Chapter Summaries

Andre arrived on the bridge with equipment for Ivan and Shia as the fleet prepared to face the Rebels. Tina revealed Ivan’s Final God Body and Shia’s White Raven, built to let them use their abilities in extreme environments.

• Mike and James discussed the First Fleet’s Spartan-IIs, God Bodies, and the risks posed by the Rebels’ electromagnetic cannons.
• Andre joined the bridge and said Shia and Ivan, who had inherited William’s abilities, gave them an advantage; Shia also reported that Earth’s defenses were under control.
• Andre recognized Nova Terra as Constantine Terra’s daughter but postponed explaining their family history until after the threat was dealt with.
• Tina revealed Ivan’s dark-red Final God Body, engineered from his blood and upgraded for extreme environments and maximum performance.
• Tina identified Shia’s white MS, White Raven, as a psychoreactive-frame unit with a specialized Energy Shield that would let Shia cast magic in extreme environments.

Ivan and the generals investigated the mind-controlled Rebels instead of immediately destroying their ships, using hotel surveillance to identify a disguised psychic and uncover Yuri Marin as the likely mastermind. Tina began locating Yuri’s surgically altered clones so Ghost Agents could target them.

• Ivan warned that destroying the Rebel fleet would waste UNSC forces and asked Tina to investigate nearby electronic recordings for clues about the mind control.
• Tina showed footage of a disguised traveler emitting a wave that disabled nearby security cameras, then revealed that he had undergone extensive plastic surgery.
• Tina reconstructed the traveler’s original appearance and found several similarly altered men in the Jiu Hai Colony; Andre ordered Ghost Agents to locate them and capture one alive if possible.
• Ivan suspected that Yuri’s clones had triggered the chaos, and Tina identified the man as Yuri Marin, a Soviet scientist officially declared dead who may have conducted advanced experiments in Chisinau.

Tina identified Yuri Marin as a Soviet mind-control scientist who had used surgically altered clones to manipulate corporations and amass funds and technology. Ivan ordered a crackdown on the clones and prepared a mixed fleet to attack the dockyard and rescue UNSC personnel, while Nova agreed to help interrogate a captured Yuri Recruit.

• Tina reported that Yuri Marin had used alien research to enhance his clones’ mind control and had siphoned Hozette Corporation’s money through executives’ heirs.
• Xiya questioned whether Nova’s family had been compromised, but Andre confirmed Nova’s father Constantine had not been controlled and had once served the Russell Family.
• Ivan ordered Tina to locate the clones across the Solar System and directed the fleets to unite and head for the dockyard.
• Ivan asked Mike to join him in having Nova interrogate the captured Yuri Recruit, and Nova agreed.
• Agents began eliminating Yuri’s clones, the fleets combined, and Athena transferred to the First Fleet’s flagship.
• Ivan, Mike, Xiya, and Nova began interrogating the captured Yuri Recruit while they waited for Achilles.

Nova used her powerful psychic abilities to force a captured Yuri Recruit to reveal Yuri’s methods and forces. The recruit began describing Yuri’s advanced weapons and technology, but something stopped him as he started to explain the Super Battleship.

• Mike and Nova questioned the captured Yuri Recruit while Ivan and Hia observed from behind one-way glass.
• Nova overwhelmed the recruit with psychic pressure, and Ivan learned that her Psionic Level had reached at least nine and might be ten.
• The Yuri Recruit revealed that Yuri trained orphan students, enhanced their psychic powers with drugs, and sent them to Jiu Hai Colony using ordinary travel routes.
• The recruit explained that Yuri created Brutes with genetic engineering and a delayed-mutation agent, and that they had arrived aboard civilian airliners before the attack.
• The Yuri Recruit described Yuri’s Psionic Snipers, mind-controlling clones, replicated Umbrella vehicles, vacuum-capable equipment, Warp Engine warships, and Super Battleship before he suddenly stammered and could not continue.

Yuri Marin took control of the Yuri Recruit to speak with Mike O'Donahue and recruit Nova, then died after revealing his plans and powers. Mike brought Ivan, Nova, and Xiya to a meeting chamber, where they signed Confidentiality Agreements that he explained would bind them to the Russell Family and Ivan.

• Yuri Marin broke through Nova's control of the Yuri Recruit, offered Mike a command position in his faction, and urged Nova to join him.
• Yuri Marin said he aimed to overthrow the capitalists and revealed that he had killed his student to prevent him from exposing more information, then died as blood poured from the Yuri Recruit's face.
• Nova warned Mike that Yuri could read her thoughts and influence her emotions through the corpse, and Mike left the interrogation chamber.
• Mike led Ivan, Xiya, and Nova to a meeting chamber and had all three sign Confidentiality Agreements.
• Mike explained that the agreements helped Umbrella employees resist anomalous control and that Nova and Xiya would now be loyal to Ivan and the Russell Family.

