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Revelation Falls in a Brief Fraternity. Capital Tangle in 9OO-LH
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Revelation Falls in a Brief Fraternity. Capital Tangle in 9OO-LH

A Fraternity. Revelation was destroyed in 9OO-LH in a swift 3.7 billion ISK loss that appears to have come from within the alliance’s own ranks. The capital died almost as soon as the engagement began, with three Fraternity. titans and avatars contributing to the destruction and leaving the dreadnought with little room to escape.

THE COLLAPSE

The fight in 9OO-LH was over almost before it could properly begin. A single Revelation was caught and destroyed in a moment that suggests a tightly compressed capital engagement rather than a drawn-out siege. With only five participants recorded in the encounter, the loss reads less like a fleet battle and more like a capital ship being overwhelmed before it could be secured or withdrawn.

INSIDE THE CAPITAL CROWD

What makes the loss stand out is the composition around it. The attackers recorded for the destruction were all Fraternity., and the final blow came from Sherry07 flying a Leviathan, while Beoken01 in an Avatar and Beoken21 in another Leviathan also dealt significant damage. The victim, SherryJinx of Fraternity.’s Chaos arbiter, was flying the Revelation when it was destroyed. The data therefore suggests a disastrous internal clash or some form of same-alliance capital confrontation, though the exact circumstances cannot be confirmed from the report alone.

A COSTLY LOSS FOR SO LITTLE TIME

The dreadnought was worth 3.7 billion ISK, and almost all of that value was destroyed outright. Only 24,827 ISK was recovered, while cargo notes show helium isotopes were consumed and a Minmatar shuttle was among the few items to survive the wreck. For a ship class built to project force, the Revelation’s destruction in such a brief encounter is a reminder of how quickly a capital can become a prize instead of a threat once it is pinned down.

WHY IT MATTERS

Even without the wider context of the surrounding operation, this was a sharp and expensive capital loss for Fraternity. in 9OO-LH. The involvement of multiple supercapitals in such a small fight suggests the situation escalated far beyond a routine skirmish, and the result leaves a memorable mark: a dreadnought erased in seconds under the guns of its own side’s heavy assets.

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