Recaps

John led the Custodians and Frenzied Sharks into the Arachnid hive, where they fought through its defenders and reached the incubation grounds. Cortana released the virus among the insect eggs and adults, and John ordered the team to retreat.

• The troops recovered from the tactical oxygen nuclear bomb’s shockwave, used Pulse Scanning to locate a hive entrance, and followed John inside.
• John, Sparta, Ivan, and their forces battled through the tunnels, while John blocked the scorpions’ plasma attacks and smashed through their guards.
• John and Ivan led the group into the incubation grounds, where they found insect eggs and adult insects tending them.
• John told Cortana to release the virus, and Cortana spread it among the eggs and adult insects.
• John ordered the troops to retreat after the virus containers opened.

John and the others escaped OM-1 as the Bug Exterminator virus spread through the Arachnid Swarm and infected its leader, Bihankoto. William learned that John’s Good Luck had made Bihankoto unable to resist the virus, and he ordered an MS squad and Xia to verify the Bug God’s condition.

• Carmen brought the carrier down to retrieve John, Ivan, and the others, then piloted it into OM-1’s low orbit.
• The infected bugs spread the virus through nearby hives, with the infection expected to reach Bihankoto across the planet.
• Serena brought William coffee and explained that her synthetic body let her experience taste, though caffeine had no effect on her.
• The system reported that John’s Good Luck had helped ensure Bihankoto could not resist the virus and would die within twelve hours.
• William ordered an MS squad and Xia in her White Raven to confirm Bihankoto’s condition.

William reunited with Rico, Tiz, and Carmen aboard the Infinity as Umbrella prepared to return Fleet Zero to Earth orbit. He introduced them to Umbrella’s commanders and sent them with Ivan to tour the ship before its jump.

• Titan’s Dome City remained under lockdown as Umbrella forces withdrew and traders and media gathered for the passage to open.
• Rico, Tiz, and Carmen explored the Infinity’s hangar while Ivan, Xia, and Nova showed them Umbrella technology.
• William introduced Rico and the others to Andre Kapushkin Ostrovsky and Mike O’Donohue and explained their commands and guards.
• Rico, Tiz, and Carmen saluted Andre and Mike, who agreed to look after the newcomers.
• William asked Ivan to familiarize Rico, Tiz, and Carmen with the Infinity, and they left the hangar with him.

William discussed expanding recruitment for immigrants from the Starship Troopers universe and agreed to create more career options, potentially through a job platform. Constantine secured Nova an acceptance to St. Mary's University, and the group departed for their respective posts, with William heading back to Halifax.

• Andre proposed opening military recruitment channels for immigrants, and William expanded the idea to include other careers and a job-recruitment platform.
• Constantine reminded William about his promised payment, and William confirmed that Nova would receive an acceptance letter from St. Mary's University.
• Constantine told Nova she could pursue the life she wanted, and she hugged him tearfully.
• William told Xia and Nova to rest at home before school and said their military ranks would be kept for them.
• Andre took Xia to Halifax, Constantine took Nova to his U.S. estate, and Mike returned to the First Fleet.
• William went to discuss recruitment channels with Serena before leading his family back to Halifax.

William returned to Russell Manor with Halsey, Ivan, Rego, and Tiz, then asked Ivan to find Rego and Floss a place to live before university. Ivan took Rego and Tiz to the garage and showed them a luxury Flying Boat, preparing to take them for a ride.

• William and his family traveled from Troy Base to Russell Manor in a convoy of SUVs.
• William asked Ivan to find Rego and Floss a place to live, and gave Rego money for their daily needs.
• Ivan declined the Ghost Agents' offer to drive them and led Rego and Tiz to the garage.
• Ivan showed Rego and Tiz a black Umbrella Flying Boat and started it after they climbed inside.

Ivan took Rico and Tiz to Umbrella’s apartment building in downtown Halifax and arranged to buy them a suite. He left the apartment purchase under their names, despite Rico’s protests.

