Yuri Kravcheski is a Russian scientist working at the Ascension facility. He was an assistant to Gersch until he was transferred, due to his alleged delays and setbacks on the Gersch Device. Yuri clearly stated his resentment over the transfer, as he claims his intellect is being wasted "blasting a bunch of monkeys into the atmosphere!" He then finds a diary pertaining to Element 115 in some boxes , which he then experimented with in secret. Possibly due to his experimenting, Samantha Maxis then began to take control of his mind, driving him insane until he broke down, and agreed to help her with something. Yuri then tricks Gersch into activating the completed Device, where something drags the latter into a black hole. Yuri then laughs in triumph, but then panics as he realizes the consequ