Porpoise Haul in SPLE-Y Ends in a 1.2 Billion ISK Loss
A Porpoise carrying a massive load of compressed ore was caught and destroyed in SPLE-Y, turning a routine industrial run into a costly 1.2 billion ISK disaster. The ship was pinned down by a mixed group of attackers and finished off by a Scythe Fleet Issue flown by Perii Steir of Insidious., with most of the value apparently salvaged before the wreck went dark.
THE CATCH
The engagement in SPLE-Y was brief but expensive. What began as a 12-pilot clash ended with The Initiative.’s Tanchiki Senpuku losing a Porpoise worth far more than its frame alone would suggest. The industrial command ship was exposed with a hold packed full of compressed minerals, making it a prize worth far more than the hull on the field.
THE HUNTING GROUP
The attackers appear to have brought a coordinated mix of ships to the hunt. Insidious. was credited with the final blow, but the damage was spread across a wider group that included From Lost To The Wormhole. pilots in Phantasm, Garmur, and Vedmak hulls. That composition suggests the target was not simply stumbled upon, but deliberately cornered by a fleet built to apply pressure and keep a slower ship from slipping away.
THE BREAK
Perii Steir’s Scythe Fleet Issue delivered the killing blow after the Porpoise had already absorbed sustained damage from the rest of the gang. The loss itself was only 124.3 million ISK in hull and fittings, but the cargo told the real story: more than 1.1 billion ISK dropped from the hold, including stacks of compressed Bountiful Ytterbite, Replete Pollucite, Lavish Vanadinite, Pollucite, and Ytterbite. For the victim, the danger was not just the ship, but the decision to move so much value through space in a vessel built to carry it.
THE COST
Single-loss engagements like this can be easy to overlook until the cargo numbers are laid bare. A Porpoise is not supposed to be the headline, but in SPLE-Y it became exactly that: a high-value industrial catch, stripped and destroyed in moments. The result is a sharp reminder that even non-capital targets can become dramatic prizes when they are carrying the right hold at the wrong time.
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