Black Dolphin Mission

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### Objectives

Break out Sacha Bell
Return Bell to his prison cell once he has restored the Hubs

## Background

Black Dolphin prison, officially named **Federal Governmental Institution — penal colony № 6 Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Orenburg region, is an infamous prison in Orenburg, Russia.**

In 2019, after Aleksander Volkov was involved in an attempted infraction, it was noted that he was in fact, in the current timeline, an inmate at Black Dolphin, and thus the version of him seen in Cornwall was likely from the future.

In 2023, after his arrest and later extraction by Konstantin Denisov, American ex-CIA operative Sacha Bell was incarcerated at Black Dolphin. A few months later, after all three QIA Hubs were taken offline by the theta.exe program, it was decided that Bell - who was officially dead anyway - was needed to bring the Hubs back online, as he had previously been a courier of the Hub schematics between Brent Hall and the OVM.

## Infraction

No infraction was involved with this particular mission, although later on Konstantn caused one, after Jumping back in time by one day. This mission ran concurrently with the Vienna and St Petersburg missions, which did involve infractions, though these were caused (or attempted) by the London Field Team to ensure the success of this mission and the mission in Moscow.

## Mission Outline

The plan was simple; Jack Harringer was to take Tom Burt into the prison five hours into the future (thus technically not causing an infraction), switch him for Sacha Bell, then after Bell got the Hubs back online, Jack would bring Bell back into the prison to switch back just seconds after the initial swap; Bell would be given a suicide pill to end his suffering as 'payment' for his help.

The mission did not at all go as planned, however, as the prison appeared to be employing the same anti-Jump technology as seen first in Sağlık Pharmaceuticals and later in QIA facilities. In addition to Jack not being able to Jump back out of the prison, they were also both ambushed by guards who had apparently been expecting them.

Jack was taken to a literal cage fight, where he was pitted against Aleksander Volkov and Pyotr Lunyov, while Tom was shocked to learn that his cellmate was none other than Brent Hall, who had been missing - presumed escaped from QIA custody - for the last month.

Hall told Tom that he had a means of escape, and insinuated that he had not only been expecting him, but that he had also tipped off the guards - presumably in order to faciliiate his own escape.

Following the attack on the OVM by Carlos Sánchez and Iulya Dalca, Konstantin entered the prison - sent by Irina Polyakov to ensure that Bell did not escape - armed to the teeth after first being denied entry officially. Konstantin then began a rampage through the prison in an attempt to get to Bell, inadvertantly (or possibly in a pre-destination paradox) granting Hall and Tom the opportunity to attempt their escape. Hall sent a guard who was on his payroll to disable the security measures, as well as to send Jack to them (Jack being their only actual means of escaping), while also stopping off himself to pick up two modified amps.

Hall and Tom met up with Jack, Bell and Volkov in the prison chapel, where Bell - enraged after months of torture and assaults at the hands of Lunyov - tore off his fellow inmate's ear with his teeth, gouged his eyes and then ripped out his tongue. Meanwhile Jack engaged in a Jump-enabled fight with Konstantin which eventually resulted in Konstantin stabbing himself through the head.

With the security system down, Jack was able to Jump out of Black Dolphin, taking with him Tom, Bell, Hall and Volkov - however, thanks to the amps, Hall and Volkov were diverted elsewhere, allowing them to avoid recapture by the QIA.

## Repercussions

Bell was taken back to London by Jack and the others, and was able to restore the Hubs using his technical knowledge. He was later handed over to the CIA, but given the suicide pill after all; shortly after being turned over to CIA custody he took the pill and died.

Between Konstantin's attack on Black Dolphin, the destruction of the OVM and Irina's other ilicit actions, the OVM was officially declared a failed project and Irina herself was arrested.