[h3]Event: The Fractured Incident[/h3]

A science vessel (the "UFR-SO Xenoanthropology") and her escorting fleet (2 cruisers, the "UFR-C Reaper Crow" and the "UFR-C Officer's Greeting", lead by the commandship "UFR-COM Fractured Diplomacy") encountered what the crew of the escorts thought was a hostile unidentified fleet. Being jumpy after being given a warning about a possible invasion from Sarra Dry-dock, they moved in to identify the fleet and engage if necessary. The unknown ships opened fire on the Reaper Crow with odd plasma weapons. Only after  both sides were grievously wounded did they see what the unidentified ships were: Vektri Darkwater long-mission battleships. The remnants of the human battlegroup were told that the skirmish was Maximum Classification by the higher ups of Sarra, but some details leaked through the shroud, souring Vektri relations on the border. The Vektri Darkwater Battleship design would not be seen again for years.

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