Martine Gate War Games

Martine Gate War Games was a military exercise conducted by the 1st Devastation Squadron under the command of Kilo-Commander Atosuryua. At the same time, Imperial diplomats Abriel Lafiel and Jinto Linn were in the system to negotiate its surrender back to the hands of the Abh Empire.

History
In ICY 956 or ICY 957, the Empire has retaken the Territory of Count Hyde during Operation Light Snow. However, the inhabitants of Martine resisted returning to the Empire and having been rearmed by the previous Three Nations Alliance occupiers, opposed diplomatic teams and security details in force.

At the same time the Empire introduced a new type of warships in the form of the attack ships of the Caubh-Class. The 1st Devastation Squadron was created with these new ships under Kilo-Commander Atosuryua.

Atosuryua was to conduct an exercise within the Hyde system to evaluate the abilities of these new ships. This was meant to intimidate the Martinese and convince them of the futility of further resistance in one small part. Additionally, the official task; which was shrouded in tremendous secrecy, was to test the combat capability of the new class of ship.

The 1st Devastation Squadron started the evaluation with a race. For this the squadron was divided into two groups. Each group would race through oe side of the 12th sord ring. The first group to arrive would act as the defending force. The losing group would act as the attacking force.

During the mock battle over Martine, the Martinese opened fire with Big Charlie, hitting the Ryumcaubh. The Ryumcaubh returned fire and destroyed the Big Charlie.

Aftermath of the Exercise
While the combat trials of the ship proved the Caubh-class to be ready and an effective supplement to the Roil-Class of assault vessels, the timing of the exercise was fairly poor. It directly conflicted with the diplomatic negotiations taking place. Having destroyed Big Charlie, a national pride of Martine, they felt slighted and stiffened political resistance to the son of the previous count.

Eventually, Till Clint interim acting President of Hyde and Count Hyde Linn negotiated an agreement which would return Martin to the Empire. With its return; however, Jinto Linn and all holders of the titles of Earl Hyde Count Linn would be banned from approaching closer than one light second of the planet Martine. The government of Martine may have surrended, but by de facto, this sentenced an Abh noble to exile permanently in order to reacquire the Hyde Sord.