Malaysia 1978 Mission

The mission to Malaysia in 1978 was undertaken by the Hong Kong Field Team.
== Background ==
An American archaeologist was on a dig in the Bujang Valley in 1978, along with two locals who were acting as his assistants. On the morning of 19th March, the archaeologist discovered a ceremonial dagger in the ruins of a temple. In the original history, he died later that same day, and the dagger was never recovered.
== Infraction ==
A Reclaimer by the name of Lestari attempted to murder the archaeologist six hours before he was due to die, presumably to take the dagger.
== Mission Outline ==
=== Hong Kong Field Team ===
The team tracked Lestari and prevented her from raiding the camp, but she was killed during their attempt to arrest her.
=== External Events ===
In 2020, Sarah Cunnington Jumped to Bujang Valley and observed the mission in progress, having been tipped off by the last words of Trym Nesbø, a Reclaimer operative. She was shocked to see that both Agent Tom Burt and Reclaimer defector Eryn Gray were also present during the mission. Shortly after this discovery, she was captured by Adrian - though a different Adrian to the one currently on the Malaysia mission - who attempted to disfigure her, but was killed by Ethan Taylor before he could. ("Misdirection")
Tom and Eryn were present due to being sent there by Cassius in 2017, to acquire the dagger in question - Monika Lestari, it turns out, was an alias of Eryn. However, events unfolded a little differently to how they would be officially described. Eryn managed to best the Hong Kong Field Team by threatening to kill Captain Wan, and Tom got the dagger for Eryn, who then forced the QIA team to leave. In her attempts to keep the matter closed, Eryn threatened Danziger; however, Danziger had been forewarned by Tom, and he shot and killed Eryn. Distraught, after he and Eryn had begun to form a connection, Tom Home Jumped with Eryn's body. Later, Alan Burns found Danziger and killed him in revenge, as Eryn had been his daughter. ("Reclamation")
== Repercussions ==
Upon returning to Hong Kong, the entire team was ordered by Director Lao to sign a non-disclosure agreement regarding the details of the mission - most likely as a result of them having been bested by Eryn. Unsatisfied by this outcome, Agents Xuē Wenquan and Huang Chuntao began secretly looking into the matter, and discovered that the dagger was referenced in an Indonesian ritual known as 'thirupi vangarangeh', which is Tamil for 'to reclaim'.
Xuē later recounted all of this to Sarah Cunnington, who had been visiting Hong Kong at the time ("Jilani").
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