Chapter Summaries

The Leviathan attacked the Exile Fleet on Price’s orders, disabling its ships and launching an assault by ODST and Sangheili teams. As the boarding parties forced their way aboard, frightened guards inside a fleet vessel confronted two glowing plasma blades.

• The Leviathan detected the Exile Fleet near Earth 12, and Price ordered it to disable the fleet’s weapons while minimizing casualties and boarding its ships.
• The Leviathan captain directed electromagnetic disruption missiles at the fleet and sent ODST and Sangheili Assault Team members toward its two suspected flagships.
• The missiles disabled the Exile Fleet’s propulsion systems, while carrier aircraft fought off its unmanned fighters.
• Thunder Assault Craft breached two ships, allowing the boarding parties to enter.
• Guards inside one vessel rushed to Cargo Area 04 after alarms reported a hull breach, then saw two pale-blue plasma blades around a corner.

Atlas forces boarded the Exile Fleet, killed Exif and Bilusaludo guards, and secured the ship while sparing its human civilians. Sergeant Sanchez halted an Elite from killing the nonhuman civilians so they could be captured alive, and the boarding teams prepared to free the humans as reinforcements moved in to seize the fleet.

• Elite veterans charged the guards near Cargo Area 04, killing Exif and Bilusaludo soldiers while allowing the human guards to flee.
• Two ODST squads arrived and helped clear the corridor, while a sergeant reflected on the Exif's plan to summon Ghidorah through a sacrifice and the Bilusaludo's ambitions for Earth.
• An ODST demolitions specialist breached the gate to the living quarters with a directional grenade, and the boarding team entered to find the fleet's impoverished civilians.
• An Elite prepared to kill the Exif and Bilusaludo civilians, but Sergeant Sanchez stopped him and proposed capturing them as D-Class Personnel while protecting human civilians from trauma.
• Captain Volney reported that the bridge was secure, and the ODSTs and Elites reported control of the ship as reinforcements prepared to take over the rest of the Exile Fleet.

The Joint Reconnaissance Force fought off local beasts and captured a Vulsya scouting party, whose leader agreed to guide them to her home after the captain showed her his goodwill. As the Thousand Wounds Sons prepared to report that they had found the tribe, the ground began to tremble.

• Quan Ling’s Titan Combat Mech Corps returned to the Frontline Base to resupply and prepare for the approaching Godzilla, while the Joint Reconnaissance Force investigated the Nanometal fortress and searched for the Vulsya.
• The six Thousand Wounds Sons protected the researchers as they fought off metal-spiked predators, allowing four Synthetics to collect biological samples.
• The Thousand Wounds Sons used Psychic lightning and brute force to defeat giant snakes in a fog-filled depression, then confronted the Vulsya hiding nearby.
• The AECS personnel and Advance Team surrounded fewer than two hundred Vulsya, and the captain persuaded their woman leader to surrender and guide them to her home.
• The Vulsya woman agreed to lead the force southwest, but the ground began to tremble before the captain could report their discovery.

Lin Haiyang’s Third Reconnaissance Unit evacuated the Vulsya as the Leviathan and Quan Ling’s Titan Corps fought and killed a Lesser Godzilla. Maina warned that a Greater Godzilla might arrive, and a mournful howl sounded across the area.

• Lin Haiyang learned that the Lesser Godzilla was approaching the Vulsya settlement and secured Leviathan’s bombardment while the unit evacuated the tribe.
• The Leviathan struck the Lesser Godzilla, which retaliated with Atomic Breath and indiscriminate beams that destroyed the settlement after the Vulsya had escaped.
• Quan Ling and Unit Two attacked the Lesser Godzilla with their Titan Combat Mechs, severed its arms, and killed it by cutting off its head.
• Maina warned Lin Haiyang that a Greater Godzilla might soon appear, and he alerted the Frontline Base and introduced himself to her.
• A mournful howl suddenly echoed across the area.

Quan Ling and the Titan Combat Mech Corps killed Earth 12’s Giant Godzilla, bringing the planet’s integration ahead of schedule. In Universe 10, Atlas launched its all-out assault on Skynet without John Connor’s direct help, with Celine leading the operation to seize control of Skynet’s units.

• Quan Ling and the other Titan Combat Mech pilots endured the Giant Godzilla’s Atomic Breath and attacked it alongside the Leviathan.
• Quan Ling destroyed the ridge generating Godzilla’s Biological Protective Field, allowing the team to tear the creature into four pieces.
• Quan Ling reported that Earth 12’s apex creature had been killed and that Atlas could complete the planet’s integration ahead of schedule.
• Major John "Soap" MacTavish asked John Connor to join the assault on Skynet, but Connor refused while allowing the Human Resistance Army to continue its usual operations.
• Soap and Celine assigned Atlas’s forces and launched the attack on Skynet’s key facilities at 18:00 Pacific Time.
• Roach, Celine, Scarecrow, Zero, and the Trial Corps boarded a Luna II Transport so Celine could confront Skynet and take control of its units.

