On November 12, 2023, a large neutrino burst was detected by multiple observatories, followed by the brief appearance of what seemed to be a supernova or an intermittent variable star, which then mysteriously vanished hours later. The neutrino burst was recorded globally with no identifiable point of origin, creating an enigmatic scenario that initially seemed unrelated to the subsequent astronomical event.
A deeper investigation revealed an unexpected connection between the two occurrences, drawing together a group of individuals from diverse backgrounds and regions. Among them were Major Jake Shepard, an Australian Special Air Service Regiment officer; war correspondent Madison Bennet from GPT News; billionaire innovator Oscar McDade; and the brilliant Russian scientist Professor Kasiniia Mikhailovich Sakharov.
While astronomers traced the electromagnetic signal to the Sculptor Galaxy Cluster, seven hundred million light-years away, the scientific consensus was that the two events were unrelated because of the vast difference in the arrival of neutrinos and light. Intelligence agencies suspected otherwise, especially after a powerful and unexplained electromagnetic pulse was detected at Vostok Station in Antarctica on the same day.
Relic, an advanced artificial intelligence housed within McDade Industries, quickly identified simultaneous energy pulses originating from ancient artifacts across the globe. One such artifact was in the possession of Major Jake Shepard. Meanwhile, Russian and Chinese intelligence agents, led by Hong Liu and Colonel Mikolai Nabialok, had taken a keen interest in the Vostok anomaly, suspecting that something significant lay beneath Lake Vostok.