J5A-IX system, Fountain region. On the 4th of March at 22:00 EVE Standard Time, a SOLAR FLEET Sleipnir fleet was quickly dispatched by a Ferox fleet from The-Culture
The fighting started after two Culture Carriers had been reported tackled in EI-O0O by The Minions alliance. A Ferox fleet was quickly formed by Culture to save the capitals. According to a member from Minions his group were requesting help from allies in the area, but were unable to receive aid in time, taking a casualty as they escaped system back to their wormhole.
Meanwhile, Solar Fleet out on a roam through Thera wormholes, whom had received word of a potential capital being tackled, were spotted by Culture scouts in B-DBYQ. According to a member from the Solar fleet, they had been roaming for about 3 hours looking for somebody to undock and fight. They wasted no time in heading to J5A.
The-Culture already poised for battle, quickly jumped back to their staging system in J5A-IX and warped to the B-D gate, landing as the SOLAR Fleet jumped in.
According to a Solar member, they were caught off guard and not expecting such a fast response from Culture. The Solar FC immediately started calling targets but, their damage was not enough to break any of the reps from Culture. Meanwhile, logistics on Solar’s side were unable to withstand the barrage of the superior numbers. Tired from a long roam, the Solar FC according to one of Solar’s fleet members Star Archer, did not hear logistics saying they were unable to hold and continued to call targets trying to break the enemy fleet’s reps.
Over-committed and outnumbered by the ferox fleet from Culture, Solar was completely annihilated with zero ferox losses on the side of Culture.
I reached out to The-Culture’s FC, Raknor Bile for comment and he only had this to say:
“One day people will stop thinking Sleipnir’s are good. They just don’t tank and that’s the reason they’re shit.”
SOLAR lost almost all of it’s fleet, totalling roughly 25 ships for 7,616,376,526.80 isk in damages, including almost a billion in implants as their capsules were destroyed.
Culture lost 5 ships, consisting mostly of interdictors and one interceptor for 314,025,403.37 isk in damages.
Full battle report can be seen here.
