User:Acer4666/Day 1 plot

Did you finish watching the first series of 24 and just think "What was all that about then"? Here is my attempt to work out what was going on with the baddies' plot. I've also added some other bits of other plot info, but am quite interested in the Nina/Jamey stuff. They have their own sections in each episode. If anyone has any queries, has their own theories, thinks I'm wrong, notices stuff that contradicts what I'm saying, etc, chuck some abuse on the talk page!

This is a work in progress so far.

Operation Nightfall
2 years before Day 1, David Palmer hired Robert Ellis to eliminate Victor Drazen for atrocities committed in Serbia. Ellis put together a team including Jack Bauer, who led the strike and demolished a building with explosives, where he believed Drazen to be.

However, elements within the American Government believed that Drazen was more valuable alive than dead, and unbeknownst to Palmer put into place their own operation. They tipped Victor off that his life was under threat, but then double crossed him and captured him. Victor’s body double was killed, and Bauer’s mission was deemed a success, and the world thought he was dead. He was then used as a secret means of information, while being moved through a series of secret prison locations throughout America.

Elena and Martina Drazen, Victor’s wife and daughter, arrived back from a holiday two days earlier than expected. Victor did not realise they were in the bunker when he sent his double there, and they were killed in the mission. Their deaths, coupled with Victor’s abduction, tore apart the Drazen family. Andre and Alexis, Victor’s two remaining sons, swore revenge against Jack Bauer, the killer of their family, and David Palmer, the man who authorised the mission.

Ira Gaines
Believing that in order to undertake this operation in America they would need an american crew, Andre hired Ira Gaines, a known terrorist operator. He organised for Palmer to be assassinated on the day of the Californian Primary, and Jack Bauer framed for the murder. Andre insisted that Bauer’s wife and daughter be killed, in order for Jack to feel the same pain that he had felt. Gaines decided to kidnap the family, in order to use as leverage for Jack to implicate himself in the assassination, before killing them.

Nina Myers
Nina Myers started working at CTU Los Angeles 7 years previously to Day 1. She soon learned that she could make serious money by positioning herself within the organisation and secretly selling information to terrorists, such as Joseph Wald. She also established the trust of two of the top agents - Jack Bauer and Tony Almeida - by starting romantic relationships with them. Her secret activities were overseen by German employers, and she took steps to guard against ever being caught, by setting up an escape package in Tech 3 and installing a computer worm into a part of the system that would never be updated.

Andre realised that a mole inside of CTU would be essential for the success of his revenge plot. Nina did not want to get too heavily involved in activities that could implicate her, and so she was hired to recruit another mole, who would not know of the Drazen’s link to the plan. Nina was instructed to assist the second mole if needed. Andre also got her to find out information about his father’s imprisonment. Nina found out that he was being moved to a secret facility on primary day, and hacked in to the get the blueprints 4 days beforehand. She managed to alter the records to make it look as though George Mason, the district director, had actually accessed the file.

Jamey Farrell
Nina approached Jamey Farrell, a young CTU analyst and single parent who needed money. Jamey agreed, and was put in touch with Gaines. Gaines did not know of Nina Myers’ involvement, and Andre simply provided him with a mole in CTU. Gaines got Jamey to access CTU’s surveillance system, as well as smuggle information in and out of the building.

The Key Card
Jamey knew the best way to smuggle information through security without scrutiny was by encoding a key card with data on the magnetic stripe. She knew that should the card ever be found, she needed a way to cover her tracks when making it. She approached Nina, who gave Jamey her log-in details, and instructed her to burn the card on the 14th of January, when she was away with Jack Bauer in Santa Barbara. That way, should the card ever be analysed, both women had deniability over the authorship of the card.

Jamey then filled the card with information needed by Gaines. Intricate parts of his plan were put onto the card, including the location of Penticoff and the plastic surgeon who worked on Jonathan.

Backup shooters
Andre knew the need for a contingency plan. His brother Alexis started a relationship with Elizabeth Nash, a highly placed aide of Palmer’s, a month before day 1. He met her in Washington, D.C., and they dated for a while. He then flew to D.C. again on the Thursday before the primary, spending two days with her, before flying to L.A. on the Saturday. On the Monday night, he called Nash requesting another meeting the next day.

Jovan Myovic and Mishko Suba, two more assassins from Serbia, were hired to be in Los Angeles in case the first assassination attempt failed. Suba arrived on the Saturday, entering the USA through Florida, and Myovic arrived on the Sunday.

The Rescue of Victor
Andre and Alexis also worked to get their father out of prison. After learning from Nina Myers that he would be transferred to Saugus, near Los Angeles, they decided to combine their visit with a prison break. Andre hired Harris (Day 1) and a group of mercenaries to lead the assault on the prison facility, using schematics provided by Nina. Meanwhile, Alexis arranged to bribe Alan Morgan, a power company official, to shut off the power when Victor arrived in exchange for $50,000.

Rovner & Baylor
Shortly before midnight on Primary Day, parts of the plan were discovered almost simultaneously. Scott Baylor, who worked at CTU, had found Jamey’s key card and discovered that it was full of information about Palmer. He informed Richard Walsh that Palmer may have been a target and that someone could be working in the agency against them.

