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Previously sparse clashes between the Antarktische privateer league and the Armada Ikonicus have escalated to armed conflict after Ikonia intensified their anti-piracy patrols in an effort to disrupt the damage done to baskayan commerce in the past decades.
Almost immediately after the new policy was implemented a Antarktische raiding party intercepted the cargo ship Duchess of Kalnu-Rosa, alerting the nearby corvette IKN Kyer Bronson which gave chase.
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Temporarily losing contact with the pirates due to fog, A brief clearing caused both sides to run into eachother at close range in the sea between Sweetsnow Glacier and Zuai.
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At least five torpedo boats assailed Kyer Bronson, however their ordinance was of either Sahren Civil War or Imperial Reclaimation vintage, thus their torpedoes and missiles were either shot down, missed, or failed to detonate. A storm also rolled in which gave a clear advantage to the modern fire control system of the Mazdok class.
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The result was a decisive victory in which all five torpedo boats were destroyed and two (quite hypothermic) pirates captured alive, for the cost of minor damage on the Kyer Bronson and only one Ikonic sailor injured.
