Orca Falls to a Three-Ship Hunt in Ignoitton
A 1.3 billion ISK Orca was brought down in Ignoitton after a small hunting group caught the industrial command ship exposed and outmatched. The loss went to Coffey Industries’ Raven Kautsuo, with the final blow delivered by Old Redcap Sly flying a Hecate for Clandestinauts.
THE CATCH
What should have been a sturdy industrial presence instead became a prize for a fast-moving hunt. In Ignoitton, Clandestinauts and a small mixed group of attackers cornered an Orca from Coffey Industries and forced a fight the ship could not win. The engagement appears to have been brief, but the outcome was severe: a billion-ISK-class target destroyed in a single exchange.
THE BREAK
The attackers came in light and sharp, with Old Redcap Sly and Ms Malaise both in Hecates, backed by an unknown Serpentis Trooper. That mix suggests a compact strike built for speed and pressure rather than prolonged combat. Against that kind of attention, the Orca had little room to recover once the ambush settled in and the damage began to land.
THE LOSSES
The Orca was the clear center of the engagement, and its destruction carried the weight of the fight. Most of the ship’s cargo and fittings were lost with it, with only 27.5 million ISK reported as recovered. Among the material destroyed were large volumes of Scordite and other ore, underlining just how much value vanished in the wreckage alongside the hull itself.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Coffey Industries, the loss removes an expensive and versatile industrial asset in one sudden hit. For Clandestinauts, it is the kind of clean interception that turns a small gang into the evening’s headline. In EVE, that balance matters: a single exposed command ship can become a costly lesson when a determined hunter finds it first.
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