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Redeemer Burned Down in PF-346 as a Single Cenotaph Claimed the Last Blow
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Redeemer Burned Down in PF-346 as a Single Cenotaph Claimed the Last Blow

A Redeemer was destroyed in PF-346 after a brief, sharply one-sided exchange that left the black ops battleship wrecked for 1.6 billion ISK. The final blow came from RANDY Edier in a Cenotaph, with the loss stripping out more than a billion ISK in destroyed value before the wreck settled over the quiet lowsec system.

THE CATCH

The fight in PF-346 appears to have been over almost as soon as it began. Only four pilots were involved, and the result suggests a sudden interception rather than a drawn-out fleet action. On one side stood Kasper Skov of Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns; on the other, a lone attacker from Center for Advanced Studies, with RANDY Edier delivering the killing strike from a Cenotaph.

THE FALL OF THE REDEEMER

For a black ops battleship, the Redeemer is never a casual loss. The ship was fitted for the sort of operations that depend on mobility, secrecy, and the ability to choose the moment of engagement. Instead, it ended up exposed long enough for sustained damage to chew through the hull, with RANDY Edier credited for 72,949 points of damage before the final shot landed.

THE WRECKAGE

The destruction was felt as much in what survived as in what did not. About 1.2 billion ISK in value was lost with the ship, while 359 million ISK in items were recovered. Among the scattered remnants were helium isotopes, nanite repair paste, and Scorch L ammunition — the sort of supplies that underline how quickly a planned operation can turn into a wreck-site recovery.

WHY IT MATTERS

Single-ship losses like this rarely rewrite the map, but they do show how vulnerable even advanced hulls can be when caught in the wrong moment. A Redeemer in PF-346 is not the kind of target anyone expects to vanish quietly, and this one did so in a matter of seconds. For Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns, it is an expensive reminder that black ops ships still have to survive the jump between intent and execution.

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