Vegapocalypse

"The Vegapocalypse" is a term used to refer to a hypothetical major military conflict, involving Vega attacking a majority of the rest of Horizon's End.

History

The term was coined by NovaManGood2110 of the Horizon Federation in the late days of the Horizon Federation-RentDueYesterday War. NovaManGood2110 describes,

It started when I was schitzo [sic] ranting about an upcoming war to adelie
because I saw vega ramping up war production and pushing combat related updates

While no large-scale conflict involving Vega has occurred since the coining of this term (AssassinXX of Vega states, "saying it already happened would be misinformation"), some players on the server, including NovaManGood2110 himself, believe that the Ilios Alliance-Vask Authority War constituted the closest thing to a "Vegapocalypse" to occur on Horizon's End in 2024, as Vask Authority was given substantial material backing (and one singular case of direct military intervention from Vega to prosecute war against the Ilios Alliance, who composed the majority of the server's colonists and privateers.

Legacy

In modern times, the threat of a "Vegapocalypse" is not held to be as prominent as it was in early 2024, on account of the Long Peace. Instead, the term is typically used in a humorous fashion, and is often parodied by other nations (ex. "Novapocalypse", "Cortesiapocalypse", etc).

Solesey of Vega states, "vegapocalypse is just a thing you guys invented and then we started pretending it was real to scare you guys".