Rattlesnake Cut Down by Redeemer Ambush in Keri
A 2.5 billion ISK Rattlesnake was brought down in Keri in a short but costly strike that appears to have caught the ship under heavy pressure. The battle lasted less than a minute, but it still drew 15 participants and left the pirate battleship shattered before it could break away.
THE HUNT
The target was Nalvas Saken’s Rattlesnake, a ship worth enough to draw immediate attention on its own. In Keri, that prize was engaged by a small group tied to DPEBHUE PYCbI and Can i bring my Drake..., with eight attackers applying the decisive damage to the battleship before the fight was over.
THE BREAK
The killing blow came from Zipilka in a Redeemer, one of several black-ops battleships involved in the attack. The damage spread across the Rattlesnake’s fit suggests it was carrying a serious cruise-missile setup, but the ship did not hold long enough to convert that firepower into an escape. Instead, it was overwhelmed before it could escape the net closing around it.
THE LOSSES
The Rattlesnake’s destruction accounted for the bulk of the 5 billion ISK field value, with roughly 1.3 billion ISK destroyed and 1.2 billion ISK recovered from the wreck. The loss also erased a significant stock of missiles and repair supplies, including thousands of cruise missiles and nanite repair paste, underlining how much combat power and fitting was lost with the hull.
WHY IT MATTERS
For a fight of this size, the result was decisive rather than drawn out: a high-value battleship was isolated and removed in moments. In a border system like Keri, that kind of catch can matter as much for its warning value as for the ISK itself, showing that even a heavily armed Rattlesnake can become an expensive mistake when a black-ops pack gets the timing right.
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