Taka-Enterprise Affair

Battle between Taka and Enterprise
Part of the Taka–Enterprise Affair
HMAS Enterprise (right) fires upon CTT Taka
Date 6 May-22 December 1796 Location off Cadenzan Kamalbia Result Taka surrenders Diplomatic incident between Cadenza and Aswick
Belligerents
Aswick	Cadenza
Commanders and leaders
Captain James Munro, Esq., RN	Captain Pei Thorerë
Strength
1 4th rate	1 frigate
Casualties and losses
12 killed 2 wounded	1 frigate damaged 7 killed 19 wounded 6 captured

The Taka-Enterprise Affair was a diplomatic incident which occurred over a number of months in 1796 between Cadenza and Aswick, then a crown dependency of Aquitayne, after the Aswickan ship Enterprise fired on Cadenzan Taka to recover a number of deserters who had joined Taka's crew.

After a brief engagement off the coast of Cadenzan Kamalbia, the captain of the Taka surrendered his ship and allowed it to be searched. Aswickan marines apprehended the surviving deserters, who were subsequently tried and executed. The local Cadenzan earl, Jakúba Kimepra, was incensed, and authorised the ships under his command to raid Aswickan merchant shipping. Taka and Txatka captured a convoy in early October and led it back to port, whereupon Aswick's government called for war with Cadenza. Both sides immediately began preparing for war, until Aquitaynian ambassadors intervened and ordered Aswick to stand down.

Aquitaynian intervention

When a packet arrived in Jamestown carrying news of the action, the Aswickan Admiralty initially kept a tight lid on the information. Reports indicate that though they did not entirely agree with Captain Munro they had still quietly prepared for open conflict following Cadenzan retaliation. The Admiralty was unable to stop news of the retalitations from reached the public, being uninformed of what caused the retalitations, clamoured for war over what appeared to them to be unprovoked attacks.