On the 6th August a Northern Coalition. [NC] titan pilot was destroyed by the ever observant and prepared hands of the #REKKINGRUSKI crew cleansing the Aridia region of neutral capitals.
Ai Cadaen, an alt pilot of the CEO of the hirr [HIRR] corporation Anastasia Korenchkin, lost a Leviathan in the system of Marmeha. Marmeha is one of the main systems in the region which sees regular super capital deaths with a total of 4 super carrier and 3 titan losses this year.
Click for Killmail
Anastasia Korenchkin had the following to say:
I logged in around 8 minutes to DT, because I was quite sure I wasn’t over 72% cap (I was at 68%). As I came out of warp and cloaked a guy appeared and decloaked me in a Devoter I believe. A cyno went up and things jumped in, at the same moment I noticed the convo in alliance chat [which stated that the [-LSH-] Ragnarok had just been spotted logging in on a pilot’s watchlist] (because I was about to ask for help). I think it took around 3 minutes to kill the Leviathan.
In that system, in that circumstance I don’t see how I could’ve been helped at all. not log in? but yeah, ask for assistance or at least advise FCs before logging in
The following images found here and here show the moments prior to it’s demise.
I contacted Rad1st, a well known pilot from #REKKINGRUSKI, who stated that at this point in time he is unable to comment as they are in the process of hunting other super capitals and don’t want to give the game away. However by analysing previous conversations with #REKKINGRUSKI it follows the pattern of the pilot being scanned down when he initially moved into system and it simply being a waiting game before he logged in. As soon as he would have shown on the watchlist the HIC would have also logged in and landed to secure the kill. This would also coincide with an additional comment from Anastasia which mentioned that the Leviathan originally moved into the system approximately 3 weeks prior to the loss.
All in all it was an easy kill by the well versed hunters but should have been easily avoided considering that the entire [NC] alliance is only 3 cyno jumps from the system [not including any gate travel]. Meaning that if the pilot had simply contacted other members of the alliance to move in support, it is highly unlikely that this loss would have occurred, with #REKKINGRUSKI being less likely to attempt the kill with the might of the [NC] alliance in support of the unprepared pilot. Though ultimately the actions of the pilot resulted in this 113 Billion ISK loss.
Editor’s note: The writer is also part of the Northern Coalition. alliance and therefore was able to provide some of the additional information above.
[If you have any comments or intel you would like to provide please contact me at [email protected] or via an in-game mail]
