Second Horizon Federation-CDM War

Second Horizon Federation-CDM War
Date 26 April 2025 - 1 May 2025 (5 Days) Location Server-wide Result Cortesia Del Mar departed HE Second Horizon Federation disbanded 3 Battlecruisers sunk
Participants
Imperial Nova Separatist Alliance Vask Authority The Galactic Empire (2025) Vikyrian Syndicate Lonestar Vega Radiance Independent anti-CDM Actors	Cortesia Del Mar Orovika

The Second Horizon Federation-CDM War was a conflict between the reformed Second Horizon Federation, and the combined forces of Cortesia Del Mar and Orovika. The war lasted from 26 April 2025 to 1 May 2025, making it the shortest war in HE History.

The war consisted of the Battle of Presidia Alenasirith, several minor skirmishes, and the sinking of CDMN Aldenfult.

Prelude to War

In the months leading up to the conflict, Cortesia Del Mar had become a large server power independently of its involvement in the Ilios Alliance, which disbanded shortly before the war began. In March, it would be revealed that CDM had amassed a large stockpile of 10 Battlecruisers. At the same time, CDM would begin publishing monthly economic reports indicating that they possessed by far the most credits of any single group on the server. Because of their military alliance with Orovika and the fact that the two nations contained a very large portion of the server's userbase between the two of them, this led to many other groups feeling that they were beginning to stifle server politics.

The beginning of an effort to form an anti-CDM coalition by Lonestar leadership

Meanwhile, in mid-February, Lonestar suffered a crisis of leadership as none of its current leaders desired to continue leading and no suitable replacements could be determined at the time. This led to then-leader Xi Jinping suggesting that, rather than quietly fade away, the faction engage in a massive war of aggression against CDM utilizing the then-unknown laser array ships (see: Laser Cannon Incident) to effectively go out with a bang. Over time, this idea would spread and be refined as an increasing number of trusted individuals were brought into the conspiracy, beginning first with Sovrah and Juuliett, then spreading to The Galactic Empire, the Separatist Alliance, Imperial Nova, Vask Authority, and other actors large and small.

The idea of forming a coalition against CDM proved to be a popular one among many actors on the server who had either felt they had been wronged by CDM at some point, that CDM's position was too strong, or who simply wanted a war against a challenging foe. Eventually, this culminated in Longy's formation of the Second Horizon Federation with a leadership council comprised of leaders from most of the involved nations, who pledged varying levels of direct and indirect support and coordination with independent actors outside of their nations. Many of these nations would never publicly get involved due to the swift end to the war, despite plans to do so.

Conflict

Beginning of the War

The war between the Second Horizon Federation and CDM began on 26 April 2025, when a 4000 block Light Freighter piloted by Orovikan Chewywooki09 was sunk in Regulus. Imperial Nova joined the Separatist forces in engaging Cortesian aerobar200, sinking a 12k Destroyer. Additional ships on both sides were sunk in the following skirmish, before a Battlecruiser was piloted at Presidia Alenarith, prompting Novan and Separatist forces to attack, beginning the Battle of Presidia Alenarith.

Battle of Presidia Alenarith

Main article: Battle of Presidia Alenarith

Course of the War

Following the Battle of Presidia Alenarith, several minor conflicts occurred between mainly the nations of Separatist Alliance and Orovika, involving Separatist forces sieging CDM and Orovika siege stations.

Yodabird19 Ban

After reviewing footage taken by neutral observing parties, it was discovered that CDM player Yodabird19 was deliberately using a hacked client to gain a speed advantage during the battle of Presidia Alenarith. Yodabird19 was permanently banned on 29 April 2025. Following the ban, CDM announced they would no longer be active on Horizon's End.

End of the War

Following Yodabird19's ban, Lonestar, Vikyrian Syndicate, and Separatist Alliance would chain-siege all of CDM's Siege Stations in a bid to bait out remaining Cortesian Battlecruisers. Imperial Nova would withdraw from the war and announce the victory and dissolution of the Second Horizon Federation, though in truth the other actors within it continued to coordinate in targeting CDM and Orovika members, especially Battlecruisers for some time following the announcement until both nations essentially ceased to exist.

Sinking of CDMN Aldenfult

The final conflict of the war was the sinking of CDMN Aldenfult, a Battlecruiser piloted by Equiila of CDM. Equiila left the nation 2 hours after the Battlecruiser was sunk.

Results

The Horizon Federation was disbanded on 29 April 2025

Most still-active CDM and Orovika members left their nations to either join others or form their own

The sinking of CDMN Adenfult was the final conflict of the war.