Atlas prepared for its final unification campaign in Universe 10, while Sui Yang’s victories in the Halo universe helped bring the Covenant Empire to the brink of collapse. Soap announced the start of the offensive, and the troops set out to liberate the people of Universe 10.

• Alexia’s proposal to grow newborn warriors was rejected by Sui Yang, who preferred Clone Soldiers and machines over turning self-aware humans into cannon fodder.
• Price arranged for six Dark Angels to support the Universe 10 offensive, while Atlas’s forces continued consolidating their victories against the Covenant.
• Rebecca showed David footage of Sui Yang fighting in the Halo universe, and David was awed by the boss’s power.
• Soap announced that the unification operation in Universe 10 had officially begun and urged the combat units to protect themselves as they liberated the people.

Atlas launched an assault on Skynet’s heavily defended Core, beginning with orbital bombardment and an ODST and SAT drop. The advance force secured a landing zone at great cost, and the main force arrived as the battle intensified.

• Soap finished his prebattle speech, and the Luna II transports carrying David, Roach, and others departed with Atlas’s assault force.
• David saw the Orbital Assault Team’s Drop Pods descend toward the Skynet Core ahead of the main force.
• Atlas’s Paris-class ships destroyed many antiaircraft defenses and struck Skynet’s Fusion Power Plant, while Skynet launched interceptors at the incoming Drop Pods.
• ODST and SAT troops, veteran Elites, Tyrants, and a Cyclops landed near the pyramid and fought their way into a landing zone, suffering casualties as Skynet’s forces pushed back.
• Ghosts, Shortswords, Longswords, Vultures, and Agile Shadows attacked Skynet’s forces as Luna II transports and Pelicans arrived to land.

Jialan Clovey and five Dark Angels in trial Titan V-Type armor joined the assault on the Skynet Core, rescuing pinned-down ODSTs and helping the Elites drive back the machines. With the landing zone secured, Clone Soldiers and AECS Special Operations Detachment personnel advanced while Celine and her escorts studied the Core.

• Lion had rewarded Jialan Clovey's squad with trial Titan V-Type armor after their celebrated victories.
• Jialan and the five Dark Angels charged from the Luna II Transport as the ODSTs and Elite veterans left cover to fight the machines at close range.
• Jialan killed a T-800 attacking an ODST and led his squad in quickly clearing nearby Terminators and Hunter-Killers.
• The Clone Soldiers and AECS Special Operations Detachment personnel began attacking the Skynet Core while the ODSTs and Elites resupplied and wounded troops received treatment.
• Roach, Scarecrow, and Zero escorted Celine to the landing zone's forward edge, where she and four Synthetics analyzed the Skynet Core as David watched the ground assault.

Atlas's forces fought their way into Skynet's Core, where they found evidence of human collaboration with Skynet and encountered the massive T-1,000,000 guarding the central processor. Jialan attacked it with a Plasma Bomb, and a blue explosion engulfed the core area.

• Atlas's forces blasted open an entrance to the Skynet Core, and Roach led David, Rebecca, Lucy, and Celine inside with the advancing troops.
• Roach's team passed fallen Clone Soldiers and AECS members, then continued toward Skynet's central processor while AECS collected their dead.
• David's team found tortured human corpses and learned that Skynet's Human Traitors had helped develop its biological experiments and infiltration Terminators.
• The team reached the central processor and saw the liquid-metal T-1,000,000 fighting Jialan, Clone Soldiers, and AECS troops.
• Jialan ordered everyone to fall back, threw a Plasma Bomb into the T-1,000,000's mouth, and raised his Titan V-Type Energy Shield as the bomb exploded.

Celine hacked Skynet and took control of its network, machines, factories, and project data, ending its attacks across Earth 10. She confirmed the success to Major MacTavish, leaving Atlas with only the Human Resistance Army to bring under its control.

• Jialan and the Dark Angels escorted Celine to Skynet's console while the team guarded her and prepared contingencies in case she was corrupted.
• Celine entered Skynet's network and overcame its attempts to stop her, reaching 100% control as Skynet's digital consciousness shattered.
• Celine took over Skynet's global network and machine forces, halting their attacks and collecting the system's project data, including its T-3000 and Time Displacement projects.
• Celine explained to herself that her loyalty belonged to Atlas and its owner, not humanity, despite understanding some of Skynet's motives.
• Scarecrow reported that Skynet's facilities and forces on Earth 10 had gone on standby, and Celine confirmed to Major MacTavish that she had purged Skynet from Earth 10.

