Following the decision by the BU to attempt to blockade izaakia, which the foreign minister Charles Boulangerie described as “clearly absurd, and done last minute on a public holiday to ensure the opposition was away, with only two votes, this is clearly an illegitimate vote”, the ministry of defence has begun equipping merchant vessels at port with anti piracy measures and will place Marines on all vessels departing or approaching izaakian ports.
The Primeminister Valkyrie Mountbatten called this move “an illegitimate act of piracy, and I must warn that we do not fire warning shots at pirate vessels, the BU must cease its illegal actions or face the consequences”, she later instructed that no vessel should surrender to BU control and that counter measures would be announced in the coming days if there was not a change in direction.