The Vargur Pyre: 7.62's Costly Toll in Konola

In Pochven's Konola system, a prolonged engagement left 177 kills worth 58.4B ISK in losses. The battle saw 7.62's fleet of Vargurs, Paladins, and Kronos clash with Wings Freedom., The Initiative., and ChuangShi Federation, while Fraternity. was present with a small contingent.

Alliances involved

7.62
Wings Freedom.
The Initiative.

      58.4B ISK
      Destroyed
    

238 Participants

— Capitals lost

Eleven Vargurs Down

7.62 brought a fleet built around Vargurs, Paladins, and Kronos. Eleven Vargur hulls were lost during the engagement, a heavy toll for the alliance. The opposing side, fielding Osprey Navy Issues, Sacrileges, and Apocalypses, along with Ravens from ChuangShi Federation, traded losses throughout the engagement.

The Occator's Last Haul

The battle's largest individual loss came from Fraternity., with pilot Sergey Hakoken delivering the final blow against a 4.7B ISK Occator flown by PIMPY IIIllIlIIl of 7.62. The deep space transport became the most expensive single casualty of the engagement.

Sources and verification

Source: WarBeacon Reviewed against retained source evidence before publication. The image is an editorial illustration.

Open View on WarBeacon evidence ↗

Permalink

CONTINUE EXPLORING

More Stories From New Eden

View all stories →

Nullsec

Three Navy Phoenixes and a Naglfar Fall as Seventy-Five Pilots Contest VG-6CH

The fight in VG-6CH, Venal, was compact enough to count the capital wrecks by hand and costly enough that each one mattered. The engagement drew seventy-five pilots and left four dead dreadnoughts: three Phoenix Navy Issues and a Naglfar.

Wormhole

Command Ship Carnage in J152034

When several alliances clashed across three sides in the wormhole system of J152034, the result was a brief brawl that saw 20.2B ISK in combined losses. Mercenaires Sans Frontieres, Seriously Suspicious, and several other alliances traded blows in a chaotic three-way engagement where command ships and heavy assault cruisers accounted for most of the destroyed hulls.

Nullsec

Sacrileges and Drakes Clash in Catch's 4-07MU

In the Catch system of 4-07MU, The Initiative clashed with Goonswarm Federation, Sigma Grindset, and SONS of BANE in a fleet engagement that saw 205 losses totaling 26.9 billion ISK. The Initiative brought Drake Navy Issues and Omen Navy Issues, while Goonswarm Federation fielded Sacrileges and Confessors.

Nullsec

Four Dreadnoughts, Fourteen Pilots: Dracarys's Costly Fight in RJ3H-0

In RJ3H-0, Period Basis, fourteen Dracarys pilots faced a far larger Initiative force. Over a prolonged engagement, the outnumbered Dracarys group traded subcapital kills for staggering capital losses, with combined losses reaching 53.5 billion ISK.