9 Days Falling continues with three scenes that illustrate how easy it would be to cause mayhem in the world's major oil producing regions. In Thunder Horse Down we see the effects of a really bad hurricane in our own vital gulf region of the Caribbean Sea. This time the damage exceeds that of hurricane Katrina, and several major oil platforms are seriously damaged, including the world's largest semi-submersible off shore oil platform, named "Thunder Horse."
Next the boiling kettle in the Nigerian Delta region erupts suddenly in "Barbarrosa," the code name given to a new MEND offensive against Western oil facilities there. This, of course, poses more challenges for Ben Flack on Robertkiri platform, but the Fairchild operation is close at hand as these two plot lines finally meet and join as one.
Next the boiling kettle in the Nigerian Delta region erupts suddenly in "Barbarrosa," the code name given to a new MEND offensive against Western oil facilities there. This, of course, poses more challenges for Ben Flack on Robertkiri platform, but the Fairchild operation is close at hand as these two plot lines finally meet and join as one.
In the Persian Gulf the situation involving the Fairchild tanker Princess Royal follows a predictable path of escalation. U.S. assets in the region quickly surmise the source of the attack and deploy, and Iran is now to be faced with a difficult decision. If American forces occupy Abu Musa, technically violating Iranian soil, what will the response be? The commander of Iran's aging air force muses on his options before receiving the order to "stand ready." The events that will follow will have profound implications, and the oil industry will never quite recover from the chaos about to be simultaneously unleashed in two of the world's major oil production centers.
Scene 16 - Thunder Horse Down
Scene 17 - Barbarossa
Scene 18 - Stand Ready
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