2019–2020 Morovan crisis

2019-20 Morovan Crisis
File:Battles of the Glaceis Ocean.png Quebecshirite Portsmouth Fleet attacking a Morovan submarine.
Date September 22, 2019-April 6, 2020 (6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day) Location Morovan Island Morova The Morovan Strip Zion Spillovers in Creeperopolis, Lyoa, Paleocacher, and Quebecshire Status TCN Resolution 001 passed Morovan Civil War TCN Resolution 003 passed TCN Resolution 005 passed Armas Blockade Morovan Airlines Cargo Flight 39 shot down Zion declares independence from Morova The Lady Kieva sunk by the Quebecshirite Portsmouth Fleet TCN Resolution 011 passed TCN Resolution 012 passed TCN Resolution 013 passed The Morovan Strip declares independence from Morova Battles of the Glaceis Ocean TCN Resolution 014 passed Trial of Alyosha Karamazov Execution of Alyosha Karamazov 2020 Bostonia Attacks Destruction of Morova TCN Resolution 016 passed
Parties Involved in Crisis
Zion DINA 23px DRQ SSS Participant in the Blockade Creeperopolis Greater Sacramento Groffenord New Gandor Paleocacher Quebecshire Terranihil San Carlos Islands 23px Xusma Recognition of Zion Creeperopolis Lyoa New Gandor Willdavie Withdrew Recognition of Morova Creeperopolis Lyoa Quebecshire	Morova Supported by Malgax (until 2020)	The Morovan Strip
Commanders and leaders
Joshua Graham Augusto Cabañeras Gutiérrez José Guerrero López Fatima El Shaqaz Charles Yeaten Jackson Nowak Caitlin Pike Émeric Boudreaux David Massé Jona Hégdon Elena Kurnushknia	Alexei Karamazov  Rodia Myshkin†	Robert Hughes
Casualties and losses
Unknown 280 dead, 200 injured 34 killed, 17 injured	6,558+ killed	Unknown
6,872+ killed

The 2019-20 Morovan Crisis was a military and diplomatic crisis between the People's Republic of Morova, the Republic of Zion, and the international community over the status of the Island of Morova.

Events

TCN Resolution 001

Main article: TCN Resolution 001

TCN Security Council Resolution 001, officially called Condemnation of the People's Republic of Morova (001), was adopted by the Terraconserva Council of Nations Security Council on September 23, 2019. The resolution officially condemned Morova with a vote of 10-0-6.

Morovan Civil War

Main article: Morovan Civil War

The Morovan Civil War occured in Morova and saw the rise of Alyosha "Alexei" Karamazov.

TCN Resolution 003

Main article: TCN Resolution 003

TCN Security Council Resolution 003, officially called Ban on the International Sale of Weapons to Morova (003), was adopted by the Terraconserva Council of Nations Security Council on September 31, 2019. The resolution was passed with a vote of 10-3-3. It was repealed and replaced by TCN Resolution 011 on March 28, 2020.

TCN Resolution 005

Main article: TCN Resolution 005

TCN Security Council Resolution 005, officially called Instatement of a Naval Blockade on the People's Republic of Morova (005), was adopted by the Terraconserva Council of Nations Security Council on January 13, 2020, which enforced a blockade on Morova. It was later repealed and replaced by TCN Resolution 011 on March 28, 2020.

Armas Blockade

Main article: Armas Blockade

The Weapons Blockade (Creeperian Spanish: Armas Bloque, Gandorian: Blokada Broni), commonly called the Armas Blockade, was a multinational naval blockade of the People’s Republic of Morova. The blockade began on January 15, 2020, following the passing of Terraconserva Council of Nations Resolution 005 on January 12-13, 2020, in a 10-1-1 vote. The blockade ended on January 27, 2020, with the signing of the Treaty of Asr El Ziqara.

Justification for the blockade was cited in Resolution 005. Morova's violation of Resolution 003 when Morovan Captain Alexei Karamazov sent a message to the leader Deltinian Liberation Army, Hasan el-Ahsan el-Farhat, offering Morovan aid, weapons, and an intervention in the Deltinian Insurgency.

