MISSION BRIEF
COMPETITION · MULTINATIONAL TF · 48 HRSSeabed infrastructure protection in the Baltic, modeled on the Balticconnector, C-Lion1, and Eagle S anchor-drag incidents and NATO's Baltic Sentry response: shadow-fleet tankers, dragged anchors, and deniable damage inside allied EEZs.
Deter and attribute sabotage of undersea cables, pipelines, and power interconnectors in allied waters while keeping every action inside the law of the sea and national jurisdiction.
No further infrastructure loss during the window; at least one suspect vessel boarded or escorted under a legally defensible authority; attribution package handed to national authorities.
- Fuse AIS, radar, and patrol reporting into an actionable pattern-of-life on shadow-fleet hulls.
- Coordinate boarding and escort authority across multiple national jurisdictions inside 60 minutes.
- Protect the task force's own comms and PNT from regional interference.
OPENING INJECTS
5 SEEDED- T+00:15SEAHIGH · S3Power interconnector fault while a tanker crosses the route
A DC interconnector between two allied grids faults at 0247L. A 20-year-old crude tanker sailing under a flag of convenience, last port a Russian Baltic terminal, crossed the cable route six minutes earlier at 4 knots — well below transit speed. It has not answered VHF and is now steaming for international water.
- T+00:52SEAMED · S2Second hull loitering over a fiber landing site
A research-configured vessel with a Russian operator and an unusual sensor mast is holding station in a box over a fiber landing approach, 11 nm from an allied coast. It has been in the box 14 hours with AIS on. This is inside the EEZ but outside territorial waters.
- T+01:30SPACEMED · S6Regional GNSS interference from the Kaliningrad direction
Civil aviation authorities in two allied states report sustained GPS interference affecting hundreds of flights, consistent with the pattern reported across the Baltics since 2024. Two task force patrol craft lose reliable position fixes inside a traffic separation scheme.
- T+02:10CYBERMED · CYBERHacktivist DDoS against allied port and rail portals
A pro-Russian hacktivist collective claims and executes DDoS against the booking portals of two allied ports and one rail operator. Operational systems are unaffected, but commercial scheduling is offline and local media is already covering it as an 'attack on NATO logistics.'
- T+03:05SEAHIGH · S5Suspect vessel refuses boarding and enters a third state's water
The tanker from the first inject declines a boarding request, declares an engine casualty, and alters course into a third allied state's territorial sea. That state has not yet delegated boarding authority to the task force. Weather window closes in four hours.