Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20140822231343

OOC: this happened to me today and its so unusual as to be worth incorporating into an RP post.

IC: The Battlecruiser IKN Illustrious was patrolling off the ISBA coast when she encountered a hostile vessel of unknown origin, probably just pirates. The enemy vessel had WWII era aircraft on board, and managed to put aloft several torpedo planes. The enemy vessel was sunk, however during the action two torpedo bombers managed to score hits aft, destroying the aft rudder assembly and shearing off the propellers on Illustrious. Attempts by her crew to restore propulsion are unsuccessful, and her captain transmits a distress signal: "Attention all AIF vessels, this is the IKN Illustrious. We have been crippled by torpedo aircraft and have lost our propellers, we have been unable to repair our damage. We are only capable of 2 knots using our motor launches and with a sail rigged from our mast. We require escort and some sort of tow, preferably seagoing tugs. We are 400 nautical miles northwest of ISBA territory."

The transmission was only lightly encrypted, ANC could be easily broken by enemies of the AIF as well as by allies.