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O-Missions

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The Others, led by Tom make themselves known in great numbers to Jack, Sawyer, and Locke.
Standoff at the last major "O-Mission" before the Others retreated for a period.
The Others re-emerge led by Richard Alpert to save Ben from the mercenaries.

"O-Missions" is a term for when the Others assemble a strike team to undertake a mission, such as kidnapping Walt ("Exodus, Part 1"), or invading the survivors' camp ("Through the Looking Glass"). The nature of these missions was best summarized by Ana Lucia (a tail-section survivor who felt personally victimized by the Others) ("Abandoned"). An "O-Mission" refers to a mission of the Others, which usually includes a combination of Ben, Richard, Tom and other members sent on mole or military operations.

ANA LUCIA: They came the first night that we got here and took three of us. Nothing happened for two weeks, then they came back and took nine more. They're smart, and they're animals, and they could be anywhere at any time. Now we're moving through the jungle - their jungle - just so you can save your little hick friend over here. And if you think that one gun and one bullet is going to stop them - think again. So shut your mouth and keep moving.


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Definition

To be considered an "O-Mission", at least one Other must be responsible for the idea of performing the mission, though one or more members of the "A-Team,", "B-Team" or Freighter may support this plan. Additionally, any of the base members of the Others: Ben, Richard, Tom, Bea and Pryce may assume leadership of a mission. This number has been supplemented from time to time as Ethan, Goodwin, Mikhail and Pickett have been called upon by Ben or Richard to serve the interests of the Others.

An "O-Mission" is further defined here as an individual or strike team targeting an individual or group of individuals for capture (in the case of the survivors) or elimination (in the case of the mercenary team).

The the term for a primary or main survivors mission is an "A-Mission," the term for a supportive or independent survivors mission is a "B-Mission," the term for an Others mission is an "O-Mission" and the term for a Freighter mission is an "F-Mission." Each are interpreted as reactions usually counter to the goals of "O-Missions."


