Poole 1973 Mission

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### Objectives

Track James Carson and prevent him from being adducted by a quantum terrorist

### Agents Involved

Tom BurtEthan Taylor

Hayden Kemp

Amy Stoker

Iulya Dalca

Carlos Sánchez

## Background

James Carson, age 16, was abducted by Leon Kozłowski and Oskar Metelski, two Polish immigrants working as dockhands and known sex offenders in both Poland and England, on 9th January 1973. Originally he was then kept prisoner for two weeks and subjected to sexual and physical abuse until he was dumped at the docks on the 26th January. He would later go on to live until 2014, still in Dorset until at least December 1999.

## Infraction

This was changed, however, in November 2020 when an unknown quantum terrorist intervened and James was no longer dumped at the docks, but in fact was never seen again. This resulted in a considerable change to the timeline, as changes were consequently made throughout the following forty years.

This infraction was later linked with a number of others involving the abduction of children, including Bridget Stanton and Amy Stoker.

## Mission Outline

### Preparation

Since James still had to be abducted by Kozłowski and Metelski, the team were unable to intervene with this event, and so their remit was to track and follow James until history actually changed.

To aid with their mission, Ethan designed and built the quantum imager, a device capable of seeing through materials and picking up differing thermal patterns, such as organic matter, in addition to registering their quantum energy signature.

### Attempt 1

On the mission, the team set up positions to observe both James and the two Polish men. They tracked and followed the van and watched as the two men abducted him and drove off again. While Hayden drove, Ethan attempted to observe James using the imager - however, the technology failed him. This was compounded by a gold Ford Cortina getting in the way of their chase. The Cortina was later found smashed and abandoned, but by this point it was too late, and they found the van stopped, James gone and Kozłowski unconscious: at some point between being abducted and that point, James had been taken.

### Attempt 2

Unable to directly go back and try again, Ethan - who had fixed the imager after the first failed attempt - persuaded Amy to Jump with him a second time, during which they stole the gold Cortina seen earlier (in an example of a causal loop) and chased after the van. During this second chase, Ethan was able to observe through his imager that someone had Jumped into the moving van, knocked Kozłowski unconscious and then Jumped back out again, taking James with them. However, as a result of the chase, Amy also somehow crashed the Cortina, breaking her arm.

## Repercussions

The unknown quantum terrorist still got away, but thanks to Ethan the team did get a record of their quantum energy signature, which led to having to ask Brent Hall for assistance, as he had been studying quantum tracing two years earlier.