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Operation Black Eden was a last-ditch combat operation planned and executed by SRPA against the Chimera during the Chimeran War. The operation was the final victory for SRPA and United States military forces during the invasion.
Background[]
In June 1953, the United States had been overrun by the Chimera after the Liberty Defense Perimeter was breached, leaving a precious few millions of survivors scattered across the country and the remains of the U.S. government relocating to the last safe zone in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[1][2] The Chimera, commanded by Daedalus, achieved their goals in activating the remaining Chimeran towers in America and moved the Chimeran fleet to the Chicxulub crater to execute their final plan, where the energy beam created by the tower network was redirected to the Chicxulub tower.[3]
Dr. Fyodor Malikov, who was stationed in Cocodrie, observed the entire Chimeran fleet over the crater and came to the conclusion that detonating a nuclear bomb in the middle of the fleet would destroy everything within the crater.[4] Malikov convinced Major Richard Blake to carry out this risky operation, eventually dubbed as "Black Eden," as a last effort to stop the Chimera's plan and destroy Daedalus. Prior to this operation Blake procured SRPA's six kiloton fission bomb (codenamed "Nellie") and insisted to his superiors that Nathan Hale, who was close to succumbing to the Chimeran virus, be involved in the mission as Blake believed that including Hale was the best chance they had for the operation to succeed.[5][6]
Battle[]
Blake brought Nellie to Cocodrie in order to have it brought on board the flagship by hijacking a Chimeran shuttle. However, while the bomb was being transported into the town, Blake's convoy was attacked by Chimeran forces. The bomb's delivery was temporarily thwarted, with Blake separated from the bomb when he was attacked by Stalkers while en route. Eventually, Corporal Joseph Capelli and Victor Company recover the bomb and were forced to defend it. Hale also arrived and helped in defending the bomb as Capelli repaired a Chimeran Hornet to carry the bomb to a nearby shuttle depot. After Capelli went to deliver the bomb, Hale went to search for Blake and eventually found him with X-Ray Squad.[1]
Hale, Blake, and X-Ray regrouped with Capelli and Nellie, and arrived at the depot. After eliminating the depot's Chimeran forces, the group boarded a shuttle and traveled to the flagship undetected.[7]
Once on the ship the group split up with Blake and X-Ray Squad delivering Nellie to the ship's reactor core while Hale and Capelli went to the ship's bridge in order to direct Blake and X-Ray Squad to the reactor. While on the way to the reactor, Blake and X-Ray were ambushed by the Chimera. Radio contact was lost, and it was later revealed that they had all been killed, with Nellie taken by Chimeran forces and brought to Daedalus to personally dispose of the bomb. Hale, with radio coordination from Capelli, tracked Nellie and battled Daedalus.[7]
Hale was able to killed Daedalus and was overwhelmed by a powerful source of energy upon touching Daedalus's corpse; instantly gaining Daedalus' powers. After Nellie was activated, Hale and Capelli escaped the flagship at the last minute as the nuclear bomb exploded, engulfing the flagship and annihilating the entire Chimeran fleet. The electromagnetic blast from the explosion disrupted Hale and Capelli's shuttle and forced them to crash land.[7]
Aftermath[]
Hale and Capelli were the sole survivors of the operation. Following the destruction of the Chimeran fleet, and despite what SRPA had done, the detonation of Nellie had caused to "kick-start" the tower network, creating a energy surge towards the hub tower in New York City and creating a wormhole over the city, opening a portal to the Chimera's homeworld. This unexplained incident had been Daedalus's and the Chimera's actual plan, but the full details of which are still unrevealed.[8]
Hale inevitably succumbed to the Chimeran virus and Capelli was forced to kill him.[7] Hale's body was recovered and was studied by Dr. Malikov. The scientist's research led to the discovery of a unique antigen and protein in Hale's blood which ultimately become the cure for the Chimeran virus.[9]
References[]
- ^ a b Resistance 2, campaign level Cocodrie
- ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 19
- ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 22
- ^ Intel 20
- ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 25
- ^ SRPA Intelligence Memorandum 26
- ^ a b c d Resistance 2, campaign level Chicxulub Crater
- ^ SRPA Research Journal 7
- ^ Resistance 3