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	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 (14443 blocks)	20 ships lost (12650 blocks)

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

Eyreke piloted thrawn's wrecked destroyer and used its still-functioning lasers against nova for about 30 seconds before it got sunk again.

(WIP)