Outbreak

***NOTE:THIS EVENT HAS ENDED AS OF 15TH OF MAY. DEMON CORPS PLATOON FLEETS, HIVE FLEETS, UNKNOWN REAPER FLEETS, UNKNOWN BARRAGE HIVES, UNKNOWN OUTPOSTS OR UNKNOWN AGGRESSORS ARE NO LONGER LAUNCHED AND INTEL IS NO LONGER OBTAINABLE***

## Event Overview

 Queen Keres VII’s final transmission has revealed the existence of a nightmare buried deep in history. VEGA Federation colonies, intent on discovering the link between Blood Amber and the Aliens, became unwittingly exposed to a horrific Alien infection.

These colonies were thought to be lost to the Void. But now they have been found.

## Description

Outbreak is the 33rd Major event to occur in VEGA Conflict. It brings the introduction of the Colony 47 Sector and the following Alien Bases which came with that sector.

## Event Description

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## Target Payouts

**DEMON *CORPS* PLATOON (IN PLANET)**

 30
 33
 35
 37

**HIVE FLEETS**

 45
 50
 55

**LARGE HIVE FLEETS**

 45
 50
 55

**UNKNOWN REAPER FLEET**

 63
 65
 68
 70
 73
 75
 78
 80

**UNKNOWN BARRAGE HIVE**

 73
 75
 78
 80

**UNKNOWN OUTPOST**

 50
 60
 70
 80

**UNKNOWN AGGRESSOR**

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## Gallery

* Event Infographic
* Infograph for Outbreak target payouts (Page 1)
* Infograph for Outbreak target payouts (Page 2)
* Completed Event Store

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## Trivia

* This event is the first event to feature new Alien Bases.
* This event is the first event where players could get points by attacking PvE bases.
* This event is the first to include lore in the form of Audio Logs.
* This is the first event where Kixeye tested a feature; they ran a 24-hour test of the new alien bases before the event started where prize boxes were offered instead of event points.
	+ Kixeye attempted to make another box one of the drops from the prize box, but it did not work.

## Videos

**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