Around 1830 EvE time on the 23rd October 2014, a Thanatos Carrier belonging to Thorncord, CEO of the BOX of PANDORA, was destroyed in wormhole space by a small group of mining ships, including 2 Coveters, 15 Ventures and a couple of industrials.
As you can see, the Thanatos is not exactly fit to what we would call ‘correct’ specifications. I’m not quite sure what the Mining Laser Upgrade I’s were meant to accomplish with no mining lasers on the ship. Maybe he thought they would affect his 20 mining drones? The only drones he happened to be carrying.
I tried to contact Thorncord but he was unavailable for comment.
Strangely AXIOS., the alliance that managed to snag this kill in what is undoubtedly a solely PVP fit ‘mining fleet’ also declined to comment. However the fact that they were grinding POS structures in the same wormhole just hours before points to the fact that this Thanatos may have been caught on log in to a previously friendly, and now missing, POS.
Here is what is going on in my imagination when trying to figure out how this kill happened.
An AXIOS hauler may have been scooping POS modules and happened to have a PVP fit, maybe a scram and tank. When the Thanatos landed, the hauler pilot got tackle and called in his friends, telling them he was in a hauler with a tackle on a carrier.
The FC decided, for comedic value, to get the rest of his fleet to ship into battle ventures and a couple of coveters. He then jumped them in and killed the Thanatos. Considering it was totally unable to tank or defend itself, why not? This is all pure conjecture of course so take it with a whole lick of salt.
I don’t think it was a planned roam due to the fact that no other kills, or indeed losses were noted. Also as mentioned above, the AXIOS group were attacking POS in the system mere hours earlier.
Whatever happened, it has made for a very entertaining kill mail.
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