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During the opening month of the [[Odurian War]], Igko was attacked in a daring night raid and subsequently put under blockade by Burgundine warships. The marines present could not take the island, nor did the quick succession of invasions of mainland Oustec by Caphiric and Urcean forces allow for a prolonged siege. It was at this point that Faneria's Royal Western Squadron, at the request of the South Levantine Trading Company, took over the blockade | During the opening month of the [[Odurian War]], Igko was attacked in a daring night raid and subsequently put under blockade by Burgundine warships. The marines present could not take the island, nor did the quick succession of invasions of mainland Oustec by Caphiric and Urcean forces allow for a prolonged siege. It was at this point that Faneria's Royal Western Squadron, at the request of the South Levantine Trading Company, took over the blockade and the duty of intercepting returning Oustec warships. In exchange for sending forces to serve as a rearguard and free up ships for the wider war, ''Rih'' XXXX would gain a personal claim to the island. | ||
An attempted breakout by Oustec ships in July of 1959 failed, with the brand new Fanerian armored steamers ''Seba'' and ''Gwaeron'' playing a pivotal role in the battle and proved their survivability against cannon; after this point, sporadic and indiscriminate shelling by the two ironclads became a regular feature of the siege. The conditions on Igko worsened significantly after a fire caused by one such bombardment burned down several warehouses and gutted the western side of the port. On October 4th, 1859, the island's governor formally surrendered the island. Despite this, the remaining population on the island, particularly the garrison, continued to fight, forcing a landing by Fanerian naval infantry. | |||
While Fanerian forces operated in theory under Burgundie's umbrella in the Oustec War, the Fanerian Throne purchased the rights to Igko and its surrounds after the war's conclusion for a single pound of silver. Under the Port d'Corubia Colony Charter, Corubia and d'Horizon Ardent were renamed and became a direct posession of the ''Rih''. The remainder of the port of Ikgo was leveled, and vacation estates, a naval coaling station, and public housing for the population were constructed for the influx of laborers and colonists brought in to Fhainicize the main island, while the locals (over half of whom had died of starvation alone during the last month of the siege) were forced to move to the northern end of the island opposite the colonial settlement or accept deportation to Equatorial Ostiecia. | While Fanerian forces operated in theory under Burgundie's umbrella in the Oustec War, the Fanerian Throne purchased the rights to Igko and its surrounds after the war's conclusion for a single pound of silver. Under the Port d'Corubia Colony Charter, Corubia and d'Horizon Ardent were renamed and became a direct posession of the ''Rih''. The remainder of the port of Ikgo was leveled, and vacation estates, a naval coaling station, and public housing for the population were constructed for the influx of laborers and colonists brought in to Fhainicize the main island, while the locals (over half of whom had died of starvation alone during the last month of the siege) were forced to move to the northern end of the island opposite the colonial settlement or accept deportation to Equatorial Ostiecia. | ||