Baccabush

The Baccabush was the first attack in the Trade War on 16 Primon, 760 AED between the SHSF and Destria against the Silver Empire under Capal Crow. The event itself was the first of many victories for the SHSF, culminating with civil unrest to cause the breakup of Crow's Last of the Imperium, being replaced officially at the Treaty of Aerie with the Imperium Argentum headed by High Capal Essendor.

The word itself is a morph between the instigator of the attack, BaccaYarro, and the word ambush. It describes an event during the First Trade war where BaccaYarro (as Captain Bellamy) and DoctorEckener (as Captain Eckener) ambushed Silver Empire Advanced Escort Carrier "Portus", a cargo ship, and its pilot, the then-Director Spedius. The surprise attack initiated the war and crippled the Silver Empire's economy, resulting in a total loss of roughly 7.5 million Senarii worth of Quartz. (Later, however, $750,000 of the cargo was retrieved)

The attack was carried out with two SHSF monopods, which successfully bombed the flight deck of the carrier, thus incapacitating it from moving further, before destroying the cargo and fighters aboard. The wreck of this ship lingered at the site until cleanup crews salvaged what was left of the ship a few days after the attack.

The events of the Baccabush eventually caused Captain Bellamy to leave the known world from his actions in search of peoples to the east of the known world, ushering in his son, Captain Yarro, as his replacement.

It has become a general term to describe an ambush carried out against an airship, of generally which occurs in the same Boneyard Strait of the original incident.

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