Operation Deep Haven places students in the role of engineers responding to a global airborne bacterial outbreak caused by Archaeosyphon centauri. Teams are initially tasked with designing self-sustaining underground silos capable of protecting human populations while a cure is developed. Midway through the event, a breakthrough antibiotic, Soniazinid, successfully neutralizes the pathogen, shifting the mission from survival to innovation. Engineers must then repurpose their silo designs to address a real-world problem their team believes the structure could help solve—transforming emergency infrastructure into a solution for humanity’s next challenge.