• Ivan used a company-built flying craft to take Rico and Tiz from Russell Manor to the Umbrella Apartment Building.
• Ivan asked the receptionist about ready-to-occupy suites for the two new employees, and Tiz chose one on the seventy-seventh floor.
• When the receptionist requested residence permits, Ivan offered his bank card to buy the suite under Tiz and Johnny Rico’s names.
• Rico protested that Ivan was spending his own money, but Ivan told him he could pay it back in the future.

Ivan completed the purchase of a suite for Rui-ge and Tiz, then took them to Umbrella’s shopping mall. Back at Russell Manor, William promised Yelena he would stay home for a few days before learning that Halsey was developing a teleportation system for individual soldiers called Terminator.

• Ivan finished the paperwork and paid $640,000 for the suite, transferring ownership to Rui-ge and Tiz.
• Ivan took Rui-ge and Tiz to the seventy-seventh-floor suite, then brought them to Umbrella’s shopping mall to buy necessities and introduce them to Hafa.
• Yelena asked William to go shopping with her, and William promised to stay home and keep her company for the next few days.
• William visited Halsey in the study and saw her document titled “Terminator.”
• Halsey told William she was working on a teleportation system for individual soldiers, which she called Terminator.

Halsey explained her plans to develop Terminator armor and an Individual Teleportation Device, then prepared to attend Ivan and Yelena’s university opening ceremony with William. On the morning of the ceremony, St. Mary’s University was crowded with students, media, and prominent visitors hoping to see William as his children enrolled.

• Halsey told William that Third-Generation Spartans had excelled in boarding operations and described her plans for Terminator armor.
• Halsey said she would work with researchers at The Hive to develop an Individual Teleportation Device, while William agreed to her plans.
• Halsey and William decided to attend Ivan and Yelena’s opening ceremony, then seized a moment alone after Yelena left home.
• On the morning of the 20th, students, parents, media workers, nobles, and wealthy merchants gathered at St. Mary’s University for the opening ceremony.
• The visitors came in part because William’s eldest son and daughter were enrolling and they hoped to meet the Umbrella founder.

Yelena complained to William that the boys at university failed to meet her standards and that their attention had become annoying. William agreed to take her along the next day when he met Rebecca's family and visited a construction site near Troy Base.

• William watched late-night news about the newly opened transit passage to the Titan colony while relaxing at home.
• Yelena came home upset and told William she was disappointed by the boys she had met at university.
• William warned Yelena to tell him if she ever liked someone, and she said she wanted a heroic man more handsome and capable than him.
• Yelena complained that boys kept asking her out and said they could not meet her tests of strength or martial arts skill.
• William suggested Yelena go shopping with her friends, but she asked him to watch a movie with her instead.
• When William said he had plans to meet Rebecca's family and visit a construction site, Yelena gave him a teary look, and he agreed to bring her along.

William kept his morning exercise routine, then took Yelena to visit Rebecca’s family at Russell Manor. On the drive, he told Yelena how Li Mu became a legendary agent, and she asked to read the file about his anomaly.

• William exercised, watched the morning news, and arranged to visit Rebecca’s family with Yelena.
• Yelena got ready, chose a black 2022 Ford GT, and rode with William toward Russell Manor.
• Yelena asked about Li Mu, and William explained that Li had used the dangerous Black Tyrant Serum to defeat an anomaly capable of destroying Earth.
• Yelena admired Li and asked to see the file on “The Thing,” so William let her message Serena for access.

William and Yelena visited Rebecca and Li Mu’s villa to take them to inspect the Agent training center under construction. Yelena met their son Li Lie and became interested in him, while William explained that Li Lie attended high school in Halifax.

• William drove Yelena to Rebecca and Li Mu’s villa after she read a dossier about Li Mu’s battle against The Thing.
• Li Lie greeted William and met Yelena, who introduced herself before William could explain who she was.
• Rebecca and Li Mu came to the door and prepared to go with William to inspect the Agent training center beside Troy Base.
• Rebecca and Li Mu left with William, while Li Lie stayed home and Rebecca affectionately ruffled his hair before departing.
• Yelena told William she thought Li Lie was handsome and asked where he went to school, and William said Li Lie attended high school in Halifax.

