Elerich's Landing Incident

The Elerich's Landing was a political standoff between the nations of ISAF and Directus over the city of Elerich's Landing. In the 2070s, Directus began to develop an interest in expanding its naval capabilities into the Northern Ocean. To this end, in 2076 Directian ambassadors commenced negotiations for the construction of a Directian naval base in the city of Bern, but were refused.

The Emmerian officials were insulted by the audacity of the Directians in attempting to buy Emmerian territory and the Directians, in turn, were insulted by their curt reply. Once Directian officials returned to Midgar the Directian high command formulated a plan to ferment existing religious unrest in this city to the point of out right rebellion against ISAF.

By 2077 ISAF had noticed the Directian agents and demanded their removal from the country. Upon receiving a blunt refusal from Directus, ISAF officials considered bringing the matter before the (Imperialist majority) Federation but ultimately decided to threaten to pull ISAF troops from a joint ISAF-Directus effort to liberate Yuktobania, which did little to deter Directus.

As ISAF troops headed home both nations began pouring their resources into Elerich's Landing. On the ISAF side ISAF sent increasing amounts of troops to quell the growing rebellion while Directus sent ever more of its agent to ferment said rebellion. Finally, in winter of 2077, Directus, realizing both nations were rapidly losing resources on the issue, approached ISAF with a compromise:

Directus would remove its agents from ISAF in return for ISAF granting Directus the right to build an offshore naval base as well as the right to send troops to and from the base.

The aftermath of the Elerich's Landing incident left Directian-ISAF relations, which had been slowly but steadily improving since the Osean Continental War, in a much worse state. It temporarily stopped the liberation of Hyrule, the capital of Yuktobania. It also damaged the Emmerian economy, which for a time concentrated largely on preventing a rebellion, and caused great and lasting unrest in parts of ISAF. Directus, meanwhile, was plunged into an economic recession by the massive expense of building its new naval base.