Members

Picture Name Status Role Overview
Ben Alive, 2008 Leader, DHARMA-background, communicator with Jacob Ben was the newly appointed leader of the Others following the Purge in 1992 when the DHARMA Initiative was wiped out by the "Hostiles." He has proven to be both manipulative and absolute in controlling his people and has personally planned almost every mission his people have enacted.
Richard Alive, Unknown Leader, original Hostile Richard has been a strong presence within the hierarchy of the Others though only rarely has he been seen in an unquestioned leadership position. He has remained a strong spiritual leader to the less prominent members of the Others and sometimes conflicts with the leadership the Island has chosen him to be secondary to.
Juliet Believed Dead, 1977, defected to the survivors Semi-leader, doctor/fertility researcher Juliet initially worked as a fertility specialist within the Others, but gave her allegiance to the survivors when she tired of Ben forcing her to live his dream. After the crippling of the Others' forces, she remained with Jack's group and stayed very active in the survivor's plans until Ben moved the Island. Since then, she has been a secondary leader in Sawyer's group and formed a relationship with him.
Pryce Dead Semi-leader, soldier Pryce assumed control over the Others security detail to Ben Linus after Pickett was murdered by Juliet. He reports directly to Ben and has often led his best men on his missions, which include Jason, Ivan, Matthew, and Luke.
Ms. Klugh Dead Semi-leader, interrogator Ms. Klugh was a very subtle, yet powerful force within the Others who was very loyal to Ben and would work in conjunction with Tom and Pickett, usually involving extraction and kidnapping missions.
Tom Dead Semi-leader, interrogator Tom served as the voice of the Others in their personal interactions with the survivors and laid down the terms of "the line" that should not be crossed in order to maintain their tense "understanding." He served primarily on extraction and kidnapping missions, often at the behest of Ben, Klugh, or Pryce.
Pickett Dead Semi-leader, soldier Pickett was in control of the Others security detail at the time of the crash of Oceanic Flight 815 in which he often participated in missions to capture and guard survivors of the crash at the behest of his superiors. He was seen to be in command of subordinate Others such as Jason, Ivan, Matthew, and Luke before he was murdered by Juliet.
Ethan Dead Semi-leader, DHARMA-background, doctor/surgeon Ethan was the skilled surgeon of the Others who worked very closely with fertility specialist Juliet before he was ordered by Ben to inflitrate the middle-section survivors' camp to compile a list and report back to him. While there, he became obsessed with treating and saving Claire's baby but was murdered by Charlie before he could attempt to operate on her.
Goodwin Dead Semi-leader, doctor, chemical technician at the Tempest. Goodwin was an Other in a relationship with Juliet, resulting in Ben's jealousy and his sending of Goodwin to the tail-section survivors to compile a list and report back to him. He assisted in the capture of many Tailies but was killed by Ana Lucia less than a week after he tried unsuccessfully to make a case for her to join the Others.
Mikhail Dead Semi-leader, technical skills, soldier Mikhail is an extreme loyalist of Ben who manned the Flame station for the Others. He was called upon by Ben to maintain communication with the outside world but was eventually called upon by Ben to sabotoge Charlie's raid on the Looking Glass when the survivors seemed close to rescue.
Colleen Dead Semi-leader, soldier Colleen Pickett played a subordinate role in the Others hierarchy but remained a competent soldier and able to organize a strike team to aid Ben Linus. She was likely involved in several Others missions but none more prominent than when she reported to Ben that the survivors had come into possession of a sailboat.
Jason Dead Follower, soldier Jason was a minor guard for the Others who reported primarily to Pickett and later Pryce. He was an integral member of the security team that guarded Hydra Island and was one of Pryce's ten best men who participated in the raid on the survivors' beach.
Ivan Dead Follower, soldier Ivan was a minor guard for the Others who reported primarily to Pickett and later Pryce. He was an integral member of the security team that guarded Hydra Island and was one of Pryce's ten best men who participated in the raid on the survivors' beach.
Matthew Dead Follower, soldier Matthew was a minor guard for the Others who reported primarily to Pickett and later Pryce. He was an integral member of the security team that guarded Hydra Island and was one of Pryce's ten best men who participated in the raid on the survivors' beach.
Luke Dead Follower, soldier Luke was a minor guard for the Others who reported primarily to Pickett and later Pryce. He was an integral member of the security team that guarded Hydra Island and was one of Pryce's ten best men who participated in the raid on the survivors' beach..


Season 1

Infiltrate the Survivors' Camps

Infiltrate the Survivors' Camps
Outcome: Half-Accomplished; the list was successfully made by Goodwin regarding the Tailies and sent to the Barracks for further examination, but Ethan was discovered to be a spy before he could make his list of the middle section survivors.

Episodes: "Solitary", "Raised by Another", "The Other 48 Days", "A Tale of Two Cities", "One of Us", "The Other Woman"
Others Involved: Ben, Ethan, Goodwin
Also involved: Oceanic Flight 815 survivors
Mission: To kidnap the appropriate people from the tail section of Oceanic Flight 815.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: On September 22, 2004, an electromagnetic anomaly within the Island triggered by a system failure in the Swan caused the mid-air break-up of Oceanic Flight 815, which had aftershocks that were immediately felt by the Others at the Barracks.
Discoveries: Locke's healing, Claire's pregnancy
Relation to Lost storyline: Ben Linus, leader of the Others sent his two best men, surgeon Ethan Rom and chemical specialist Goodwin, into each section of flight Oceanic 815's wreckage (mid-section and tail, respectively) in order to develop intelligence on the survivors and make lists in three days for review by Jacob to see who should be "taken." Ethan was sent in case a pregnant woman was onboard the flight and further experimention could solve the Island pregnancy dilemma, while Goodwin was sent as punishment for his affair with Juliet.


Kidnap the Tailies

Kidnap the Tailies
Outcome: Half-Accomplished, although many of the tail-section survivors were successfully abducted, they soon moved inland and disappeared from the Others' radar.

Episodes: "The Other 48 Days"
Others Involved: Goodwin, additional Others
Also involved: Tailies
Mission: To kidnap the appropriate people from the tail section of Oceanic Flight 815.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background:
Discoveries: Ana Lucia was not on the list, Goodwin kills Nathan because he was not a good person
Relation to Lost storyline: The tension between the survivors and the Others first begins, leading to severe mistrust and malignment for the next 90 days on the Island. Ana Lucia emerges as the leader of the Tailies, and the infiltration tactics of the Others emerges as predominant theme, as does the abduction of survivors.


