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; even prior to the incident on 15 March, Laser Cannons were already slated for a significant nerf the following evening due to a widespread consensus that they were unbalanced. 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.

Summary of Events

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 (BlockBuster019) ; 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

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

zeke piloted thrawn's wrecked destroyer and used its still-functioning lasers against nova for about 30 seconds before it got sunk again, which was by far the funniest thing to happen on the server since adelie, the president of the galaxy, was ejected into hyperspace

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