Mike explained the Confidentiality Agreement to Ivan, Xiya, and Nova, and Nova chose to join Umbrella rather than have her agreement voided. At Hangar Bay Four, Athena and Achilles arrived, and Ivan prepared to give them a mission against Yuri Marin.

• Mike explained that the Confidentiality Agreement bound its signers to the Russell Family and that Ivan would inherit its effects.
• Ivan asked Mike to void Nova’s agreement and erase her memories, but Nova decided to join Umbrella and help defeat Yuri.
• Mike warned Ivan, Nova, and Xiya to keep the agreement’s secrets confidential before leading them to Hangar Bay Four.
• William received a system notification that Nova and Xiya had signed the agreement and would become loyal to Ivan when he turned eighteen.
• Athena and Achilles arrived in golden battle armor, and Athena reunited with Ivan before he told her they had a mission against Yuri Marin.

Ivan assumed temporary command of Umbrella’s forces and prepared to confront the UNSC rebels at the Asteroid Belt shipyards. Athena and Achilles began organizing a boarding operation while Ivan and Shia inspected their specialized Final God Bodies.

• Ivan ordered Athena and Achilles to lead elite Helljumpers in a boarding operation against the Yuri clones controlling the rebel fleet.
• Mike explained that Umbrella’s Falcon transports could breach warship armor and shields to deliver boarding teams.
• Ivan declared himself temporary supreme commander, and Athena, Achilles, and Nova went to prepare for the operation.
• Ivan learned that the Warp Space transit to the shipyard would take one to two minutes and asked Andre to take him and Shia to their specialized units.
• Ivan and Shia saw their custom Final God Bodies in Hangar One, and Ivan was stunned by how much William had invested in his machine.

Ivan and the Mixed Fleet jumped to the Asteroid Belt to confront nearly two hundred rebel UNSC warships gathered at the dockyard. The fleet arrived two ETM from the dockyard, where a vast Mag Electromagnetic Cannon stood ready, and a large-scale civil war was about to begin.

• Ivan told Xiya to board White Raven and prepare for battle, while Andre warned her to prioritize her safety.
• Xiya entered White Raven and discovered its mental-sensing system let her control the MS with her thoughts; her compatibility was 97.8%.
• Ivan entered his divine body and ordered Tina to have the Mixed Fleet jump to a position two ETM from the dockyard.
• The chapter described the dockyard’s defenses and its ten-kilometer Mag Electromagnetic Cannon, which fired 3000-ton tungsten rounds.
• Thirty-seven jump exits appeared near the dockyard as Umbrella’s Mixed Fleet arrived, facing nearly two hundred rebel UNSC warships.

Umbrella's Mixed Fleet used a warp maneuver to trap Yuri's Rebel forces in a pincer attack while Ivan led the God Bodies and boarding teams toward the dock and warships. Xia's White Raven shielded the advancing aircraft from the Rebel barrage, and the teams reached their targets as the boarding operation began.

• The Mixed Fleet launched aircraft and missiles, then warped behind the dock and Rebel fleet to catch Yuri's forces between two attacks.
• Ivan ordered Xia to intercept incoming fire, Athena and Nova to board the dock, Achilles to board Rebel warships, and the God Bodies to cover them.
• The Rebels fired electromagnetic cannons and other weapons at the advancing formation, but the God Bodies' shields withstood the attack.
• Xia activated White Raven's barriers, blocking most artillery and containing the missiles as the boarding teams approached the dock and Rebel ships.
• Athena, Achilles, Nova, and the others reached their targets, and the boarding operation began.

Ivan and the assault force attacked the dock, while Xiya helped fifteen Falcon aircraft breach its hangar. Athena and the Helljumpers seized the hangar and set out to find Yuri’s clones as Tina retook control of the dock.

• Ivan used the divine body and six floating cannons to fight Rebel forces while spotting the Falcon aircraft heading for the dock.
• Xiya used a barrier to disable the dock’s Gauss Point Defense Cannons, allowing the Falcon aircraft to melt open a hatch and enter the hangar.
• The breach killed or endangered hangar workers, but the Falcon aircraft plugged it with expanding spheres and deployed Athena, Nova, and the Helljumpers.
• Athena ordered the Helljumpers to knock out the mentally controlled UNSC personnel, who could not penetrate their AT Energy Shields.
• Nova detected a powerful psionic presence that she suspected belonged to one of Yuri’s clones, and Athena ordered the troops to hunt down the infiltrators while Tina retook the dock.