William and Yelena visited Umbrella’s Agent training center, where he appointed Li Mu to lead it. Li Mu proposed recruiting veterans, police officers, and high school graduates, then training them with methods adapted from Minos Island.

• Yelena denied having feelings for Li Lie, while William reflected that Li Mu’s son might not return her interest.
• William and Yelena arrived at the under-construction Agent training center, which was about seventy percent complete and designed to house one hundred thousand people.
• William appointed Li Mu to take charge of the center, with Rebecca encouraging her husband to accept the role.
• Li Mu proposed recruiting UNSC veterans, police officers, and high school graduates, and using Ghost Agent and Astartes training methods to prepare them.
• Rebecca compared Li Mu’s proposal to a specialized university for training agents.

William agreed to establish a publicly presented Umbrella military academy that would secretly train agents, and discussed Li Lie’s future with Li Mu. A later archive entry revealed the academy’s launch and its huge number of applicants.

• William agreed that Serena would arrange for the Agent training center to appear publicly as an Umbrella military academy, with recruitment planned for January.
• Rebecca said the academy should demand exceptional physical fitness and academic performance, and William explained that Umbrella’s Abnormal Crisis media had prepared young people to seek out the company.
• William privately asked Li Mu about Li Lie’s future, and Li Mu said he and Rebecca wanted their son to train as an agent rather than become an Astartes.
• William told Li Mu that Li Lie could become a backbone agent of Umbrella, then drove with Yelena toward Halifax City.
• An archive entry recorded that the academy began online promotion on January 10, 2025, and received nearly 1.5 million applications before its portal closed on March 20.

Umbrella and the UNSC optimized their fleets by adapting Federation transport ships and combining two superluminal engine systems. The chapter leaves the Wormhole Engine still under development, while fleet refits and civilian access to Warp Engine technology move forward.

• Serena's AIs selected thirty thousand applicants for early admission to the Project Military Academy after screening applicants and reviewing medical data.
• Umbrella and UNSC generals chose the Federation's Escort Transport Ship for their fleets and renamed it the Roger Yang-class Transport Frigate.
• Umbrella designed a refit allowing warships to carry both Warp and Warp Engines, and shipyards began upgrading existing ships and building more Roger Yang-class ships.
• Dr. Catherine Russell's team continued researching the Wormhole Engine, which remained years from practical development.
• William Russell directed Umbrella to share Warp Engine blueprints with Terra Enterprise's merchant guild so civilian Colony Ships could travel more efficiently.

Umbrella completed and tested its first Quantum Bomb, proving it could destroy an Earth-like planet, then planned production in orbit around Neptune. The chapter also described the development of Terminator Power Armor, which let Astartes teleport short distances for boarding combat but required an energy shield to protect them from lethal materialization accidents.

• Dr. Catherine Russell’s team calculated and stabilized the energy formula for Quantum Bombs, giving humanity the ability to build them.
• William Russell ordered a Phoenix-class Aircraft Carrier to serve as the bomb factory and sent Fleet Zero with it to Barnard b for the test.
• Dr. Catherine Russell remotely directed the construction of the first Quantum Bomb, named “Kevin’s Doomsday,” which was dropped into Barnard b’s atmosphere and detonated, destroying the planet and Kevin.
• William Russell returned to the Solar System and ordered a dedicated Quantum Bomb production station built in orbit around Neptune, while planning to equip fleet flagships with the weapons for emergencies.
• Dr. Catherine Russell developed the Terminator Power Armor concept, and the Hive’s High-Tech Weapons Research Department completed a prototype that enabled Astartes to teleport up to 0.75 ETM with an AT Energy Shield for protection.

Tina tracked an anomaly at the Odora family home and sent UBCS squads to contain it. The squads found two fighting Teddy Bears and a creature made of human ears, destroying the ear creature while one UBCS member collapsed in agony.

