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Nestor Caught and Crippled in J145753 Hunt
Wormhole

Nestor Caught and Crippled in J145753 Hunt

A 1.6 billion ISK Nestor was brought down in J145753 after a 39-pilot clash that suggests a coordinated hunt rather than a passing encounter. The casualty, flown by a pilot from Seriously Suspicious, ended with the final blow landing from an E.C.H.O Typhoon Fleet Issue as the larger engagement closed around the ship.

THE CATCH

The fight in J145753 appears to have centered on a single expensive target that found itself on the wrong side of a larger formation. The Nestor belonged to Seriously Suspicious and its loss drew in ships from both sides, with E.C.H.O fielding the force that ultimately secured the destruction. In a wormhole system where isolation is often as dangerous as firepower, the cruiser’s position left it exposed to a closing net.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The damage was not delivered in one clean strike. A Leshak on the victim side put up the largest amount of damage recorded against the Nestor, while E.C.H.O answered with Typhoon Fleet Issues and other unidentified hulls pressing the attack. That mix suggests a messy, close-range engagement in which the target was under sustained pressure long before the final volley landed.

THE BREAK

When the Nestor finally gave way, much of its fitting and cargo did not survive with it. More than 1.4 billion ISK was destroyed outright, while 226.7 million ISK worth of material was recovered from the wreck. The haul included nanite repair paste, heavy armor maintenance drones, Navy Cap Booster 3200 charges, Valkyrie II drones, and Hornet EC-300 ECM drones — the sort of supplies that indicate a ship prepared to stay alive, if only a little longer.

THE COST

The loss leaves Seriously Suspicious with a painful 1.6 billion ISK reminder of how quickly a prized hull can become a wreck in wormhole space. For E.C.H.O, the result reads as a successful interception: 35 attackers were credited on the final destruction, in a 39-participant engagement that turned a single ship into the centrepiece of the fight. In J145753, the Nestor did not merely die — it was hunted down and stripped apart while both sides traded blows around it.

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