Track the Tailies

Track the Tailies
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "What Kate Did", "The Other Woman"
Others Involved: Goodwin, Tom, Pickett
Also involved: Tailies
Mission: To relocate the Tailies and begin to take them again as needed.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: With the realization that the Others knew their position, Ana Lucia ordered her people to extinguish the signal fire on the beach and trek inland through the jungle to avoid further victimization.
Discoveries: Goodwin was exposed, Juliet "belongs" to Ben
Relation to Lost storyline: When Ana Lucia realized Goodwin was never on the plane, she confronted him and accidentally killed him with a stake to the chest. Although the Others failed to relocate the Tailies position in the jungle, a recon team by Tom and Pickett came across the dead body of Goodwin, which was later revisited by Ben and Juliet as his demonstration to her that she is only "his."


Kidnap Claire

Kidnap Claire
Outcome: Half-Accomplished; although Claire was successfully kidnapped and Charlie was returned to the survivors, she later escaped on the day of the operation with the help of Alex and returned to her camp by Danielle Rousseau.

Episodes: "Raised by Another", "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues", "Maternity Leave", "One of Us"
Others Involved: Ethan, Alex, Juliet, Tom
Also involved: Claire, Charlie
Mission: To adapt to Ethan's blown cover and kidnap Claire to see if her pregnancy could be salvaged.
Corresponding A-Mission: Search for Charlie and Claire
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Ethan left Charlie for dead and brought Claire to the Staff for continued testing and research on her pregnancy, though he was chastised by Tom for not making lists of the mid-section survivors first like Ben ordered.
Discoveries: Claire was going to be killed in order for her baby to be born, Alex is alive, living with the Others, and is sympathetic to the survivors
Relation to Lost storyline: Charlie was He was rescued from his fate by Jack, Kate, and Locke with the help of Boone and Hurley. The pregnancy problem on the Island was so severe that the Others were more than willing to sacrifice the life of the mother to ensure the successful delivery of her child. With nine mothers already succumbing to the manifested disease of the pregnancy on the Island, Ethan was relatively immune to losing another mother and Juliet was laboring over a treatment.


Retake Claire

Retake Claire
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Homecoming"
Others Involved: Ethan
Also involved: Middle section survivors
Mission: To bring Claire back to the Staff and remove her baby surgically.
Corresponding A-Mission: Trap Ethan
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Claire had previously escaped from the Others' custody after spending a week highly sedated at the Staff. Ethan had grown attached to Claire and refused to accept this failure, and so he acted on his own to take her back from the survivors.
Discoveries: The survivors were well-organized and armed, Ethan could infiltrate the survivors beach camp from the ocean (likely though use of the submarine)
Relation to Lost storyline: Before he could successfully kidnap Claire and bring her back to the Staff, Ethan was ambushed by the "A-Team" and executed by Charlie. Ethan's death brought the first severe casualty of the Others out of the tension with the survivors. News of his death prompted Juliet to beg Ben to allow Goodwin to return home, as well as cost the Others their very skilled surgeon.


Kidnap Walt

Kidnap Walt
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Exodus, Part 3"
Others Involved: Tom, Molotov Woman, The Twins
Also involved: Michael, Sawyer, Jin, Walt
Mission: To locate the raft and kidnap Walt.
Corresponding A-Mission: Journeying by Raft
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: The survivors launched a raft crewed by Michael, Sawyer, Jin, and Walt to possibly obtain rescue from the outside world, yet the Others intercepted them en route.
Discoveries: The boat
Relation to Lost storyline: Believing they had been rescued when a small fishing boat intercepted their raft, the survivors were ordered to give Walt to their "rescuers." When they refused, Sawyer was shot, prompting Jin to dive in after him. Michael was beaten off the raft and Walt was taken, culminating in the destruction of the raft by a Molotov cocktail.


