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Revelation Navy Issue Cut Down in 8.6 Billion ISK Ambush in T22-QI
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Revelation Navy Issue Cut Down in 8.6 Billion ISK Ambush in T22-QI

A Revelation Navy Issue was destroyed in T22-QI after a concentrated strike by Cynosural Field Theory. left the capital hull burning under heavy fire. The loss, valued at 8.6 billion ISK, came as a 62-ship engagement unfolded around the target and ended with a Moros Navy Issue delivering the final blow.

THE CATCH

The fight in T22-QI centred on a single expensive target: killgara’s Revelation Navy Issue of Seker Matar, flown from VOLATILE ACQUISITIONS 42. What was at stake was not a routine skirmish but a capital hull carrying the kind of value that draws attention the moment it appears on grid. Cynosural Field Theory. committed heavily, with 50 attackers recorded against the ship as the noose tightened.

THE BREAKDOWN

The damage came from a concentrated wave of Moros Navy Issue fire. Balthazarra secured the final blow, but the heaviest pressure appears to have come from a cluster of dreadnoughts including Uar Narrkis, Lilly Hisaki, Icai Hisaki, and Rylver Charante. Their combined fire stripped away the Revelation Navy Issue’s ability to endure the engagement, while key cargo and fittings were torn apart in the wreckage. More than 108,000 helium isotopes and over 2,300 strontium clathrates were destroyed, underscoring how thoroughly the ship was broken before it fell.

THE LOSSES

The ship’s value was split between destruction and salvage: about 7 billion ISK was lost with the hull and fittings, while 1.7 billion ISK reportedly dropped from the wreck. Among the surviving stores were 65 Navy Cap Booster 3200 charges, with additional boosters destroyed in the explosion. The result leaves Seker Matar with an expensive capital loss and Cynosural Field Theory. with a decisive prize taken from the field.

THE SIGNIFICANCE

For a single-ship loss, this was a punishing one. Revelation Navy Issue hulls are not the sort of ships that vanish quietly, and the scale of the attack suggests the target was found and overwhelmed rather than merely traded against. In a system where 62 participants converged on one capital, the message is simple enough: exposure carried a steep price, and T22-QI became the place where that bill was finally paid.

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