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| {{Infobox military conflict
| | #REDIRECT [[7 March Vega-Nova Siege]] |
| |name = Battle of Sirius
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| |image = Bos.png
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| |caption = A dynmap image showing the very beginning of the Battle of Sirius. No ships had yet been sunk.
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| |place = [[Siege Station|ArtifactGamma]], [[Sirius]]
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| |date = March 7, 2025
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| |combatants_header = Participants
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| |combatant1 = {{flag|Nova Flag.png|Imperial Nova}}
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| {{flag|Separatist flag.png|Separatist Alliance}}
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| |combatant2 = {{flag|Vega logo.jpg|Vega}}
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| {{flag|VAAFFlag.png|Vask Authority}}
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| {{flag|Oblivion}}
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| {{flag|United Luxit States.png|United Luxit States}}
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| |strength1 = 8k [[Frigate]] ([[NovaManGood2110]])
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| <br>2k [[Gunship]] ([[_Longy]]
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[TheGamingBananaV]])
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[henryberto]])
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[Gabrielhulk10]])
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[BobinaBlu]])
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| <br>
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| |strength2 = 12k [[Destroyer]] ([[WitherV]])
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| <br>4k [[Corvette]] ([[GigaJeff]])
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| <br>2k [[Gunship]] ([[MaidPierce]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[Sciath]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[Sherbet_S]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[vikator2583]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[Solesey]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[LuciusDrakov]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[BlockBuster019]])
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| <br>1k [[Gunship]] ([[DivineArtisan]])
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| <br>500 [[Gunship]] ([[z4nityy]])
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[Sky_Horzion]])
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| <br>350 [[Starfighter]] ([[braersss]])
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| <br>150 [[Interceptor]] ([[MaidPierce]])
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| <br>
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| |casualties1 = All ships lost
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| |casualties2 = 3 ships lost
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| |result = Decisive [[Vega]] victory.<br>[[Siege Station|ArtifactGamma]] captured.
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| |width = 450px
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| }}
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| The '''Battle of Sirius''' was a major military engagement between the combined forces of [[Imperial Nova]] and the [[Separartist Alliance]] against the armada of [[Vega]], [[Vask Authority]], [[Oblivion]], and [[United Luxit States]]. The battle was fought over custody of the ArtifactGamma [[Siege Station]], and was the first major military expedition of the [[Novan-Separatist Alliance]] following its establishment the prior day on 6 March. The Battle of Sirius is the largest military engagement to occur on [[Horizon's End]] since the [[Battle of Asteri]], and is the second-largest military engagement ever in server history.
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| = Context =
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| In the months following the [[30 December Incident]], [[Imperial Nova]] and [[Vega]] existed in a state of politically-ambiguous military hostility, punctuated by occasional minor combat engagements and [[Siege Station]] battles. No formal conflict was declared or pursued by either party in this time, due among other factors to the pronounced inactivity of Imperial Nova in January and February of 2025.
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| On 25 February 2025, Imperial Nova publicly announced in a post in the #server-news channel of the Horizon's End official Discord that they were (as [[NovaManGood2110]] put it) "officially un-killing the nation", soliciting recruitment of new members and cooperation with prospective allied groups, and claiming to offer "political influence, ships, materials, infrastructure, combat training, military protection, [and] action". On 6 March, the new, combat-oriented nation of [[Separatist Alliance]], consisting of players who had recently joined as a group from [[CCNet]], took up the Novan offer, striking a formal alliance with Imperial Nova at 3:06PM EST.
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| Previously, Separatist Alliance had engaged in hostile military action against members of several nations on the server, including [[Halastian Imperium]], [[United Luxit States]], [[Cortesia Del Mar]], [[Orovika]], and [[Vega]]; however, their alliance with Imperial Nova stipulated that they "act defensively", which was in contrast with their previous behavior. Within the hour of their alliance's formal declaration, a joint Novan-Separatist fleet proactively attacked and sunk known pirate [[z4nityy]]'s [[Starfighter]], and then proceeded to assist [[yodabird19]] and [[Equiila]] of [[Cortesia Del Mar]] in a small engagement against [[Oblivion]] pirate forces; these events signaled a new direction for the Separatist Alliance.
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| = Summary of Events =
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| At approximately 4:00PM EST, a 6-member [[Nova]]n-[[Separatist Alliance|Separatist]] fleet departed [[Aret]], arriving to siege the [[Vega]]-owned [[Siege Station]] ArtifactGamma at 4:11PM. While a Novan siege against Vega was not outside the norm at this time, the Novan-Separatist fleet was significantly larger than a typical Novan siege detachment, which drew attention to it. The siege proceeded uncontested (with the station being captured 15 minutes later); however, this left half an hour in ArtifactGamma's siege window in which Vega could attempt to retake the station. Subsequently, forces of several nations friendly or allied to [[Vega]] gathered at the Vegan [[Trade City]] of [[Hegemony]] on [[Qatra]], visibly signaling Vega's intention to re-siege the station with a supernumerary force. Despite having the chance to retreat before Vegan-allied forces could attack, the Novan and Separatist pilots elected to remain garrisoned at the nearby Novan station claim of Omega; [[_Longy]] would later explain this decision as owing to the fact that the Novans and Separatists "wanted some combat".
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| Following an unsuccessful probing attack by [[MaidPierce]]'s [[Interceptor]] "VS Suicide Run", at 4:48PM EST, a [[Vega]]n-aligned fleet numbering 12 ships (later 13 with the arrival of [[braersss]]) departed [[Qatra]] and warped in to ArtifactGamma; while a [[Novan]] attempt to isolate [[BlockBuster019]] via timed use of a [[Starship Gravity Well]] was briefly successful, the entire fleet ultimately congregated inside of the siege station, at which point [[WitherV]] initiated the re-siege. Despite being outnumbered approximately 2 to 1, the Novan-Separatist fleet, maintaining tight formation, went on the offensive, approaching ArtifactGamma from the east. The Vegan-aligned fleet did not move from its position at the center of the siege station until [[z4nityy]], [[Blockbuster019]], and [[DivineArtisan]] broke formation and moved to intercept the Novan-Separatist fleet to the southeast, at which point the fleet moved uniformly towards the southeastern section of the station.
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| <br>As both fleets consisted almost entirely of small ships (with all but two participating ships being [[Direct Control]]-based fighters, and all but three being [[Gunship]] class or below), after contact was made between the fleets, fleet cohesion broke down on both sides, and the battle devolved into a chaotic interchange of approximately 19 ships. Over the course of the following 3 minutes, the four [[Separatist Alliance|Separatist]] [[Starfighters]] and one [[Nova]]n [[Gunship]] were swiftly picked off by the superior [[Vega]]n-aligned fleet. [[NovaManGood2110]]'s [[Frigate]] survived the longest, retreating to the east and successfully taking down [[z4nityy]]'s [[Tackle Gunship]] before succumbing to the superior firepower of the dozen-strong attacking fleet.
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| Following the end of the fleet battle, the now-shipless Separatist and Novan pilots made efforts to board and kill the pilots of Vegan-aligned ships. While most were swiftly picked off by turret fire, [[NovaManGood2110]] successfully boarded an unpiloted 1k [[Gunship]] owned by Vegan pilot [[vikator2583]], prompting the remainder of the fleet to fire on the ship, and consequently sinking it.
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