Season 2

Capture Michael

Capture Michael
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "The Hunting Party", "Three Minutes"
Others Involved: Tom, Pickett, Alex, Ms. Klugh
Also involved: None
Mission: To subdue Michael and take him to the Decoy Village
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: While in the Swan, Michael engaged in a conversation with Walt, or someone posing as him. He said where he was being held by the Others. Michael took two guns and some bullets.
Discoveries: Information about Walt's childhood
Relation to Lost storyline: Michael encountered Pickett, whose seeming peacefulness was a trap. Tom appeared and captured Michael with a pair of bolas.


Rescue Ben from the Hatch

Rescue Ben from the Hatch
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Two for the Road"
Others Involved: Ben, Ms. Klugh
Also involved: Michael
Mission: To free Ben
Corresponding A-Mission: Hunting for "Henry"
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Michael was given instructions, along with a list, by Ms. Klugh, to return to the camp of the Losties and free Ben, among other things (see: Kidnapping Walt's rescue party).
Discoveries: Michael's treason.
Relation to Lost storyline: Michael returned to camp and explained that The Others were almost "worse off than them (the survivors)". When the station was relatively quiet, Michael killed Ana Lucia and Libby, freed Ben, and made things appear as if Ben had escaped unaided.


Kidnap Walt's Rescue Party

Kidnap Walt's Rescue Party
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Live Together, Die Alone"
Others Involved: Tom, Ms. Klugh, Alex, Ben, Pickett, additional Others
Also involved: Michael
Mission: To capture Jack, Kate, Sawyer and Hurley
Corresponding A-Mission: Rescuing Walt
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: After capturing and breaking Michael, Jack, Kate, Sawyer, and Hurley were lured into a trap by Michael.
Discoveries: Michael's betrayal
Relation to Lost storyline: Michael succeeded in getting the survivors to the other side of the Island, where the Others ambushed them near the capsule dump. Michael was given the Others' boat and allowed to leave the Island. ("Live Together, Die Alone")


Season 3

Steal the Elizabeth

Steal the Elizabeth
Outcome: Half-Accomplished, the boat was stolen, but Colleen was killed

Episodes: "The Glass Ballerina"
Others Involved: Tom, Colleen, Matthew, Ivan, Ryan
Also involved: None
Mission: To steal the sailboat
Corresponding A-Mission: Ambushing the Others
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: When Ryan radioed in to tell Colleen that the survivors had a sailboat, Ben ordered her to steal it.
Discoveries: Sun will protect herself at any cost
Relation to Lost storyline: Ben instructed Colleen to get the boat back from the mid-section survivors. She took a team out in order to do so, and the team boarded the boat, only to find Sun was on it. Sun had a gun, and used it to shoot Colleen. ("The Glass Ballerina")


Recapture Sawyer and Kate

Recapture Sawyer and Kate
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Not in Portland"
Others Involved: Pickett, Ivan, Jason, Aldo
Also involved: None
Mission: To re-capture Sawyer and Kate, and kill them if needed.
Corresponding A-Mission: Escaping Hydra Island
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: After Pickett attempted to execute Sawyer, the tables were turned when Kate and Sawyer escaped.
Discoveries: Juliet's deception
Relation to Lost storyline: After Sawyer's execution failed, Kate and Sawyer attacked Danny and Jason and escaped from the cages area in the Hydra station. Ivan was sent by Juliet to help Danny and Jason, and to go after the fugitives.

The trio chased after them, but lost them when Alex hid them in her hideout. They eventually came to the Hydra facility, where Aldo the guard, told them Sawyer, Kate and Alex had managed to rescue Karl from room 23 and ran away.
Danny continued to chase after them, and eventually found them on the beach. At this point, he was shot and killed by Juliet.


