The war of the Svinge's Flipper ?

Hi all , 

"Go, you stupid Penguin, take this  and tell your King Fak El Fak , that I will do the same , if he dares to do the same. But he has no balls so will NOT."

Commander  Henri "Hank" Fandiño, Captain of the Frigate  EUSS [Earth Union States Ship]  Moby Dick, after he chopped off a  flipper of a Svinge Captain.

Background :  

1)The Svinge are a race of  technologically advanced space travelling species, analogue Rockhopper Penguins , whose home world Enginous 857,  575  light years from Earth and whose polity is a parliamentary monarchical form of government with a monoculture and religion.

2) The EU or Earth Union is the government of Earth and her numerous colonies. Their polity is based upon the European United states, the American constitution and the British Westminster model of parliamentary liberal democracy, based around liberalism, multiculturalism  and a secular state. 

They clashed over fishing rights on various ocean planets  in the Merica and Northumbria systems and in nationalistic fervour an EU captain bordered a Svinge Fishing Space Vessel and chopped off one of the Captain's flippers. As if that wasn't insult enough, the Svinge Captain was a daughter of their King : Fak El Fak.  To add to the diplomatic outrage the vessel was registered as part of the Bahar [Martian]  merchant fleet. Both powers demanded reparations, a formal apology and a settlement to fishing / border disputes . Or face war.  In response the EU president sent the EUSS Harry M Windsor  battleship  strike Group to the disputed arena and asked the EU Parliament and Senate for a declaration of war....