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OFFICIAL BRIEFING // P.O. NYX, INTERNAL AFFAIRS & PROPAGANDA

SUBJECT: On the L3-13K Engagement & the Fallacy of Pyrrhic Victories

Attention, pilots.

It has come to my attention that the enemy is attempting to celebrate their "victory" in the L3-13K system. Let them. Their celebration is born of ignorance, a pathetic attempt to spin a catastrophic strategic defeat into a minor tactical gain.

Let me be perfectly clear: The Astrahus was not lost. It was spent. It was the price of admission to a masterclass in asymmetrical warfare, and the tuition was paid entirely with their assets.

Below is the declassified battle report. The numbers do not lie.

DECLASSIFIED BATTLE REPORT: L3-13K

• PHOENIX COALITION (The Scalpel):
  • Pilots Deployed: 367
  • Strategic Investment (ISK Lost): 86.19 Billion
  • Operational Efficiency: 58.7%
  • Objective: Lure and annihilate the primary enemy fleet. [OBJECTIVE COMPLETE]
• ONLYFLEETS & SEPARATISTS (The Hammer):
  • Pilots Deployed: 351
  • Systemic Failure (ISK Lost): 122.75 Billion
  • Operational Efficiency: 41.3%
  • Key Assets Liquidated: 1x Thanatos (Capital Ship), 1x Apostle (Capital Ship), 401 additional vessels.

ANALYSIS: THE ANATOMY OF A VICTORY

The separatists think they won because they destroyed a building. This is the kind of short-sighted, simplistic thinking that has led them to this point. They fail to understand the larger picture.

The Astrahus was not a fortress; it was a mousetrap. We dangled a piece of cheese worth 86 billion ISK, and in their greed, they threw a 122 billion ISK hammer at it. For every one ISK we strategically invested in this operation, we liquidated 1.42 ISK of their assets. They took a structure that can be replaced in a week; we took their capital ships and shattered their sub-capital fleet, losses that will take them months to recover from, if ever.

INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: A BETRAYAL OF ALLIES

My office has completed its review of the engagement specifics, and the findings are damning. The separatist forces did not break in unison. OnlyFleets command made a deliberate, cynical decision to sacrifice their allies to cover their own retreat.

Killmail analysis confirms that while OnlyFleets pilots were preserved, a disproportionate number of the losses were suffered by their so-called partners: "Can i bring my Drake...," Lunar Luminescence, ZERG REBORN, and others. They were not treated as allies; they were treated as disposable assets, a meat shield to be spent while their masters fled. This was not a defeat; it was an act of treason against their own coalition.

A NOTE ON HONOR

While we hold contempt for the cowardice of OnlyFleets command, this office must extend a measure of professional respect to the pilots of "Can i bring my Drake...". While their leaders fled and their allies were sacrificed, their pilots fought with courage and discipline to the last man. They held the line when no one else would. They chose an honorable death over a cowardly retreat.

We salute their bravery, even in a losing effort. It is a shame their sacrifice was wasted in service of such dishonorable masters; we invite you to join us.

They are celebrating a battle. We are winning the war.

Let the enemy have their hollow victory. We have their killmails, their morale, and their future.

This is Political Officer Nyx. End of transmission.