Operation Orthrus

Operation Orthrus was a scheme by Drake to incriminate K9 and provide a pretext to apply for a warrant for his arrest.

History

After failing to curry favour with the public by staging a terrorist attack thanks to Starkey and K9, Drake attempted to get a hold of K9 to benefit from his technology by allying himself with Ahab. This plan also failed and June Turner took K9 under her protection by forming the K9 Unit. (TV: The Bounty Hunter ^[+]Loading...["The Bounty Hunter (TV story)"])

Drake remained eager to get his hands on K9, (TV: Jaws of Orthrus ^[+]Loading...["Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)"]) although he was willing to let him be destroyed as collateral damage to destroy Fear. (TV: Fear Itself ^[+]Loading...["Fear Itself (TV story)"]) He invested 15,000 man hours into building an inferior duplicate of K9, Orthrus, who was unable to speak and was lacking in RAM, with the goal of framing K9 for an attack and giving him cause to have him arrested and decommissioned. This operation was beyond June Turner's clearance.

Orthrus shot Drake non-lethally at a protest against new Department microchips, after which Drake sought an arrest warrant from the Public Safety Council and advised June that K9 had better surrender. He attempted to form an alliance with Darius Pike to ensure that the arrest went smoothly once the warrant was granted, but Darius betrayed him and helped K9 escape. Orthrus went after K9 in the sewers and was destroyed. (TV: Jaws of Orthrus ^[+]Loading...["Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)"])

Aftermath

Upon learning of the existence of Operation Orthrus and finding that it was beyond her security clearance, June investigated and convened a special meeting of the Public Safety Council where it was found that Drake had bypassed all the required approvals. Operation Orthrus was thus terminated, although Orthrus had already been destroyed by K9 at this point. (TV: Jaws of Orthrus ^[+]Loading...["Jaws of Orthrus (TV story)"])