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| place       = [[Drak-Modan|Kizshire]], [[Drak-Modan|Capeshire]]
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* Clan Tyġwžeġwsyn
* Clan Ŝaġnaśei
* Clan Cwc'zymceryn
* Clan Lynnaśei
* Clan Myśk'wce'unyn
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*1<sup>st</sup> Division
**1<sup>st</sup> Command & Control Regiment
**401<sup>st</sup> Shock Brigade
**14<sup>th</sup> Grenadier Regiment
**''Artillery & Support Train''
*2<sup>nd</sup> Air Force Group (Karamola AFB)
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Beginning in mid II.1694 AN, Laqi raiding parties under the authority of clans based in [[Brookshire]] began crossing the border into [[Drak-Modan]]. The targets of these raids ranged from theft of government property, ambushing soldiers on patrol, and capturing civilians for sale on the Laqi black market.

This wave of raids is believed to have been precipitated by a combination of the [[1694 Draconian bioterror attack|Draconian bioterror attacks]] between 4.I.1694 and 15.I.1694, restlessness among Laqs following the end of the Guttulinese conflict and the ensuing peace in southeastern Benacia, and a bias against [[Drak-Modan]] for occupying Laqi ancestral territory. Unlike previous instances of cross-border raiding by Laqs under [[Kaiseress Salome]]'s allegiance, clans were not punished for their participation in these raids.

A majority of the raids were conducted into [[Drak-Modan|Kizshire]], due to the lengthy shared boundary and the plentiful minor Laqi clans in [[Brookshire]] looking to earn prestige and status.

In view of the uptick of Laqi brigandage the recommendation of the DMDF commander with responsibility for the defence of Kizshire, Magister Philokrates Kakadu, to the [[Co-Chancellors of Drak-Modan|Co-Chancellors]] and to the [[Benacia Command#Southern Banner Group|Southern Banner Group]] was that a punitive expedition be conducted against the Laqi communities of the border country in order to restore a measure of dread in their hearts.

After IV.1694 AN, Laqi cross-border infiltration increased tempo, with a sign that cells were penetrating deeper into Kizshire and performing increasingly dramatic acts of bravery, in order to one-up eachother and earn prestige. Samples of Laqi graffiti could be found throughout Kizshire, in both urban and rural locations, ostensibly to spread anti-Bovic profanity but also designed to mark which locations were safe or dangerous for an infiltration cell to use as a hideout.

==Dirty Laundry Incident==

On 2.XI.1694, a postal service truck had gone missing between Drakorda and Kurpla.

During the evening of 16.XI.1694, several television signals were hijacked in the Kurpla broadcast area. The broadcast consisted of a group of Myśk'wce'unyn Laqs, who took credit for stealing the truck, lounging on a makeshift set built out of mail sacks and a tent background. For the next half an hour, the group read through some of the personal correspondence they had captured, pausing frequently to mock either the author or recipient, by name, about their romantic inadequacies.

Near the end of the broadcast, one of the Laqs stripped down and compared his physique to that of one Jon Murtagh, who had mailed a photo of himself to Simon Manning as part of an appeal for the two to repair their relationship. He then tore apart the letter's subpar poetry and called Jon a pathetic lover.

At the half-hour mark, as interruption by Drak-Modan broadcast authorities became increasingly frequent, the Laqs ended the broadcast with the words, "Simon, I show to you a real man soon!"

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