Operation Hawkeye is classified TOP SECRET and was authorised personally by the previous Home Secretary shortly after the Hephaestus Scandal broke. Chief Inspector Sophia Young, leader of a specialist counter GM branch (CT12G) set up in 2046, was personally briefed by the Home Secretary in the presence of katy_coalfield.
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Those responsible for the disappearance of known Genetically Modified subjects from surveillance. It is not clear exactly who these people are or how they are operating.
| Date | Location | Event |
|---|---|---|
| 23:00 21 April 2046 | Gare du Nord, Paris | French police pick up three UK nationals behaving suspiciously at the Eurostar terminal. |
| 10:00 22 April | Folkestone | Border Command run biometrics and identify the three as GM subjects. CT12G are alerted and they are detained at Folkestone pending interrogation by CT12G. |
| 14:00 | Bedford | Three suspects brought to CT12G station for interrogation. They are identified as Gertrude Schepping, richard_coutts, and mackay-chan |
| 17:25 | Bedford | mackay-chan is arrested as a suspected facilitator of human trafficking. A search warrant is requested for his residence. |
| 17:45 | North London | Inspector Howard arrives with a constable at the Schepping residence to implicate or eliminate Mrs Schepping from the enquiry. |
| 18:30 | Bedford | A second search warrant is requested for the Schepping residence, and drone surveillance put over both addresses. CT12G mobilised on overtime, three full serials on duty. |
| 20:00 | East London | Drone operators report six heat signatures at the Chan address, with unusually high levels of thermal insulation on the house. |
| 21:15 | Westminster | National Police duty magistrate authorises the search warrants |
| 22:30 | Bedford | CT12G move off ready for the searches. |
| 23:30 22 April | East London | A further update from drone operations informs the team that there is a high bandwidth satellite uplink coming from the roof space of the Chan address. This is encrypted. |
| 00:01 23 April | East London | More drone units deployed in support of the searches at both locations. |
| 00:15 | Stratford | CT12G arrive at staging area before deploying to each of the search areas. |
| 02:50 | North London | Local police put cordon around Schepping residence. CT12G serial 2 (Insp. Hallam) searching. |
| 02:50 | Silverton | Local police put cordon around Chan address. Ch. Insp. Young leading CT12G serials 1 & 3 searching. |
| 02:59 | Silverton | Chief Inspector Sophia Young orders break in. |
| 03:00 | North London | Entry to Schepping residence is unimpeded. |
| 03:00 | Silverton | Initial attempts to force entry fail. The doors are reinforced. |
| 03:03 | Silverton | CT12G gains entry to the house and comes under automatic gunfire, one officer is down. |
| 03:03 | North London | peter_hallam reports Schepping residence uninhabited. Detailed search started. |
| 03:04 | Silverton | After an exchange of fire Chief Inspector Sophia Young shoots dead an armed man. |
| 03:05 | Silverton | An explosion occurs in the roof space of the house. |
| 03:14 | Silverton | After much shooting inside the house a second explosion occurs in the basement area. |
| 03:16 | Silverton | Chief Inspector Sophia Young calls cease firing to CT12G. London Fire Brigade are requested to provide assistance rescuing a CT12G officer trapped in the basement and putting out the fire. |
| 03:17 | Silverton | LFB and ambulance service on scene (prep work had parked them two streets away as a precaution). |
| 04:00 | Silverton | CT12G hand over the scene to forensics and leave for Bedford. |
| 04:20 | Westminster | Chief Inspector Sophia Young reports in person to the duty officer at National Police HQ. |
| 05:40 | Westminster | katy_coalfield briefs Home Secretary in person. |
| 05:15 | Silverton | The forensics team identify the armed man shot dead as Mark Whitely, a Canadian mercenary. |
| 06:30 | Westminster | National Police release entry footage of Silverton raid. |
| 08:00 | Bedford | Overtime for CT12G finishes, serials 2 & 3 knock off (less the five members of serial 3 that are still in hospital for treatment). |
| 09:30 | Westminster | katy_coalfield conducts press briefing on camera |
NOW - the following are expected future events.
| 12:00 | Bedford | Serial 4 come on duty, relieving serial 1. |
| 16:00 | Silverton | Preliminary forensics reports. |
| 16:30 | Bedford | resumption of normal shift patterns |