Scrambler Incident

The Scrambler Incident was a major engagement in the Lonestar-Vega War. It took place most prominently in the Claimable System LM-77, owned at the time by Partisan Front.

Scrambler Incident
Part of Vega - Lonestar War (2026)
Date September 13, 2026 Location Axis, LM-77 Result Decisive Vega victory.
Participants
Vega Oblivion (2025)	Lonestar
Strength
10.9k Heavy Freighter (GriffMinester) ☠ 365 Scrambler (Aviforma) 365 Scrambler (SmellyBigBro) 365 Scrambler (Jangiot) 365 Scrambler (FellOffBridge) 365 Scrambler (MaidPierce) 365 Scrambler (NoMoreThumbs) ☠ 365 Scrambler (GriffMinester) ☠	20k Battlecruiser (Norvd) 16k Cruiser (RougeTuna) 4.2k Logistics Corvette (SmartFlyngWarior) ☠ 4.2k Logistics Corvette (lignd) ☠ 4.2k Assault Corvette (SFMC6) ☠ 4.2k Assault Corvette (Chewywooki09) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (ShadowProXX3000) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (MunkyTeeth) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (Abu_42069_) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (Norvd) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (SmartFlyngWarior) ☠ 4.2k Stasis Corvette (RougeTuna) ☠
Casualties and losses
3 ships lost. (11632 blocks; 2 Mini Cores)	10 Ships lost. (41990 blocks; 10 Small Cores)

Pre-Engagement

Prior to the engagement, Kingsheep3 of CTF started a siege on the Fuel Depot in Conduit. Vega moved to defend the objective in multiple Tech-2 Corvettes, and began moving a larger ship into the system to recuperate points. Although they successfully eliminated enemy combatants, Vega was unable to gather enough points in time, and lost the beacon. Coming off of this loss, Vega decided to counter-siege both Regional Objectives in Axis, which were owned by Lonestar at the time.

Axis Siege

Sieges on both Axis Beacons were started by Vega and Oblivion, in a Heavy Freighter (GriffMinester) and Battlecruiser (FellOffBridge) respectively. Deciding to form and counter the siege, Lonestar deployed two of their own Supercapital ships to counter the Vegan Battlecruiser. Upon landing in Axis, FellOffBridge and NoMoreThumbs utilized their Jump Field Generators to escape the system, leaving behind GriffMinester to be killed by Lonestarian forces. The remaining Scramblers in Axis jumped out to the LM-77 gate, attempting to catch stragglers on the way back out. Due to a delayed response by Lonestar, Vega successfully captured both Regional Objectives.

The Scrambler Incident

Upon leaving the siege regions in Axis, Lonestar's forces were met with 3 Scramblers in LM-77, piloted by Aviforma, SmellyBigBro, and Jangiot. Over the next 5 minutes, 4 more Scramblers joined the engagement after reshipping at their station. While they could not realistically hold down Lonestar's Battlecruiser or Cruiser because of their small Disruption ranges and the ships' Jump Field Generators, Vegan forces held down and eliminated the remainders of the countersiege forces of lonestar, comprised of a mix of Tech-2 Corvettes. After these casualties, Lonestar then deployed an additional 4 Stasis Corvettes to LM-77, which were eliminated by the Vegan Scramblers, which were much too maneuverable to be caught without strong fleet cohesion, in what could only be described as a massacre.