Avalos Federation

The Avalos Federation was a faction solely based on Avalos with one of the most active discord servers, with 300 total members as of November 2023. Of these, an estimated 50 are at least knowledgeable in Solar Conquest II.

Origins

Avalos Federation
Leader	Corruptfight
Founding Date	March 23, 2022
Dissolved Date	May 31, 2023
Active	No
Been in war	Yes

The Avalos Federation was founded on March 1st, 2022 by CorruptFight. Originally not in use until March 26th, 2022 when EpicsOperator proposed the faction be used to attend the first Faction War's Tournament resulting in a win for the Federation. [AF] was created after the shutdown of the faction [HSA] as its primary goal was to be the largest but didn't achieve activeness.

Soon after this win, now community moderator Jeditto was signed on to be in the new faction's high command. From here, they began selective recruiting usually through in-game conversations. In the first two months of the group's existence, [AF] was believed to have garnered around fifty (50) personnel at the absolute maximum.

It was also around this time that Jeditto had planned schematics for the Dyson Sphere, which was unfortunately met with failure due to a realization of the scale of the sun. For this reason, Jeditto, and good friend Fish_ermann, teamed up with a small group of [AF] recruits in order to build what was now known as the Toraphan Fortress Moon. This would be considered the largest achievement completed by any faction to that date and would not be beaten until September of that year.

Post-SC2 Era

After the April player wave had subsided the player count into the low fifties, the Avalos Federation moved to the game Starbase, in which it opened recruitment to the public. By now, it had already won two tournaments, the first being against Hampter Faction [HAF] and the second being against Zombie Slayers United [ZSU]. Extensive details about the battle can be found in EpicsOperator's April Newsletter to the [AF.]

The new game, and the controversy of which [AF]'s existence caused its player count to rise dramatically, up to around one-hundred twenty (120) by the end of May. Of these, around sixty (60) could adeptly play Solar Conquest II, and raids were frequently hosted in order to keep the peace in public servers. Unfortunately, as the game slowly lost popularity, raids would become less and less frequent with the month of August only seeing 2 raids in total.

On Labor Day weekend, Jeditto and around twenty (20) interested individuals began work on the largest build in Solar Conquest II history and possibly all of bTools: the Dyson Sphere. This time, Jeditto had the manpower and the will to build continuously for 52 hours whilst many Avalosians subbed in and out to finish as much of the sphere as they could. It was estimated that the end result created a sphere with an internal surface area of ten million (10,000,000) studs. The Dyson Sphere was finished off with an internal cityscape and a major battle ensued afterwards.

With new factions appearing, the [AF] began to worry about their supremacy in a game of which many had lost their skill. In October, they fought against combined forces of the Sandistian Church of Javion [SCJ] and the Cocoa System Research Team [CSRT], which led to another win for the Federation. This battle was notable for the first successful detonations of nuclear weapons by both sides, destroying enemy targets.

Post-Starbase Era

By the end of 2022, a majority of the [AF] no longer played Solar Conquest II, and the game was no longer recognized as an official game. Sparks of activity came about when during the few game nights they hosted within their faction, as most of their focus was turned towards their numerous wars in Starbase and The Wild West. A revived hope for the game came about when the [AF] became aware of the Maya System Update in January 2023, and incursions on the game became more often. Unfortunately, a census conducted by [AF] on their own members showed that only 10% of the remaining active players had played Solar Conquest II. Consequently, attempts to bring back the division's official status by lower-ranking members of the faction did not succeed.

In February of that year, Starbase's faction system was no longer sanctioned by the developers, and many prominent faction figures within the game were banned, in what is known to [AF] members as the "Breaking Point". According to Starbase's developers, factions, particularly the [AF], had placed immense stress on the game's community and development team who had sought to create an environment safer for more casual players. Though the direct cause is disputed, theories of what tipped development over was their demand for an integrated faction system, and for better game balancing. The dispute eventually turned into a riot in the Starbase Discord server, which led to these events unfolding.

In the fallout, many of the remaining intact factions from Starbase found refuge in [AF]'s home game, Solar Conquest II, although many factions would find it impossible to sustain their groups here. Even though most factions fell apart over the coming months, they contributed to a short-term spike in Solar Conquest II's concurrent player count. Some of these players stuck around, identifying themselves with this community rather than ex-pats of Starbase.

The Federation's Hiatus

Since Starbase had made up roughly 70% of all [AF] members, and Solar Conquest II players making up around 8% at this point, the faction hit a depression in terms of activity. The Wild West and Starscape, two divisions that [AF] was also involved in, failed to materialize a player count that was hoped to keep the faction afloat. With the retirement of several officers, and with very little remaining activity, the [AF] went into a hiatus effective May 30, 2023. During this time of intermittent activity, CorruptFight and Bingomsg, two founding fathers of the Federation, retired. This left Admiral Prio (only one of two admirals promoted via the ranking system) in charge of the faction whilst Co-Founder EpicsOperator remained semi-active to help him.

The [AF] would exit its hiatus on September 23rd, 2023, when it reverted its "Empire" status quickly following the retirement of the Founder of the group. Coinciding with the Wanwood System Update, the [AF] returned to Solar Conquest II as an official faction after a 30-1 vote on November 19th, 2023. To this day, they remain the single largest faction in the game with faction war wins.

List of Notable Members

Jeditto - Avalos Federation high rank; responsible for the designing of the Dyson Sphere and Fortress Moon builds, current developer of SC2

fish_erman - Avalos Federation high rank; one of SC2's most notable builders, contributor to the game.

CANIBUS - Avalos Federation high rank; one of SC2's best players in combat.

CorruptFight - Avalos Federation founder; former game administrator.

EpicsOperator - Avalos Federation co-founder; operations commander of all four of [AF]'s faction wars.

War record

Won 5-4 against The Hampter Faction (1W-0L)

Won 8-1 against Zombie Slayers United (2W-0L)

Won 9-0 against CSRT and the Sandistan Church of Javion (3W-0L)

Won 6-3 against CSRT for the second time (4W-0L)

ZSU forfeit rematch against AF on 17th April 2022.

CSRT forfeit a war against AF in April 2023.

Lost 0-9 against The Cocoa Coalition (4W-1L)

War Teams

v. Hampter Faction: EpicsOperator, CorruptFight, CANIBUS, dark364, DeathPro91, bobeevee

v. Zombie Slayers United: EpicsOperator, CorruptFight, dark364, [4th unidentifiable member]

v. Sandistian Church of Javion: EpicsOperator, CorruptFight, CANIBUS, avery123456784 | Substitutions: Niteblade22, Anakinskyewalker2010, CapitalShip_Bismarck

v. Cocoa System Research Team: EpicsOperator, 1warrior, Jedijames1707, CapitalShip_Bismarck, lennyjerry, LancerotGaming_BTD, Gratedpuppet, progamer54608, blackvaran

Additional resources

Avalos Federation YT Channel