1694–1695 Laqi Cross-Border Raids

1694 Laqi Raids
Date II.1694-ongoing Location Kizshire, Capeshire
Belligerents
Laqi Clans Clan Tyġwžeġwsin Clan Ŝaġnaśei Clan Zymcerin Clan Lynnaśei	Drak-Modani Defense Force 1st Division 1st Command & Control Regiment 401st Shock Brigade 14th Grenadier Regiment Artillery & Support Train 2nd Air Force Group (Karamola AFB)

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 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 Kizshire, due to the lengthy shared boundary and the plentiful of 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 and to the Southern Banner Group 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.