The Arco-Lunaesa Affair
The Arco-Lunaesa Affair was an alleged incident of intelligence activities conducted against Washakara and members of TRIAD by operatives of Arcerion's Office of Public Safety and National Security (OPSNS). A leak in September of 2014 alleged that two intelligence teams made up of members of the OPSNS had arrived via Eubunga Executive Airport, a private airfield North of Eubunga, the capital city of Washakara, and were actively surveilling and collecting intelligence on communist and socialist delegates attending a conference on Crona's role and future membership opportunities for the Treaty of International Assistance and Development.
 (Top) A TRIAD delegate condemns the alleged incidence and occurences of spying by the OPSNS during the conference; (Bottom) Eubunga Executive Airport, the alleged port-of-entry for the Arcerion intelligence operatives. | |
| Date | September 4-16, 2014 |
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| Location | Eubunga, Washakara |
| Also known as | Cronan Spy Affair |
| Type | Political and Intelligence Scandal |
| Target | TRIAD, Delegates from prospective South Cronan Nations |
| First reporter | Cape Town Free Press |
| Participants | Washakara, TRIAD, Arcerion (alleged) |
| Outcome | Political scandal, retracted report by Cape Town Free Press, damaged relations between Arcerion-TRIAD-Washakara |
History
Arcerion prior to the event had a long history of battling communism and actively seeking out opportunities to degrade and deny socialist access to South Crona. Washakara invited TRIAD ans senior members of several prominent indigenous nations from the immediate geographical region (notably including Malentina and Kelekona) to discuss future opportunities for cooperation and potential membership.
The conference was scheduled to take place for a week, between September 4th-11th, 2014 and hosted at the Eubunga National Convention Centre, for roughly six hundred delegates and staff. Arcerion openly had objected to the conference, saying that the subversion of the Arcosphere and the meeting of terrorist elements presented a clear and present danger to its national interest. The itnernational community remained mixed in its response, however the conference took place as scheduled.
On the 10th of September, the Cape Town Free Press, a newspaper based out of The Cape, reported that a source inside the Washakaran State Security service had confirmed that there were agents belonging to Arcerion operating inside Washakara that had arrived undeclared to conduct clandestine missions against the people and government of Washakara. Further, it mentioned that two teams, 'Emile' and 'Francis,' had access to the hotels, conference halls, and private offices of many of the delegates and Washakaran politicians. The report detailed that the teams had arrived on board privately-chartered aircraft through South Crona Air, a company that had a long history of supporting the government of Arcerion and had been considered a covertly owned and operated element of the Office of Public Safety and National Security.
Arcerion was quick to condemn the report through official channels, the Foreign Office and Home Office both denouncing the report as outlandish, unprofessional, and an affront to well-researched journalism and contrary to the values of a free and independent press. The Foreign Secretary of Arcerion alleged that this was an attempt by the Supreme National Assembly of the Cape to degrade Arcer influence in South Crona and damage the international reputation of their perceived strategic enemy. The Cape Town Free Press eventually retracted their statement through an official redaction on the 16th of September, effectively ending the incident without further reporting or new information coming to light.