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==Plot Summary==
 
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An agricultural subsidy of Frost Industries stumbled into one of the risks of modern genetic modification research recently when a process designed to help treat residual radiation and heavy metal contamination in soil instead showed in studies that it was instead capable of sterilizing the soil so thoroughly that it would take decades, even centuries, to rehabilitate it to the point of sustaining plant life again. Quickly grasping that such research could be weaponized into a WMD of terrifying consequences, the lab moved to destroy the samples, research and all trails leading towards it, under Frost Industries’ research parameters. Unfortunately, despite their rapid response, Frost’s internal anti-industrial espionage experts believe that a long serving mole in the company saw the possibilities and activated in order to grab copies of the research and pass them along to a Russian contact.
 
 
'''Note: This is a temporary summary only, based on the monthly posts. Edits are required to make it conform to the Wiki narrative standard for plot summaries.'''
 
 
 
Mar 3 - Operation: Salt the Earth: Emma arrives at Snow Valley to discuss a potential WMD being stolen from her company.
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 4 - Operation: Salt the Earth: Emma and Marie-Ange begin sifting through a list of potential suspects in the theft; Wanda and Artie spend some time checking out the apartments of the potential suspects; Domino and Jubilee start working through security footage in order to track their suspect.
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 5 Operation: Salt the Earth: North and Sydney track down the industrial spy to a hotel in St. Petersburg and have a productive conversation regarding the lost materials.
 
 
 
 
 
Mar 6 Operation: Salt the Earth: X-Force meets to discuss the results of their research and where the stolen samples are.
 
 
 
  
Mar 7 Operation: Salt the Earth: Felicia and Wade lead the infiltration of the FSB monitoring facility outside VECTOR as the first step in their plan. Marie-Ange and Jubilee take the second part of the attack on the FSB facility, securing it. Nina, Wanda and Kevin begin their infiltration into VECTOR under their cover identities. Emma and North make their way into VECTOR as well.
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Considering the gravity of the situation, Emma asks X-Force to locate the mole that fled in order to determine who has the information. Finding him, under interrogation, they discover that fortunately the Russians only have a partial version of the process, enough to possibly recreate it but not enough to pass around as a finished asset. However, the Russian contact Doctor Vladimir Orekhov will be attending a special conference in the closed science city of Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast in order to drum up support for resources to develop it. Fortunately, thanks to the paranoia of the mole, other than broad documentation, the files he sold were encrypted to the point that it will takes months if not years to break them open. As Orekhov needs to secure funding to crack the code, the files he has with him in a secure drive cannot have been copied or otherwise duplicated.
  
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The conference will take place in the VECTOR compound just outside of the civilian research facilities in Koltsovo. Besides being a completely modern group of facilities with cutting edge technology, the entire complex is also protected under a mass suppressor, eliminating the use of mutant powers anywhere inside. In order to retrieve the information, X-Force will need to infiltrate the facility, locate Orekhov, determine where the drive is located and either retrieve or destroy it before escaping. Complicating the issue is that while the conference will be relatively heavily attended, many of the guests are either firsthand acquaintances or personal colleagues, limiting the number of potential false identities possible. As well, everyone infiltrating will have to either be able to pass for a Russian conversationally or a close ally with equal fluency.
  
Mar 8 Operation: Salt the Earth: Doctor Orekhov reveals the stolen materials from Frost Industries and his plans for it. Emma bumps into Orehkov at the party. North arranges a 'chance meeting' with Vazhin's bodyguard. Wanda meets with Vazhin at the party. Nina makes contact with the resident IT manager and sets up a further encounter.
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The compound itself has a primary FSB monitoring station several kilometres outside of it, where a security hard line runs to the city as a secondary operations point in the event of attack or malfunction (or secretly, if something dangerous compromises the compound and they need to force a quarantine overriding the compound’s command.
  
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Only five members of X-Force can pass as Russians without their powers: Emma, North, Wanda, Nina and Kevin. While their identities are being developed, they work out a plan of attack. As the five will infiltrate the complex, the rest of the team will take out the FSB and use it as a base of operations to provide support via hacking, security cameras and comms inside the compound. Felicia and Wade take responsibility for secure their escape vehicle, leaving the rest to monitor and provide support.
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The five have less than 48 hours to secure the files before the shift change at the FSB base reveals it is compromised. To make things more difficult, Alexei Vazhin, a high-ranking intelligence officer and his lieutenant Nicolai Krylenko are due at the compound to meet with Orekhov and review the materials directly, which will raise security to almost impossibly high levels to compromise.
  
