![Broken sub Vanguard](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQi0UW2JwpuxGkuIrBUkAx82Or0xFRijQ9jSITtu-7Nl-L2pwY8YYC_PFVn8cm0hj61sRknf-v9EhRHjjqh5TKUSxVo7EHSyEwGzOHoj7NjK6VmQEBwWVgmBwV1kmjoITQOzRushVI5x41/s320/hms-vanguard.jpg)
They've got plenty of plutonium.
![Plutonium Pu](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilxzN3ySH9tX0-KJd5aFVw7fLNU6SypL8Jkqysvj-QqL2Z4NLILm_iOoPGNtQKcPvelloDrAOgyVL5vKIeml1s0B_9wlqhJrk05EqL15T1m6CybgYJ1sILg98HVMocBS0C1S1eKbXKqoeV/s320/plutonium.jpg)
They've managed to source a DeLorean DMC-12 that can still just about reach 88mph.
![DeLorean DMC-12 DeLorean](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfErDApV7OBsSNAOTWOOeqQEY25zcn0ri-p0jPo8PSAEmr0HzWeprXUs0hwZzwHsoDsR9H6Io7fXQgfnHrrithqo_qmdFW1JK7fKJeAxuQkBEODEGiFlLBnXEg91QYHGF_SZXZ9eCz9j7/s320/DeLorean-car.jpg)
But they've totally lost the plans for one vital component.
![Lost Lost](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGoNOu1JdNBY_F014MIbGytayXZUVYLPvuv3RQ62KZDcbkV1x1i4BCGQr1iBikWxxofk9lhL9k5tjFrduKWhCU5qJVeJxeXNyWmzTKD4UMK6y_QMe36yXLxSN883V8tdxo0P_mM4yAGOG/s320/Lost.jpg)
It's a mysterious but very hazardous material codenamed Fogbank.
![Fogbank Classified](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WhqvZkjmt0jhEEziBt_6ehDAV1KklnKjFdw7zYct1NPYTYfwjNTVQvIvemVYVX1cDk2_cx9xwyQv3EJj7N_YWWbY0ReMunlkJGEN46t_9uYlCf_aewFvWy_GzF7cg5PU9Ag-XdUR3hU5/s320/CLASSIFIED.gif)
Better known as a Flux Capacitor.
![Flux Capacitor Fogbank](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZSe2PtLMvcvWeYptO2ZMk7Nli_A7UbGhOcOZK4-VpzTgvqpv96rnFEbY_9bX6oZz0NJgrb8WUICeI912XBqkf47EW-1_27woJbKHWAPZBPpbc2CiQg9Kwo1arfu79MbwaqIJ64HLGxhM/s320/flux-capacitor.jpg)
Without it, their nucular missiles are nothing more than fancy doorstops.
![Fancy Doorstop Doorstop](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ldOvssHqnObPj8LrxHHXf2GZtE66o2BxpmoDZYHMvjnzYSpj4NBBBag-ySMnyWq_rz2EhLZA0iJyZlNIF067NtHvSwh_pE6LC2U3sLwrRZhSOLXcHjGhiZChoZjubwdj-KfXlqpkltfF/s320/Doorstop.jpg)
Or worse.
![Death Spiral Oopsy](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_hBsa594pLzpTDmg4V8BbEPKNKZGWm6u-TbWLNdVkLVk63v7F0YmWXOJ_QzSBDTp1Ip3DGxpOUfWnh0DXdLhKOi-c9NLejYol3VZ905Ivbt-Iq2W71OGBufaySnZZViKTB6h5R-YgmplO/s320/Death_Spiral.jpg)
All the scienticians involved in the original design have either died, retired or "moved on".
![Moved On Doc](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VvLuUtSxQTDAtUjtsdN6yjHrRXaToMkMi_FafFcAWCoStuxKcXvFu2Hrww7xe2I5LbYqD0ltDTIgIH0J1h59kfBBSVBgqNX-fwJHIAw3sIDtYUQ5ZJpZ_ljg8MI5ut1ElwQk_10trIcs/s320/Top-up.jpg)
Where's Marty McFly when you need him?
![McFly McFly](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNrTmwtVXoAAMOZkvhepp2SvOmkBW051xPGFfoh5UKpet2gt4gcKHqR6kMpYOp39xFKLkbi5GH2Y31pkhDHx4nubtcA9Zbv874tvio44JXpgFxxVVdI7n6EnH-T5yFO4FKrLnONpkoO4I/s320/mcfly1.jpg)