• A teacher reported the Odora twins missing, and Officer 5772 disappeared after arriving at the family home.
• Four more officers reported an attack by a Teddy Bear before they lost contact with the police department.
• Tina intervened and sent five UBCS squads to the Odora residence aboard a Pelican.
• UBCS entered the villa and found the Odora family and five officers dead, their bodies covered in ears, while Project A and Project B fought nearby.
• The Ear Teddy Bear screamed and attacked, causing the closest UBCS member to collapse in agony.
• The other nine UBCS members fired Gauss weapons and Plasma Rifles, destroying the Ear Teddy Bear and leaving scorched ash.

The UBCS soldiers captured Projects A and B after the Ear Teddy Bear incident, and researchers brought them to the former Containment Center One for examination. Project B then created a functioning plush liver that replaced a D-Class personnel's real liver, leaving the subject feeling better than before.

• The UBCS soldiers found one soldier dead from suffocation, secured Projects A and B, and arranged for the bodies and the burned Ear Teddy Bear to be recovered.
• Twelve agents helped seal off the community and used a Memory Wipe to make residents believe robbers had attacked the Odora Family.
• Researchers classified Project A as Safe and Project B as Euclid, then confined each in a titanium Containment Box.
• During separate observation tests, Project A acted in a friendly manner while Project B used materials from the room to sew a plush liver.
• The plush liver vanished as the D-Class personnel in Project B's room collapsed, and examination showed the plush liver had replaced their real one.
• The D-Class personnel awoke and said they felt no discomfort, but instead felt more comfortable than ever before.

The researchers found that Project B could replace deteriorated organs, while Lieutenant Colonel Lance judged Project A dangerous and ordered stricter containment. William Russell approved their classifications, and the chapter ended with him reflecting that Lance’s caution had prevented a potential disaster.

• Researchers found that Project B replaced failing organs without rejection and prioritized younger patients, leading Lieutenant Colonel Lance to recommend it for the Damocles Task Force.
• Lieutenant Colonel Lance classified Project A as Euclid and the creator of the Ear Teddy Bear, then reported both projects to Tina.
• William Russell approved Lance’s judgment, downgrading Project B to Safe for transfer and upgrading Project A to Keter for transfer to the Space Containment Center.
• Tina traced the teddy bears to Mr. Odora’s purchase before Children’s Day and concluded that unknown factors had transformed them into Projects A and B.
• Tina’s analysis linked Project A to the deaths of ten people, while Umbrella and the insurance company paid compensation to the victims’ families.
• After reading the file, William recalled that SCP-1048 had caused many deaths in his original world and credited Lance’s instincts with preventing a containment breach.

William approved Teddy Bear’s admission to Carter’s Damocles Task Force after confirming its healing abilities. He then went with Ivan to buy the Chinese breakfast Halsey craved during her seventh month of pregnancy.

• William called Carter and asked how Project B’s anomalous properties had been assessed.
• Carter confirmed that Project B was friendly to humans and had cured Marines and Helljumpers, so William assigned it to Damocles and renamed it Teddy Bear.
• Carter hesitated to bring up Keisha, and William guessed she wanted to see him but decided he had no time to visit her.
• Ivan reminded William that Halsey would soon wake and suggested they go to Chinatown for the breakfast she wanted.
• William changed clothes and headed with Ivan to buy tofu pudding and fried dough sticks for Halsey.

William learned that a newly detected dimensional passage in Halifax’s western forest led to the world of Terminator: Resistance in 2026. The system tasked him with destroying Skynet’s core and time machine before John Connor’s counterattack, offering to relocate the surviving human population to the Main Universe.

• William and Ivan brought breakfast from Halifax’s Chinatown, and William helped Halsey wash up and come downstairs to eat with the family.
• While eating with Halsey and Yelena, William received the system’s alert about a second dimensional passage in Halifax’s western forest.
• The system explained that the passage led to 2026, where Skynet’s machines were killing humanity and John Connor had not yet launched his 2027 counterattack.
• The system tasked William with destroying Skynet’s central core and time machine before Connor’s counterattack, promising to move the surviving humans to the Main Universe if he succeeded.
• William worried he could not support 1.5 billion people, and the system said it would give them new identities and memories after transporting them.

