The research vessel Letemmo had been surveying and mapping the seabed in the central parts of the South Pacific Ocean for three weeks when the ship received an incomplete distress call.

"This is the [static], our position is 5 degrees east [static]. [Inaudible], require immediate assistance. Mayday Mayday Mayday."

The message was only heard once and no other answers to the distress call other than from the Letemmo was intercepted. Only two ships had been observed on the radar in the vicinity during the two previous days. At the time for the distress call, none of them were present. The distress call and additional important information was relayed to the Sedunnic Coast Guard, which in turn informed the government. The Sedunnic air force dispatched two jet fighters to search the vicinity, but returned without any observations. Marine resources was prepared to be rerouted to the area. Grevve Klarann, head of the coast guard, was put in charge of the operation aiming to find the lost ship. He soon appeared in several extra broadcasts.

"[...] I now want to inform our friends in the South Pacific community about this mysterious event. We will share everything we know so far and hope that as many as possible can help to find the ship and possibly save the lives of the lost crew! We must act quickly, bad weather is expected".