At 22:18 on the 9th of August, an Erebus pilot named L3gs from the corporation Bat Country, a member of the Goonswarm Federation alliance, lost a Titan in Deven which is a 0.3 low-security system, located in the Essence region.
Internal and external sources seem to agree that the loss was due primarily to a failed attempt at moving, the accidental Jump having happened earlier in the day. This happens from time to time despite these buttons being apart, here is an example :
Unfortunately for the Erebus pilot, members of the corporation Snuff Box were finishing a roam nearby and quickly caught wind of the Titan pilot’s error. Sources indicate the Titan was initially able to warp off-grid and cloak up, evading any initial tackle attempts. However, Snuff Box, had already called for cyno scouts, Heavy Interdictors (HICs), and Guardians, in the event they would get another chance to catch the Erebus.
That chance arrived when their scouts appeared in Deven and found the Erebus, 200km away from a nearby player-owned structure (POS). A scout quickly activated a cyno field and a Snuff Box Titan (successfully) bridged a group of HICs and Guardians virtually on top of the Erebus. With a strong initial tackle on the Titan, additional scouts activated their cynos.
The call was made by Snuff Box to jump in a fleet of dreadnoughts they had been mustering, ever since the initial intel of the Titan’s movements were received. The assorted dreadnoughts entered siege and made short work of the lone Erebus, with additional capitals staggering in during the gank, perhaps to kill it as quickly as possible to shorten their dreadnought fleet’s exposure, or perhaps just to get in on a Titan gank.
In any event, approximately 15 minutes elapsed between the Titan pilot’s accident being reported to Snuff Box, and the Titan being tackled, destroyed, and looted. The Erebus killmail shows an estimated loss value of 135.33 billion ISK. It holds the distinction of being the most expensive Titan killed in the last five months, according to killboard sources, with a SOLAR FLEET Avatar, killed early last March, being more expensive at 141.5 billion ISK.
A personal account (and some screenshots) from a Snuff Box dreadnought pilot present during the gank, is available on his blog here. There has also been a YouTube video of the gank uploaded here.
