Vega-Ekatera War

Vega-Ekatera War
Date 5 January 2025 - present Location Server-wide (mostly Kovfefe) Result Ongoing
Participants
Vega Lonestar Radiance	Ekatera

The Vega-Ekatera War is an ongoing military conflict between Vega and Ekatera, alongside which the nations of Lonestar and Radiance have enacted independent military operations against Ekatera. The nation of Vega is the sole combatant to have formally declared war on Ekatera, while Lonestar have classified their operations against Ekatera as "mass seizure of Ekateran assets", while Radiance classify theirs as "anti-piracy" activity.

Combat in the war has strongly favored the combined military might of Vega, Lonestar, and Radiance; Ekatera's war strategy has primarily centered on sheltering from attacks inside of Altar Sanctorum, the nation's Trade City, which is a safezone. Outside of Altar Sanctorum, several players and two settlements (Symred and Kovfara) have left Ekatera since the start of the conflict.

Origins

LeMaire's vessel, impounded by Ekatera at Altar Sanctorum.

On 3 January 2025, for indeterminate reasons, the player AdelieXY killed Kiro231, Primarch of Ekatera, in a PvP attack. On the basis of AdelieXY's previous working relationship with Vega (in RentDueYesterday, the Andurian Federation, and Vask Authority), Kiro231 made the assumption that AdelieXY (whom she later described as "a player who [Vega] often sponsor") was a Vegan operative, and impounded a freighter parked at Altar Sanctorum owned by AssassinXX in response.

The following day, on 4 January, LeMaire, who (rather than AssassinXX) was the actual user of the freighter, informed Vega that her ship had been impounded. Over the course of the following day, Vegan diplomats MaidPierce and Sherbet_S would seek to rectify the situation (and to clarify that AdelieXY was not acting in cooperation with Vega); following a day of unsuccessful attempts, on 5 January 2025 MaidPierce announced in the Horizon's End Discord that:

Following the unlawful seizure of LeMaire's vessel in the Trade City "Altar Sanctorium" and Kiro's refusal to speak to any Vegan representatives on the matter, We have decided to declare war until the vessel is returned to Vegan territory.

While some (such as Oliveburger22) would deem this course an "overreaction" from Vega, MaidPierce justified Vega's actions by stating that "Vega has made it very clear through SL and HE that you dont mess with LeMaire"; GigaJeff of Vega elaborated, "this was an under reaction, we should've reacted harder".