Thursday, June 24

OSDF Airship Crashes In Wyldehaven, Crew Feared Dead

Mortimer Thuroughgood, Bedldem
OSDF Command received a Radiotelegraphic distress call late last night from the Ironclad airship, the OSS Vigilant, as it descended into the canopy of trees within the Wyldehaven territories. Details are still muddled as to why the Vigilant had crossed the border into foreign airspace. The OSDF claims that a navigational error is the cause, but refused to comment on how the craft had come to such misadventure. Locals in Bedledem bore witness to the Vigilant as it flew over the town in the dusky evening at a low altitude, and that the craft seemed to show no signs of damage or duress at that time.

A heavy plumage of smoke could be seen by airborne civilian and pirate vessels surveying the crash site. An OSDF search and rescue team is supposedly en route, and can probably expect resistance as they cross the border into a region passionately protected by the League of Privateers for Free Trade and Acquisitions. An Emissary from The Council has traveled to meet with League leadership in hopes of conducting a search and rescue mission with the cooperation of the privateers.

Speculation abounds among the townsfolk in border towns like Bedldem as patrols by OSDF ships have been a regular sight in the skies overhead. There have been occasional incidents already in which military and pirate vessels have exchanged fire as confusion lingers regarding the actual definition of the political boundaries in the region. Despite the supposition by many citizens that the OSS Vigilant and her crew may indeed be a casualty of rising tensions, OSDF Command remains resolute in the effort to investigate the incident, and to return any survivors to the safety of Orlandia.

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