Tunguska explosion

The Tunguska explosion was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river, in what is now , Russia, at about 7:14am on 30 June, 1908. It was caused by Nikola Tesla in collaboration with the Assassins, who were trying to destroy a Templar research facility where one of the Staves of Eden was being experimented upon.
==Prelude==
In 1905, the Templar Grigori Rasputin came into possession of Tsar Nicholas II's Imperial Sceptre, which was one of the Staves of Eden. It was then taken to a secret facility in central Russia near the Tunguska river,Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #8: "Martyrs" where the Staff was used as part of research into wave-generation technology.Assassin's Creed – Email subject header: "Analysis"
==The explosion==
Several years prior to 1905, Thomas Edison and his Templar associates had discredited and nearly financially ruined the inventor Nikola Tesla.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #11: "The Inventor" In the summer of 1908, the Assassins contacted Tesla and offered him a chance to take revenge on the Templars.Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #16: "The Cavalry" The plan involved Nikolai Orelov and two other Assassins to infiltrate the facility, with the objective to retrieve the Staff of Eden before the facility was to be destroyed.Assassin's Creed: The Fall – Issue #02
However, the Assassins were ultimately unable to remove the Piece of Eden from the facility in time, and Tesla prepared to carry out his orders. Using his mastery of electricity and the , Tesla broadcasted an immense burst of electricity into the facility and the Piece of Eden, creating one of the largest explosions in known history. This explosion obliterated the research facility and the Staff within it. Nikolai was the only survivor of the event despite being at the explosion's center but still did not escaped unharmed, as the blast had torn his clothes to shreds and left him stunned for some time.
==Aftermath==
The explosion was remembered by contemporary and successive AssassinsAssassin's Creed: Odyssey – Modern day as a victory in their clandestine war with the Templars, though the event destroyed all of the Staff except for one of its shards. This piece eventually fell into the hands of Grigori Rasputin, who was later killed by conspirators in December 1916. After Rasputin's burial, Nikolai exhumed the body in his pursuit of the shard and later handed it down to his daughter, Nadya.Assassin's Creed: The Chain
==Gallery==
Tesla v.png|Nikola Tesla activating his weapon
Tungska fall v.png|Nikola Tesla lab, moments after triggering the explosion
Glyph 16 3.png|The Tunguska Event seen in the Glyphs
Tunguska trees.jpg|Trees knocked over by the explosion
ACi-MysterySolved.jpg|Remnants of the Tunguska Explosion
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed 
*Assassin's Creed II 
*Assassin's Creed: The Fall 
*Assassin's Creed: Revelations 
*Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia 
*Assassin's Creed: Odyssey 
==References==
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