Macmar Incident

The Macmar Island Incident, also known as simply the Macmar Incident, was a catastrophic event that took place between the 23rd-24th Pikuavis, 945 ACA, which took place at the Gen II Corporation's fledgling Macmar Island Resort. The incident resulted in the deaths of three people and the abandonment of of Gen II's facilities on Macmar Island. The consequences of the collapse of the resort resulted in a series of events that would leave Gen II on the verge of bankruptcy and led Gen II to pursue similar projects to the original resort on the mainland, which would also result in failure. The Macmar Incident is widely regarded as the catalyst for every event involving Gen II and its assets from that point forward. 
== Background ==
More information: Macmar Island Resort
In the time prior to the Macmar Incident, the island resort had only been partially completed, and was still considered in its 'early stages', to the point where the resort had not yet been formally named. Two of the paddocks in the northwest of the island had yet to be allocated to a specific genera, and following a collection of incidents after the introduction of a collection of Aeroraptors from Kuzakhvesungar, including the brutal murder of a manual feeder and the systematic experimentation on their paddock's fences, the entire raptor population had been relocated from their original paddock to a secure compound designed to contain them in a secluded environment, with the hopes of returning them to their paddock after they had been tamed in some manner. 
An accident occurred roughly two months before the Incident, involving one of the park's security staff being killed by one of the park's live assets, although it was determined which specimen was responsible. The victim's family filed a lawsuit against Gen II following the accident, which scared much of Gen II's Board of Directors from further sinking investment into the park's development, without a proper inspection of the park's progress and the safety apparatus that were in place. The company's Logistics Manager, Garend Blue, would be placed in charge of organising a tour group on the behalf of Gen II's CEO John Pitchardson Rex, and by Pikuavis of 945 ACA, had assembled an inspection group of six individuals - those being Tara Sauranis, Malsiadae Kordonus, Raptor Amenruta, Pablito Elquagero, Spyral Ulburnr, and Joseph Bobington. These six were to accompany Rex on a two-day tour of the island's facilities, including a behind-the-scenes evaluation of areas of the park that would not be available for public access upon the resort's opening. Everybody who went to the island during the inspection tour, including Rex, was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) before going to the island.
==Incident==
===23rd Pikuavis===
The tour group assembled early in the morning at the docks in Celume. The group would spend much of the first half of the day on a yacht in transit to Macmar, and would arrive at the island's guest docks in the island's northwest in the early afternoon. The tour group be taken to the Discovery Centre, the centre of the park's exhibits and the operational hub of Gen II's facilities on the island. They would be guided through the Discovery Centre's public facilities, including the pavilion, the park's introductory guide, and then through the cafeteria. Behind the cafeteria, the group would be escorted to the private sector of the Discovery Centre, and into the laboratory. The tour group would witness the first living dinosaur specimen in one of the holding pens inside the laboratory, which was in the process of being tended to by Dr. Vitruvius Dil. The Ashuratitan specimen was in the midst of medical testing during the incident, and its status after the park's abandonment remains unknown. 
The tour group would be taken through into the Genetics Lab, where Dil would provide them with a detailed explanation of the processes that creates the park's assets. This was the first moment for the tour group to question park operators about the ways in which they manage their operations, and during this interaction in particular multiple members of the tour group would levy criticism and concern surrounding the park's genetic modifications designed to act as contingencies to prevent the carnivorous dinosaurs from breeding with one another, with Tara Sauranis arguing that the kind of control they were attempting to exert was "simply not possible" and Spyral Ulburnr raising concern surrounding the artificial nature of the dinosaurs, and implied that Gen II were "playing the Gods' games". Dil would rebuke the claims levied against his contingencies, and following a brief argument the tour group would be escorted to the next section of the inspection. 
The group would be escorted to the Park Tour, which was designed to take them around the majority of the park's exhibits. John Pitchardson Rex would part ways with the rest of the tour group, to return to the control room, and the rest of the tour group would travel around the park alone. The start-up of the park tour, which operated through tour vehicles running along set paths, was the first test of the technology; fortunately for the park staff, the tour began without issue. The first exhibit, however, was considered a failure, as none of the dinosaurs within the paddock could be seen from the tour vehicles on the other side of the fence as they drove by. 