Re-Infiltrate the Survivors' Camp

Re-Infiltrate the Survivors' Camp
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Left Behind", "One of Us", "D.O.C.", "Operation: Sleeper", "The Brig"
Others Involved: Juliet, Ben
Also involved: Middle section survivors
Mission: To re-infiltrate the survivors camp to observe, study, and analyze the female middle section survivors.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: With the submarine destroyed and Jack’s rescue party failed in its efforts, Ben saw an opportunity to re-infiltrate the survivors camp after the loss of Ethan.
Discoveries: Sun’s pregnancy
Relation to Lost storyline: Ben planned with Juliet to defect into the survivors group and cure Claire as a token of goodwill. Juliet was to record messages on a tape recorder in the Staff on a regular basis until a week later when the Others would invade the beach camp and take all confirmed pregnant women. Juliet, however, would betray the Others by revealing their plan to Jack and siding with the Losties.


Invade the Beach Camp

Invade the Beach Camp
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Greatest Hits", "Through the Looking Glass"
Others Involved: Ben, Pryce, Tom, Ivan, Matthew, Luke, Jason, Diane, Aldo, Isabel, Juliet, Karl, Alex
Also involved: Middle section survivors
Mission: To abduct the pregnant women in the survivors camp in order to test their conditions.
Corresponding A-Mission: Defeating the Others
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Ben, shaken after his experience with Locke at the Cabin, changes the plan and moves the timetable up on the capture of the middle section survivors’ pregnant women. He tells Pryce of the change and orders a full-scale invasion of the camp a day early. Pryce takes his best men and heads out.
Discoveries: Many of the Others do not trust Ben, Juliet and Alex betrayed Ben
Relation to Lost storyline: With Juliet revealing the Others’ plans to Jack, the survivors camp (with aid from Danielle Rousseau) stashed three piles of dynamite in each of the three tents Juliet marked for the Others to focus on in their raid. The survivors expedite their plan when Karl (under orders from Alex to warn them) told the survivors that the Others were coming that night, not the next day. Sayid, Bernard, and Jin elect to stay behind and shoot at the dynamite, while Jack moves the rest of the survivors to the radio tower. Not anticipating their knowledge of the raid, Pryce and his men fall right into the trap and suffer massive casualties when the dynamite is discharged. Only Pryce, Tom, and Jason survive, managing to take the three remaining survivors hostage in the process. No pregnant women were captured whatsoever.


Guard the Hostages

Guard the Hostages
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Through the Looking Glass"
Others Involved: Ben, Pryce, Tom, Jason, Juliet
Also involved: Sayid, Jin, Bernard, Hurley, Sawyer
Mission: To guard the hostages taken after the fallolut from the failed raid.
Corresponding A-Mission: Defeating the Others
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: With seven of their people dead, Tom angrily communicates this update to Ben, who tells them to hold on to Sayid, Jin, and Bernard as hostages and not to kill them yet.
Discoveries: Ben’s bluff, DHARMA van, Juliet’s betrayal
Relation to Lost storyline: Under orders from Ben to fire three rounds into the sand, Tom and Pryce keep the hostages alive but under close watch. Sawyer and Juliet sneak back into camp to free their friends but have no guns. Suddenly, the two are surprised by Hurley, who has also come back and has commandeered the DHARMA van they found a week ago. Hurley runs over Pryce, causing Jason and Tom to scatter. Sayid trips Jason and snaps his neck with his legs all while bound and gagged. Juliet holds Tom at gunpoint and Sawyer delivers the final blow, executing an unarmed Tom as he surrenders for taking Walt off the raft.


Secure the Looking Glass

Secure the Looking Glass
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Through the Looking Glass"
Others Involved: Ben, Mikhail, Bonnie, Greta
Also involved: Charlie, Desmond
Mission: To find out what Charlie is doing there and to keep the signal operational.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Receiving word from Bonnie and Greta, operatives he put in charge of safeguarding the radio-signal jammer in the Looking Glass, Ben learns that Juliet betrayed him by informing the middle section survivors of the beach raid and the underwater station’s existence. He sends Mikhail Bakhunin down to the Looking Glass to eliminate Charlie and to keep the signal functioning.
Discoveries: Bonnie and Greta are secretly in charge of the station, Juliet betrayed Ben, Ben has been blocking communications from off the Island.
Relation to Lost storyline: Mikhail shoots at Desmond who is still in the outrigger, prompting him to swim down to the moon pool and Mikhail gives chase. The Looking Glass receives a message from Ben, which Mikhail answers. Under new orders from Ben, Mikhail kills Greta, shoots Bonnie, and is about to execute her when Desmond reappears and harpoons Mikhail through the chest. Mikhail regains consciousness, and appears with a grenade outside the porthole in the room where Charlie has just deactivated the jamming signal. He releases it and kills them both.


