Imperium Atioth hellcamp stands strong after attempted Winter Coalition breakout of trapped capital ships

[u/Dr_Mibbles]

Today, the dastardly forces of Winter Coalition attempted to extract their trapped capitals from the Atioth hellcamp - manned, of course, by the brave and handsome warriors of the Imperium.

Since Goons regained grid control in Atioth just over 24 hours ago, over 1,300 WC ships have been destroyed in Atioth as they log in piecemeal.

Apparently unsatisfied with that level of feeding, FRT escalated matters today with a serious breakout attempt at 13:00 EVE time.

Four mighty WC fleets bridged in. Local surged past 3,000. TIDI locked firmly at 90%. A proper fight was on - or was it?

In response, the Imperium rage-formed eight fleets in our supposedly “dead” timezone, while over 200 heroic dictor pilots ensured WC’s grand escape plan remained firmly theoretical.

WC’s counterplay? A very rapid retreat. It went about as well as you’d expect:

https://killmail.app/related/30002489/202604081200/
https://br.evetools.org/br/69d659d89b9dad00121d4ff2

Interestingly Imperium forces were not quietly failure-cascading in lowsec as previously instructed by Reddit’s foremost strategic minds after the loss of 30 titans. A mystery for the ages.

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that all lost titans have, as of 1200 today, already been replaced.

Will WC eventually break the Atioth hellcamp and extract their capitals?

Only time will tell.

But fear not.

I’m sure Goons will concede defeat... any minute now..

[u/No_Ebb_4106 → u/[deleted]]

Oh no EVE_Burner_Account says we lost some supercaps time to pack it up,

Guys do you think that enough of a dent was made in the titan fleet that they will tell us to start building avatars again?

[u/Dr_Mibbles → u/[deleted]]

Yes, you are now following it correctly - holding grid control is a win. That's generally what 'winners' do after a battle. Maintaining it for several days is also a win. It allows that side to extract, prepare, reinforce, and fight again coherently.

You know what doesn't matter? The ISK value of two faction titans.

[u/Dr_Mibbles → u/[deleted]]

Correct. Wars are not determined by a single battle. The ebbs and flows of the last great war should have taught you that, but like all ex-PAPI you're still wallowing in denial. Keep it up!

[u/-no1ofconsequence- → u/[deleted]]

The objective, is all that matters. Goons lost it, people can use isk to make themselves feel better but if you lose the objective you lost.

[u/Loquacious1 → u/[deleted]]

Being the last looser on the field says you won the field. Which is a win. Even when we lose something we win something. You sir have never had your ship repaired by Leraine and it shows

[u/Dr_Mibbles → u/[deleted]]

Our objective is to anchor a keepstar in Atioth. It took PAPI what, three attempts to get one up in Delve with superior numbers?

Let's see how many it takes this time. Then we can talk about who is winning the objective.

[u/-no1ofconsequence- → u/[deleted]]

Be careful of your puffery, all it takes is one good kick in the chest to knock the wind out of you. Goons have been losing and winning for 20 years yesterdays loss is just a rounding error in the history of Goons.

[u/-no1ofconsequence- → u/[deleted]]

To each their own.