Shortly after the no-show at the Parvopoda exhibit, the park staff would receive word of a tropical storm developing to the island's northwest, and moving towards the park. With a storm evacuation drill already scheduled for that weekend, the head technician, Lance Kinken, chose to issue a Code 12 (storm warning) to all park staff; the majority of them would evacuate to the staff docks on the island's northeast side before the last boat departed at dusk that same day. Following the Code 12 warning, the tour group would cross into the Macronaria paddock, where they would finally witness a large herd of Ashuratitan grazing in the fields. One of the specimens behind the treeline, however, would suddenly collapse; this would catch the eye of Mal Kordonus, who chose to jump out of the tour vehicle and find out what had happened to it. Reluctantly, the rest of the tour group would follow suit. Here they would meet the park's head game warden, Alek Viskkos, who was treating the Ashuratitan for a disease that made them behave erratically. With Mal's assistance, Viskkos would determine the root of the disease to be nerveworm genera in the water. Despite Rex's protest to the idea, Mal would stick with Viskkos as he conducted his daily rounds, while the rest of the tour group would continue as planned. 
During one of these rounds, later in the day, Mal & Viskkos would encounter a Ceratosaurus which was lying on the floor in a catatonic state. Initially hesitant to treat it, Viskkos would provide emergency care to the carnivore that helped to keep its heart beating. Mal searched around the exhibit to try and find what might have caused this ailment. After finding a very peculiar bundle of mounds beyond the brush, they would eventually connect the dots and determine that the female ceratosaur had been laying eggs, and that she was experiencing postpartum shock. Alongside this, the mounds, which were thought to be dinosaur nests, were used as evidence to hint at the possibility the carnivores were breeding despite their genetic modifications. Viskkos would relay this information to the Control Room and the tour group, who had just passed through the herbivorous Ornithopoda paddock, and were now in an unallocated zone. Rex remained adamant that the dinosaurs could not breed, and trusted Dil's preventative methods. Sauranis, on the other hand, questioned their effectiveness due to the fact that they had never tested this kind of modification prior to its implementation. To test whether or not they could be breeding, Sauranis asked Kinken whether or not they had some form of remote head-count system in place. Kinken confirmed this, and when questioned on its function it was revealed that they had only used the system to count the number of dinosaurs they thought they had, to notice any population losses, but had never anticipated any population gains. When they inputted a much larger number, it was revealed that the park had 45 more assets than they thought they did, and that the unexpected increases occurred almost exclusively among the carnivores. Alongside this revelation, 3 unrecognised specimens were recorded, with the security of the park being called into question if 3 specimens they never knew they had had somehow turned up on the island. 
By the time night had fallen, all of the park staff with the exception of Rex, Kinken, Viskkos, Dil & a few maintenance workers had evacuated the island as part of the storm drill, as the full extent of the storm began to set in. The Park Tour had been turned around at dusk, and were expected to arrive back at the Discovery Centre by 10:45pm. At around 10:30pm, Viskkos and Mal returned to the Discovery Centre and came into the Control Room to observe the Park Tour's arrival back at the Discovery Centre. However, shortly after their arrival, a short in the power grid would trigger, shutting down the main power grid and starting up emergency power for the key park systems. This meant that the park's security measures had suddenly been completely deactivated, as well as its radio system and they had lost control of the Park Tour, which had stopped somewhere in the east of the island. They had stopped outside the Andisaurus paddock, which had previously been yet another no-show when they had originally passed by it. However, after they stopped, they discovered that the fence behind them had been torn, and shortly after this the Andisaurus, which had been watching the tour vehicles from the trees, would attack the tour group, resulting in one of the tour vehicles, with Sauranis, Bobington and Elquagero inside, being thrown over and subsequently hung over the large moat on the inside of the paddock. When the carnivore had moved away from them, the three of them managed to climb out before the tour vehicle dropped down into the paddock, crashing against a tree at the bottom in a crumpled heap of metal. Amenruta, who had hidden under a shrub during the attack, helped them climb over the paddock wall. The remaining members of the tour group would then decide to make their own way back to the Discovery Centre, following the track in the direction they had originally been travelling in towards the ceratopsid exhibit, where they would climb a tree to rest for the night. 
