Rattlesnake Caught and Crushed in Keri Ambush
A Rattlesnake worth 2.5 billion ISK was destroyed in Keri after an eight-pilot attack force brought the battleship down, with a Redeemer landing the final blow in a swift and costly strike.
THE CATCH
The loss in Keri centres on a single Rattlesnake, flown by Uedan Momaki of Niko's Memories of Azurit, and the kind of brief, violent encounter that leaves no room for recovery. The ship was caught by a force tied to Can i bring my Drake..., with 14 pilots appearing in the wider engagement and eight attackers credited on the final destruction.
THE BLOW
What destroyed the Rattlesnake was not a long grind but a concentrated attack from covert-capable ships. Multiple Redeemers were involved, and Usui7 of Can i bring my Drake... landed the final blow. The damage profile suggests a focused kill effort rather than a drawn-out exchange, with the battleship overwhelmed before it could escape the trap.
THE LOSSES
The Rattlesnake accounted for the entire 2.5 billion ISK loss, with 1.6 billion ISK destroyed and just under 900 million ISK dropped from the wreck. Cruise missile ammunition and nanite repair paste were among the items lost with the ship, underlining how quickly the engagement ended once the target was pinned down.
THE SIGNIFICANCE
For Niko's Memories of Azurit, the destruction of a faction battleship is a sharp and expensive setback. For the attackers, it is a clean hunting success: a high-value target isolated in Keri and removed before it could slip away. In New Eden, that kind of catch is often remembered not for its length, but for how decisively the net closed.
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