Since there's not a lot of info on the ARK Events Ongoing Stories thread, I thought I'd make a counterpart for collecting what we've learned and speculations on what will happen.
This is pretty much a copy/paste from the Lumen Orien Forums.
The one issue is that roleplayers involved in ARK stories tend to keep quiet about it so research isn't always easy. So please if you find yourself involved, or learn something not in this summary, tell everyone here so that I can keep the information up to date and keep everyone informed.
FROM GENELE
"We are also coordinating with ARK to run events and to challenge Omni-Tek’s presence in Borealis... conflict will fill the streets of Borealis during the anniversary events, resulting in a change in the balance of power."
"A unique set of events will take place in Borealis during our birthday celebrations, so make sure you don't miss them! 2 weeks after the 27th of June we will patch the servers with changes to Borealis."
SO FAR (just facts)
- Some
presumably alienartifact was buried under the Borealis dish- Omni-Tek have been modifying the Borealis dish
- OTAF has deployed special riot units into Borealis
- Surprisingly, riots happened
- The Borealis Freedom Fighters have been more active
- Lt General Rosuma of OTAF reports on the emergence of a radical clan sect called the Obsidian Army.
- Xeavier Humbold was assassinated in Tir by Omni-Tek
- Sentinels are refusing to aid the investigation
- The Humbold Device was created to make insurance safer for big political figures
- The Humbold device appeared in Borealis and OT aren't happy about it
- Bahirae Serugiusu is identified as "the Obsidian one" by a New Dawn member.
- OT announced an unveiling of their "latest invention" at the dish
- Hephas Vrej Deringer confirmed leader of Borealis Freedom Fighters
- A satellite of unknown purpose referred to as the Damocles Array is launched into a geostationary orbit above Borealis.
- OTRK CEO Tarkhan Zora makes a speech revealing the Borealis Dish as a weapon and orders it to target Tir before it blows up, permakilling Zora, Lt Gen Rosuma and Jessica Lonare.
- Massive fights break out. An Obsidian Army member appears at the dish and may have suggested that it was them that caused the explosion.
- Omni-Pol chief Ivan Sergeyich resigns and Bahirae Serugiusu is named leader of both Omni-Pol and Omni-AF.
- Bahirae Serugiusu addresses the corporation with the Intern-Ops android MAX by her side.
- Bahirae declares herself interim CEO, disbands Omni-Pol, declares martial law on RK and blames New Dawn for the dish explosion.
- ICC and Omni-Tek begin to round up New Dawn members for deportation. All New Dawn members now face permadeath for simply being on Rubi-Ka.
- Omni-Pol attempts to arrest Bahirae. It doesn't go well for them.
- Omni-Pol players escape capture and make contact with Pol Chief Sergeyich and Reform Director Eva Pourais, who apparently supported them. Now they are laying low with Omni-AF trying to track them down.
- Ruth Montezuma, secretive leader of New Dawn, hacks an OTPC broadcast and calls for her people to go into hiding and prepare for resistance.
- Ivan Sergeyich goes into hiding.
- BFF and OTAF flood the streets of Borealis in the biggest clash to date. Rubble, bodies and debris still litter Borealis 3 days later.
- Despite being officially disbanded, Omni-Pol assist in securing Borealis and defending from an alien invasion. Some of them are arrested.
- Vrej broadcasts a message to all Neutrals to organise a resistance.
- OTAF issues an order for troops to gather in Borealis.
- Despite the losses suffered by her clan, Ruth Montezuma decides to assist the Neutrals in Borealis and calls on the clans to aid her.
- After another long fight in Borealis, ICC steps in and takes control of the city. They apparently intend to investigate Omni-Tek's actions there.
- OT Employees concerned about Bahirae seek assistance from the Unredeemed. Prophet Nar Van grants them visions of the the past and a possible future. Possible spoilers: See Phantom's write-up.
- Omni-Pol announce their intention to secure evidence against Bahirae.