At around 11pm, with no word from the tour vehicles, and Rex becoming ever more worried about their condition, Mal & Viskkos would take a Land Cruiser along the track to find the tour vehicles and collect the members of the tour group. Upon arriving at the Andisaurus paddock, however, they would find one of the tour vehicles abandoned, Spyral Ulburnr playing dead on the ground, and the other tour vehicles' remains at the bottom of the paddock. The two would look around the paddock to try and find evidence of other members of the tour group still being alive. They would find footprints leading north, but before they could follow them, they would be ambushed by the Andisaurus, which was later determined to be a nocturnal specimen, which chased them away from their paddock and forced them to choose their next move at the Discovery Centre. 
=== 24th Pikuavis ===
Shortly after Mal & Viskkos returned to the Discovery Centre, Mal would consult with Dr. Dil in regards to the details of his genetic modifications. Amidst this discussion, Dil reveals that many of the dinosaur specimens utilised DNA from the Savernian Tree Frog. Mal goes on to tell Dil that, should they have used a certain part of the tree frogs' DNA, the dinosaurs could be able to change sex and breed; this is due to the Savernian Tree Frogs' ability to spontaneously change sex in a single-sex environment in order to continue the species. At sunrise, Viskkos would take the remaining mechanics to inspect the damage to park infrastructure during the storm and to determine the source of the power outage. Viskkos would test the fence outside of the Ceratopsian Centre, located at the central point of the park's fence infrastructure, and, to his disgrace, the fences around the Ceratopsian Centre would be deactivated. Viskkos would determine that the park's power systems had suffered a total failure, and that everything that wasn't supported by auxiliary power, including the fences and the Aeroraptor pen, had lost power. One of the technicians raises the hypothesis that one of the substations must have short-circuited, resulting in an emergency shutdown being triggered by the system to prevent major damage from befalling other substations, limiting the scale of the issue; this would mean, however, that they would have to travel around and inspect all 62 of the substations scattered across the island for any kind of damage.
Back at the Control Room, Dil would use the park's FERNIS system to investigate where they had used the tree frog's blood, coded as rana. To his horror, nearly all of the carnivorous specimens had been bred with the DNA at one point or another. He would approach Rex in the cafeteria and relayed this information to him, stating that they had lost complete control over the carnivore population, and that the only way to take back control was to exterminate all of the carnivores on the island and ship new specimens to the island that had not been bred using rana. Rex would go on to lament to Dil about his worries surrounding the future of the park, as their ability to control it actively collapses around him. Rex & Dil eventually agree to a quiet liquidation that would take place once they regain control of the park, and that they would not tell the Board of Directors about the extermination of the carnivorous assets.
Rex & Mal would congregate with Viskkos & Kinken in the Control Room at 10:30am, after Viskkos had returned from fixing the substation, with the rest of the technicians moving to the guest dock to fix and potential issue with contacting the mainland. With the knowledge that the raptors and many other potentially dangerous specimens had escaped their enclosures for over 12 hours at that point, the chances of order being quickly restored in the park were considered ever more slim than before, especially with the minimal staff at hand due to the prior evacuation of all park staff the previous day. In order to wrangle control, Viskkos suggested utilising the Entophomia contingency, an early-in-development concept wherein the food that was used to feed the carnivores was poisoned with the Entropomorphia pathogen, and they were deprived of their Entophomia supplements. This would weaken their immune systems and guarantee that the majority of the island's carnivores would be unconscious or dead within 3-7 days. Rex, despite already having agreed to a private liquidation, strongly opposed the idea, stating that he did not want to kill any more animals than they already had to, and that the Entophomia contingency risked potential mass death among the herbivorous populations. Kinken agreed with Viskkos nonetheless, but before Mal or Spyral could comment on the practicality of the contingency, their argument was interrupted by the sound of glass shattering in the laboratory. Mal & Spyral would investigate, and find Dr. Dil killed and torn to pieces in the laboratory, and shortly after were ambushed by the pack of Aeroraptors, who had broken into the Discovery Centre in large numbers by climbing in the back windows of the laboratory. Mal & Spyral narrowly escaped the laboratory, and in the process of escaping the Discovery Centre, Viskkos would attempt a last-ditch effort to defend against the raptors, only to be slain himself.