Creeperopolis and New Gandor began assembling the blockade force on January 13, 2020, and embarked from the port of Sonsonate on January 15, 2020, to Morovan waters. Later on January 15, the Lyoan National Navy, on behalf of the International Coalition for Morova (INTCOMOR), declares that Lyoan and Paleocacherian INTCOMOR forces in Morova will remain as peacekeeping forces during the blockade.

The Deltinian Liberation Army declared its support for the Morovans following a car bombing in Ciudad Rey Alfonso I on January 15, 2020.

The blockade ended on January 27, 2020, with the signing of the Treaty of Asr El Ziqara.

Morovan Airlines Cargo Flight 39

Main article: Morovan Airlines Cargo Flight 39

The H-4 Hercules involved in the shootdown.

Morovan Airlines Cargo Flight 39 was an unscheduled flight from the People's Republic of Morova to somewhere in southern or just south of the Holy Traditionalist Empire of Creeperopolis. All 38 occupants of the plane were killed when the Hughes H-4 Hercules was shot down by two Creeperian MB-23 fighter jets of the Creeperian Air Force.

Independence of Zion

Main article: Zionian Declaration of Independence

On March 1, 2020, Joshua Graham declared the independence of an area of desert in the south of Morova. He declared the independence of the Republic of Zion and justified the declaration of independence by citing that the desert belonngs to God.

Sinking of The Lady Kieva

Main article: Sinking of The Lady Kieva

The Lady Kieva was a Morovan cargo ship which was sunk by the Quebecshirite Portsmouth Fleet on March 27, 2020. The incident occurred near the edges of Quebecshirite territorial waters eleven nautical miles northwest of Portsmouth. The only publicly disclosed information on the incident was presented by the Quebecshirite Administrator for National Defence Émeric Boudreaux. The report alleged that all 2,300 passengers died in the altercation and that Quebecshire was investigating the source of the ship. Boudreaux mentioned the possibility that the ship was sponsored by the Morovan government or a corporation, but these theories have not been proven. The report also stated that no mutual two-way communication was made between the Portsmouth Fleet and the Lady Kieva leading up to and during the incident.

Following the incident the Quebecshirite government announced and held a press report outside the Parliament of Quebecshire. The incident was highly publicized in Morova, including the broadcast of last transmission sent from Frank Ivanovna, the Captain of The Lady Kieva. Émeric Boudreaux has met with Grandmaster André Bellerose and Speaker of the Parliament Lucien LaRochelle since this. Morova also requested reparations of five-hundred million Quebecshirite Credits to distribute to the families of the victims. In an emergency session of the Parliament of Quebecshire rejected the demands for reparations and declared an intent to prepare oversight hearings in regard to the incident. Both of these decisions were announced by Lucien LaRochelle shortly after. After continued disagreement, including a Morovan threat to expel Quebecshirites and take action in the international community, Quebecshire withdrew its diplomats from Morova eventually.

On March 28, 2020 the Parliament of Quebecshire voted to ban all travel to and from Morova and place another embargo on the counntry. An oversight hearing was also held by the Quebecshirite Parliament on the evening of March 28, 2020.

The Lady Kieva prior to the incident.

Terranihil responded to the incident by referring to it as an "unfortunate affair" and discourging escalation. New Gandor released a statement in which their government said that they felt the overall actions taken by Quebecshire were appropriate. New Gandor also increased a military presence in their own waters for security. Creeperopolis and Lyoa published a joint statement through CODECO in which they condemned possible Morovan aggression and asserted Quebecshire acted appropriately in the interest of security. Paleocacher chose to blame neither side and announced that a merchant ship had recovered some "anomalous" radio transmissions originating from the incident. Malgax condemned the Portsmouth Fleet and suggested its leadership should undergo prosecution. Malgax also offered sympathies to Morova and the families involved. Philippe Dumont responded to the position by reiterating previous Quebecshirite stances on the matter. Willdavie has chosen to abstain from involvement up to this point. Greater Sacramento's Chancellor expressed saddness at the deaths and a desire to find more information of what happened, however, it was stated that Quebecshire should not reconsider Morova's demands for reparations. San Carlos Islands mourned the losses and called for a bilateral solution, yet affirmed Quebecshire's right to defend its territorial waters. Eminople stated Quebecshire's actions were necessary to defend their nation and that they should not pay the reparations, yet Eminople also expressed condolences to any families of the victims. Groffenord asserted that the sinking was justified but the event was a tragedy nonetheless. The Terraconserva Council of Nations passed Resolution 011 which contained mentions of the alleged "failings of the Morovan government which lead to the sinking of The Lady Kieva" and condemned Morova for allegedly "attempting to extort ₵500,000,000 Credits from Quebecshire." However, this is possibly due to the influence Quebecshire had on the drafting of the resolution.

