KSS Hoffmann
"S**t! Gas!" Said a sailor before collapsing. Admiral Yezhov, the commander of the fleet, ordered the sailors to put on gas masks and to close the hatches using the loudspeakers. Due to the yellow color of the gas cloud, the rest of the ships noticed it and gave the same orders. However, some sailors could not put their masks on time.

KSS Endurance
"Are the hatches closed?" Asked the captain to one of the officers.
"Yes sir."
"Good. I don't want that gas to enter here and kill us."
Another officer spoke. "Looks like the boats are empty. The men who did this escaped to the coast before the gas was released."
"Are the weapons ready?"
"Yes. The missile launchers are ready to fire."
"Then, you know what to do. Open fire!"

KSS Liberty
Captain Jarić had no choice. He reluctantly surrendered the ship. He and half of the crew were taken hostage. The other half managed to steal a small radio and gas masks and leave in the lifeboats. After using the masks to survive the gas attack, First Officer Dimitri Izmailov, the second in command of the Liberty and one of the few officers in the lifeboats, used the radio to inform the Admiral about their situation. Then, he sent the following message to the other fleets:
"We are the crew of the KSS Liberty. Our ship was hijacked by Soormans. Our captain and some of our comrades were taken hostage. We are stranded at sea in the ship's lifeboats; we don't have supplies or food. Please help us."