Shortly after this, the remainder of the tour group would reach the Ceratopsian Centre, and would gather supplies from the building before making their way south towards the main gate. Upon reaching the main gate, they would attempt to pull the giant wooden gates open, before carving an opening into the wire fence, and moving towards the park's Maintenance Bunker. Rex, Kinken, Mal & Spyral would congregate in the emergency bunker west of the Discovery Centre, and planned on how to get the park's power back on, so they could call their contacts on the mainland and escape. Kinken would go out on his own to reactivate the circuit breakers in the Maintenance Bunker, however, after not returning to the emergency bunker as promised, Spyral would follow suit to do the same, anticipating that he had never made it to the Maintenance Bunker. Spyral would not be able to get inside the bunker door, and decided to instead break down the concrete entrance by ramming it with the Land Cruiser they had driven over there. Climbing inside the Maintenance Bunker, they would meet up with the rest of the former tour group, and reactivate the power.
A small portion of the raptor pack would attempt to corner and kill them inside the Maintenance Bunker, but would be mostly killed off and the remainder of them trapped inside the rubble of the Maintenance Bunker. Driving back to the Discovery Centre, they would sneak in the side entrance and go straight to the Control Room, raising the alarm with the mainland at 12:24am and calling for an evacuation team to be sent to the island from the nearest available vessels, which was one of the evacuation vessels that had been used to take the remainder of park staff off the island the previous day. The raptors who had previously killed Viskkos in their initial assault on the Discovery Centre had taken control of the building, and would attack the tour group after Rex & Mal, who were still inside the emergency bunker, had been informed that the evacuation team was on its way. The raptors would chase the tour group through the laboratory & holding pens, the cafeteria, before spreading out as the tour group jumped onto the skeletons hanging from the roof of the Discovery Centre. The skeletons would collapse to the ground, leaving the tour group dazed and cornered by the raptors in the Discovery Centre pavilion. The tour group would attempt to escape, with Bobington grabbing Viskkos' gun on the floor and shooting two raptors. Before the pack leader could pounce onto Sauranis, it would be shot and killed by Rex, who had just reached the Discovery Centre a minute prior. With the ground shaking and the calls of the Andisaurus sounding as if it was approaching the Main Complex, the tour group would all climb inside the battered Land Cruiser and drive to the guest dock. The island would be completely evacuated by 12:30am.
=== Aftermath ===
In the immediate aftermath of the Macmar Incident, the survivors would be temporarily housed at one of Gen II's facilities in Kala, Alda. The Macmar Island Resort would remain abandoned, and the planned liquidation of the carnivorous assets would not go ahead. Hurricane Callus, the storm that shut off power to the park, would strike Gen II's facilities in the Malkkengarun roughly a week later, triggering the Site B Incident and the abandonment of all hopes of the Rex Project continuing in accordance with the original plan. Options were considered early on for the restoration of the park, however these were quickly abandoned following the losses caused by the Site B Incident. The Macmar Incident would cost Gen II over 27 million Aurlunoren Lun ($16 million) in expenses, and resulted in a 34% drop in the company's share prices in the fallout from the company's financial losses. Additionally, by the time the lawsuits surrounding the deaths of Dil, Kinken & Viskkos had been settled, and the dust had settled in regards to Gen II activities on Macmar Island in 949 ACA, Gen II had racked up an additional 8.8 million Lun ($5.2 million) in expenses, putting the company on the verge of bankruptcy for the better part of two decades following the Macmar Incident.
