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- [May 30, 2166]
- [Global Union of Divisions Embassy, Longyearbyen Outpost]
- [Longyearbyen, Norway]
- [Colony State - British Super-Nation]
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- In the largest community on the Norwegian archipelago, Svalbard, survivors of the event that is now being referred to as "The Gamera Event Horizon" have been given temporary shelter at Longyearbyen's G.U.D. embassy. Of the original approximately ten-thousand employees that were stationed on the Ocean Crawler, less than nine-hundred escaped the facility.
- Even then, casualties for these evacuees are high. Of these few hundred, over a third suffered from minor to major injuries, with this fraction being largely made up of the Human workers who got off the research station.
- Jacob Hargrove, the big man himself, is holed up in the lobby of the embassy and accompanied by Eobard Thawne and his niece, Daisy Zaibo. All around the group, the locals are in a buzz, either talking about the survivors of the incident, the kind of research being conducted at the facility, or what could've prompted Gamera to attack in the first place.
- (Daisy Zaibo): I wish everyone would just stop spreading rumours.
- (Eobard Thawne): Well, that's Human nature, Daisy. We can't help but stick ourselves in things we have no business sticking them in.
- (Daisy Zaibo): Wait...... was that an innuend--
- (Jacob Hargrove): Of course.
- Just before the conversation could truly get awkward, Hargrove chimes in at the perfect moment; Daisy and Eobard let out sighs of relief on not having to continue their initial train of thought.
- (Eobard Thawne): Of course what, Jacob?
- (Jacob Hargrove): You've opened my eyes, Thawne. I'm only Human.
- (Eobard Thawne): Well, yeah, but--
- (Jacob Hargrove): I stuck myself into something I had no business sticking into. And when I tried to reach out and pull myself from the void by calling upon you and your niece...... I was punished.
- (Eobard Thawne): Jacob, let's not get carried away. It's clear that Gamera only showed up because of the Gyao--
- Jacob Hargrove suddenly stands up, looking much healthier in his Android body than ever before. This surprises Thawne and Zaibo, but pleasantly so. Some of the people in the lobby have halted their conversations, being very careful to be inconspicuous as they shoot occasional glances at the industry juggernaut.
- The man behind STRQ Industries confidently walks out of the lobby; Daisy and Eobard look at each other in confusion before hastily following him.
- (Daisy Zaibo): Sir, where are you going?!
- (Jacob Hargrove): To exonerate my failures.
- All of a sudden, a VTOL clad in STRQ Industries' logo and paint scheme lands in the middle of town; an armored security detail piles out from the troop bay to ensure the majority shareholder makes it onto the aerial vessel without delay. They attempt to stop Eobard Thawne and Daisy Zaibo as the two try to follow Hargrove inside, but the former president turns around and calls off his forces.
- (Daisy Zaibo): When did you call a personal transport?
- (Jacob Hargrove): I didn't. My body will alert a team to escort me from any situation deemed dangerous using neurotransmitters that are linked directly to my company's COMMS network.
- (Eobard Thawne): And where exactly are you going?
- (Jacob Hargrove): To see a friend to help me find my way.
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- [VTOL Troop Bay]
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- After the personal escort VTOL leaves the Svalbard archipelago, Jacob Hargrove takes out a small box-like object from one of his waistcoat pockets. It is quite strange, looking more like a piece of technology from Atlantis than anything modern. However, some telltale signs of 22nd century engineering are visible, such as various optic fiber cables running down the side of the device and a tuning antennae at the top of the device.
- The large red dome of glass on the main face of the device faintly lights up; Hargrove brings it close to his face and speaks to it in a low voice, almost as quiet as a whisper.
- (Jacob Hargrove): Is it working? Is the Argent communicator working?
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- [Excavation Area 3]
- [Archaeology Section - Lennon Station]
- [U.A.C. Extended Colonization Facility Beta]
- [Viking 1, Mars]
- [Open Territory - U.A.C.]
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- Inside of the Kree sanctum recently uncovered by Director Samuel Hayden's personal excavation crews, the big man-- errr...... mechanoid is currently overseeing a massive undertaking to reactivate the Kree's military-rated replicators. What's most curious, however, is a device in the director's large mechanical hands, one that looks almost identical to the one held by Jacob Hargrove, albeit with a faint blue glass dome instead of red.
- (Director Hayden): Yes....... our secret project is working just fine, Jacob.
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