Laser Cannon Incident

Laser Cannon Incident
	Part of Vega-Nova War
	; _Longy's Destroyer opens fire with Laser Cannons on AssassinXX's Light Gunship (POV)
Date	March 15, 2025
Location	Ilios Research Station, Ilios
Result	Decisive Imperial Nova victory.; Ilios Research Station captured.; Laser Cannons immediately thereafter nerfed.
Participants
Imperial Nova Separatist Alliance	Vega Vask Authority Oblivion United Luxit States Lonestar (mercenaries) ; Adro Corporation (mercenaries)
Strength
12k Destroyer (NovaManGood2110 ; 12k Destroyer (_Longy) ; 12k Destroyer (Thrawn31) ☠ ; 12k Destroyer (Thrawn31) ; 1k Gunship (TheGamingBananaV) ☠ ; 1k Gunship (henryberto) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (henryberto) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (TheGamingBananaV) ; 350 Starfighter (Gabrielhulk10) ;	6.5k Frigate (eyrzeke) (repossessed Novan wreck) ☠ ; 4.9k Frigate (nungal) ; 4.9k Frigate (XiJinping_) ; 4k Corvette (GigaJeff) ☠ ; 2k Corvette (eyrzeke) ☠ ; 1k Gunship (Sciath) ☠ ; 1k Gunship (Sherbet_S) ☠ ; 1k Gunship (GigaJeff) ☠ ; 1k Gunship (AssassinXX) ; 1k Gunship (Sky_Horizon) ; 1k Gunship (Sherbet_S) ; 1k Gunship (Sciath) ; 1k Gunship (Solesey) ; 500 Gunship (CursedSaturn) ☠ ; 500 Gunship (CursedSaturn) ☠ ; 500 Gunship (GigaJeff) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (Sherbet_S) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (Sherbet_S) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (StarlingAurora) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (Sherbet_S) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (od03) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (braersss) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (Sherbet_S) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (z4nityy) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (braersss) ☠ ; 350 Starfighter (dark_v12) ☠ ;
Casualties and losses
4 ships lost	20 ships lost

The Laser Cannon Incident was a major military engagement in the Vega-Nova War located at Ilios Research Station in western Ilios. The battle saw the deployment of experimental Laser Cannon-based Destroyers by Imperial Nova, by means of which a small Novan force sunk an extremely large Vegan-allied armada with comparatively few casualties. The battle was the first and only significant usage of such powerful Laser Cannon arrays on Survival, as they were immediately nerfed the following day as a consequence of the incident. The Laser Cannon Incident was the most lethal battle of any in Horizon's End history, with a total of 24 ships being sunk over the course of the 90-minute engagement.

_Longy's Destroyer opens fire with Laser Cannons on AssassinXX's Light Gunship
(Video credit: AssassinXX)