Svalormr incident (1983)

The Svalormr incident was a diplomatic incident caused by the wreckage of the Svalormr, a Votharian ship, on the island of Haubferguni on the 6th of {MONTHNAME|2} 1983.

Background
Since 1968, the Votharian Union (UVSC) was in a phase called the Endurskipulagningu, which was a serie of policies aiming at reversing the totalitarian state that existed up to 1967. Among those policies, it was decided in 1975 that the country would end its nuclear programm and dismantle their nuclear arsenal under the supervision of the Atomic Ban Convention (ABC). The nuclear devices would be dismantled in Votharheim and their core sent to various ABC enforcer states in order to make sure that the Votharian arsenal would not fall in the hands of a foreign power.

The Svalormr
The Svalormr was one of the ships assigned to the transportation of nuclear parts It was choosen for its reservoir capacity, allowing him to reach faraway ports without having to stop in foreign country to refuel. However, the ship was old and signs of potential failures were reported by the crew to the Votharian authorities but were not transmitted to the ABC supervisors for unknown reasons.

The mission
The Svalormr was carrying a nuclear core used in nuclear bombs that had to be delivered in Melkia. The path the boat had to take was through the Kerys Sea, West of Saesland, and from there cross the Hybrasian strait to access the inner seas. As per procedure, it was presented as a regular transport ship and was equipped with two light guns to prevent attacks or hijacks. The crew had the order to not stop under any circumstances and had a GPS tracker to follow its journey.

The incident
Soon after leaving the port, the crew noticed that the ship was in a worse shape than usual,probably due to bad maintainance during the winter. During the journey, a few technical difficulties were reported, but the mission was carried on.

Earky in the morning, on 2 1, the ship suffered from a massive systems breakdown while crossing the Nuragian sea. The radio as well as the GPS went out of usage, and there was several problems with the motors as well. Without the crew noticing, the ship shifted direction and went west toward the Nura island. Still following the "no landing" directive, the crew relied of visual information and their little knowlege of the area to guide the ship, while a ABC taskforce was being formed to retrive it.

Later that day, the crew realised that they were heading toward the shore of Nura and decided to go up North toward the Hatarian coast, as they though it would be safer waters. However, by doing so, they went in the direction of the Rithari island of Haubferguni. While the crew saw the island on their maps and planned to pass by it, they didn't knew about the high sea floor around it.

On 2 2, at 7:57, the Svalormr ran aground near the monastery of Donachwei. The monks, seeing so, went to rescue the crew.

Nuclear escalation
Soon after the wreckage of the Svalormr, Abbot Salla contacted the Civim Administrator of the island to inform the Rithari government of the event. By that time, the