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Phoenix Navy Issue Destroyed in T-AKQZ Skirmish
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Phoenix Navy Issue Destroyed in T-AKQZ Skirmish

A Phoenix Navy Issue worth 7.4 billion ISK was destroyed in T-AKQZ after Odin's Call caught up with the capital and finished the job with a mixed strike force. The loss, suffered by Brave Collective pilot Merliv of DanJev United, left only a fraction of the ship's value to be recovered and turned what may have been a tense escape into a costly collapse.

THE CATCH

The fight in T-AKQZ appears to have centered on a single high-value target: a Phoenix Navy Issue moving in the company of enough other pilots to push the total engagement to 19 participants. Whatever led to the contact, the capital found itself under pressure from Odin's Call, with 16 attackers involved in the destruction and the final blow landing from TheParadine in an Ikitursa.

THE HAMMER FALLS

The damage report suggests the target was slowly worn down by concentrated fire rather than erased in a single instant. Wido San's Leshak and SokoleOko's Leshak both contributed heavily, while xioros1 in a Cenotaph added to the pressure. Even an unidentified attacker in a Nova Light Missile platform registered significant damage, hinting at a fight where every available source of fire was brought to bear on the capital before it could break away.

THE COLLAPSE

When the Phoenix Navy Issue finally went down, most of what it carried went with it. The ship itself accounted for 6.7 billion ISK of destroyed value, while 746.5 million ISK was recovered from the wreck. Among the losses were large stocks of Nova Rage Torpedoes, Nova XL Torpedoes, Nitrogen Isotopes, Nanite Repair Paste, and Strontium Clathrates—fitting cargo for a ship that likely had no intention of becoming a prize.

WHY IT MATTERS

For Brave Collective, the destruction of a Navy Issue Phoenix is the kind of loss that is felt long after the wreck disappears. Capital ships are never casual investments, and this one was removed by a relatively compact but clearly effective hostile group. Odin's Call did not just score a kill; it converted a dangerous encounter in T-AKQZ into a multi-billion-ISK setback and a reminder that even heavily armed capitals can be pinned down and punished when the wrong window closes.

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