The Re-DNA Generator Explosion

The Re-DNA Generator explosion took place on June 22nd in Briar City. It is the first major event in the Brawler Guard comic series is the source of many of the events in Brawler Guard.

## Detailed Events

### Morning

On June 22nd, Merchant/Magi Guard held their annual light show and fair that tests the power and abilities of their newest generator prototype. Thousands of people gathered at Magi Plaza to enjoy games, rides and snacks while they waited for night fall to enjoy the light show.

While busy preparing, Acolt Summerdust infiltrated Merchant with a hacked key card that formally belonged to Atdeck. Once inside, Acolt began navigating to the lower level of Merchant, where the generator was located. Caroline nearly discovered him, but pretended to be Atdeck in order to evade her. During this time, Magi Guard was occupied with a potential kidnapping event, and no clue Acolt had broken into the building.

Acolt found the generator and enacted his plan to sabotage it with his upgraded re-DNA, making a chemical reaction that would explode and unleash the re-DNA upon contact with electricity. After hiding with a cover created to look like the base of the generator, Acolt began to make his escape.

However, Acolt was discovered by Mason, who was searching city wide camera footage for the missing person. Mason alerted Benjamin, then went to confront Acolt himself. A small argument over their shared history ensued, but Acolt eventually left on his own accord.

Mason, immediately suspicious of Acolt, went to check the generator for any signs of tampering. While checking the generator, the missing person was found and the situation was resolved. Mason then notified the team of Acolt's appearance, and how the generator should be checked for tampering, unable to check it himself due to it being technology and Mason's technopathic abilities. The team investigated the generator, and found no signs of tampering, tricked by the cover around the base.

## Evening

That night, preparations were complete and the light show could commence with what everyone assumed to be no problems. Once the crowds have gathered around the Merchant build, the generator was activated, and the light show began, and immediately ended once the generator overloaded due to Acolt's tampering and exploded. Once exploded the re-DNA activated and spread out across the city, losing its effectiveness just before the Mirestone city limits. Changes were mostly instantaneous, but mostly unnoticed on-site at Magi Plaza due to the commotion of the generator exploding. Evacuation of Magi Plaza began, escorting everyone to the City Centre and beginning triage of mostly glass related injuries. Authorities and Magi Guard began investigations into the cause of the explosion, but ultimately the night ended without any revelations.

## Aftermath

Magi Guard neglected to patrol the day after the explosion as to begin investigating what happened. The generator was mostly destroyed, leaving little evidence of Acolt's tampering, and most investigations leading to dead ends as to what went wrong. The first day of investigations ended with no conclusions on what happened.

The second day, investigations were still going, but were cut short upon multiple incidents of superpowered individuals involved in accidents. However, none of these people were listed on the Estradorian registry as having superpowers. Using a blood sample from one of the individuals, team discovered the unidentified nucleotide that is presumed to be linked to the superpowers obtained by Evergreen and Anon. After more investigations into camera footage and more blood testing, the team uncovered Acolt's infiltration, and his plan to find another way to give individuals superpowers.