Mansfield-Druiishi Affair
The Mansfield-Druiishi Affair was a scandal during which a Die Weltbund and League of Sophonts forces.
- The outcome of the battle realigned interstellar politics in the region.
In 1020, after engineering a famine crisis on Kilogren, the von Grau family sent a Die Weltbund naval squadron under Capt. Freder Mansfield to set a blockade around the world. The squadron (two 1000 ton destroyers, one 1000 ton fighter carrier) captured the orbital station and its offworlder crew on Kilogren's moon, Druiishi, and took control of the planet's orbital satellite systems. Using their control of Kilogren's sensors, they projected themselves as a much larger naval unit.
This situation lasted seven months until League of Sophonts arranged an emergency medical relief effort via the Corsair Deia Trias (Capt. Bette Noire). The Trias', arriving in the system, detected the true state of affairs and engaged the Die Weltbunders in a running battle. Engaging the enemy piecemeal, the carrier Sperling and the destroyer S-236 (Mansfield's flagship) were disabled and forced to surrender. The remaining destroyer, S-176, fled.
Subsequent interrogation by Kilogren's psionic authorities revealed that the famine was produced by flaws in the bioengineered grains sold to Kilogren by the von Graus. There were two results from this Opera Boffe conspiracy: First, A successful suit against the von Graus under Comsentient aegis (settled in 1024), and Second, Dark Goddesses received favored trading status with Kilogren.
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- Author & Contributor: Michael J. Maley - High Tortuga