Meanwhile, Tierijev authorities are reporting that a battlecruiser-sized hull of unknown make was detected in the vicinity of the yacht at the time of its destruction. Long-range sensor data indicates the battlecruiser shared similarities with the Drake class, but also featured "notable differences" which have made it difficult to trace. The matter is being investigated as a case of piracy.

This appears to be an assasination.



I hereby call upon the authorities to investigate this not as a case of piracy but as a case of assassination!

2 high-profile people, who had recently been acquitted by our Supreme Court, were on board.
This case, The People Vs Hayner, has been highly reported about especially in the handling of the case and the verdict.

Meanwhile, Tierijev authorities are reporting that a battlecruiser-sized hull of unknown make was detected in the vicinity of the yacht at the time of its destruction. Long-range sensor data indicates the battlecruiser shared similarities with the Drake class, ...

Perhaps they used this new rumored 'navy' Drake. This would implicate the Caldari.

What, no killmail?

They never said the perpetrator was a capsuleer, and theres a chance the captain wasn't either.
Those don't generally get logged through neocom.

personally I'm curious of the ship that was used in the attack similar to drake hull but with notable differences? id like to know what kind of differences since drake hull is fairly distinctive even from extreme range sensors.

if it were a Navy Drake as someone suggested, why would the Caldari State be interested in assassinating 2 people who have been a notable thorn in Federation's side?

As much as I enjoy pointing out what kind of a hypocritical mess the Federation is, this time the numbers just don't add up.

What, no killmail?

Could be shrewd pirates or anti-SDII rebels who knew this would be pinned on the Black Eagles as some conspiracy theory.

Who has the resources to pull this off? Who has the intel? Who has the data manipulation ability? Why, of all things, would anti-SDII 'rebels' use the death of the couple to pin on the Eagles as opposed to actual data and evidence to incriminate them with their ACTUAL crimes?

Funny how it's a conspiracy theory when your government's involved, but just 'immaturity' when other Empires are involved.

Many people do. You're too bleeding heart to think about this shrewdly. The Black Eagles haven't been charged of any actual crimes (yet), so your claims can be accused as prejudicial. Just because you don't see the reasoning behind offing the Hanvyners like this doesn't mean nobody else does.

@Meghel: Don't Opux ships have a specific engine type or emission system? If it's a unique system, you could attempt to locate emissions or perhaps dispersed isotopes related to its propulsion systems and see if something comes up. Unless they use standard Federation engines and systems. I'd hope something like that Yacht would have unique mechanisms but who knows...maybe someone familiar with engineering can answer that.