THE CATCH
The destruction of Alchiba’s Machariel stands out as the centrepiece of the fight. The ship belonged to Invidia Gloriae Comes’ Golden Fleece corporation and was lost in a compact but costly engagement that ended with Siberian Squads claiming the field. With a total value of 2.5 billion ISK on the line, the battleship was the kind of target that can turn a routine hunt into a memorable strike.
THE PRESSURE BUILDS
The data suggests the Machariel did not fall alone into a simple one-on-one. A participant count of 25 points to a wider skirmish around the kill, and the attacker list includes not only Siberian Squads but also elements tied to Fraternity. and unaligned attackers. That mixture may indicate a crowded engagement where the target was forced to absorb pressure from several directions as the situation tightened around it.
THE BREAK
Morgan Henrry’s Redeemer delivered the final shot, but the damage was clearly shared across the engagement. AtaKoraka’s own Machariel appears among the notable attackers, which suggests the fight was messy and close enough for heavy ships to be working at the same range of risk. The loss also stripped away expensive fittings, including Domination Large Proton Smartbombs and other high-end modules, leaving only a fraction of the ship’s value to be recovered.
THE COST
For Invidia Gloriae Comes, the loss of a 2.5 billion ISK Machariel is painful on its own; for Siberian Squads, it is a clean and expensive-looking success that underlines how dangerous these hunts can become once capitals and covert-attack platforms enter the picture. In a system like ZID-LE, a single battleship loss is enough to turn a brief exchange into a story worth remembering.
