Vigilant Lost in a Sudden Keseya Ambush
A Vigilant worth roughly 1 billion ISK was caught and destroyed in Keseya in a swift, two-pilot clash that left ZERG REBORN with the loss and Unaligned attackers with the prize. The cruiser fell to an attacker flying a Burner Dragonfly, ending the encounter almost as soon as it began.
THE CATCH
The fight in Keseya was over in moments, but the outcome was expensive. Alex Greenwood of ZERG REBORN, flying for WE ARE ZERGS, lost a Vigilant in a brief engagement that involved just two participants. With no wider fleet presence recorded, the clash appears to have been a sharp interception rather than a prolonged exchange.
THE BREAKDOWN
The Vigilant carried a substantial amount of value for its class, and the wreck tells the story of a ship that was not easily stripped down. Roughly 525 million ISK in modules and cargo appears to have survived the destruction, while 478.3 million ISK was lost with the hull. Among the salvage left behind were large stocks of Javelin M ammunition, while Navy Cap Booster 800 charges were destroyed, suggesting the ship was fit for combat and still carrying enough supplies to stay in the fight.
THE FINAL BLOW
The decisive damage came from an unknown attacker in a Burner Dragonfly, who landed the final blow after dealing 15,542 damage. The attacker was not tied to a named alliance in the available data, which fits the feel of the encounter: a small, isolated hunt that ended with a high-value cruiser unexpectedly on the wrong side of the exchange.
WHY IT MATTERS
For ZERG REBORN, the loss of a Vigilant is more than a routine ship kill. It is the kind of destruction that can disrupt operations and remind pilots that even compact, fast-moving combat ships become costly liabilities when they are caught alone. In Keseya, the hunters got their opening, and the target never found a way out.
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