Editing Fish Collective (section)

== Background ==
The Fish Collective developed from the aftermath of [[Air Fiji Flight 27]], an intercontinental passenger flight from [[Vriendendam Airport]] in the [[Netherlands]] to [[Nadi International Airport]] in [[Fiji]]. On 13 March 2014, the aircraft was shot down near [[Vagalala]] in [[Tanoa]] by air-defense units operating under the authority of the [[Tanoanische Luftwaffe]]. All 214 people on board were killed. Among the passengers were the wife and two children of [[Mark Hugerinus Paap]].

Their deaths became a central factor in his later investigation of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. The regime publicly blamed local resistance groups for the destruction of the aircraft, but later disclosures and resistance intelligence linked the shootdown to Tanoan military systems. In 2019, Mark attempted to enter Tanoa to investigate the crash and related regime activity. He was intercepted by patrol units of the [[Tanoanische-Urwaldkorps]] and forced to withdraw through [[Rereki]] to [[New Caledonia]]. After this failed entry, Mark and his cousin [[John Hugerinus Paap]] began forming a decentralized network intended to operate outside Tanoan territorial control.