Redeemer Lost in a Fast-Closing JLH-FN Ambush

A Redeemer worth 1.4 billion ISK was brought down in JLH-FN as HOLD MY PROBS closed a short, sharp trap that left the black-ops battleship with nowhere to go. The fight lasted barely over a minute, but it still ended with 3.8 billion ISK in losses and a reminder that even a covert battleship can be caught when the net tightens fast enough.

THE CATCH

The centrepiece of the fight was a Redeemer flown by Fawzia bint Fuad of State War Academy, a ship expensive enough to turn heads and fragile enough to become a prize the moment it was exposed. Against it stood HOLD MY PROBS, whose force in the engagement appears to have been built around just enough heavies and tackle to keep the target from slipping away. The final blow came from Eva Hekkin in a Phoenix Navy Issue, underscoring how heavily the attackers were willing to commit once the opportunity was in front of them.

THE PRESSURE BUILDS

The engagement in JLH-FN pulled in 18 participants across the two sides and lasted from 14:41:33 to 14:43:15 UTC, suggesting a brief but decisive interception rather than a prolonged exchange. The attackers fielded a mix that included a Phoenix, a Moros Navy Issue, a Flycatcher and even a Covetor, while the defenders were split across multiple groups, including DPEBHUE PYCbI, Can i bring my Drake... and State War Academy. That spread hints at a chaotic local fight in which the Redeemer was isolated before the rest of the picture could shift.

THE BREAK

The ship itself tells part of the story. The Redeemer carried a rack of Imperial Navy and Scorch L ammunition, with some charges dropped and others destroyed as the hull went up, while more than 60,000 helium isotopes were consumed in the destruction. The loss value alone was enough to make the ambush worth the effort for HOLD MY PROBS, but the presence of multiple capital and black-ops hulls suggests this was no casual roam. Once the trap closed, the Redeemer never appears to have found an escape window.

THE COST

In total, three Redeemers were lost in the engagement, accounting for the full 3.8 billion ISK value recorded in the fight. The opening loss, however, stands out: Fawzia bint Fuad’s ship was destroyed with roughly 1 billion ISK in assets lost outright and only 320.3 million ISK recovered. For State War Academy and its allies, the immediate consequence was not just the loss of a rare and dangerous platform, but the kind of rapid, public defeat that signals a hunting fleet has found the right target at the right moment.

Sources and verification

Based on recorded combat data Narrative based on recorded New Eden activity and archived editorial analysis.

Permalink

CONTINUE EXPLORING

More Stories From New Eden

View all stories →

Pochven

Big Vantus Paid 15 Ships Toward Pochven's 72 Billion ISK Tab

Of the 47 ships destroyed in Ignebaener, 46 were, in ISK terms, background noise. The 47th was a Paladin valued at just under 57.5 billion ISK - close to four-fifths of everything the system destroyed in one sitting. One hull, one pilot, one very bad moment, and the number that will define this fight long after the killboards stop updating.

Nullsec

Brave Newbies Lost 21 Ships in 4-07MU and Shot Back With Interest

Somewhere around 19:25 UTC, a Caracal Navy Issue died in 4-07MU and 912 pilots decided that was a reasonable invitation. Two hours later the system had produced 200 wrecks, 67.2 billion ISK of damage, and not one capital ship - just battleship after battleship feeding itself into a fight that refused to end. The killboards call it a gank. The killboards are only half right.

Highsec

Solyaris Chtonium Killed Redux.'s Avatar as 1,166 Pilots Watched

The last thing an Avatar expects to be doing is dying in lowsec, but Amamake has been ruining plans for a very long time. Redux.'s Amarr Titan - one of the largest and most expensive warships in New Eden - came apart in the Heimatar system with roughly 1,166 pilots involved in the kill, and a price tag of 142.7 billion ISK attached to a single loss.

Highsec

Warlock Industries Alliance Lost 52 Billion ISK. It Wasn't Even a Capital.

Fifty-two point nine billion ISK, gone. One killmail. Eight hundred and forty-seven pilots on the record. Amamake has swallowed fleets, capitals, and more than a few alliances' sense of direction over the years. It has rarely swallowed 52.9 billion ISK in a single ship that was not even a capital. The victim was the Sarathiel, flying under the banner of Warlock Industries Alliance. The credited killer was Minmatar Fleet Associates. And every one of those 847 names belongs to the same kill.