Editing Vegapocalypse (section)

== History ==

The term was coined by [[NovaManGood2110]] of the [[Horizon Federation]] in the late days of the [[Horizon Federation-RentDueYesterday War]]. NovaManGood2110 describes,
 It started when I was schitzo ''[sic]'' ranting about an upcoming war to [[AdelieXY|adelie]]
 because I saw vega ramping up war production and pushing combat related updates

The term itself is a direct reflection of the experiences of the [[Horizon Federation-RentDueYesterday War#Activity Crisis & Vegan Drop-Out | Activity Crisis]]. That the involvement of Vega, backed by advantageous combat updates such as the introduction [[Supercapital|supercapitals]] would ruin the server. The term was thus commonly used as a counterweight whenever the question of combat came up and supercapitals themselves where viewed with a great deal of scrutiny and suspicion.

While no server-scale conflict involving [[Vega]] has occurred since the coining of this term ([[AssassinXX]] of Vega states, "saying it already happened would be misinformation"), some players on the server, including [[NovaManGood2110]] himself, believe that the [[Ilios Alliance-Vask Authority War]] constituted the closest thing to a "Vegapocalypse" to occur on Horizon's End in 2024, as [[Vask Authority]] was given substantial material backing (and [[Battle of Asteri|one singular case of direct military intervention]]) from Vega to prosecute war against the [[Ilios Alliance]], who composed the majority of the server's [[colonist]]s and [[privateer]]s. The [[Vega-Ekatera War]] is also not considered a "vegapocalypse", in part due to the server's overwhelming support for Vega's side in the conflict.

The fear of such an event is in itself is not unreasonable, as the [[Andromedan Republic-Vega War]] caused activity levels to plummet on [[Star Legacy]]. Vega has later admitted that their intent in this war ''was'' to make the server so unplayable that it would necessitate a total reset of the server, as they considered the server to be unfixable without one due to years of bug exploits ruining the player-economy. Vega has since changed drastically however, with much of their core playerbase from 2019 having since left the server. Horizon's End is also in a much more balanced state than Star Legacy, thanks to the hard work of a much larger development team.