Athena and the elite Helljumpers reclaimed the dock by killing Yuri clones and freeing mind-controlled UNSC officers, while Achilles’ force carried out boarding operations across the fleet. Ivan’s squad disrupted the rebel warships, and the Mixed Fleet joined the battle and began boarding the ships.

• Athena led Nova and the elite Helljumpers through the dock, killing a Yuri clone disguised as a major and freeing the officers he had controlled.
• Tina restored the dock’s surveillance system and sent Athena the locations of the remaining clones, after which Athena split the Helljumpers into platoon-sized teams.
• Athena and Nova continued hunting Yuri clones while Achilles’ elite Helljumpers restored controlled soldiers aboard frigates and battleships.
• Ivan’s God Body Squad, carrier-based aircraft, and Falcons threw the rebel warships into chaos with a close-range attack, while Xia piloted White Raven.
• Andre, James, and Mike brought the Mixed Fleet close enough to attack the rebel warships, and Pelicans began boarding after the fleet broke through their AT Energy Shields.

Athena and the others retook the dock and restored most hijacked UNSC ships, while William’s Fleet Zero arrived in UV Ceti and reestablished contact with the Solar System. William prepared the fleets for an approaching battle with Yuri’s forces and praised Ivan for his actions before sending him to the hangar.

• Athena and Nova killed the Yuri clones in the dock, and Achilles and the Combat Troops restored most of the hijacked UNSC ships, though several frigates and their crews were destroyed.
• Ivan ordered the God Body Squad and Xia to destroy frigates preparing to fire their Electromagnetic Cannons, and the damaged ships exploded.
• William’s Fleet Zero arrived in UV Ceti, and Tina connected William to Ivan and the others aboard the First Fleet’s flagship.
• William ordered the fleet to maintain communications, prepare for reinforcements, and have restored UNSC personnel sign Confidentiality Agreements.
• Serena reported that the situation at Reach would be stabilized within six hours, and William authorized lethal weapons against Yuri’s approaching rebel fleet.
• William praised Ivan for saving the dock and controlled UNSC forces, then told him to unleash the Final God Body’s full strength in the coming battle.

William and Halsey discussed the danger posed by Yuri Marin as Fleet Zero suppressed the unrest at UV Ceti-b. Ivan launched with the God Body Squad after a thousand rebel warships and Yuri’s super battleship arrived near the Solar System, beginning humanity’s largest-scale naval battle.

• William received reports that ground forces were suppressing riots on UV Ceti-b and the God Body Squad was boarding Yuri’s frigates.
• William and Halsey discussed Yuri Marin’s clones, powerful abilities, and the challenge of finding his true body.
• William expressed confidence that Ivan, Xia, and the veterans supporting them could defeat Yuri’s forces.
• Ivan entered his God Body, and Andre warned him that a thousand rebel warships and Yuri’s super battleship had arrived near the dockyard.
• Ivan ordered the God Body Squad to sortie alongside Xia as the warships and other forces prepared for battle.

Ivan ordered the dock’s Mag Electromagnetic Cannon to strike Yuri’s Super Battleship, destroying it and many other Rebel warships. He then led Umbrella and the UNSC’s forces into battle, with Xiya’s barriers shielding their advance.

• Ivan identified the Super Battleship’s Mind Control Towers and asked Tina about the Mag Electromagnetic Cannon’s range.
• Ivan requested that the general fire the cannon, and the general approved the order.
• The Mag Electromagnetic Cannon pierced the Super Battleship’s shield and destroyed it along with nearly twenty warships in its path.
• Ivan ordered the warships, aircraft, God Bodies, and MS units to attack the Rebels and Yuri’s fleet.
• Ivan, Athena, and Xiya led the charge, while Xiya’s White Raven raised barriers to block enemy fire.

Umbrella’s smaller fleet fought Yuri’s and the Rebels’ forces as Shia, Athena, and Ivan turned the battle with magic, divine power, and a high-speed assault. Ivan destroyed a Phoenix-class carrier’s engines, while the larger battle continued.

• James Carter rapidly deployed Umbrella’s Mixed Fleet against the numerically superior Yuri and Rebel warships.
• Shia summoned giant skeletons to harass Yuri’s fleet, giving Umbrella’s ships an opening to attack.
• Athena hurled her Golden War Spear through a Yuri warship and rallied Umbrella’s forces with a battle cry.
• Ivan entered Limit mode and moved his Divine Body at super speed through the enemy fleet.
• Ivan used his Ship Slicers to bypass a Phoenix-class carrier’s AT Shield and destroy its engines.

Ivan crippled most of Yuri Marin’s controlled UNSC fleet and helped the Mixed Fleet defeat Yuri’s forces, but the costly victory left its leaders mourning heavy losses. The chapter ended with Tina reporting the estimated casualties and irreparable warships.

