The EVEO Killboard is down but, whatever.
This is only the third time one has been destroyed and it’s the first time it’s happened when the ship was actually piloted. The previous two both exploited logoff mechanics to keep the ship in the world and kill it without a pilot present. There has also been at least one killed while it was still in the shipyard awaiting completion.
To put this into perspective, the current real-world exchange rate is about $10 per 100 million isk. A titan requires approximately 75 billion to make. That means that the ship today was worth
~$7500 US dollars.
From Wiki in case no one has any idea what I am talking about...(good chance)
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Titans
Titans are the largest ship type in EVE, rivaling major cities in size. They can perform the same fleet functions and support roles as the Mothership (Cloning, Ship maintenance arrays, Ship/Items hangars), and are the only capital ships which can create jump portals through use of the 'Jump Bridge Array', which enables escort and support ships to move from system to system without the aid of a stargate. Even though a Titan is a massive logistical advantage for the individual or corporation who possesses one, using a Titan in a combat role is often seen as undesirable. While large, their defensive and offensive capabilities are still overshadowed by the Dreadnought and Mothership class capital ships. They do, however, have the capacity to provide more logistical support to a fleet from behind the front lines than any other capital ship, especially when it concerns the Jump Bridge Array. The only real offensive capability of a Titan aside from Capital Sized Weapons is a huge omni-directional Superweapon capable of destroying whole fleets of battleships in a single shot - although taking an hour to recharge after a single blast as well being prevented from jumping for 10 minutes. While once capable of remotely activating superweapons at Cynosural Fields, this ability was removed in Revelations 2, requiring Titans to now deploy their superweapon on the field of battle itself.
Successful construction of a Titan requires high levels of secrecy, as well as months of skill training and research. This need was demonstrated when Lotka Volterra's second, under construction Titan was destroyed by a combined Curse Alliance, Goonswarm, Red Alliance, and other Coalition member fleet. Currently, a Titan takes approximately eight weeks to build (in real time), not including its primary components which are required for construction. One Titan class exists for each major faction.
On September 25 2006, ASCN (Ascendant Frontier) unveiled their Titan (an Amarr Avatar), which was later confirmed by EVE community manager Kieron to be the first player built Titan on Tranquility. On that day, video footage of the titan was released by ASCN. Since then, Band of Brothers has unveiled their own Titan (also an Avatar), and both ASCN and Band Of Brothers have made extensive use of their Titans on the battlefield. On December 8 2006, Lotka Volterra inaugurated the third known Titan (a third Avatar) with a surprise attack that destroyed 215 enemy ships with a single shot.[7] Shortly afterwards, Dusk and Dawn alliance (D2) unveiled their own Erebus Titan, a Gallente design with bonuses to the armor of its fleet. This is the first Erebus to be built in the game.
The Avatar remains the most common type of Titan, with three having been built before any other faction Titan was completed. To date, Eight Titans have been confirmed; three of the Avatar class, three of the Erebus class, one Ragnarok class, and one Leviathan class Titan as of April 2007.
Eve's first Titan destruction occurred on the 11th of December 2006. The Band Of Brothers alliance caught the Ascendent Frontier (Avatar class) titan in a deep safe spot in the C9N-CC system.[8] They destroyed her with a large force of battle and capital ships while the ASCN pilot was apparently offline.[9] The second demise of a Titan, also at the hands of Band of Brothers, occurred in the YZ-LQL system by capitalizing upon intelligence provided by a spy within Dusk and Dawn's alliance. The Titan's pilot was covertly aggressed a few seconds before he logged out of the game. Because he had been aggressed, however, the Titan was not removed from the game universe and remained in space, unmanned. The vessel was summarily attacked and destroyed.[citation needed]
Due to the special status of these ships, represented by their size, cost, and firepower, all wreckage from destroyed Titans remains in space.
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Here is a ship scale chart just to show how big these things are...
click me.
EDIT: Added bonus here.
Footage of the first Titan.