Pvt. Frank Carlson
RAMC member | Voluntary Aid Detachment-7520.11.1874
Biography
The past. Forever locked in regret. We tried, but we have one last chance.
Some time ago, Frank Carlson was booked passage on board the Titanic and instructed to remain in his cabin for the entire voyage until further instructions from his contact, Penny Pringle. On the fateful night of April 14, 1912, he did just that, and the two rendezvoused on the mission of their lives. They encountered and weaved through quite a few notable faces, among them a certain Colonel Alfred Zeitel. The mission, which was to retrieve the Rubaiyat, the notebook of Willi Von Haderlitz, a painting, and later a genuine diamond necklace, was held together purely on espionage, social know how, and puzzling puzzles. Despite this, the pair managed to partially succeed. While they failed to retrieve the genuine necklace, or the Rubaiyat, they managed to save the notebook and the painting. The notebook contained the names of several Russian revolutionaries hoping to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. Likewise, the painting held some secret troop deployments on the German border, which were later scrapped in a cost cutting measure regardless.
The notebook was turned in to the Okrana, and the Revolutionaries were wiped from history. But that did not stop the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, and it certainly did not stop the onslaught of the Great War. In any case, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 lives, while Carlson and Pringle escaped the sinking ship in lifeboats. The painting's secret was useless, but the creator of it, a rather excitable Austrian, enjoyed a brief flash of fame for the painting was among the few treasures to survive the Titanic unscathed. Unfortunately he cannot enjoy said success now, for he is serving in the trenches for Germany.
The mission was a partial success in part thanks to the retrieval of the notebook, which meant that both Carlson and Pringle retained their status in the Secret Service, albeit demoted because of the failure to retrieve the other valuables which were tied to sales performed by the Black Hand terrorist group. The two went their separate ways upon war's declaration, Carlson in the Gallipoli Campaign as part of the RAMC, and Pringle in clandestine missions in various fields. However, it seems he's been brought back to the Secret Service, but in secret, and on the condition he continues his RAMC service publicly. It also happens he and Pringle are back together, having been so since September of this year so the latter could familiarize herself with the duties of the Britannic's various medical teams to perfect the cover. Their mission is a double whammy: Potential espionage in Greece, and helping smuggle British materials and intelligence to strengthen a revitalized Russia into fighting the Germans. The HMHS Britannic, a practical blood relative of the Titanic if one views the situation with semantics, is their method of conveyance.
They have one final chance to get the world fixed up nice and neatly. The agents of the present live and die in the shadows for those they hold close, for those they never meet, and for those in the future to reap the spoils of a peaceful world.
Maybe one day, there won't be a desire to change the past, for there will be nothing to change.
Some time ago, Frank Carlson was booked passage on board the Titanic and instructed to remain in his cabin for the entire voyage until further instructions from his contact, Penny Pringle. On the fateful night of April 14, 1912, he did just that, and the two rendezvoused on the mission of their lives. They encountered and weaved through quite a few notable faces, among them a certain Colonel Alfred Zeitel. The mission, which was to retrieve the Rubaiyat, the notebook of Willi Von Haderlitz, a painting, and later a genuine diamond necklace, was held together purely on espionage, social know how, and puzzling puzzles. Despite this, the pair managed to partially succeed. While they failed to retrieve the genuine necklace, or the Rubaiyat, they managed to save the notebook and the painting. The notebook contained the names of several Russian revolutionaries hoping to overthrow Tsar Nicholas II. Likewise, the painting held some secret troop deployments on the German border, which were later scrapped in a cost cutting measure regardless.
The notebook was turned in to the Okrana, and the Revolutionaries were wiped from history. But that did not stop the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand at Sarajevo, and it certainly did not stop the onslaught of the Great War. In any case, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 lives, while Carlson and Pringle escaped the sinking ship in lifeboats. The painting's secret was useless, but the creator of it, a rather excitable Austrian, enjoyed a brief flash of fame for the painting was among the few treasures to survive the Titanic unscathed. Unfortunately he cannot enjoy said success now, for he is serving in the trenches for Germany.
The mission was a partial success in part thanks to the retrieval of the notebook, which meant that both Carlson and Pringle retained their status in the Secret Service, albeit demoted because of the failure to retrieve the other valuables which were tied to sales performed by the Black Hand terrorist group. The two went their separate ways upon war's declaration, Carlson in the Gallipoli Campaign as part of the RAMC, and Pringle in clandestine missions in various fields. However, it seems he's been brought back to the Secret Service, but in secret, and on the condition he continues his RAMC service publicly. It also happens he and Pringle are back together, having been so since September of this year so the latter could familiarize herself with the duties of the Britannic's various medical teams to perfect the cover. Their mission is a double whammy: Potential espionage in Greece, and helping smuggle British materials and intelligence to strengthen a revitalized Russia into fighting the Germans. The HMHS Britannic, a practical blood relative of the Titanic if one views the situation with semantics, is their method of conveyance.
They have one final chance to get the world fixed up nice and neatly. The agents of the present live and die in the shadows for those they hold close, for those they never meet, and for those in the future to reap the spoils of a peaceful world.
Maybe one day, there won't be a desire to change the past, for there will be nothing to change.