Widow Caught and Destroyed in Ahbazon Ambush
A 2.8 billion ISK Widow was destroyed in Ahbazon after a 21-pilot clash ended with Seker Matar and allies overwhelming the black ops battleship before it could escape. The ship’s wreckage left behind a split payout of lost and dropped assets, but the real cost was the loss of a rare and dangerous hull in a system that rarely forgives mistakes.
THE CATCH
The fight in Ahbazon ended with the destruction of Anolher Izia’s Widow of Gneiss Guys, a ship built for stealth, projection, and sudden violence. Instead, it became the target. The battle involved 21 participants overall, but the pressure appears to have fallen on a small core of attackers who pinned the battleship down long enough for the killing blow to land.
THE PRESSURE
Seker Matar was the only attacker organization identified in the report, while Gneiss Guys stood on the losing side. The decisive damage came from Three EightsDead Already in an Oracle, who scored the final blow. Behind that finishing strike, other attackers helped grind the Widow down, including JINTSUU in a Tornado and several Oracle pilots from Seker Matar. The engagement suggests a coordinated burst of damage rather than a prolonged duel.
THE LOSSES
The Widow’s destruction accounted for the entire reported loss, valued at 2.8 billion ISK. About 1.3 billion ISK was destroyed with the hull, while roughly 1.5 billion ISK in cargo and fittings appears to have been recovered by the attackers. Among the items that survived long enough to drop were 60,000 Nitrogen Isotopes and large stocks of Mjolnir Fury Cruise Missiles, underscoring how much power and mobility had been invested in the ship.
WHY IT MATTERS
For Gneiss Guys, the loss of a Widow is more than an expensive setback. It removes a high-value covert-capable capital-class asset from the field and leaves behind a reminder of how quickly such ships can be exposed once caught. In Ahbazon, that risk was fully realized: a rare and dangerous battleship was cornered, broken, and left to burn under concentrated fire.
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