Operation Dyre-Storm 87

Operation Dyre-Storm 87
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Date 1687 AN Location North Raynor Sea, Dyre Straits, Sea of Storms Status Leg One: commenced 19.I.1687 - convoy departed Aqaba
Belligerents
Raspur Pact  Alduria-Wechua  Constancia  Floria  Unified Governorates	Pirate clans
Units involved
Trans-Euran Command Aqabah Command Fleet Command Aqaba Fleet Togafaga Station Nivardom Command General Service Corps Maritime Armada Task Force 1687-01  Kerularios & Company
Strength
1 x aircraft carrier 1 x missile cruiser 2 x helicopter carriers 3 x arsenal ships 15 x missile corvettes 40 x cargo vessels 54 x armed auxiliary vessels 71 x logistic support ships 100 x operator directed torpedoes 200 x guided munitions (piloted) various aviation assets

A large scale naval operation organised by the Trans-Euran Command and supported by the Maritime Armada to escort a convoy organised by Kerularios & Company, sailing from Aqaba to Punta Santiago for its first leg to deliver raw materials and capital goods exchanged for scheduled oil deliveries made by Alduria over the previous year. After a brief layover to permit the change of command from Constancian to Alduria-Wechuan naval forces the convoy would proceed thence from Punta Santiago to Nivardom carrying consumer produce and foodstuffs for the Principality of Molivadia, before finally concluding with a third and final sailing from Nivardom to the Port of Jirishanca to deliver construction materials and labourers on behalf of the Honourable Company.

Background

For the three decades after the War of Lost Brothers maritime trade between the members of the Raspur Pact, particularly where it involved the transit between ports located in different continental theatre commands, were conducted exclusively via escorted convoys. For the longest time these convoys were organised as trade fleets by the Natopian maritime trading company SATCo, with onboard security for merchant vessels provided by the contracted Maritime Support Group and a strong force of escorting corvettes typically provided by the continental theatre command from whence the convoy made its outbound journey.