Nightmare Cut Down in Auner as Deepwater Hooligans Close the Net
A 1.4 billion ISK Nightmare was caught and destroyed in Auner, ending in a fast, brutal skirmish that saw Deepwater Hooligans overwhelm a single high-value target with a large local presence. The battle was brief, but the result was costly: the Amarr battleship was broken under pressure and left burning while Machariels circled in for the finish.
THE CATCH
The fight in Auner appears to have centered on one ship that could not escape once the pressure arrived. Test Alliance Please Ignore pilot Noop Kar lost a Nightmare worth 1.4 billion ISK, with Deepwater Hooligans taking the field and making sure the battleship never got room to breathe. The engagement involved 57 participants overall, but the loss itself stayed focused on a single, expensive prize.
THE PRESSURE
The attackers committed at least 47 pilots to the destruction of the Nightmare, with Machariels doing the heavy lifting around the target. That kind of concentration suggests a deliberate hunt rather than an incidental clash. The field included multiple Deepwater Hooligans pilots in Machariels, with Gladiator Arthie, Jondalz3000, RobinAnne, Parad0x Util, and Demondrew all recorded among the attackers.
THE BREAK
Once the Nightmare was pinned down, the damage came quickly. The ship was destroyed with 1.1 billion ISK lost outright and 324.3 million ISK recovered in loot, leaving a wreck that still represented a major blow. Notable fittings such as Navy Cap Booster 800 charges and Imperial Navy Radio L were recovered, while Aurora L and Imperial Navy Microwave L were burned away in the destruction, underlining how fast the ship was overwhelmed.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Test Alliance Please Ignore, the loss of a Nightmare is the kind of setback that hurts both in wallet and in momentum. For Deepwater Hooligans, it was a clean and expensive kill in a contested system, with Demondrew's Machariel landing the final blow after the surrounding fleet had already done the hard work. In New Eden, a battleship that costly does not disappear quietly, and Auner now has another reminder of how quickly a prominent ship can be isolated and erased.
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