Orca Lost in Seyllin After a Brief Two-Ship Hunt
An Orca worth 1.3 billion ISK was brought down in Seyllin after a small hunting group closed on the industrial ship and finished the job with a Deimos strike. The loss left Federal Navy Academy nursing an expensive wreck while Care B3ar Inc claimed a prize that would have been hard to ignore anywhere in New Eden.
THE CATCH
The fight appears to have been a compact ambush rather than a drawn-out brawl. Five participants were on grid in Seyllin, but the decisive pressure came from just two attackers belonging to Care B3ar Inc. Their target was an Orca flown by TigerTVLP of Federal Navy Academy — the kind of ship that usually suggests caution, not haste, because once caught it is difficult to save and impossible to shrug off.
THE FINISH
The final blow came from devil3113 flying a Deimos, which delivered the killing damage after the Orca had already been pinned into a losing position. A Serpentis Clone Soldier Trainer also appears in the fight record, suggesting the encounter took place in dangerous company and that the target may have been operating where the environment itself compounded the threat. The Orca was stripped down to almost nothing before it went up, with only 7.4 million ISK in loot recovered from the wreck.
THE LOSSES
What disappeared was not just a mining support hull, but a sizable package of industrial capability. The Orca carried Omber, Mining Drone II fittings, and ammunition that was destroyed along with the ship, reinforcing the impression of an operation interrupted mid-task. For an academy pilot, losing an Orca can be more than a wallet hit; it is the loss of a platform built to support others, and the kind of ship that tends to attract attention the moment it enters a vulnerable pocket.
WHY IT MATTERS
At 1.3 billion ISK, this was a reminder that even a brief encounter can have outsized consequences when an expensive industrial ship is left exposed. Care B3ar Inc appears to have turned a small engagement into a costly interception, and the result will likely be remembered less for its size than for the value of what was removed from the grid in an instant.
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