Rome 1981 Mission

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### Objectives

Investigate and prevent whatever infraction is due to occur

### Agents Involved

Tasneem HafizEnora Gallou

Tom Burt

Rupa Kalsi

Denny Franklin

## Background

Following her capture and interrogation, Tereza Porizkova alluded to a Reclaimer 'legend' whereby an infraction occurred in Rome, 1981, which was never picked up on by the Eye and therefore never prevented by the QIA.

## Infraction

At the time of the Jump, the actual infraction was not clear, meaning the team went in blind.

## Mission Outline

Upon arrival, the Field Team set up base in a field opposite Mangano's villa, which was the location for the alleged infraction. Agents Gallou and Burt staged a car crash, calculated to cause minimal damage to the timeline, to create enough of a distraction for Agent Franklin to set up surveillance equipment around the villa. Using this, they discovered that Alessio Mangano, owner of the villa, was away in Sicily on business.

However, further scrutiny led to the discovery that Jack Harringer was in this timeline, and that he was responsible for the infraction. The team witnessed Harringer enter the villa, go straight to the master bedroom, pick the lock of a jewellery box and steal a ring.

However, at that moment, the footage cut out momentarily, so that the actual moment in which Harringer supposedly took the ring.

*Events from the episode "Jack" had previously revealed that the ring belonged to Robert Tunneson, and that Nate Cotter, the man who employed Jack to steal the ring, was burned alive in retribution. These events also led to the murder of Jessica Cooper, and Jack's subsequent revenge crusade against Tunneson.*

## Repercussions

Realising that this had happened in an earlier part of Harringer's timeline, the team were unable to arrest him in Rome, nor could they prevent the infraction. However, on Rupa Kalsi's suggestion, they used the tracking device implanted on Harringer during the Dubai mission and followed him from his encounter with Sarah in San Francisco to Tampa, Florida - his last known whereabouts - and arrested him in his ranch there.

Harringer was extradited back to London, where he faced trial and was found guilty of quantum terrorism. Harringer was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment in the Void.

During the Sweeper Team's cleanup, Dan Hamilton noticed that, when Mangano returned from Sicily, he was accompanied by none other than Robert Tunneson. ("Unnatural")

Hamilton also saw Sarah Cunnington, who had been sent by Erik Draper, along with Emil Salastas, to interfere with the surveillance footage and therefore later justify her breaking Jack out of the Void. However, during her mission, Hamilton later returned again and tagged her with a tracking device, which ultimately led to Sarah's arrest. ("Northolt")

Sarah was subsequently found guilty of committing a quantum infraction without the protection of the QIA, and was sentenced to incarceration in the Void. However, she was later pardoned by Draper, and her record cleared. ("Justice", "Hall").