After a siege on the Maria Naval Refueling Station in the NW Fairlandia Gulf, the Bedford Isles had to deploy a segment of its military force to protect its civilians stationed there. The Royal Navy runs on sustainable ethanol harvested from the Deppe Deserts, which are highly populous in brush jungles. Upon the sinking of the HMS Beadle, the crisis escalated; therefore the Marquis of Moravia submits the following news story from the national news service as support for condemnation of the Bootygandan kingdom, whose citizens have attacked and threatened people stationed on soil rightfully belonging to the Bedford Isles
EBC NEWS:
Admiral Wessex reports another ship, the HMS Sumner, has gone down under heavy fire from the shore. As of late last night, the compound and fuel facility returned to its rightful owner. While the carrier squadrons continue to saturate enemy combatants and their positions, the Royal Marine has successfully evacuated all civilians and workers at the Maria Naval Refueling Station. While three of five shore batteries around the station's harbor are reoccupied by Bedford Isles personnel, the two remaining batteries. The Admiral also recalled most of the ships waiting in the harbor, fearing further terror strikes. Commercial vessels in the NW Fairlandia Gulf will receive warnings of threat levels within the next few hours. The Royal Air Force sent two heavy bombers to the Coastal Zone to drive the enemy rebels out.
Citizens at home fret over the extent of military involvement in the Bootygandan kingdom; the power which donated the harbor for naval use. While its forests provide much of the nation's ethanol, the instability and anarchy of the region overall. When asked in a national poll, 53% of respondents supported the reinforcement and expansion of the Coastal Zone.
The king of Bootyganda died two weeks previously, leaving behind an unstable anarchy in the wake of his iron-fist policies. Rebels now control roughly half of the tribal power, and are the principal combatants in the Gulf Conflict. Many want to just "blow stuff up" as their fathers had in previous wars with other powers superior to their beleaguered nation.
EBC News, Bedford
