Maseera Battle Continues in 495.9B ISK Follow-Up Bloodletting

The fighting in Maseera did not stop with the earlier bloodletting. A renewed clash in the same system ran nearly three hours and ended with another 495.9 billion ISK torn from the field, as 527 pilots traded blows amid the wreckage of a fight that was clearly still not finished.

THE RENEWED CLASH

What began as the continuation of an already costly engagement became a second heavy exchange in Maseera, with C A M E L O T and Deepwater Hooligans, alongside other allies, meeting Shadow Cartel and AlcoSquad, and others, in another large-scale fight. The scale alone suggests neither side had fully disengaged, and the result was another brutal round of destruction rather than a clean conclusion.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The battle stretched from 17:37 to 20:35 EVE time, a long window for a fight that appears to have remained fluid and dangerous throughout. The reported losses show a broad mix of ships caught up in the violence, including Scorpion Navy Issues, Nightmares, Legions, Zirnitras, Cormorant Navy Issues, and Sacrileges. That spread points to a clash that pulled in expensive hulls as well as more practical support craft, with no easy escape for those caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.

THE TURNING POINT

Shadow Cartel and AlcoSquad, and others, absorbed the larger share of the damage, losing 382.7 billion ISK to their opponents’ 113.2 billion. The final blow was credited to WarBeacon, but the engagement was evidently decided by the combined weight of C A M E L O T, Deepwater Hooligans, LowSechnaya Sholupen, Sedition., and Parallaxis Alliance, who all appear among the top contributors to the destruction. This suggests a coordinated push that found enough targets to keep the fight grinding onward until one side finally lost control.

THE LOSSES

The headline loss was the Maseera itself, destroyed for 495.9 billion ISK in a system that has already seen fighting drag on and escalate. Around it, the listed ship losses underline how costly the engagement became: 61 Scorpion Navy Issues, 43 Nightmares, 38 Legions, 38 Zirnitras, 38 Cormorant Navy Issues, and 27 Sacrileges. For both sides, the result was not just another exchange of fire but a reminder that Maseera had become a place where expensive ships were being committed, and destroyed, in numbers that would be felt well beyond the system.

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