Tunguska explosion

"Rot in hell, Thomas."

―Nikola Tesla before causing the explosion.

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 in collaboration with the Assassin Order, who were trying to destroy a Templar research facility where one of the Staves of Eden was being experimented upon.

Prelude

In 1905, the Templar Grigori Rasputin came into possession of the Imperial Scepter of Tsar Nicholas II, which was one of the Staves of Eden. It was then taken to a secret facility in central Russia, near the Tunguska river.

There, the Staff was used as part of research into wave-generation technology.

The explosion

Several years prior to 1905, the inventor Nikola Tesla had been discredited and nearly ruined by the Templars, particularly by Thomas Edison.

In the summer of 1908, members of the Assassin Order contacted Tesla, and offered him a chance to take revenge on the Templars. Nikolai Orelov and two other Assassins infiltrated the facility, with the objective to retrieve the Staff of Eden before the facility was to be destroyed.

However, the Assassins were ultimately unable to remove the Piece of Eden from the facility in time, and Tesla prepared to carry out his orders. Using his mastery of electricity and the Wardenclyffe Tower, Tesla broadcast an immense burst of electricity into the facility and the Piece of Eden, creating one of the largest explosions in history.

Nikolai after the explosion at Tunguska.

This explosion obliterated the research facility and the Staff within it. Nikolai was the only survivor of the event, and wound up lying with his clothes torn apart in the middle of the crater caused by the explosion.

Aftermath

The explosion was an Assassin victory. The event destroyed the Staff, though at least one shard of it was salvaged. The shard eventually fell into the hands of Grigori Rasputin, who was later killed by conspirators in December 1916.

After his burial, Rasputin's body was unearthed by Nikolai Orelov, in his pursuit of the shard.

Gallery

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  Nikola Tesla activates his weapon.
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  The Templar facility, moments before the explosion.