Widow Lost in 4-HWWF as Fraternity. Closes on a 1.9B ISK Prize
A Deepwater Hooligans Widow was destroyed in 4-HWWF on June 6, ending the brief engagement with a 1.9B ISK loss and leaving Fraternity. with the kill on a ship that should never feel easy to corner.
THE CATCH
The fight in 4-HWWF appears to have centered on a single, expensive target: the Widow flown by SwagYolo420 of Deepwater Hooligans. By the time the ship went down, 24 participants had been drawn into the engagement, with Fraternity. providing the bulk of the pressure and 12 attackers credited against the final loss. For a covert ops battleship, that is a dangerous place to be caught—caught between scouting utility and the very real possibility of being pinned down before escape options can open.
THE CLOSE-IN
The destruction did not come from one clean strike alone. The final blow was delivered by DreadNaught 723 in a Maelstrom, but the damage trail suggests a layered assault rather than a single lucky shot. Loki, Moros Navy Issue, and Vagabond hulls all appear among the attackers tied to the kill, pointing to a mixed force that kept the Widow under steady pressure until it could no longer hold. Niko Falcon of Apocalypse Now. also appears among the notable attackers, adding to the sense that the target was being boxed in from more than one direction.
THE LOSSES
What the Widow managed to shed tells its own story. Just 381.6M ISK appears to have been recovered, while 1.5B ISK was destroyed with the hull. The lost cargo and fittings included large stores of torpedoes and fuel, including Nitrogen Isotopes and multiple torpedo types, suggesting the ship was operating with a loaded hold rather than traveling light. For Deepwater Hooligans, the loss of a Widow is not routine attrition; it is an expensive reminder that even a high-end cloak-and-dagger platform can be made vulnerable once the net tightens.
THE SIGNIFICANCE
Fraternity.’s success in 4-HWWF is notable not only for the value of the ship, but for the way the kill was assembled: pressure from multiple hull classes, a 12-pilot attacking force tied to the final loss, and a finished target worth nearly 2B ISK. In a place like New Eden, that kind of destruction matters less as a tally than as a warning. A Widow that slips once can be fatal if the hunters are already in position, and in this case the hunters appear to have been ready when it counted.
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