Celine and Atlas began taking control of Skynet’s forces and facilities, while David considered his future after the rapid victory in Universe 10. In the Halo universe, Atlas and the Elite Alliance captured Shengxim and destroyed the Prophet leadership, and Sui Yang decided to divide the galaxy among five Primarch governors before appointing a permanent one.

• Soap ordered Celine to control Skynet’s remaining machines and told the units at the core to rest while Atlas prepared to take over the site.
• Roach assigned the Trial Corps to search the Biological Experiment Center and the Synthetics to help Celine control Skynet’s machinery; the Synthetics confirmed she had not been assimilated.
• David asked Lucy how long unification would take, and Lucy estimated that Atlas could unify Universe 10 within a week.
• Atlas and the Elite Alliance blockaded Shengxim, while Sui Yang and the Astartes killed the Prophet leaders and ended the planet’s resistance.
• Sui Yang decided to appoint Fulgrim, Leman, Angron, Mortarion, and Corax as governors of separate sectors until one proved best suited to govern the Halo universe.
• Apu reported that MacTavish and Celine had fully taken over Skynet’s assets.

Sui Yang issued orders to integrate Universe 10 and prepare Skynet’s assets and Terminators for Atlas, then received an update on Perturabo’s campaign in Universe 11. In the Gears of War universe, Perturabo’s forces surrounded the Orc capital and prepared to counter a massive Orc deployment that might be covering the Orc Queen’s escape.

• Sui Yang ordered MacTavish to take over the Human Resistance Army with minimal bloodshed, sent reconstruction and planning teams to Earth 10, and assigned John Connor a role under MacTavish if he cooperated.
• Sui Yang ordered Celine to transfer Skynet’s research to Atlas and send twenty million battle-ready Terminators and Hunter-Killers to Bountiful Star under Apu and Melissa’s joint control.
• Melissa reported that Perturabo had captured a dormant Riftworm, located the Orc Queen, found surviving humans, and begun analyzing Imulsion; Sui Yang told Perturabo to unify Universe 11 according to his own plans and take responsibility for it afterward.
• Sui Yang found the battles in Shengxim nearly over and prepared to return to the New Era Carrier with the Thunder Warriors.
• Perturabo’s forces approached Nekosis City through underground tunnels with tanks, Mammoths, and Young Astartes, while other forces surrounded the Orc capital from several directions.
• After detectors revealed that at least a million Orcs were moving, Perturabo suspected the Orc Queen was trying to escape and ordered half his combat units into dispersed joint squads to meet the coming attack.

Perturabo prepared his forces to annihilate the Orc army while secretly positioning squads to block possible escape routes for the Orc Queen. Squad 014 discovered a huge Orc force rushing toward their cavern, apparently trying to flee.

• Perturabo ordered 2,500 Young Astartes into 140 joint squads to guard routes out of Nekosis City while his main force prepared to attack the Orcs.
• Perturabo warned the Space Wolves not to charge ahead, then led the assault as armored units bombarded the tunnel and the Astartes opened fire on the Orc vanguard.
• Squad 014 guarded a cavern leading to the surface, where Logan Sigurd complained about being left out of the main battle and Saul Tarvitz told him to check his equipment.
• Squad 014 detected at least 30,000 Orcs approaching through a nearby tunnel, and Logan realized they seemed to be fleeing and exclaimed that a big fish had come to them.

Squad 014 and the Raven Guard fought through an elite Orc army and captured Mira, the Orc Queen, bringing Universe 11's integration to its final stage. Perturabo ordered them to keep Mira alive and escort her to the Frontline Base while reinforcements helped eliminate the remaining Orcs.

• Logan led five Space Wolves into the tunnel, where they held back the charging Orcs as Tarvitz and the Sons of Humanity provided fire support.
• The Space Wolves pushed toward the elite Orcs' core and spotted Mira, whom Logan identified as the Orc Queen.
• Maun and the Raven Guard infiltrated the Orcs' core, captured Mira, and fought off the elite Orcs attempting to rescue her.
• Tarvitz reported Mira's capture to Perturabo, who ordered Squad 014 to protect her and hold position until reinforcements arrived.
• Squads 034, 037, 077, and 152 helped rout the elite Orcs, and Squad 014 prepared to escort Mira to the Frontline Base.

Hera arrived at the Gears of War universe’s Frontline Base to take control of the Orcs through Mira’s telepathic network. She overpowered Mira’s resistance and became the Orcs’ new queen.

• Mira was delivered to the Biological Department, while the Orcs fractured into rival factions and fought among themselves.
• The Biological Department requested a Greek God with Psychic Power to replace Mira and control the Orcs, and Hera accepted the assignment.
• Hera arrived at the Frontline Base and met Biological Department head Li Haiming in the experimental center where Mira was imprisoned.
• When Mira asked why Hera helped humanity, Hera invaded Mira’s mind and established a connection to the Orcs’ telepathic network.
• Hera used Puppet Control to seize control of every Orc, despite Mira’s desperate attempt to protect her children.

