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Revelation Navy Issue Ambushed and Destroyed in ZQ-Z3Y
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Revelation Navy Issue Ambushed and Destroyed in ZQ-Z3Y

A Revelation Navy Issue worth 9 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in ZQ-Z3Y as a 53-pilot fight condensed into a sudden capital kill. The ship, flown by Mytsic of Goonswarm Federation’s KarmaFleet, was finished off by Honorable Third Party with Kreamed in a Redeemer landing the final blow.

THE CATCH

What began as a larger 53-participant engagement ended with one expensive hull as the headline. The Revelation Navy Issue stood out immediately: a capital-class prize carrying more than 6.3 billion ISK in destroyed value, with a further 2.6 billion ISK recovered from the wreck. In a fight where numbers mattered, the carrier-grade artillery platform became the target everyone was watching.

THE KILL

Honorable Third Party applied the pressure with 39 attackers on the field, leaning on covert-ops power to bring the ship down. Several Redeemers and a Widow appear to have done much of the work, with Kreamed’s Redeemer claiming the final blow after more than 50,000 damage. The involvement of black-ops hulls suggests the target was isolated long enough for the group to close the net and prevent a clean escape.

THE LOSSES

The wreck tells its own story. Helium isotopes spilled into space, while large stocks of Nova Javelin ammunition and other fitted supplies were destroyed or left behind. Even with some modules and cargo recovered, the loss of a Revelation Navy Issue is never routine. It is the kind of destruction that strips away both firepower and confidence in one stroke.

WHY IT MATTERS

For Goonswarm Federation, the loss of a capital hull to a smaller attacking force is the sort of incident that resonates beyond the system itself. For Honorable Third Party, it was a clean and expensive prize: a high-value target caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. In New Eden, those brief moments are often enough to decide who walks away with the field and who leaves behind a wreck worth remembering.

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