Mar 9 Operation: Salt the Earth: Wanda and Kevin move to shut down the first level of security to the Director's office. Nina and North deactivate the second level of security as they compromise the IT centre. Emma makes it into Orehkov's lab and neutralizes the opposition. X-Force grabs the samples and makes their escape.
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During the 2 days, the team slowly opens avenues in the security to get closer to retrieving the key. Krylenko is revealed to be an enhanced being that is immune to the suppressor, and they are involved in a desperate fight during a distraction to help Emma and Nina get closer to breaking Orekhov's defenses. Between her internal hacking, supported by Doug outside, they are able to throw the internal systems into chaos as Emma confronts Orekhov to get the key. The suppressor is disrupted for a short time, long enough for all five to escape out of the facility, meeting up with the rest of the team and escaping Russia.
  
 
==Related Links==
 
==Related Links==

Revision as of 11:45, 13 January 2021

PHASE 2
Salt The Earth
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Dates run: March 3-9, 2018
Run By: Dex
Read the logs: Salt The Earth


Quote from the plot

A specialist operation means the four "elders" of X-Force (plus Dom) have to infiltrate a conference in the closed science city of Koltsovo. Without their powers.

Cast

Emma Frost, David North, Jubilation Lee, Kevin Sydney, Marie-Ange Colbert, Wanda Maximoff, Artie Maddicks, Nina Thurman, Felicia Hardy, Wade Wilson

James Neil, Vladimir Orekhov, Alexei Vazhin

Timing

March 3-9, 2018

Plot Summary

An agricultural subsidy of Frost Industries stumbled into one of the risks of modern genetic modification research recently when a process designed to help treat residual radiation and heavy metal contamination in soil instead showed in studies that it was instead capable of sterilizing the soil so thoroughly that it would take decades, even centuries, to rehabilitate it to the point of sustaining plant life again. Quickly grasping that such research could be weaponized into a WMD of terrifying consequences, the lab moved to destroy the samples, research and all trails leading towards it, under Frost Industries’ research parameters. Unfortunately, despite their rapid response, Frost’s internal anti-industrial espionage experts believe that a long serving mole in the company saw the possibilities and activated in order to grab copies of the research and pass them along to a Russian contact.

Considering the gravity of the situation, Emma asks X-Force to locate the mole that fled in order to determine who has the information. Finding him, under interrogation, they discover that fortunately the Russians only have a partial version of the process, enough to possibly recreate it but not enough to pass around as a finished asset. However, the Russian contact Doctor Vladimir Orekhov will be attending a special conference in the closed science city of Koltsovo, Novosibirsk Oblast in order to drum up support for resources to develop it. Fortunately, thanks to the paranoia of the mole, other than broad documentation, the files he sold were encrypted to the point that it will takes months if not years to break them open. As Orekhov needs to secure funding to crack the code, the files he has with him in a secure drive cannot have been copied or otherwise duplicated.

The conference will take place in the VECTOR compound just outside of the civilian research facilities in Koltsovo. Besides being a completely modern group of facilities with cutting edge technology, the entire complex is also protected under a mass suppressor, eliminating the use of mutant powers anywhere inside. In order to retrieve the information, X-Force will need to infiltrate the facility, locate Orekhov, determine where the drive is located and either retrieve or destroy it before escaping. Complicating the issue is that while the conference will be relatively heavily attended, many of the guests are either firsthand acquaintances or personal colleagues, limiting the number of potential false identities possible. As well, everyone infiltrating will have to either be able to pass for a Russian conversationally or a close ally with equal fluency.

The compound itself has a primary FSB monitoring station several kilometres outside of it, where a security hard line runs to the city as a secondary operations point in the event of attack or malfunction (or secretly, if something dangerous compromises the compound and they need to force a quarantine overriding the compound’s command.

Only five members of X-Force can pass as Russians without their powers: Emma, North, Wanda, Nina and Kevin. While their identities are being developed, they work out a plan of attack. As the five will infiltrate the complex, the rest of the team will take out the FSB and use it as a base of operations to provide support via hacking, security cameras and comms inside the compound. Felicia and Wade take responsibility for secure their escape vehicle, leaving the rest to monitor and provide support.

The five have less than 48 hours to secure the files before the shift change at the FSB base reveals it is compromised. To make things more difficult, Alexei Vazhin, a high-ranking intelligence officer and his lieutenant Nicolai Krylenko are due at the compound to meet with Orekhov and review the materials directly, which will raise security to almost impossibly high levels to compromise.

During the 2 days, the team slowly opens avenues in the security to get closer to retrieving the key. Krylenko is revealed to be an enhanced being that is immune to the suppressor, and they are involved in a desperate fight during a distraction to help Emma and Nina get closer to breaking Orekhov's defenses. Between her internal hacking, supported by Doug outside, they are able to throw the internal systems into chaos as Emma confronts Orekhov to get the key. The suppressor is disrupted for a short time, long enough for all five to escape out of the facility, meeting up with the rest of the team and escaping Russia.

Related Links

Frost Enterprises

External Links

Salt The Earth


Trivia and Meta

Trivia

IC notes stemming from the plot. Eg: "As a result of this Character A developed a crippling fear of ottomans".

Meta

Plotrunner: Dex