In November 2nd, 2006, the Anterian supercarrier Salitaniya and a small task force embarked on a training movement where the task force would embark from Southern Anteria, move through the Melodian Gap, north through Cape Pop on heading for gap between the Svalbardian Archipelago and Íseyja, and into the Nordic Ocean. The crew would hold fort in the north ocean for three weeks on a naval cold weather exercise, and would return home. This type of exercise was routine and was conducted by small task forces many times throughout the year.
Task Force Brazen had entered Cape Pop on the evening of November 8th and by the morning of the 9th, the task force was enveloped in a thick fog. Dawn Charge of Deck (the watch guards who were responsible for outlook around the ship) immediately reported this and the task force tightened their grouping. Then, the distant sound of foghorns came through the fog. Radar and Sonar showed no sign of land or ships for hundreds of miles, but the foghorn continued to sound. The Salitaniya responded in turn, sounding its own foghorn as the task force moved slowly through the fog. Sailors then remarked the sound of Amazing Grace through communication equipment, including equipment which normally didn’t emit sound. Then, at 0521, the task force disappeared from all radar, sonar, and locative equipment around the world…