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Paladin Destroyed in 2.9B ISK Ambush in 1I5-0V
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Paladin Destroyed in 2.9B ISK Ambush in 1I5-0V

A Paladin worth 2.9 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in 1I5-0V as Fraternity. forces closed in on Beersik’s Marauder, turning a short encounter into a very expensive wreck. The ship split its value almost evenly between what was destroyed and what was recovered, but the loss still landed hard for Big Green Fly.

THE CATCH

The fight in 1I5-0V appears to have been a sharp, concentrated engagement rather than a drawn-out battle. Thirty-nine pilots were involved overall, with Fraternity. accounting for the attacking side and Big Green Fly on the losing end. The headline loss was Beersik’s Paladin, flown for Koto-Kureki, a hull that rarely survives being isolated for long once hostile attention locks onto it.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

Fraternity. brought the kind of firepower that makes a Marauder’s position suddenly look very fragile. Among the attackers named in the exchange were Sacrileges, a Cenotaph, and an Exequror Navy Issue, with WorldSinHowLone in the final-blow role aboard the logistics cruiser. The damage chart suggests sustained pressure from multiple ships rather than a single lucky strike, with several Fraternity. pilots contributing heavily before the Paladin finally folded.

THE BREAK

When the ship went down, a portion of its fittings and cargo survived the destruction, including Scorch L and Navy Cap Booster 3200 charges, while much of the rest was lost with the hull. The destruction of the Paladin itself accounted for 2.4 billion ISK of the total, with another 518.9 million ISK recovered from the wreckage. In EVE terms, that is the difference between a bad day and a ruinous one.

THE COST

For Big Green Fly, the loss of a Paladin is the kind of event that forces a pause, if only to count what vanished in a single engagement. For Fraternity., it was a clean result: a high-value target caught, pressured, and finished before it could escape. In a universe built on risk, this one was expensive enough to be memorable well beyond 1I5-0V.

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