EVENTS CHARACTERS (bold = ingame nick)
- Bahirae Serugiusu - OTAF second-in-command (both names used)
Hephas Vrej Derringer - Leader of the Borealis Freedom Fighters (confirmed)DECEASED- BFF Officer Jill Naikant
- Aneta Riahan - Omni-Pol officer
- Cpt Jonothan Townsend - OTAF officer
- Ivan Sergeyich - Former head of Omni-Pol
- Eva Pourais - Director of Omni-Reform
- MAX - an android representative of Omni-InternOps
- Ruth Montezuma - Leader of the clan New Dawn, previously in hiding
Xeavier Humbold - de facto leader of New DawnDECEASEDLt Gen Robert Rosuma - OTAF commanderDECEASEDJessica Lonare - Administrator of BorealisDECEASEDTarkhan Zora - CEO of OTRKDECEASED
INTERESTING STORY POINTS
- It seems that Bahirae (OTAF's now second-in-command) is involved. Humbold was killed after she asked for volunteers for a special mission.
- Agentcora suggested here that the Omni-Pol org actually carried out the assassination for Bahirae off-the-books.
- People are speculating on why Humbold was killed. Normally he's quite friendly with OT. The best guess seems to be he knew something about OT's plans in Borealis.
- At the interview and subsequent events, Hephas and Naikant repeated the phrase "Borealis is Fighting". Seems to be something of a slogan.
- According to the ARK Events ongoing stories post, Lt Gen Robert Rosuma has apparently been talking about a militant clan called the Obsidian Army, though it's not clear how they are related.
- Seems the Obsidian Army made an appearance after the dish explosion and may have claimed responsibility. Though other people are saying it was an accident.- Supposedly the riot-specialists all look the same. (? Not at all confirmed.)
WHERE FROM HERE?
Event at 19:45 GMT in ICC
OT players are picking sides, either hunting down Omni-Pol, or working against their own CEO... In some cases possibly both?
The Omni-Pol org is requesting help from pretty much anyone.
Neutrals are assisting the BFF and preparing for a big fight against OTAF. Done... not sure what Neuts are up to now.
Not sure what clanners are up to.
SPECULATIONS
All signs point to Borealis becoming a war zone during the anniversary weeks and then changing faction to either neutral or clan. It's more likely to be neutral, but we don't know yet how the Sentinels are involved with Humbold's death.
There's some plot that links the dish to Humold's death. The Sentinels and Bahirae know what's going on.
The name "Damocles Array" implies either impending doom hanging above the city, a weapon, or both. People have speculated in the past that the dish was being made into a weapon. Seems reasonable now. CONFIRMED
The Obsidian Army caused the dish explosion? If so they've kept pretty quiet. On the other hand, everyone else seems to have forgotten about the object that was buried under the dish that's mentioned in the ARK Events thread... I can't seem to find any other reference to it. Word of god is it was not alien.
Agentcora's perspective:
During the modification of the Dish, a member of the New Dawn named Suestar was present, and was later detained by myself and other Omni-Pol Officers. Upon informing Bahirae that we captured a Clan spy, Bahirae arrived where Suestar then identified her as "The Obsidian One". Bahirae immediately killed Suestar, and ordered everyone present to forget it happened. Naturally, i contacted Omni-Tek Internal Operations and informed them of the possible link between Bahirae and the Obsidian Army.
Now for yesterdays event we saw this: Zora, Rosuma and Lonare arrived and were shown to an exact spot by Bahirae, this spot later exploded from a coolant malfunction, killing all nearby. Immediately after the explosion members of the Obsidian Army arrived, and Bahirae and all AF-Riot Specialists (who all look like Bahirae) evacuated, abanonding their post and all the employees present.
Next, we see Bahirae take control of Omni-AF and Omni-Pol.
From an Omni perspective this looks like Bahirae is in the Obsidian Army and is taking control of Omni-Tek on Rubi-Ka. So now Omni-Pol, under orders of Omni-InternOps will be attempting an arrest during tommorows speech.
Lliers' commentary/speculations:
In addition to whatever havoc Bahirae Serugiusu plans to wreak on Clans/Neutrals/Borealis/Rubi-Ka, this is shaping up to include significant internal turmoil within Omni-Tek.
Sentinels still completely silent. Now we add New Dawn to the mix. No idea if New Dawn were actually to blame for the explosion or just being made a scapegoat. Though Bahirae Serugiusu is being accused of being a warmonger by former/deceased Omni-Pol officer, it was Tarkhan Zora that originally approved the deployment of the Damocles device and was the one who ordered the targeting of Tir. Is Bahirae Serugiusu just seizing the opportunity to snatch power and start the war she's always wanted or was she informed and part of the larger plan from the beginning?
Special thanks to Lliers and Agentcora