Odessa Unity Summit
Odessa Unity Summit | |
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First mentioned: | Dark Matters, Part 3 |
Date of event: | June 13, 2014 |
Location: | Odessa, TX |
The June 13th summit is a summit in Odessa, TX for the evolved humans to stand up against judgment.
Notable Participants
- Senator Fahey
- Phoebe Frady
- Patrick Ottinger
- Primatech
- Renautas
- Mohinder Suresh
Notable Visitors
- Claire Bennet
- Noah Bennet
- Dennis Collins
- Joanne Collins
- Luke Collins
- Flying boy
- Flying boy's father
- Oscar Gutierrez
- Hipster Dude
- Hip hop dancer (I)
- Hip hop dancer (II)
- Mick the Ice Guy
- Shape shifting evo
About
Following Claire Bennet's coming out as an evolved human in 2010, the world saw a significant rise in the number of people with abilities, nicknamed evos. Tensions rose between humans and evos, as some governments restricted the rights of evos, forcing them to register, issuing them ID cards, and blatantly discriminating against those with powers. Peaceful demonstrations as well as angry riots were common on both sides of the issue.
In order to foster peace between humans and evos, a 3-day summit was planned for the weekend of June 13-15, 2014. The summit would be held at Primatech Headquarters in Odessa, TX, since Primatech was the global leader in evo studies. The summit would also be sponsored by Renautas and Senator Fahey. Some called the planned summit a "new beginning" for evo-human relations, others said it was going to "lay the groundwork for a new and lasting peace between human and Evo". Noah Bennet, an important agent at Primatech, said it was "Woodstock for Evos". Dr. Mohinder Suresh, a leading expert on the increasing number of evolved humans, said that the summit was to be the "dawn of a new era of man".
The actual summit started as a beautiful day, with the Texas heat rising off the ground. The summit had attracted thousands of people, dignitaries and news media from around the world, and also protesters who were generally kept outside the summit's perimeter. Traffic was backed up for quite some distance on roads leading toward Primatech. With a temporary grandstand and redoubled security, the summit started with a troop of shape shifting dancers, hip hop dancers, music, food, festivities, and many displays of unique abilities.
At some point before noon, the sky went dark and the air went cold, and the sun was covered up in what appeared to be an eclipse (though Noah Bennet believed it to be the work of someone or something else). Then a sudden, blinding white flash exploded out of nowhere, and then another, and then another. Noah (inside the premises) noted that the explosions were totally silent, but Quentin Frady (on the road toward Primatech) heard a loud explosion. 2,343 people were killed, with more than 1,000 bodies possibly still entombed in the rubble a year later. Despite that, there were several survivors of the disaster, including Luke and Joanne Collins, Noah Bennet, and others.
Though the city of Odessa lives on, the surrounding area was left a desolate wasteland, compared to Chernobyl and Fukushima. The perimeter of the site is empty, save for dozens of dead pigeons. The site is surrounded by forbidding signs and chain-link fences, and visitors to the site are turned away. Even birds don't fly over the rubble. In the aftermath of the catastrophe, the media reported that Mohinder Suresh took responsibility for the attack, along with 10 other suicide bombers, including Phoebe Frady and Patrick Ottinger. Suresh was painted by the media as an evo-supremacist, and took responsibility for other attacks on evos. Though Phoebe was found alive, the damage from June 13 was already done. June 13 changed everything: evos went into hiding or were killed in the streets of some countries. Though there a few isolated vigilantes fought back, by and large evos were discriminated against, persecuted, and hunted after the disastrous summit.
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Heroes Evolutions
The Odessa Report
A news report called "The Odessa Report" shows a newscaster reporting on June 13, 2014, about the summit. The report, which was recorded before disaster struck the summit, purports that the summit is meant to be a new beginning for evo-human relations. Mohinder Suresh calls the summit the "dawn of a new era of man".
Brave New World
In the eBook Brave New World, it says that Primatech has to double and then redouble its security detail for the summit. Noah calls it "Woodstock for Evos" and says that those with powers and their families are allowed into the company grounds. The book also gives several other details about the summit, including that 2,343 people were killed, and that 1,000 bodies are rumored to still lay under the rubble. The book also says that birds don't fly over the site, and that the perimeter is littered with dead pigeons.