Tunguska explosion

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{{Quote|Rot in hell, [[Thomas Edison|Thomas]].|[[Nikola Tesla]] before causing the explosion.|Assassin's Creed: The Fall}}
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|name=Tunguska explosion
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|date=June 30, 1908
|place=Tunguska, [[Russia]]
|outcome=Destruction of the facility.
|key=*[[Assassins]]
*[[Templars]]
|participants=*[[Grigori Rasputin]]
*[[Nikolai Orelov]]
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The '''Tunguska explosion''' was an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai, [[Russia]], at about 7:14 a.m. on June 30, 1908. It was caused by Nikola Tesla, working with the [[Assassins]], who tried to destroy the [[The Staff|Staff of Eden]] as a strike against the [[Templars]].

==Prelude==
In 1905, the Templar [[Grigori Rasputin]] came into possession of [[the Staff]] of Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]], a Piece of Eden. It was taken to a secret facility in central [[Russia]], near the [[Tunguska]] river.<ref name="glyph8">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #8</ref> The Staff was used as part of research into wave-generation technology.<ref name="ac1Mail">''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' - [[E-mails#Conference room email|Conference room e-mail]]</ref>

Several years prior, the inventor Nikola Tesla had been discredited and nearly ruined by the Templars, namely [[Thomas Edison]].<ref name="glyph11">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #11</ref>

==The explosion==
In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted Tesla, offering a chance to get back at the Templars.<ref name="glyph16">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' - [[Glyphs|Glyph #16]]</ref> Using his mastery of electricity and the [[wikipedia:Wardenclyffe Tower|Wardenclyffe Tower]], Tesla broadcast destruction into the facility, creating one of the largest explosions in history (more than 2,000 kilometers of forest were flattened and it is estimated that the explosion had a force of more than 30 megatons of TNT<ref name="Wikipedia">[[Wikipedia:Tunguska event|Tunguska event at Wikipedia]]</ref>). This explosion obliterated the research facility and the Staff within.<ref name="TF2">''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]'' - Issue #2</ref>

==Aftermath==
[[File:Nikolai_lying-The_Fall2.jpg|thumb|right|252px|Orelov, after the explosion at Tunguska.]]The explosion was an Assassin victory. The explosion destroyed the Staff and left only one of the three assassins on the mission, [[Nikolai Orelov]], alive. Orelov later returned to [[Anna]], barely alive, muttering that the Staff was destroyed.<ref name="TF2"/>

==References==
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==Gallery==

<center><gallery captionalign="left">
Tesla_v.png|[[Nikola Tesla]] activates his weapon.
Tungska_fall_v.png|The Templar facility, moments before the explosion.
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