Ekatera

Ekatera
Symbol of Ekatera
General
Demonym	Ekateran
Activity level	Medium
Capital city	Altar Sanctorium
Settlements	Altar Sanctorium, Artica, Republic Of Arik
Government
• Queen	Kiro231
Formation
Foundation date	5 June 2024
Culture
Language	English
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Ekatera is a medium-sized nation on Horizon's End. Ekatera is a nation centered primarily on its Trade City of Altar Sanctorium. Its Queen is Kiro231.

The nation of Ekatera on Horizon's End was named by the player Blackular as an homage to the long-lived nation of Ekatera on StarLegacy.

Claims

Cities

Altar Sanctorium

Main article: Altar Sanctorium

The City of Altar Sanctorium is a Trade City on the planet Kovfefe, led by Kiro231. It is a large city, employing a grimdark building style inspired by Warhammer 40K, and fills almost its entire claim territory.

History

Creation

Following the expulsion of Altar Sanctorium (then named "Haven") from Vortexion's Arimfea on 11 May 2024 - the city's third such removal, after Orovika and Imperial Nova in the preceding months - Blackular, the leader of Haven, elected to found his own nation on the server. Partnering with Avan_Brightearth, a veteran of StarLegacy's Ekatera, Blackular named his nation "Ekatera" as an homage to the nation's legacy. The nation of Ekatera was founded on 5 June 2024.

Following Ekatera's creation, several Blackular-aligned members of Arimfea, most notably Voided_Crusader and Kiro231 (both on 10 June), would leave to join Ekatera. This event would ultimately lead to Vortexion and Cadia, and later Peregri, leaving Arimfea for Cortesia Del Mar, leaving Middosk ultimately in charge of Arimfea and producing the Arimfea-Ekatera Alliance.

Merger with VTF

On 10 June 2024, the two-month-old new-player nation of VTF, which had grown to considerable size under the leadership of Kingsheep3, would elect to merge with Ekatera. This merger would see three settlements - Ionizera, vyserian, and Van Aurela - join Ekatera, increasing the nation's size and prestige.

Ekateran Neutrality

Following Ekatera's establishment, the nation largely stayed on the sidelines of server politics for the rest of 2024, avoiding involvement in conflicts such as the Ilios Alliance-Vask Authority War. While victim to extensive piracy by various actors (such as z4nityy), Ekatera heavily centered itself its trade city of Altar Sanctorium, making most of the nation's members difficult to attack and thereby rendering the nation an unappealing combat target.

Vega-Ekatera War

Main article: Vega-Ekatera War

On 5 January 2025, following an incident wherein Kiro231 impounded a Vegan ship belonging to LeMaire on a mistaken assumption of hostility, the nation of Vega declared war on Ekatera. In the days following this declaration, the nations of Lonestar and Radiance would declare varying states of conflict against Ekatera as well. This conflict is ongoing.