Vega-Lonestar War

Vega-Lonestar War
Date September 23, 2025 - Present Location Server-wide
Participants
Vega Radiance Vask Authority	Lonestar Settlergod Imperial Nova

The Vega-Lonestar War is a large scale conflict between primarily the nations of Vega, Radiance, Lonestar, and Imperial Nova. It is the largest war since the Vega-Nova War in April 2025.

Prelude

Prior to the beginning of the war, nations Vega and Radiance had entered a period of prolonged inactivity. During this time, members of Lonestar remained active on the server.

Conflict

September 23

The war officially began on September 23 at 23:16 UTC, when Zealandia1 of Settler God sieged DeepSpaceSignalGamma, then belonging to Vega. The siege was successful, prompting Solesey of Vega to attempt resieging the station. Upon arriving at the station, Solesey was confronted by Lonestar forces, and elected to abandon the siege to avoid being sunk, as he was outnumbered by Lonestar forces.

September 24

After failing to prevent the siege or recapture the siege station, a Vega force consisting of Xijinping_, Sherbet_S, and Solesey in a 4.9k, 1k, and 4k returned to the siege station the following day to attempt to resiege the station. After beginning the siege, the party was attacked by Lonestar forces again, who had assumedly been hired by Zealandia to defend the station. The defending Lonestar fleet was composed of Hextagon in a 12k, eyrzeke in a 4k, Abu42069 in a 2k, SelimPro in a 2k, and Peggle_ in a 1.4k. The Lonestar fleet sunk all Vega ships, losing only 1 2k.

September 28

After the second attack, Vega stopped actively engaging at the siege station to regroup and form a plan to take back the station and defeat the defending Lonestar force.

The morning of September 28, Vegan forces recaptured a station that was captured from them by Imperial Nova several days before.

Vega had at this point elected to establish an alliance with Radiance, who gathered to help recapture the siege station that evening.

Due to the station captured that morning, Vega was not able to capture the siege station, and instead had Radiance pilots capture the station for Radiance, to deny the opposition the station.

Byron Steele Incident

Once Radiance forces traveled to the station and began the siege, Vega forces started to gather in Sirius system to help the siege. Vega forces noticed Lonestar forces forming at texas. Assuming this force's purpose was to defend the station, Vega forces attacked a heavy freighter piloted by Byron_Steele in Sirius outside Lioda. The Freighter successfully escaped to a safe zone, but the attack was successful in distracting Lonestar forces from travelling directly to the siege station to counter. The ensuing fight resulted in 1 2k lost from Vega, and 2 2ks lost from Lonestar.

The distraction from the station was successful, and Radiance's siege succeeded.

This event is cited by some Lonestar citizens as proof that Vega instigated the war against Lonestar. Vega maintains that the attack on Vega forces predating this engagement were the start of the war, justifying the attack. It should be noted that both sides only officially declared war publicly after this event.

October 19th

Following the successful appeal of Vandrayk , Vega and Radiance forces gathered for chain sieging. Vega successfully captured both ArtifactGamma and RegulusCargoDepotAlpha. The Lonestar and Novan fleets engaged in a skirmish against the mostly 2k focused fleet leading to a 3x2k, 1x4k on the Lonestar side and 3x2k, 1x4k, 1x 4.9k, 1x6.5k on the Vega side. The constant reshipping to capitals and rising reinforcements of the Lonestar sided prompted the Vega fleet to disengage taking losses. Imperial Nova retook RegulusCargoDepotAlpha and afterwards a second prolonged skirmish commenced with the Vega side using excusably 2ks and kiting tactics. Vega lost 2 additional 2ks before disengaging.