THE CATCH
The engagement in QRH-BF was over as quickly as it began, but the result was anything but routine. A Paladin — one of New Eden’s more punishing hulls to lose in the wrong place — was caught and destroyed in a fight involving just five participants overall. The attackers appear to have secured the opening they needed before the ship could escape, turning a single moment of exposure into a 2.4 billion ISK loss.
THE HUNTERS
The attacking side was identified with Singularity..., while the victim flew under HOLD MY PROBS. The final blow came from Dodgey Sen’s Widow, backed by another attacker identified as Enforcer Alvatis in an unaligned ship. With three attackers credited around the kill, the fight suggests a compact hunting group that made the most of a fleeting target rather than a broad fleet action.
THE PRICE
The Paladin carried the sort of fittings that make marauder losses sting twice: multiple heat-laden ammunition stocks were destroyed, including Scorch L and Conflagration L, alongside Acolyte II drones and Tracking Speed Scripts. Of the 2.4 billion ISK total value, 1.9 billion ISK was destroyed outright, while 451.9 million ISK dropped into the wreck — enough to make the loss painful even before the hull itself is counted.
THE CONSEQUENCE
For HOLD MY PROBS and Katorga F1, the loss of a Paladin is the sort of setback that is felt immediately. For Singularity..., it is a sharp reminder that disciplined small-gang pressure can still claim high-value prey in an instant. In a system like QRH-BF, where a brief opening can decide everything, this was less a prolonged battle than a clean and expensive catch.
