sentences:  The intention was to join the IBSAMAR III exercise with India, Brazil and South Africa, but "Espora" had made the unscheduled deployment with malfunctioning generators and these had got worse en route until they finally stopped working on 9 October.The generators needed a major overhaul, but their German manufacturer MTU refused to start work until they were paid US$450,000 to cover the cost of the work and previous invoices that had not been paid.Meanwhile, the South Africans had to reassure the Argentines that "Espora" would not be vulnerable like the sail training ship , which was seized in Ghana on behalf of holders of Argentina's defaulted sovereign debt.