Easter Weekend Massacre

The Coal Mines:

* Imperium of Man's alleged abuse of the game's API
* Imperium of Man allegedly lagging the game
 Result
* Coallomite victory
* Purgatory surrenders
* Disbandment of Purgatory
* Disbandment of Imperium of Man
 Preceded by

**Doki Doki Sphere**

**The Coal Mines**
**Sorra's Haven**

**Purgatory**

**Imperium of Man**
**Daemon Imperium**
**Solar Order**
  **Nokia Rokia**
 **Boss**
 **Sai'Lanthresh**
 **Sorra Himguard**
 **Veyxxen**
 **Klarin**
 **Reefy**
 **StarrsCheerier**
 **Kernal**
 **Vtails**

**The Easter Weekend Massacre** was an alliance war which started on 7 April 2023 and ended on 11 April 2023. It was the second major alliance war in Aurora and resulted in approximately $16.5t in damage on both sides. Despite being outnumbered in member counts by approximately 4:1, the conflict saw The Coal Mines emerge victorious and the Purgatory sphere dissolve.

The conflict began with intense fighting between Imperium of Man and The Coal Mines. While The Coal Mines had an advantage in the land and naval theatres, aerial combat remained a stalemate. Following the failure of Purgatory's counter-blitz, The Coal Mines also received volunteers from The Hillbilly Coalition, who were veterans from Colony Collapse Disorder. The near-total collapse of the Imperium of Man's high command was also a factor which contributed to a rapid Coallomite victory.

## War Progression

On 7 April, The Coal Mines declares war on Imperium of Man, citing alleged abuse of the game's API and lagging the game. Imperium of Man originally denied any involvement, citing the lack of hard proof. On the same day, Imperium of Man recognized hostilities.

Obsydia and Nomad, co-founders of Imperium of Man, went temporarily inactive for personal reasons during most of the war. The Coal Mines' leader, Fulcrum, and its Head of Milcom, Log, also went inactive for personal reasons. This left the organisation efforts for the war in the hands of its 2IC and Head of Econ, Sai'Lanthresh, as well as its founder and Head of Foreign Affairs, Nokia Rokia. As the high workload from The Coal Mines' counter-blitz mounted in the following days, Boss would be appointed as Interim Head of Milcom, who would coordinate the remainder of the war effort henceforth.

On 8 April, Daemon Imperium joins the war in defense of Imperium of Man through their mutual defense treaties. Shortly after, Solar Order would do the same. These two alliances would engage in a counter-blitz lasting 6 hours, which would later become notorious for its poor execution.

Following the end of the counter-blitz, Sorra's Haven, an extension of The Coal Mines, formally joins the conflict and declares war on Purgatory on the night of 8 April.

On 9 April, Viper, a developer for Imperium of Man, admits the existence and type of API queries used by IoM as well as the time intervals between API queries, corroborating The Coal Mines' claims.

Shortly after, a member of Imperium of Man's high government, Nukey, surrenders to The Coal Mines. According to Nukey, this was caused by an accidental deletion of their infantry a day prior. Thereafter, Nukey's Domain is re-established.

Later on the same day, Daemon Imperium surrenders to The Coal Mines. Both sides agree to a 3-month Non-Aggression Pact. Daemon Imperium would also issue their 72 hour notice to leave Purgatory.

On 10 April, Solar Order issues their 72 hour notice to leave Purgatory.

2 hours later, Imperium of Man surrenders to The Coal Mines and announces its disbandment, while its co-founder, Obsydia, publicly apologizes for the server lag allegedly caused by their alliance's bot.

On 11 April, Solar Order formally surrenders to The Coal Mines, marking the official end of the conflict.

## Impact

The Coal Mines' net gain was approximately $14.5t (taking into account units lost and all damages incurred). Purgatory suffered a net loss of $12.5t with Imperium of Man bearing the brunt at $8.4t, followed by Daemon Imperium at $2.6t and Solar Order at $2t.

Daemon Imperium and Solar Order would leave the Purgatory sphere. The latter would also become a Protectorate of The Coal Mines.

Meanwhile, most members of Imperium of Man were encouraged to migrate to other alliances or form breakaway alliances, some of which became Protectorates of The Coal Mines. The growth and consolidation of the Doki Doki Sphere would later contribute to the outbreak of another major alliance war in mid-April 2023.