Finally found a moment to go thru my books and find the seedling number for the dark sdlg. we're talking about here. Surprise, surprise. 'Select Circle' was the pod parent.
K1-25-6A
Select Circle X ((Before the Storm x (Navy Strut x Adventuress))
Anyway thanks for the suggestions and it turns out Midnight Oil is not a bad idea as one poster mentioned. It has plicata in it's background. Doing a little further research I found another likely candidate in 'Obsidian' (Marky Smith). Has some of the same background as 'Storm Track'. Now we are making progress.