Editing Horizon Federation

{{Infobox alliance
| above = Horizon Federation
| abbreviation = HF
| membership = [[Arimfea]]<br>[[Orovika]]<br>[[Imperial Nova]]<br>[[Cortesia Del Mar]]<br>[[Amcar]]<br>[[Shadow]]<br>[[United Federation of Planets]]<br>[[Sanctuary]]
| discord = [https://discord.gg/C62WWXVnz9 C62WWXVnz9]
| formation = 6 October 2023
| dissolution 5 February 2024
| preceded_by = [[Andromedan Republic (Horizon's End)]]
}}
The '''Horizon Federation''' was a coalition of nations on Horizon's End, formed for the express purpose of combating [[RentDueYesterday]] in the [[Horizon Federation-RentDueYesterday War]]. The alliance consisted of almost all active [[colonist]] nations on the server at the time (with the notable exception of the [[Republic of Carthage]]), and is broadly considered to be the largest alliance ever in [[Horizon's End]] or [[StarLegacy]] history.{{Citation needed}}

= History =
{{Main|Horizon Federation-RentDueYesterday War}}
The Horizon Federation was formed hastily on the evening of October 6, 2023, in response to [[Vega]] allying with the new pirate nation of [[RentDueYesterday]] and attacking [[Imperial Nova|Novan]] forces, thereby broadening both the scope and scale of the lower-level piracy conflict then existing between Imperial Nova, [[Orovika]], and RentDueYesterday. The coalition was initially predicated on the pre-existing anti-piracy alliance between Imperial Nova and Orovika, as well as the former [[Andromedan Republic (Horizon's End)|Andromedan Republic]], a then-defunct alliance between Imperial Nova and [[Arimfea]] which had previously [[Andromedan Republic-Vega War (2023)|existed to fight Vega]], and had sworn to return if Vega presented itself as a threat again.

The coalition initially consisted of Orovika, Imperial Nova, and Arimfea. [[Cortesia Del Mar]] inherited membership in the alliance upon its split from Orovika on 29 December 2023. Several smaller nations ([[Amcar]], [[Shadow]], [[United Federation of Planets]], and [[Sanctuary]]) were admitted to the alliance when RentDueYesterday's (and Vega's) broadly-distributed attacks eventually implicated them, and they sought protection therefrom.

On 6 December 2023, an incident occurred wherein [[Vortexion]], then representing Arimfea in the coalition, posted an poll to coalition membership, proposing the delivery of the following ultimatum:
 "Ultimatum vote:
  Either staff enforces a clean ceasefire with no terms on either side, and ends this war, or the HF and its members quit HE for a healthy while. Yes/No?either staff enforces a clean ceasefire with no terms on either side, and ends this war, or the HF and its members quit HE for a healthy while. Yes/No?"