Natopian Abduction Crisis

Operation Prodigal
Part of War of Lost Brothers
Photograph of one of the Emperor's Xecha captors
Date 10 Tasneber 1653 – 10 Blumuar 1655 (25 October – 09 December 2017) Location Lindström, Flaventia, Eura Result Emperor rescued, Household Staff purged, militant group eradicated, Xechaspolis destroyed by orbital bombardment.
Belligerents
Bovic Empire of the Natopian Nation	Xecha Crime Syndicate
Units involved
1a Aurochssturm Division "Taurobolium"
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 12 wounded	25 killed; 18 captured
23,720 killed; 9,420 injured
Destroyed in Xechaspolis: 6 medical clinics; 1 humanitarian relief centre; 18 schools and orphanages; 26 places of worship.

The abduction of Emperor Nathan II, Regent Christo Eucalyptos, and Secretary of Defense Marco Lugo, in late 1653 sparked a constitutional crisis in the Natopian Empire that paralysed its government and set the legislative body, known as the Frenzy at odds with the Supreme Court and delayed the entry of Natopia into the renewed war with Jingdao, placing the empire's alliance with Shireroth under immense strain.