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Caelo Oculus 4 was set in geosynchronous orbit over the area and continued to observe the region throughout the event, transmitting data collected from its triplet of silicon radiometers consistently. Satellite OPMV-183 utilized an early low-definition camera system in addition to other tools, including one radiometer similar to Caelo's, for intelligence gathering and operated in a low orbit, and as a result suffered minor permanent damage to its camera from the flashes. Its other systems remained operational and the satellite was later deserviced in (year). | Caelo Oculus 4 was set in geosynchronous orbit over the area and continued to observe the region throughout the event, transmitting data collected from its triplet of silicon radiometers consistently. Satellite OPMV-183 utilized an early low-definition camera system in addition to other tools, including one radiometer similar to Caelo's, for intelligence gathering and operated in a low orbit, and as a result suffered minor permanent damage to its camera from the flashes. Its other systems remained operational and the satellite was later deserviced in (year). | ||
Directly following the detection of the second flash, a nearby | Directly following the detection of the second flash, a nearby [[Navy of Burgundie]] patrol was rerouted to the site at 12:49 PM and searched the area for vessels; several vessels were detected in the area but the area was sparsely travelled and the response to the event was abnormally slow, leaving the older patrol ship alone for several hours until an Urcean frigate, the (name), joined it. Neither vessel was informed as to the reason for their detours from their previous courses until the day after. Urcean, [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]], and Fhainnin surface vessels were all operating in the area at the time, and the area is within range for submarines from both Levantia and Crona. | ||
==Response | ==Response== | ||
===Artic Interdiction Sortie 83 Response=== | |||
Following intelligence shared on the wires from [[Urcea]]n intelligence, [[Navy of Burgundie]] Borealesc Interdiction Sortie (SIB) 83 was ordered to deviate from its anti-piracy mission in the environs of [[Pukhtunwa|De Spingat Tapu]] to investigate the anomalies at 1249 UTC+1. The flagship {{wpl|Suffren-class frigate|Hiper Laniidae (Super Shrike)}}, the first of the Laniidae class frigate, took a compliment of 3 {{wpl|D'Estienne d'Orves-class aviso|avisos}} turned southwest bearing down on the area of the reported flashes. Having been retrofitted with a radiometer, the aviso Aronchupa, was instructed to lead the convoy. [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] intelligence, based on the information captured by the Urcean Satellite OPMV-183 guided the SIB 83 detachement within 137 {{wpl|League (unit)|leagues}} of the closest recorded flash the following day, June 4th, [[1983]]. At 0739 the Aronchupa recorded "radiation levels inconsistent with the current conditions". Flotilla Captain Donatien Alben Toullec Le Guevel ordered his meteorological officer to validate this against the space weather report, his Archivist Commissar to determine if there were any known sinkings in the area of nuclear powered ships or current nuclear weapons known to be missing. The meterological officer reported no known uncharacteristic solar activity that afternoon. The detachment maintained its distance annd began to circumnavigate the reading to attempt to triangulate it. The following day the ships has defined 50 leagues of the northeastern extreme of the reading but there was weather approaching which would require that they retire to [[Weiss Insel]] to meet up with the Burgoignesc Borealesc Expeditionary Ship Pol Corbiere, which had additional radiological scanning equipment and the ability to collect samples. | |||
On June 7th SIB 83 rendezvoused with the Pol Cordiere. While docking, one of the Hiper Laniidae's hawsers tore through a rusted cleat, and left adrift fouled her starboard screw. The expedition was halted until port divers could retrieve the line and clear the anchor. Z twist replacement line was not available, as the maritime cordage of record in [[Fiannria]] was S twist (they have since come to their senses and joined the civilized world), and so a flight from [[Burgundie]] had to be organized. Procuring a new hawser was easy enough, but finding a plane large enough was more difficult. A {{wpl|Martin P6M SeaMaster}} was seconded from the Royal Air Service but it had to be flown in from [[Levantx]] and retrofitted to remove its bombing equipment and make storage capacity. On June 11th the SeaMaster headed north with the hawser. Arriving over [[Weiss Insel]]'s outer harbor the SeaMaster opened its bomb bay doors and cast the line into the sea. A small fleet of fishing trawlers had been hired to collect the hawser and convey it back to the inner harbor and the Hiper Laniidae. While the harbor master did his best to clear the harbor, the local papers ran a story about the ripples from the dropped line causing some waves at the local yacht club and capsizing a canoer. Captain Le Guevel was quoting as dismissively saying, "What is a boat without sailcloth doing upon the great blue Godess?". | |||
On June 12, SIB 83 and the Pol Cordiere departed south to continue their investigation. Bad weather further hampered their progress and they did not make their last point of record until June 15th. The storms had driven much of the radiation either down into the sea or up into the atmosphere making accurate readings much harder. SIB 83 mapped a grid for 1000 geographical miles. They found two points of emminence for the radiological readings and had started to map a third when a convoy was attacked off of [[Pukhtunwa|De Spingat Tapu]]. SIB returned to [[Weiss Insel]] to restock and divest the Pol Cordiere back to the Borealesc Exepeditionary Fleet. The findings were submitted to [[Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association]] intelligence to be included in a further investigation. This never materialized. | |||
==Accusations== | |||
The incident created a brief news stir but was overshadowed by the considerably more dramatic (insert some event, maybe in the Velt); by the time the issue was brought to the League of Nations Security Council in November, no state had the proof (or possibly the desire) to seek a sanctioning. None of the nations seriously considered as potential culprits were signatories to any nonproliferation pact, either, as the suggested (some attempt at a treaty by pacifists in the 50s-60s) had been rendered effectively worthless after the Varshani and Corrumnese programs bore fruit. | The incident created a brief news stir but was overshadowed by the considerably more dramatic (insert some event, maybe in the Velt); by the time the issue was brought to the League of Nations Security Council in November, no state had the proof (or possibly the desire) to seek a sanctioning. None of the nations seriously considered as potential culprits were signatories to any nonproliferation pact, either, as the suggested (some attempt at a treaty by pacifists in the 50s-60s) had been rendered effectively worthless after the Varshani and Corrumnese programs bore fruit. | ||