Prevent Contact with Naomi’s Ship

Prevent Contact with Naomi’s Ship
Outcome: Failed
Episodes: "Through the Looking Glass"
Others Involved: Ben, Alex
Also involved: Jack, Kate, Locke, other survivors
Mission: To catch up to Jack and the middle section survivors and talk them out of contacting Naomi’s ship.
Corresponding A-Mission: Contacting Naomi's Ship
Corresponding F-Mission: To Get a Signal on the Satellite Phone
Background: After learning that seven of Pryce’s men were killed during the beach raid, and that the survivors have disappeared, Ben realizes that he must act now if he is to save the Island. He takes Alex with him to intercept the survivors on their way to the radio tower.
Discoveries: Identity of Alex's biological mother, Locke wants to stay on the Island
Relation to Lost storyline: Jack keeps his promise to Sayid by letting them “die” so Ben's con is rendered useless. Ben is taken prisoner by the survivors who end up deactivating the Looking Glass signal and contract Naomi's ship, despite a last minute intervention by Locke taking Naomi out with a knife to the back.


Lead the Others to the Temple

Lead the Others to the Temple
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Through the Looking Glass"
Others Involved: Richard, the rest of the Others
Also involved: None
Mission: To lead the Others to the Temple as part of Ben's plan
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: In his last effort to save the Island, Ben sets off to intercept the survivors en route to the radio tower. Before he leaves, he places Richard Ben proceeds to the radio tower, he tells Richard to lead the Others to the Temple, apparently a task they had already discussed beforehand.
Discoveries: The Temple
Relation to Lost storyline: The Temple is strictly for the Others and is the safest place for their people if Ben should fail in his mission. When Naomi’s ship is ultimately contacted, Richard is currently leading the Others to the Temple. Ben states four days later in "The Shape of Things to Come" that the Others are at the Temple by this time.


Season 4

The fourth season marked the substantial retreat of the Others from the epicenter of conflict and tensions on the Island. With the Others being led by Richard Alpert to the Temple in light of the failure of the raid, the only Others unaccounted for were Ben, Alex, and Karl who had assimilated into the survivor factions, primarily by following Locke's group to seek refuge at the Barracks. The threat of the Freighter had not yet been realized and the strength of the Others laid dormant until the call to action was imperative.

Evade Capture

Evade Capture
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "The Shape of Things to Come"
Others Involved: Ben, Alex
Also involved: Locke's group, mercenary team
Mission: Avoid being captured by Keamy and taken back to the Freighter by any means necessary.
Corresponding A-Mission: Defending the Barracks
Corresponding F-Mission: Capture Ben (Pt. 1): Assault on the Barracks
Background: With Alex held hostage by Keamy and his mercenaries, Ben and Locke's group were alerted by a Code 14J at the sonar fence which meant the team was en route to the Barracks.
Discoveries: Ben's secret door
Relation to Lost storyline: Despite the murder of several survivors and the public execution of Alex, Ben refused to surrender, eventually summoning the Monster to ravage the mercenaries and provide a means of escape. With the Barracks in ruins, Locke's group became divided over the issue of visiting Jacob's cabin. Thus, the group was split up yet again, with Miles, Claire, and her baby following Sawyer back to the beach camp and Ben and Hurley following Locke to the cabin.


Travel to the Orchid

Travel to the Orchid
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "Cabin Fever", "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
Others Involved: Ben
Also involved: Locke, Hurley
Mission: Assume the worst-case-scenario in regards to defending the Island and travel to the Orchid station.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: After visiting the cabin and making contact with Jab's surrogate, Locke is told to move the Island. Ben knows that this means traveling to the Orchid, a means of "last resort."
Discoveries: The only way to defend the Island from the Freighter is to move it
Relation to Lost storyline: By journeying to the Orchid, Ben assumed full responsibility for protecting the Island and acquiesced to the harsh situation by agreeing to "move the Island," which would lead to his inevitable banishment from it.


