Editing Horizon Federation (section)

= Legacy =
The Horizon Federation has a generally poor reputation among the server's veterans, including both those who were and were not members when it existed. 
<br>Former members of the coalition (especially those who would later go on to form the [[Ilios Alliance]]) commonly cite the Horizon Federation's lack of formal leadership or military command structure, or coherent military strategy, as well as its open-door membership policy, as weak points of the coalition. Former members also frequently lament the Horizon Federation's foundation as an outgrowth of a war, citing that this predicament inherently limited the coalition's flexibility. 
<br>Non-members of the Horizon Federation commonly disliked the coalition in its time, due to the way that it 'froze' Horizon's End server politics (by scooping up nearly every political actor into a single entity), though some acknowledge the coalition as an unfortunate necessity brought on by the actions of RentDueYesterday and Vega. The coalition's relative military impotence, especially compared with its numerical superiority, is also a common indictment of the Horizon Federation.

The Horizon Federation was perhaps most notable for popularizing the so-called "lagfleet" strategy, wherein the coalition would leverage its extreme numerical superiority to field warfleets with a very large number of ships (typically 8+) in order to stalemate and deter opponents (such as to take a [[siege station]], or to prevent piracy), rather than seeking a decisive victory in combat. The strategy was named due to the fact that, at the time, combat involving such numbers of ships would typically lag the server severely, rendering [[SvS]] nearly impossible, and usually forcing all combatants to go home.

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