THE CATCH
The engagement in 4GYV-Q appears to have been a brief, localised strike rather than a drawn-out brawl. Eight pilots were involved in total, but the decisive pressure fell on a single Fraternity. Proteus flown by MirAi1204 of My Little Pony. The ship was a valuable target in its own right, and once it came under fire there was little room for error.
THE BREAK
Three attackers are listed on the decisive side of the fight, with Stcake’s Tornado landing the final blow after the Proteus had already absorbed heavy damage from a Flycatcher and a Curse. That combination suggests a hunt that relied on control and pressure rather than brute force alone. The Proteus was not merely beaten; it was gradually stripped apart under fire until the battle cruiser-sized cruiser could no longer hold together.
THE LOSSES
The destruction total came to roughly 1.5 billion ISK, with about 1.4 billion ISK lost and only 172 million ISK recovered from the wreck. The ship itself carried the weight of the loss, but the wreck also shows the cost in drones and fittings: Hornet IIs were destroyed and recovered, 'Augmented' Ogres were lost, and Dread Guristas Drone Damage Amplifiers were among the modules ruined in the kill. It was the kind of expensive loss that stings long after the grid clears.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Fraternity., the destruction of a Proteus in a contested pocket like 4GYV-Q is a reminder that even a high-end strategic cruiser can be exposed to a small but coordinated ambush. For the attackers, it was a sharp and efficient prize: a single hull destroyed, a costly fit broken apart, and a clean result for a compact gang operating with enough coordination to bring down a target worth chasing.
