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Battle of The Otuim Aqua Sea
Location: Otuim Aqua Sea- Western Stevidian Straights
Outcome: Stevidian/Independent Hitmen Tactical Victory
Combatants
The Empire of the Golden Throne	Stevid	Independent Hitmen
Strength
The Empire	Royal Navy	The IH Navy
4 Super/Dreadnoughts 6 Battleships 7 Aircraft Carriers 21 Cruisers 224 Assorted Ships	3 Super/Dreadnoughts 3 Battleships 6 Aircraft Carriers 64 Cruisers 86 Assorted Ships	0 Super/Dreadnoughts 4 Battleships 19 Aircraft Carriers 4 Cruisers 147 Assorted Ships
Approximate Casualties
The Empire	Royal Navy	The IH Navy
21 ships destroyed Numerous Damaged Ships 7000+ Lives Lost or Unaccounted for	29 ships destroyed Numerous Damaged Ships 8000+ Lives Lost or Unaccounted for	32 ships destroyed Numerous Damaged Ships 8000+ Lives Lost or Unaccounted for

The battle of Otium Aqua was the second sea battle fort during the War of succession on the Stevidian front. Party nations belonging to Independent Hitmen, Stevid and Guffingford first fought in the Otium Aqua Sea early in the war when Guffingfordii naval vessels attacked oilrigs in the southern regions of Otium Aqua. Before Guffingford’s withdrawal from the war, it became a battle of wits, stupidity and powerful technology with loses on both sides. Had Guffingford not pulled out, the Royal Navy would surely have fallen to the might of the Guffingfordii navy. With the “defeat” of the Guffingfordii Navy, the Shores of Stevid and Rubet Island were again safe from the torment of international pressure. Even Stevid had gotten herself into the war, both Her and Independent Hitmen were confident of victory in the West without having to suffer the possibility of defeat so close to home by the shores of Stevid. They were soon to be proved wrong again when the enemy they set out to destroy came again in the form of a more beatable, but none the less formidable foe. The battle in South Otium Aqua was not one of great significance, the real battle was about to begin, and fighting an enemy that was the cause of the war would not back down as Guffingford did. The Macabees had a fleet twice the size of the nearest one Stevid could put to sail and had the pride and joy of the fleet. The [I]Feathermore[/I], a huge Super Dreadnought that dwarfed the only other opposing side’s SDN, the Stevidian Catholic Class.

The real battle of Otium Aqua would take place in Stevid Waters just to the East of an International Waters plot, to the West of Rubet Island. It was were the titanic battle of the Sea would begin.

Background

The reasons the Otium Aqua Sea is so important to everyone involved is that it is the key terminal for sea-lanes stretching out across the local Imperial Armies region. A direct passage from the island nation of Stevid straight to the Western Continent of Imperial Armies. The fact that Stevid controls the seas en-route to the Western Continent means that strategically Stevid can see convoys and protect (or in the case of war, destroy) the convoys. Also the Southern reaches are rich with oil fields that have been contested regions for the past five years. It was over those oil fields that the first battle of Otium Aqua erupted marking the first sea battle Guffingford, Stevid and Independent Hitmen got involved in during the War of Golden Succession. Tensions between Stevid and Guffingford over the oil fields had been on the rise for months while relations between Guffingford and Zarbia became dramatically worse. When war was declared, both Stevid and Guffingford went on the offensive. Guffingford fleets met the Royal Navy in battle thus sparking the first of two very long battles in Otium Aqua theatre of war.

The second battle of Otium Aqua led from the first battle with The Macabees intending to send the Royal Navy packing back to port. The intensions being to prevent Stevid and her allies send ground troops and armour to help reinforce the Havenic Forces on the Havenic/Macabee border. With The Macabees making an attempt to attack and possibly destroy a wounded and demoralized Royal Navy and an IH fleet spread thin, the second battle was to swiftly begin in the Northern approaches of Otium Aqua.