Sample Output

Scenario Builder: Sample Output

This sample reproduces a Fortius Scenario Bundle, the branch analysis delivered on the Command plan. One triggering event is developed into three parallel branches over the same evidence base, then synthesised into probability bands, divergence triggers, and a decision table. Each branch below is condensed to its headline fields; in the product, every branch is a complete 12-field Intelligence Brief. The client's identity is rewritten here for a representative profile: an EU-headquartered LNG shipping operator.

SCENARIOScenario Bundle · EU-headquartered LNG shipping operator · Energy Sector · 1 Jul 2026
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Triggering Event

The IRGC Navy announces a three-day closure drill across the Strait of Hormuz approaches, 21 to 23 July 2026.

BASEPROBABILITY 55-70%
The drill executes as announced and ends without interdiction.
30-Day

War-risk premiums on Hormuz transits spike for 10 to 15 days, then decay as the exercise closes on schedule. No cargo is delayed.

Implication

Both committed Q3 transits sail on their original laycans at an elevated premium. Cost impact is bounded and insurable; no rerouting is required.

DOWNSIDEPROBABILITY 20-30%
The exercise extends and IRGC forces board tankers linked to sanctioned trades.
30-Day

Selective boardings produce corridor delays of one to three weeks. Premiums step-change rather than decay, and charterers begin invoking deviation clauses.

Implication

The 24 July Ras Laffan slot likely misses its laycan. A Cape of Good Hope deviation adds roughly 14 days and an estimated $2.1M in fuel, hire, and premium.

TAIL RISKPROBABILITY 5-10%
Mining or an actual closure attempt draws a naval response and shuts the strait for weeks.
30-Day

Force-majeure declarations spread across Q3 fixtures. Hormuz cover is withdrawn rather than repriced, and spot LNG moves double digits.

Implication

Both Q3 cargoes go to force majeure. The material exposure is structural: 2027 corridor contracting reprices around explicit closure clauses.

Divergence Triggers

A NAVTEX warning extending the exercise box or its dates beyond 23 July.

CONFIRMS DOWNSIDE · DURING THE DRILL WINDOW

IRGC fast-attack craft dispersing to forward bases instead of returning to Bandar Abbas.

CONFIRMS DOWNSIDE / TAIL RISK · DURING THE DRILL WINDOW

An insurer withdrawing Hormuz cover outright rather than repricing it.

CONFIRMS TAIL RISK · NEXT 45 DAYS

The exercise concluding on schedule with no boarding incident.

CONFIRMS BASE · BY 24 JULY
Decision Table

Swap the 24 July Ras Laffan slot to a non-Hormuz cargo.

Act Now If

Binding war-risk quotes exceed 0.7% of hull value.

Defer If

The NAVTEX stays limited to the announced exercise box.

Lock Q4 fixtures with explicit closure and deviation clauses.

Act Now If

Two or more insurers withdraw Hormuz cover.

Defer If

Premiums decay to pre-drill levels by mid-August.

Stand up a Cape of Good Hope routing plan with bunkering contracts.

Act Now If

Any boarding incident occurs during the exercise.

Defer If

The drill ends on schedule with no interdiction.

Synthesis

The drill is most likely theatre with an insurance bill attached: the base branch resolves in weeks and its cost is bounded. The cheap hedges are administrative and available now: move one loading slot and buy war-risk quotes before the corridor reprices. The expensive mistakes live in the tail, where the signal to act is cover being withdrawn, not headlines. Watch the insurance market, not the exercise.

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