[Official Event] Paper Tiger

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BRIEF: KUSARI DENIES PREPARING FOR ESCALATION

YUKAWA SHIPYARD, HONSHU - Earlier today, the IKN-MINATO suffered a catastrophic engine reactor criticality event resulting in an unplanned detonation event. Investigations are ongoing - but several ministers have insisted that the incident was 'under control' and an accident due to 'human error' during some emissions testing procedures. The Kusari Emergency Services Bureau has issued a 1km quarantine zone around Yukawa Shipyard until further notice while repair crews operate around the clock to put out fires and to quarantine radioactive debris from propagating. It is reported that Yukawa was operating on a skeleton crew at the time of the incident, as all non-critical personnel were evacuated several days ago for security reasons. While there were a large number of unauthorized anti-war and anti-establishment protestors around Yukawa Shipyard, security forces were successful in keeping them a safe distance from the IKN-MINATO. There are no confirmed casualties.

Despite some losses on the part of the LSF strike force, the surprise attack on the IKN MINATO caught the YUKAWA shipyard security forces unprepared. With the MINATO in ruin, the surviving undercover LSF scattered to the four winds, and the Cheshire slipped away to begin her long voyage back to Liberty.

Though the loss of a battlecruiser was a significant setback to Kusari war preparations, the MINATO placement at YUKAWA was a deliberate ruse to attract hostile attentions to the largely civilian shipyard and away from the bulk of real preparations elsewhere.

Given the overt 'ORDER' colors of the attacking ships, the Chochinbi were directed to take over investigations - and full custody of the wreck of the MINATO, which they were quick to drag away out of the public eye.

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