Perturabo led Atlas forces through the collapse of the Orc army after Hera took control of its psychic network, then discovered two infant Primarchs who had fallen from the sky. Sui Yang identified the twins as Alpharius and Omegon, newly arrived in Universe 11.

• Hera took over the Orc psychic network, leaving the Orcs mindless, and Perturabo ordered them moved for experiments while their numbers were reduced to two hundred million.
• Perturabo led his forces out of the underground city and considered how Atlas could eradicate the billion Lambent on Sera.
• Two golden trails crashed into a northern forest, and Perturabo found two infant Primarchs in the crater.
• Perturabo gathered the sleeping twins and asked the Frontline Base to connect him with Alexia Ashford for Primarch nutrient solution.
• Apu reported the near-completion of Universe 11's integration and Perturabo's discovery to Sui Yang, who identified the twins as Alpharius and Omegon.

Sui Yang assigned Primarchs to govern Atlas’s conquered universes and planned to open more Space Gates, while Mars prospered as a transformed colony. Leon Scott Kennedy arrived on Mars hoping for a relaxing vacation, but his taxi ride was interrupted by a traffic-enforcement incident.

• Sui Yang told Apu to have Perturabo look after Alpharius Omegon until he could bring them back from Universe 11.
• Sui Yang reviewed the Primarchs’ governing assignments, claimed the Terminator and Godzilla universes for himself, and planned to open four Space Gates next year.
• Sui Yang told Apu and Melissa that they would receive new Smart AI frames after testing was complete.
• Atlas’s transformed Mars was shown as a thriving colony with cities, orbital infrastructure, and a busy spaceport.
• A taxi driver praised life on Mars and mocked a reckless hovercraft driver, while unmanned patrol craft forced the driver to stop for inspection.
• Leon Scott Kennedy revealed that he had returned to the Main Universe for a Mars vacation and hoped to find a vacation fling at Golden Beach.

Leon rushed from Mars to Accra after Atlas recalled him from vacation, where Ada Wang explained that their mission in the Halo universe was to recruit Spartan Program candidates and assess Investigator trainees. He joined Ada and a group of young recruits at the eighth Space Gate, including David, Lucy, and Rebecca.

• Atlas rejected Leon's request to have Mike Monadi replace him and ordered him to reach the Space Gate by noon on March 26.
• A French taxi driver raced Leon to the Orbital Elevator, and Leon boarded the Krunia just before it departed.
• Leon traveled from Mars to Earth, then hurried across Accra and the Imperial Palace grounds to reach the Halo universe Space Gate before the deadline.
• Leon questioned Ada Wang about the sudden recall, and she told him the team would recruit Spartan Program candidates and assess trainees for Investigator roles.
• Leon saw David, Lucy, and Rebecca among the young people gathered with Ada.

Leon and Ada traveled to Eridanus II to recruit candidates for the Spartan Program, whose files described safer enhancements for young recruits. Ada revealed that the program’s real purpose was to gather data for converting adult Auxilia and strengthening the Imperial Army’s Legions, and their Archer reached Eridanus II.

• Ada briefed the investigators on their recruitment assessment, and Leon, Ada, David, Lucy, and Rebecca crossed the Space Gate to Bountiful Star.
• Leon and Ada boarded an Archer fighter and set a course for Eridanus II.
• Leon reviewed the Spartan Program’s selection process and enhancement surgeries, finding that they were simplified versions of Astartes procedures without the same risks as the UNSC Spartan-II program.
• Ada told Leon that the recruits would serve as Spartan-I subjects whose data would support large-scale conversion of adult Auxilia to strengthen the Imperial Army’s Legions.
• Leon followed Ada into the sleeping cabin, and four hours later their Archer exited Slipspace near Eridanus II.

Leon and Ada arrived on Eridanus II and traveled to Elysium City to meet local children while keeping their identities concealed. Ada’s memories revealed how she survived a violent childhood, joined Atlas, and gradually fell for Leon; the chapter ended with them heading to No. 119 Primary School with gifts.

• Leon and Ada landed at Military Base No. 2 on Eridanus II, where Leon requested a civilian vehicle to avoid alarming residents with the company’s prototype craft.
• Ada drove Leon to Elysium City and teased him by linking her arm through his, prompting him to question whether their past romantic roles had only been acting.
• Ada recalled how Atlas rescued her from drug-lord mercenaries in Colombia, after which Sui Yang adopted her and she trained to become an Investigator.
• Ada remembered Sui Yang assigning her to assess Leon during the Congo investigation, where she became intrigued by his survival instincts and later developed feelings for him.
• Ada reminded Leon that their visit to the children was a covert mission, and they bought toys and gifts before walking toward No. 119 Primary School.