Owen-Corsair War (Great Nuclear War)

The Corsair-Owen War was a conflict in the Brigand Coast in the 80's.

Tensions
In the summer of 1986, an Owenite merchant ship (The Phoenix) en route to the Upper Peninsula was held up by a steam paddler. The Phoenix was boarded under threat of violence, and it's cargo was stolen. Upon learning of this, King Owen rose a sizable expedition force of commandeered merchant ships, retrofitted with crude weapons. A messenger was dispatched on horseback to Chatham.

The team surveyed the Brigand Coasts until receiving fire from a stronghold in Tawas City. A naval battle ensued, and the Owenite "fleet" was left badly damaged.