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Praxis Pair Cut Down in GME-PQ as Northern Coalition and Fraternity Trade Fire
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Praxis Pair Cut Down in GME-PQ as Northern Coalition and Fraternity Trade Fire

A pair of Fraternity. Praxises were destroyed in GME-PQ in a brief but costly engagement that drew in ships from Northern Coalition. and Fraternity. itself, ending with one hull carrying away more than 1.5 billion ISK in losses before it could escape the net.

THE CATCH

The encounter in GME-PQ was small, but it was not cheap. Ten participants were involved as Northern Coalition. and Fraternity. ships converged on the same pocket of space, and the fighting quickly centred on a single Fraternity. Praxis flown by missrobin04 of Chaos arbiter. What might have looked like an ordinary cruiser-sized fight instead became a high-value takedown, with the target carrying expensive fittings and enough risk on board to make the ship stand out immediately.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The Praxis was not alone in the exchange. Other Fraternity. pilots, including missrobin03, missrobin05, and missrobin02, were applying damage of their own, while Northern Coalition. responded with Thunderchilds flown by Ketch Kan and dinorryox. The scale suggests a close-range brawl rather than a prolonged chase, with the fight compressing into a short window where position and timing mattered more than numbers on paper.

THE BREAK

The decisive blow came from Ketch Kan in a Thunderchild, who landed the final strike as the Praxis collapsed. By then, the ship had already absorbed substantial damage, and the wreck left behind tells the rest of the story: more than 1 billion ISK destroyed and 484.6 million ISK recovered or dropped. The fittings also underline how much the pilot had put at risk, with multiple Imperial Navy Cap Rechargers and Caldari Navy Large Graviton Smartbombs among the destroyed and dropped modules.

THE LOSSES

The engagement ended with two Praxis hulls lost for a total value of 2.8 billion ISK. In a fight this size, that is enough to turn a brief skirmish into a memorable hit, especially when one ship alone accounts for 1.5 billion ISK of the damage. GME-PQ saw no grand fleet collapse, but it did see a sharp reminder that even a compact clash can punish a mistake or an exposed target with painful efficiency.

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