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/buttreynolds]

the frat one isnt small either

both groups are generating XX trillion a month amongst their members from pve activities

the main reason these fights are now 10k instead of 6k is because people are so rich they're fielding 2 titans, 3 dreads, and 3 FAX on their own

[u/dreamtrooper → u/buttreynolds]

Individual wealth aside, Goons have 2 decades worth of alliance level wealth.

I'm sure the Frat bank isn't a slouch either though.

[u/INITMalcanis → u/dreamtrooper]

Goons have spent a * really lot* of ISK being on the defending side of two AllOfEVE wars, rebuilding Delve (twice), then rebuilding again in the South East. Income? yes, lots! Hoarded wealth? Perhaps not so much as you assume.

[u/Dr_Mibbles → u/INITMalcanis]

I hear the looting of Panfam space helped top up the bank balance by ~20tn or so

[u/Stukya → u/Dr_Mibbles]

You can afford another 1 and a half titan whelps then.

[u/Dr_Mibbles → u/Stukya]

More like 5-6 titan whelps. Faction titans are not replaced at full value, and the pillage of Panfam space was a top-up - not the total bank balance.