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Widow Caught and Broken in M-OEE8 Fight
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Widow Caught and Broken in M-OEE8 Fight

A Fraternity. strike in M-OEE8 ended with a 1.7 billion ISK Widow going up in flames, the black-ops battleship trapped and finished in a fight that also claimed three Redeemers and pushed the total damage past 5.8 billion ISK.

THE CATCH

The engagement in M-OEE8 was brief but costly, lasting just under a minute as 17 pilots collided in the system. Fraternity. emerged with the upper hand against a mixed defending force drawn from Goonswarm Federation, Ranger Regiment, and Minmatar Fleet Alliance, turning what may have been a quick exchange into a sharp and expensive loss for the defenders.

THE WIDOW FALLS

The standout casualty was YouDao Zhang's Widow of Ranger Regiment's Euphoria. corporation, a ship that rarely dies quietly. It was pinned down and then broken by two Fraternity. attackers, with Tina Ortini flying a Revelation Navy Issue landing the final blow and Magah Ohu in a Purifier adding pressure throughout the engagement. The Widow's cargo and fittings did not survive intact, but the wreck still yielded more than 256 million ISK in drops, including large stocks of Nitrogen Isotopes and Rage torpedoes.

THE ESCALATION

That one loss sat inside a broader spill of violence: three Redeemers were also destroyed, bringing the ship tally to four and underlining how quickly the encounter spiraled beyond a single target. The mix of black-ops battleships on the field suggests this was not a casual roaming scrap, but a deliberate clash in which expensive hulls were committed and exposed in close succession.

THE COST

With 5.8 billion ISK destroyed in a fight that ended almost as quickly as it began, M-OEE8 saw Fraternity. claim a clean and damaging result. For the losing side, the disappearance of a Widow alongside multiple Redeemers is the sort of setback that lingers well beyond the timer on the wrecks, especially in a region where every capital-adjacent hull is a statement of intent.

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