Nottingham 2014 Mission

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### Objectives

Prevent a devastating explosion from destroying much of the Square and killing multiple people
Apprehend and arrest those responsible

### Agents Involved

Tasneem HafizSarah Cunnington

Enora Gallou

Tom Burt

Ethan Taylor

Rupa Shaw

## Background

In the centre of Nottingham's shopping district is St Peter's Square. Beneath the city are a network of old caves, some of which are still as of yet unexplored.

Jan Engel, a Reclaimer operative, had previously been involved in the Moscow 1962 mission, but had got away ("Misdirection").

## Infraction

At 1418 hours on Saturday 20th December 2014, Jan Engel detonated a bomb from a cave beneath St Peter's Square. The bomb, made from the highly explosive experimental compound MR47, caused much of the ground to cave in, taking out the front structures of four buildings and claiming the lives of nineteen people. In addition to the casualties, Engel's body was also found in the rubble at the blast site, apparently indicating that this was to be a suicide mission.

## Mission Outline

Due to Sarah's pregnancy, Captain Hafiz was very resistant to her joining the mission, but she ended up being overruled by Erik Draper.

Upon arrival, Hafiz, Sarah and Rupa Shaw made contact with Hafiz's former friend and co-cadet of the Academy, Meghan Tyler - now an Inspector with the Nottinghamshire Police, in a calculated risk of exposure to gain her assistance in quietly evacuating the area should the others fail to locate and stop the bomb.

Meanwhile, Tom and Ethan attempted to apprehend Engel while Enora observed from their base camp. However, anticipating their efforts, Engel had arranged for a back-up team, which surprised the two agents, allowing Engel to get away.

Consequently, the infraction changed; the time of the explosion now occurred much earlier than before - and causing further casualties and deaths. Not long after they were informed of this, Ethan and Sarah spotted one of the men who had jumped Ethan and Tom, and pursued him. However, once again Engel was ahead of them as this turned out to be a trap; both Sarah and Ethan were taken, blindfolded and at gunpoint.

They next found themselves bound to a barrel in an underground cave, strapped to the MR47 bomb. Engel handed Sarah a wired switch and informed them that it was a 'dead man's switch' - should she let go, it would detonate the bomb. However he also told them that it was rigged to a timer and would go off anyway. When asked why he was doing this, Engel replied with the phrase "*Um deine fehler zu beheben*" - German for "To fix your mistakes".

Ethan decided to call Engel's bluff, reasoning that it had to have only been a simple on-off switch without a timer, which was why Engel had originally been found in the rubble after the explosion. He Home Jumped with it, then immediately Jumped back to Nottingham with Tom, where he confronted Engel - who had just emerged from the caves himself - and his two co-conspirators, Frank Fischer and Harvey Kinnock. Distracting them with the bomb, Ethan and Tom were able to apprehend and arrest all three of the Reclaimers.

## Repercussions

The bomb was prevented and all loss of life was negated.