Post by Catsmate on Apr 16, 2016 10:33:11 GMT
Since the 2012 Olympic Games ended eighteen athletes who took part have died suddenly1. In France this is being referred to as the 'London Olympics curse'2.
Is it an odd statistical blip, like the murder rate in San Luis Obispo? Or something more sinister?
The dead.
Overall it's a wide mix of sports, nationalities and manners of death.
In the Whoniverse 'sinister' wins out over 'statistical blip' 99% of the time. So, is someone attempting to cover something up with a campaign of carefully managed assassinations?
Who? What? Why? Generally the 'what' will lead to 'who' and 'why'.
Were the athletes exposed to something at the games that necessitated their deaths, or directly caused at least some of them. Could it have been an experiment by someone (Magnus Greel and the Rani come to mind), using the generally fit Olympians as test subjects. Perhaps it's linked to the rash of child disappearances around the opening of the games.
Perhaps the Olympics had some unusual attendees that year. Creatures from another world whose presence contaminated some of the participants. A mess UNIT or another agency now has to clean up. Permanently.
Or were the athletes 'possessed' in some way by non-corporeal beings from another planet or dimension? If so, who's doing the killing? A team sent from their home planet to eliminate the refugees/dissidents/criminals perhaps? Or is it a conflict between two factions of the possessors? What are the aliens up to?
It'd be an interesting investigative scenario for UNIT; confronted with a statistical oddity the team must figure out what's going on, if anything.
Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?
1 The body of Trevor Moore had never been found, he is believed to have disappeared from his boat under odd circumstances. Foul play is suspected.
2 Actually 'la malediction olympique'.
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Is it an odd statistical blip, like the murder rate in San Luis Obispo? Or something more sinister?
The dead.
Name | Country | Sport(s) | Date of death | Manner of death |
Keitani Graham | Micronesia | Wrestling | 07DEC2012 | Heart attack |
Burry Stander | South Africa | Cycling | 03JAN2013 | Road accident |
Andrew Simpson | UK | Sailing | 09MAY2013 | Boating accident |
Elena Ivashchenko | Russia | Judo | 15JUN2013 | Suicide |
Billy Ward | Australia | Boxing | 04AUG2013 | Suicide |
Abdelrahman el-Trabily | Egypt | Wrestling | 16AUG2013 | Shot by police during political protest |
Jakkrit Panichpatikum | Thailand | Pistol shooting | 19OCT2013 | Murdered, shot by mother-in-law |
Christian Lopez | Guatemala | Weightlifting | 06NOV1013 | Died suddenly from pneumonia |
Besik Kudukhov | Russia | Wrestling | 29DEC2013 | Road accident |
Elena Baltacha | UK | Tennis | 03MAY2014 | Liver cancer |
Camille Muffat | France | Swimming | 09MAR2015 | Helicopter crash |
Alexis Vastine | France | Boxing | 09MAR2015 | Helicopter crash |
Daundre Barnaby | Canada | Track running | 27MAR2015 | Disappeared while swimming |
Trevor Moore | USA | Sailing | 25JUN2015 | Disappeared at sea |
Yuliya Balykina | Belarus | Sprint running | late OCT2015 | Murdered by former partner |
Laurent Vidal | France | Triathlon | 10NOV2015 | Heart attack |
Sarah Tait | Australia | Rowing | 03MAR2016 | Cervical cancer |
Overall it's a wide mix of sports, nationalities and manners of death.
In the Whoniverse 'sinister' wins out over 'statistical blip' 99% of the time. So, is someone attempting to cover something up with a campaign of carefully managed assassinations?
Who? What? Why? Generally the 'what' will lead to 'who' and 'why'.
Were the athletes exposed to something at the games that necessitated their deaths, or directly caused at least some of them. Could it have been an experiment by someone (Magnus Greel and the Rani come to mind), using the generally fit Olympians as test subjects. Perhaps it's linked to the rash of child disappearances around the opening of the games.
- If it was supposed to enhance athletic performance it didn't do much; several of the dead didn't place in their sports.
- It'd have to be subtle, give the level of medical monitoring and drug testing such athletes are commonly subjected to.
Perhaps the Olympics had some unusual attendees that year. Creatures from another world whose presence contaminated some of the participants. A mess UNIT or another agency now has to clean up. Permanently.
Or were the athletes 'possessed' in some way by non-corporeal beings from another planet or dimension? If so, who's doing the killing? A team sent from their home planet to eliminate the refugees/dissidents/criminals perhaps? Or is it a conflict between two factions of the possessors? What are the aliens up to?
It'd be an interesting investigative scenario for UNIT; confronted with a statistical oddity the team must figure out what's going on, if anything.
- It'd also be an interesting possibility for a red herring. Perhaps the investigation leads the team to stumble over a completely different plot...
Ideas? Comments? Suggestions?
1 The body of Trevor Moore had never been found, he is believed to have disappeared from his boat under odd circumstances. Foul play is suspected.
2 Actually 'la malediction olympique'.
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