William learned the dimensional passage’s coordinates and ordered a UBCS company to secure the area while the Infinity waited overhead. He prepared to go there personally, leaving Ivan and Yelena to look after Halsey at home.

• After breakfast, William asked the system for the dimensional passage’s coordinates and wrote down 44°42'N, 63°55'W.
• William called Serena and ordered her to have Tina dispatch a UBCS company to seal off the area with plasma and Gauss Series weapons instead of Pulse Rifles.
• William told Serena to put the Infinity in stealth mode above the coordinates and to meet him there.
• William changed into his Commander's Uniform and told Ivan and Yelena that an abnormal phenomenon had appeared in the woods outside Halifax City.
• William assured Yelena that the family did not need to evacuate and told her and Ivan to look after Halsey.

William left home to investigate a dimensional passage in the forest near Halifax, where UBCS troops destroyed a T-800 that emerged from it. Serena examined the robot’s CPU and recoiled after discovering it had killed hundreds of people.

• William told Halsey he had to investigate an anomaly and ordered Ivan to stay home and look after her.
• A T-800 emerged from the dimensional passage in the forest and fired a powerful Plasma Round at the UBCS troops.
• The UBCS troops destroyed the T-800 and secured the passage and surrounding forest.
• William and Serena arrived, and William ordered Serena to analyze the robot.
• Serena connected to the T-800’s CPU, then stumbled away and told William it had killed hundreds of people.

Serena identified the T-800 as a Terminator from a world devastated by Skynet, prompting the UBCS to question whether she could be compromised. William defended Serena and ordered forces aboard the Endless to prepare for a mission through the passage, then returned to the ship to change into his Power Armor.

• Serena explained that Skynet had nearly exterminated humanity and that no more than 1.8 billion people remained alive in its world.
• The UBCS captain warned William that Serena might have been affected by the Terminator’s chip and urged him to isolate her.
• William defended Serena, whose loyalty remained at 100, and ordered the UBCS to keep guarding the passage.
• William directed Serena to arrange containment structures and mobilize the Marine Corps, Heavy Soldiers, Helljumpers, and Astartes armies.
• William and Serena flew back to the Endless so William could change into his Power Armor.

William and Serena prepared to join the troops deploying through a transit passage, and William leaped from the Infinity to the forest below in his Power Armor. He reached the assembled forces as engineers began preparing a ground station and concealing the passage.

• William and Serena arrived at Hangar Bay Four, where Marines, Astartes, and other troops prepared to descend to the forest.
• William put on his Power Armor, and Serena connected to his helmet through the Neural Link.
• William jumped from the Infinity at an altitude of about 1,200 meters and landed safely in the forest.
• Serena recovered from the thrilling jump, and William told her to keep it secret from Mylon and Carl.
• William reached the troops near the transit passage while engineers cleared the area and began building a ground station and an isolation structure.

William briefed the assembled forces on Skynet and the Terminator threat in the alternate 2026 Earth, then led a selected force through the dimensional passage to assess the situation. The chapter ended with the Custodes following in an orderly line while Hicks, Hudson, and several Primarchs remained behind on standby.

• William explained that Skynet had driven humanity to the brink of extinction and described the T-800 Terminators and their powerful plasma rifles.
• Serena showed footage of UBCS fighting T-800s and advised Hicks's Marines and Hudson's Shark Squad to stay behind until the threat was assessed.
• William summoned Keisha and Teddy Bear, then ordered Robert and Kolax to remain behind while John, Mylon, and Carl joined the crossing force.
• Keisha arrived with Teddy Bear, and William led the named team through the blue-lit dimensional passage.
• One thousand Custodes and two hundred Terminators followed through the narrow passage in orderly lines.