Vacancies., was caught in a system where every movement is constrained by the wormhole chain itself. In that kind of space, isolation can become a death sentence quickly, and the final result suggests Mercenaires Sans Frontieres. found their opening and committed hard.
THE FIRE CLOSES IN
The damage was spread across a heavy striking force, with Elllie Estidal’s Absolution landing the final blow after 5,502 damage of its own. Other Absolution pilots, Kai-Lo Darklighter and tele-guy Toralen, contributed heavily, while Tempest Fleet Issue hulls from TheWind CriesMary and Tark Buelle added more pressure. That mix points to a deliberate collapse onto the target rather than a brief exchange of fire.
THE LOSSES
The Leshak itself accounted for almost all of the value in the engagement, with 1.1 billion ISK destroyed and only 186.6 million ISK recovered from the wreck. Its ammunition load and fittings tell the same story: large quantities of high-end crystals were either scattered or vaporised in the kill. For No Vacancies., losing a ship of that class is a costly setback, especially when the field is left in enemy hands.
WHY IT MATTERS
Even as a single-ship loss, this was no routine pickoff. A 55-pilot local fight around one battleship-class hull suggests a contested pocket where any mistake can be punished at once. Mercenaires Sans Frontieres. emerged with the prize, and the result leaves a clear reminder of how quickly a valuable ship can be pinned down and erased in wormhole space.
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