Meanwhile in Kuala Lumpur, Victor Rovner somehow managed to uncover confirmation that Palmer was being targeted. He ran to find a place to get this information to CTU.

Confirmation
Rovner managed to find a computer, and relayed his information to CTU. Richard Walsh was then informed that they had confirmed that Palmer was a target, so he excused himself from his party and set up a meeting at CTU. He also arranged to meet Scott Baylor privately to discuss the possibility of a traitor.

Jack came in, and was briefed by Walsh that there could be traitors within CTU. George Mason came in, and Jack decided to blackmail him into giving up the source of the Palmer intel - Victor Rovner.

Meanwhile, Kevin Carroll made contact with Teri Bauer and Dan and Rick made contact with Kim. Mandy got a hold of Martin Belkin’s ID, and blew up the plane, killing him.

Nina
Nina was called into CTU by Richard Walsh, and then called in Jack Bauer. She presumed that the events of the day involving the Drazen’s would start to be investigated. She already knew from Jamey that the key card had gone missing, but she was confident that she would not be given away. However she probably doubted whether Drazen’s plan would succeed, given this error they had made.

When Jack asked for assistance in blackmailing George Mason, she helped him, knowing that she needed him on her side, as he was a powerful ally at CTU.

Jamey
Jamey, having lost the key card, knew that something was up. She was called into CTU, and pretended that she had been out partying, when really she had no doubt been preparing for the day. However she knew that if she just worked as normal, then she should be safe from repercussions. When Jack asked her to hack into his daughter’s e-mail, she saw no reason not to and obliged him.

However, when Richard Walsh left, she may have contacted Gaines to tell him. She suspected that whoever had found the card had contacted Walsh, given his secretive meeting with Jack, and so if the card could be recovered by Gaines’s people she would be protected.

Recovering the card
While CTU investigated the plane crash, Richard Walsh went to his meeting with Baylor. Three hitmen, sent by Gaines, intercepted their meeting and killed Baylor. Jack was called, and arrived in time to kill two of Gaines’s men and save Richard. However the third man shot Walsh, while Bauer escaped with the key card.

Meanwhile, at Gaines’s house, Mandy and Bridgit tried to get double their fee in exchange for Belkin’s ID. Dan informed Gaines that he had kidnapped Kim, and Kevin Carroll maintained his cover with Teri.

Nina
Nina covered for Jack when he left CTU, and obliged him when he asked for an entry code to 2350 Dunlop Plaza. She did not know the significance of what he was doing there.

Jamey
Just before 2am, Jack called Jamey telling her that he had a key card and needed to find out who created it. Knowing that she was protected, she traced the origin of the card just as Jack asked. If anyone investigated her work, she could prove that she traced the origin correctly and that it did indeed come from Nina’s computer. She sent this information to Jack, knowing that Nina could protect herself with the date of the card’s creation.

Dealing with Bridgit
Gaines contacted Ted Cofell, who authorised the transfer of an extra million dollars to his account at 2:10am. Gaines put this money into Bridgit’s account, and she took him to the ID. He then had her killed by Jonathan. Kim and Janet escaped, and called Teri, who set of with Kevin to find them. Rick and Dan re-captured Kim, as Janet was hit by a car.

Jamey
Jack told Jamey that Richard Walsh had been killed. She then started to realise the implications of her actions, as he meant a lot to her, and she hadn’t meant for him to die. Jack got her to verify that Nina had made the card. She did this, and Jack used the evidence to confront Nina.

Nina
Jack confronted Nina in the conference room, before taking her to his office and showing her Jamey’s findings. She then pointed out that the card was created when they were together in Santa Barbara, and the cover worked. Jack assumed that Nina’s ID had been hacked, and Nina pretended to be hurt that he had suspected her, thus further diverting any suspicion Jack had about her.

Penticoff
Penticoff was stationed at 18166 San Fernando Road to await Gaines’s instructions if he needed anything doing. On information from the card, Jack arrived and confronted Penticoff. After a chase round the buildings, he was captured by LAPD and questioned by Bauer. Knowing that he was useless if in prison and Gaines may take action to silence him, he let slip that he knew about Bauer’s daughter’s kidnap, in the hope that Jack could help get him out of prison.

Dan delivered Kim to Gaines, telling him that they killed Janet. However at the same time, Kevin learned that Janet was alive and had been taken to a nearby hospital. He went there with Teri in the hope of fixing the situation, in case Janet talked to anyone.

Jamey
Jamey was asked to decrypt the card, as Scott Baylor’s findings from it were not documented. She began “working” on it, and realised she would have to give Jack something, hopefully that would get him away from CTU to divert him from the fact she wasn’t decrypting the key card. She gave him what she thought was an innocuous and harmless piece of information from the card - 18166 San Fernando Road, at which Penticoff may or may not have been at. She didn’t give him a fake address as should anyone check the work she was doing on the decryption, she could verify it.

Then Jamey was called in by George Mason to give up the location of Jack. She refused, knowing she needs Jack’s trust and that she didn’t want all of CTU investigating the card.

Nina
Nina was told by Jack that she and Jamey were the only ones he could trust. This was perfect for them, and when George Mason came she reminded Jamey of the implications of bringing others at CTU into Jack’s findings. She refused to answer George’s interrogation until he lifted the lockdown he had placed.