Deception (2014)

***THIS EVENT ENDED ON 12TH OF AUGUST. DECIMATOR FLEETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND DATA CORES CAN NO LONGER BE OBTAINED.***

## Event Overview

   The mystery voice is heard broadcasting from multiple locations, confounding Bertram and Vorzer.

## Description

Deception was the 3rd event of VEGA Conflict, and the first one to be hosted on Unity. It introduced the Arrestor Beam Turret, Fusion Thrusters, and the top prize, the Gharial Cutter.During the event players suffered a Ddos attack (Ddos is a way of hacking which overloads a server and prevents any connection made into that server, so in the players case they couldn't join Vega Conflict) which made KIXEYE extend the event by 1 day making it the first event to have a 5 day duration.

It Was different in the fact that each vega fleet had 10 Ships in each fleet insted of the usual 6, making them very challenging to defeat. Level 27 Cargo fleets contained 8 Weak Swarm Corvettes and 2 Weak Gharial Cutters. Level 30+ Fleets contained 6 Corvettes, 2 Gharial Cutters and 2 Dread Battleships in a different formation. The higher the fleet level, the better the shields and weapons, but the formation and ships stayed the same for level 30+ Fleets

## Event Information

 END TIME
 START DATE
 END DATE

 ANTAGONIST

## Event Prizes

 Fusion Thrusters II
 Fusion Thrusters III
 Gharial Cutter | 1,250,000

**VEGA Decimator**

 30
 33
 35
 37
 40
 45
 50
 53
 55

## Fleet Layouts

For more information about the event fleet layouts, please refer here: Main Event Targets/VEGA Mining

## Trivia

* Deception was named after the fact that It deceived some players into thinking the Vega fleets only had 6 ships
* Deception Elite 55 Vega Fleets were among the strongest NPC fleets ever, before the introduction of V-Sec 55's
* During the event, Vega A.I changed to make them stronger, focusing on 1 target until that target is dead, and strafing to dodge shots, just like in all events so Far
* On August 7, 11:00 PDT, the game was subjected to a DDoS attack by unknown users. This caused KIXEYE to extend the event by a day and give all players logged in 250 free coins on August 10.
* This event has the most complex A.I structure, more than Uprising (stayed the same) and Retribution (Vulture and Condor Frigates would strafe, but not much else).
* This is the first event to have a 5 day duration.

## Video

**Contests**

Bounty Weekend • Search and Destroy • Ultimate VEGA Threat

**Deprecated Recurring Events**

Alien Mobilization • Alien Decimation • Special Event • Smash & Grab • Planet Strike • Sector Strike • Crafting Event • Altairian Rising • Umbra Rising • Pharmakon Rising

**Active Recurring Events**

Riot • Alien Strike • Void Strike • Altairian Strike • Umbra Strike • Pharmakon Strike • Civil War • Alliance War • Retrograde • Mobilization • Decimation

**2014 Feature Events**

Uprising • Retribution • Deception • Crackdown

**2015 Feature Events**

Espionage • Jailbreak • Martial Law • Arms Race • Countermeasures • Face Off • Reclamation • Emergence • Revenge • Evacuation • Warfront

**2016 Feature Events**

Backlash • Shadow Strike • Conspiracy • Blood Trials • Iron Blood • Zero Hour • Crossfire • Scorched Earth • Incursion • Search and Destroy • Maelstrom • Nemesis • Redemption

**2017 Feature Events**

Devastation • Vengeance • Resurrection • Vendetta • Outbreak • Eradication • AXIS • Conquest • Ascension • Dynasty • Betrayal • Alien Armageddon • Reckoning

**2018 Feature Events**

Defiance • Contact • Deadlock • Invasion • Blindside • Doomsday (Nightmare) • Anarchy • Ashes • Altairian/Umbra Sector Leaderboard Event • Vector • Pestilence • Redux • Chrysalis • Catalyst

**2019 Feature Events**

Cipher • Duplicity • Synthesis • Vestige • Collusion • Demise • Justice • Altair • Defection • Synchrony • Collateral • Awakening • Singularity

**2020 Feature Events**

Extradition • Pursuit • Hijack • Infiltration • Retaliation • Penultimate • Zenith • Independence • Liberation • Suppression • Upsurge • Haunted • Monarch • Virago • Solstice

**2021 Feature Events**

Breakdown • Inquest • Chase Down • Showdown • Transversal • Barricade • Precision Strike