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1420:The Wreck of The Continental
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| These sites are now Deep into Triglavian Space Grab a Filament and Explore your way there List of Pochven Filaments or use Eve Metro |
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| Site is located in Pochven (an effective wormhole state with gates). Be aware of potential gate camps and various no-goodniks who may attempt to cause you harm. Warp to the beacon at 100km when in system. |
TripTik159 Expedition Highlights
Visit the ruins of The Continental, whose destruction marked the end of one of the largest public player-owned structures ever to fall in Pochven.
Introduction
At first glance, it appears to be nothing more than the shattered remains of a Fortizar, its armor torn apart and its superstructure broken into enormous drifting sections. Yet every fragment tells the story of one of the last public citadels to fall in Urhinichi.
Locations
The wreck is the remains of The Continental, a Fortizar-class citadel destroyed during a massive capsuleer operation in YC128.
Even in ruin, its immense size is immediately apparent. Entire habitation blocks and docking structures have been ripped free from the station, drifting as enormous skeletal fragments around the central wreck. Numerous sections still burn, while clouds of shattered plating and structural debris slowly spread through the surrounding space.
Over 700 billion ISK worth of ships were destroyed during this battle for the region's future, and now the wreck remains as a testament to that struggle.
Against the crimson backdrop of Pochven's stars, the wreck presents a striking contrast between human engineering and inevitable destruction. It is less an abandoned station than a frozen moment in history, preserved exactly where thousands of capsuleers watched it meet its end.
For explorers, it offers something increasingly rare in New Eden: a landmark whose significance comes almost entirely from the actions of players rather than the lore of the empires themselves.
The Continental and the star.
The Continental in the beam of the stellar transmutter.
The Continental with the star in the background.
The Wreck of the Continental.
For more context and details
Reddit Burn the Urhinichi Fortizar.
Reddit Loot Piñata in Urhinichi. Be there or be square.
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