TCN Resolution 011

Main article: TCN Resolution 011

TCN General Assembly Resolution 011, officially called Ban on the International Purchase of Weapons to and from Morova and the Instatement of a Blockade (011), was adopted by the Terraconserva Council of Nations Security Council on March 28, 2020. The resolution was passed by a vote of 12-3-1 and instated a blockade on Morova regarding all weapons sales to and from the nation.

TCN Resolution 012

Main article: TCN Resolution 012

TCN General Assembly Resolution 012, officially called Admittance of the Republic of Zion as an Observer State (012), was adopted by the Terraconserva Council of Nations Security Council on March 29, 2020. The resolution passed with a vote of 12-3-1 and admitted the Republic of Zion as an observer state to the Terraconserva Council of Nations.

Deployment of Navies

The detachment of the Portsmouth Fleet of the Grand Navy of Quebecshire departed to the Morovan region to enforce TCN Resolution 011 as well as further Quebecshirite interests in the region on March 30, 2020.

In response to the departure of the Quebecshirite fleet, the Morovan submarine fleet was deployed to Morovan waters near Kieva. They were ordered to fire upon any armed vessel entering Morovan waters.

Five anti sub patrol jets were scrambled immediately after confirmation of submarine activity within Groffenordic waters by Groffenord. Two destroyers and a light carrier were ordered to make contact with the undetermined number of subs. Groffenordic forces kept an eye on the situation fifteen miles from their port via reconnaissance jets from the G.S.S Frihet.

The Gandorian Fleet arrived in the northwestern side of the blockade outside territorial waters. They patrolled the area and received orders from the fleet from the Quebecshirite Navy.

The Creeperian Navy announced that it would send the same fleet from the Armas Blockade to participate in this blockade. The Creeperian ships were ordered position to the west of Morova.

The HMSCIS Camarillo (FFH 330), a Camarillo-class frigate, departed from a naval base and headed due northeast to join up with forces participating in the blockade of Morova from San Carlos Islands.

The Paleocacherian government sent two frigates under the authority of the Gandoran navy to take stations with the blockade.

Independence of The Morovan Strip

Main article: The Morovan Strip

The Morovan Strip, one of the few economic areas allowed by the Morovan government not to be owned by the state, declared independence as the "Free Economic Zone," with Robert Hughes as the unquestioned Ruler of the strip on March 30, 2020.

Battles of Glaceis Ocean

Main article: Battles of the Glaceis Ocean

On the night of March 30, 2020, and the morning of March 31, 2020, several sea battles occurred across the Glaceis Ocean surrounding the Island of Morova.

Relevant TCN Votes

Main article: Terraconserva Council of Nations § Resolution Voting History

Legend	Notes
For	For
Abst.	Abstain
Anti.	Against
AB/NV	Absent/No Vote
Veto	Veto

Resolution															Final Vote (For-Anti.-AB/Abst.)
001	For	For	Abst.	For	For	For	Abst.	Abst.	For	For	For	For	Abst.	Abst.	10-0-6
003	AB	For	For	For	For	Anti.	Anti.	For	For	For	For	Anti.	Abst.	For	10-3-3
005	For	For	For	For	For	Abst.	Anti.	For	For	For	For	Anti.	For	For	12-2-2
011	For	For	For	For	For	For	Anti.	For	Anti.	For	For	For	For	For	12-1-3
012	For	For	For	For	For	Anti.	Anti.	For	For	For	For	Anti.	For	For	12-3-1
013	For	For	For	For	For	Abst.	Anti.	For	For	For	For	For	For	For	12-3-1