John Pitchardson Rex would attempt to lead the company away from their previous practices regarding prehistoric assets after the incident, citing the quick succession of the fall of their Macmar & Kuzakhvesungar facilities as 'an act of the Gods' and a sign that the company needed to stop while they were still ahead. While initially supported in this move by the Board of Directors, Rex's subsequent actions regarding clean-up efforts on Macmar and the Macmar Island Protection Bill - which he had claimed were necessary in accordance with his changing personal stance, as he personally became a fervent naturalist - quickly turned the company's senior staff against him. Citing ill health, and believing that the company needed a new face to guide the new era of naturalistic intent, Rex would select Garend Blue as his successor as CEO of Gen II in 947 ACA, with the support of the Board. Garend would turn against Rex's initial aspirations, fighting tooth-and-nail against the passing of the Macmar Island Protection Bill, and eventually restarted the Rex Project under his new administration.
Macmar would remain abandoned in the aftermath of the Incident, and has seen little to no human activity since, due to the rigorous protection and enforcement of the restricted area in the waters surrounding the island. Little is known about the dinosaur population on the island and the overall condition of the island's ecosystem to this day, and it is presumed following the reports done during the 946 ACA clean-up operation that the island's population likely suffered a large decline in the immediate aftermath of the island's abandonment, with some of the species on the island being completely killed off.
== People Involved ==
=== 'Tour Group' ===
* Dr. Tara Sauranis
* Dr. Malsiadae Kordonus
* Dr. Raptor Amenruta
* Joseph Bobington IX
* Pablito Elquagero
* Spyral Ulburnr
=== Gen II Employees ===
* Dr. John Pitchardson Rex - CEO of Gen II & Head Operator
* Dr. Taron Batoreiz (not present on island during incident) - licensed excavator & Gen II liaison
* Dr. Vitruvius Dil (killed by Aeroraptors) - Chief Geneticist
* Lance Kinken (killed by Aeroraptors) - Chief Technician & Deputy Head Operator
* Alek Viskkos (killed by Aeroraptors) - Head of Security & Game Warden
* Alfonso Guiterrez (not named) - Operational Field Technician
* 3 other unnamed field technicians
* 1 unnamed park warden (killed by Aeroraptors, death triggers incident)
== Dinosaurs Involved ==
Name 	Number of Specimens	Involvement
Aeroraptor 	15 specimens
(8-9 killed)	
* Kills 4 park employees
* Forces evacuation of the Main Complex
* Attacks the tour group in the Maintenance Bunker & later the Discovery Centre
* Largely considered responsible for the final abandonment of the Macmar Resort
Ashuratitan 	6 specimens 	
* First dinosaur met during the tour of the island
* Collapse of one of the specimens results in the tour group meeting Viskkos and discovering a potentially deadly disease in the island's water
Andisaurus 	1 specimen 	
* Attacks the tour group after the power failure
* Almost kills 3 members of the tour group
* Attacks the rescue effort of the tour group
* Stalks the tour group across the island
Ceratosaurus 	3-4 specimens 	
* Responsible for the chain of events that led to the discovery of carnivorous breeding in the park.
Nanosaurus 	13-14 specimens 	
* Present during the Park Tour
Parvusaurus 	3 specimens 	
* Not included in the list of dinosaurs supposed to be on the island*, labelled as 'unrecognised' by the park's remote tracking system
* Interacted with by the tour group during their trek back to the Discovery Centre
Thesceloceratops	18-20 specimens 	
* Present during the tour group's trek back to the Discovery Centre.
*Dinosaurs only mentioned in park's remote tracking system not included.
== Costs ==
* Asset Loss - $768,000
* Infrastructure Failure - $1,267,000
* Abandonment - $129,000
* Forced Staff Layoff - $334,000
* Death-related lawsuits - $2,700,000
* Other affiliated lawsuits - Undisclosed Amount
* Withdrawal of investments - $11,750,000 & 32% of all shares in the company
Overall Losses = $16,748,000 & 34% decrease in share prices
== Appearances ==
* The Rex Project: Part I
* The Rex Project: Part II (mentioned only)
* The Expedition: A Rex Project Story (mentioned only)
* The Rex Project: Chapter II (mentioned only)
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