Assassination of Lev Abalkin
Lev Abalkin was the first foundling to get the detonator's mark on his skin. In 2178, he returned to Earth under suspicious circumstances and, despite being chased by Maxim Kammerer and Rudolf Sikorski, tried to obtain his corresponding detonator. Since he provided no information on how he found out about the discs or what he was going to do with them and ignored multiple warnings from COMCONs, Sikorski shot him before he could reach the detonator.
This assassination was a very controversial topic both among the people of Earth (leading, eventually, to Rudolf Sikorski's retirement from COMCON-2) and the Strugatsky's fans.
It is unknown if any other Stepchildren tried to obtain their corresponding detonators after 2178 and, if so, what happened to them afterwards.
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