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Redeemer Ambush Claims 1.4 Billion ISK Mobile Tractor Unit in TY2X-C
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Redeemer Ambush Claims 1.4 Billion ISK Mobile Tractor Unit in TY2X-C

A Mobile Tractor Unit worth 1.4 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in TY2X-C after a Fraternity. Redeemer strike led by L1vent ended the brief skirmish before it could widen. The loss is unusual less for the ship class than for what it was carrying and the speed with which the trap appears to have closed.

THE CATCH

The fight in TY2X-C was over almost as soon as it began. On one side stood Liet Traep of Brave Collective’s DanJev United; on the other, a lone Fraternity. pilot, L1vent, flying a Redeemer. The engagement involved only four participants in total, but the value on the field was anything but small. A Mobile Tractor Unit was isolated and destroyed, turning an ordinary utility asset into a very expensive casualty.

THE STRIKE

L1vent delivered the final blow and the Redeemer did the heavy work of the attack, inflicting 45,121 damage. The tractor unit’s fittings and cargo help explain why the destruction was so lopsided in value: 1.2 billion ISK was recovered, but 177.4 million ISK was destroyed outright. Even in a brief encounter, the numbers suggest the target was carrying enough to make it worth the hunt.

THE LOSSES

What Brave Collective lost here was not a warship, but the kind of support asset that often goes unnoticed until it is gone. The unit’s destruction also consumed ammunition and supplies, including Barrage L, Nuclear L, Mjolnir Torpedo, Liquid Ozone, and Proton L. Those details point to a small but costly encounter, the sort of loss that can sting precisely because it should have been safe.

WHY IT MATTERS

The engagement shows how quickly value can vanish in New Eden when a high-value object is left exposed. A single Redeemer was enough to turn a quiet moment in TY2X-C into a 1.4 billion ISK incident, and the scale of the drop suggests there was more to the target than its hull implied. For Brave Collective, it is a reminder that even mundane assets can become prizes; for Fraternity., it was a clean, efficient hunt.

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