Determined to experiment the reaction of the newly discovered element Xerozium to exposure from the Van Allen belt, Dr. Kurt Powers, a head scientist at the Crystal City Scientific Testing Facility, began funding into what was announced to be Project Van Allen. With the help of his crew, which consisted of Dr. Connor Cox, Emma Miles, Donovan Cannon, Alex Breeze, Filippa Brooks and Rachel Smurfette, they created a small chamber that could collect the atmosphere within the Van Allen belt.