Operation Bayonet

Theft Case Notes - General heading page

Theft Case Notes/OB - Notes specific to Operation Bayonet, launched against The Third Power in Ascendancy Point

• In late Januray, 2007, After Scarlett Kiteway was kidnapped, Kurt McAllister contacted Helena Frye asking for help.
• The conversation was productive, and Kurt sent her all information regarding the Library of Babel site.
• Kurt was informed of the ensuing Operation Bayonet.

Pre-Event

• After Scarlett and Violet returned from Lancewood Archipelago, Scarlett was stuck in a sullen and moody funk.
• Nathan Earlywine took over the city council, and locked down the Earth datalink.
• A number of revelations came to light, placing Sente Kiteway in jail.
• Despite all of Earlywine's best efforts at controlling things, The Third Power (particularly Combed Thunderclap) were still communicating between Earth and the City.
• Thus, Kurt took the blame for not properly regulating the firewall. Consequently, he found himself on a 'non-voluntary vacation'.

• Meanwhile, the Kiteway house was broken into and trashed.
• Violet and Scarlett were considering new ways to investigate. The thinking (at the time) was that a newspaper reporter may have been responsible, and was looking for story leads or evidence against the erstwhile academy Master.
• Scarlett volunteered to go The Sentinal and meet with Iona Rodie and others, to see if she could learn anything about who might have done it.
• Unbeknownst to the girls, however, the intruder was a member of The Third Power, who had found evidence linking Scarlett the The Cube theft.
• Scarlett was kidnapped while at the Sentinel.

• Scarlett's disappearance had many effects on the conclave.
• Violet was besought with grief, feeling utterly helpless.
• Kurt delved into her rescue (having no actual job to mind at the moment)
• Caine appeared to be utterly, completely, cluelessly lost -- but riding high on his band's sudden fame.

• Kurt contacted Helena Frye, who let him in on all her plans.

• This afforded us the ability to (finally) see what the police have been doing for the past year.

Event

• The Operation date was scheduled for 30-JAN-07.
• The raid began as 7:00 PM GMT, and was neatly concluded by 9:15 PM GMT.

Operation Bayonet summary:

• The team was met with a number of locks and challenges, which we on Earth solved as a team.
  • Rawk on, bulldogs!!
• Helena's Team eventually made their way into the 3P lair, and a gunfight ensued.
• Helena Frye was badly wounded
  • She is expected to recover.
• Scarlett was discovered and rescued
  • It is obvious she was tortured, with something unspeakable done to her fingers.
• Police Officer Patrick Harrison was killed
• Police Officer Petra Fishcook was killed
• Academy Department of Languages Adj.Sen. Fellow Roberto Solitano was killed
  • His role in The Third Power remains unclear.

• SilentlyBroken wrote up a stunning summary: wordpress link
• ...with pictures! flikr link

Other details:

• As the assault team was going in, they met with Caine, who just happened to be in the neighborhood.
• A mystery message was picked up by Kurt's key:

Form the layer. Find the era. Follow the Way. Find the Cube.

• The meaning is quite unclear at this time.

Post-Event

• After the raid:
  • Leads and information, as gathered during the raid, led to a sweep of 3P arrests across the city.
  • Caine was arrested on a hunch by Violet

References

• Helena Frye's Casefile
  • "PERSONAL CASE NOTES - OPERATION BAYONET" (link)

• The Path of Least Time
  • blog, 31-JAN-07 "" ([ link])

• Quirky Acuity
  • blog, 31-JAN-07 "" ([ link])

• The Ooze Zone
  • blog, 31-JAN-07 "Times like these" (link)
  • blog, 31-JAN-07 "The deepest blues are black" (link)

• The Scarlett Kite
  • blog, 19-JAN-07 "Gone" (link)
  • blog, 19-JAN-07 "Something Happens" (link)
  • blog, 31-JAN-07 "Hello?" (link)

• Perplex City Sentinel
  • article, 31-JAN-07 "6 Killed in Deadly Police Raid on Point (link)