The Event

The Event is the term used by people to refer to which the remains of the Icarus Asteroid crashed to Earth which devastated large parts of the world and sparked changes on those who came into contact with the remnants.

Orchestrated by Lorena Payan as a way to provide her the notoriety of being the one to save the world, she organized a team of astronauts to confront the asteroid, resulting in the devastating crash that sparked further events in Catalyst Prime and seemingly killing the astronauts in the process.

The Comic used to explain this was Catalyst Prime: FCBD 2017: The Event

However, the real story was that the Icarus asteroid was never on its way to Earth and a few of the astronauts survived the crash.

The following Meteor shower (show in the picture) is essentially the catalyst to the Prime universe since the meteor pieces granted supernatural abilities to most who come in contact with the rocks.

Astronauts

 * Evan Chess
 * Jamila Parks
 * David Powell
 * Alistair Meath
 * Valentina Resnick-Baker