Operation Enduring Fellowship

Operation Enduring Fellowship
Part of Great Consolidation of Craitland
Date XI.1699 AN - present Location Oudorp, Zandarijn Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Sankt Ludwigshafen	Monovian militants
Casualties and losses
No casualties so far

Operation Enduring Fellowship is the name given to a military incursion into Zandarijn, which was at the time a failing dominion of Craitland. Goal of the operation was to protect significant Ludwiggian interests in the seaport of Oudorp, as well as protect the inhabitants of that town.

Background

Since the day of its foundation, the Republic of Sankt Ludwigshafen has depended on the seaport in Oudorp to trade with overseas nation. The harbour in Stadt Sankt Ludwigshafen was not deep enough to allow modern container freighters to moor at its docks. Over almost twenty years, Ludwiggian traders settled in Oudorp, followed by a consul and the Ludwiggian Reformed Church. Following the Sack of Hamstadt by Monovian militias in late 1699 Craitish authority structures in Zandarijn broke down. The risk that the instability in Zandarijn would cut off Sankt Ludwigshafen from the outside world was deemed unacceptable, as was the threat of Monovian militants to the cherished Oudorp population.