Signal the Others

Signal the Others
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
Others Involved: Ben, additional Others
Also involved: Locke, Hurley
Mission: Locate Ben's hidden case and use the signal mirror to send a message to the Others.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: Capture Ben (Pt. 2): Regroup on the Freighter
Background: Assuming that Keamy and his mercenaries were following the Secondary Protocol, Ben knew that he would need reinforcements if his plan was to work.
Discoveries: Ben's hidden case,
Relation to Lost storyline: By signalling for aid, Ben accepted that he could not handle the mercenary team on his own and requested additional support to stealth them so he could safely surrender upon reaching the Orchid.


Capture Kate and Sayid

Capture Kate and Sayid
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
Others Involved: Richard, additional Others
Also involved: Kate, Sayid
Mission: Capture Kate and Sayid and lead them to an as of now unknown place.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: None
Background: Ben communicates with one of the Others with a mirror, after this Kate and Sayid encounter Richard Alpert in the Jungle and are taken prisoner by the rest of the Others, who reappear in their ragged clothes.
Discoveries: Richard and the Others have returned to their "primitive" roots
Relation to Lost storyline: Richard and the rest of the Others are now seen to still posses large amounts of weapons and manpower.


Surrender to the Mercenaries

Surrender to the Mercenaries
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1"
Others Involved: Ben
Also involved: Locke, Hurley, mercenary team
Mission: Surrender to the mercenary team at the Orchid.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: Capture Ben (Pt. 3): Stake-Out the Orchid
Background: Correct in their assumption, Ben, Locke, and Hurley discover the mercenaries already in position at the Orchid. Knowing he has incoming support, Ben steps into the main area of the destroyed greenhouse and surrenders.
Discoveries: None
Relation to Lost storyline: The mercenary team accepts Ben's surrender and Keamy pistol whips him into submission. The team, believing their mission to be complete, then escorted their prisoner back to the helicopter.


Rescue Ben from the Mercenaries

Rescue Ben from the Mercenaries
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3"
Others Involved: Richard Alpert, additional Others
Also involved: Kate, Sayid
Mission: Rescue Ben from freighter people.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: Capture Ben (Pt. 4): Return to Freighter
Background: Ben is taken by Keamy and some of his mercanaries from the Kahana to be brought back to the Kahana.
Discoveries: None
Relation to Lost storyline: The Others locate the mercenary team escorting Ben to the helicopter and ambush them, killing them all. Ben is reunited with Richard and the Others, and as per their agreement Kate and Sayid are allowed to leave the Island on the helicopter.


Move the Island

Move the Island
Outcome: Accomplished
Episodes: "There's No Place Like Home, Part 1", "There's No Place Like Home, Parts 2 & 3"
Others Involved: Ben
Also involved: Locke
Mission: Rescue Ben from freighter people.
Corresponding A-Mission: None
Corresponding F-Mission: Capture Ben (Pt. 5): Last Stand in Orchid Station
Background: As the "last resort" to save the Island from the threat of the Freighter, Ben and Locke travel to the secret station beneath the Orchid greenhouse. After killing Keamy who returned to claim Ben, Locke is told to by Ben to go lead the Others while Ben goes to move the Island and suffer permanent expulsion.
Discoveries: The frozen wheel, the Orchid, electromagnetism, time flashes
Relation to Lost storyline: As Ben dons a DHARMA parka, he overloads the micro-wave emitter to blow a hole in the station wall to reach the ancient ante-chamber hidden behind it. He travels down a narrow tunnel and into a frozen room with a massive wheel built into the side of a wall. Upon turning it, the Island vanishes from sight and all those within the barrier move with it.


Season Breakdown

  • Season 4 - Percentage Successful

100.0% (7/7)

  • Season 1 - Percentage Half-accomplished

0.0% (0/7)

  • Season 1 - Percentage Failed

0.0% (0/7)

Overall Breakdown

  • Percentage Successful

(8/17) 47.06

  • Percentage Half-Accomplished

(5/16) 31.25%

  • Percentage Failed

(4/16) 25%

See also