• Ivan used the Ship Slicers and Super Speed in the “Limit” state to disable the engines of most UNSC warships controlled by Yuri’s clones, then stopped when the strain threatened to damage him.
• Xia checked on Ivan, while Andre praised his actions and James reported that the Mixed Fleet had destroyed seventy-two of Yuri’s warships, crippled seventeen, and allowed nine to escape.
• Ivan returned to the flagship as the fleet secured the disabled UNSC ships and completed its cleanup, ending Yuri’s plan to destroy the Solar System’s Umbrella and UNSC forces.
• Ivan’s reputation among the company’s soldiers and employees rose after the battle, and he joined Andre, Mike, and Tina in the conference chamber.
• Tina reported approximately 175,200 dead, 270,000 critically injured, and 174 warships lost.

After the battle against Yuri Marin’s forces, William reviewed the casualties and ordered his team to capture the disabled Yuri warships and search their data for Yuri’s base. He proposed having the UNSC sign a Confidentiality Agreement, which would leave the UNSC publicly in power while secretly placing humanity under Umbrella’s control; Ivan, Andre, and Mike agreed.

• Tina reported that the battle had caused about eight thousand Umbrella casualties and heavily damaged four warships, while Ivan, Andre, and Mike condemned the losses caused by Yuri Marin’s mind control.
• William told the conference that the battle had been disastrous for both Umbrella and the UNSC, then asked Tina about the disabled Yuri warships.
• Tina reported that all seventeen Yuri warships had lost their ability to fight and that six still had working life-support systems.
• William ordered Achilles, Athena, and Nova to capture Yuri’s crews and take control of the warships, then directed Tina to decrypt their data and find Yuri’s base.
• William said Yuri was likely still alive and proposed making the entire UNSC sign a Confidentiality Agreement to prevent another civil war during humanity’s expansion.
• Andre, Mike, and Ivan supported William’s proposal, while Mike noted that isolated star systems and their single Quantum Communication devices had contributed to past disasters.

William ordered Umbrella to eliminate Yuri mind-control infrastructure, repair its and the UNSC’s forces, and investigate Yuri technology and bases. Athena and the Helljumpers then boarded a Yuri warship, where she led the defeat and capture of its soldiers.

• William ordered Umbrella to remove Yuri clones and mind-control towers, repair warships, and have Tina’s team analyze captured Yuri vessels and locate their base.
• William told Ivan that UV Ceti was stable and that he expected to return to the Solar System soon.
• After William ended the call, Andre and Mike celebrated Umbrella’s agreement with the UNSC while Ivan listened.
• Tina ordered Athena and the elite paratroopers to board Yuri warships that still had life support.
• Athena and thirty Helljumpers stormed a Yuri warship’s hangar, exploiting the pressure disruption to attack its defenders.
• A Virus Sniper’s shot failed to stop Athena, who killed the sniper and led her team in killing or capturing the Yuri soldiers.

After discovering that Yuri Marin’s forces had annihilated an Astartes company on Hozette-4, William prepared the UNSC and Umbrella for an expedition to the colony. The chapter ended with William rallying the assembled officers before they set out to take revenge on Yuri.

• Tina and the other artificial intelligences identified Hozette-4 as Yuri Marin’s base and discovered that its forces had killed 120 Astartes after a desperate battle.
• William ordered the UNSC forces to sign the Confidentiality Agreement and directed Wang Zhaofeng’s Engineering Team to repair the damaged warships.
• By June 20, repairs were complete, and the UNSC and Umbrella assembled their fleets and troops in the Solar System for the expedition to Hozette-4.
• William addressed ten thousand officers in a shipyard hangar, called the campaign a Vengeance Expedition, and vowed to make Yuri pay.
• The assembled officers answered William’s speech with a thunderous roar.

William prepared to lead Umbrella and most of the UNSC on an expedition to Hozette-4 while leaving forces behind to protect the Solar System. Before departing, he reorganized the Astartes and named John's legion the Praetorian Guard, as the losses caused by the UNSC's civil war made him reconsider Umbrella's role and ambitions.

• William declared himself supreme commander of the expedition and ordered the UNSC's Twenty-Seventh Fleet to remain in the Solar System while the other fleets went to Hozette-4.
• William assigned Andre's Containment Fleet and Mike's First Fleet to stay behind with the Twenty-Seventh Fleet, and arranged for Athena to join Fleet Zero.
• William left Yelena with Andre and Mike and said Ivan was ready to gain experience with the expeditionary force.
• Serena reported that the Astartes had been reorganized into legions, with 1,200 under John's, Carl's, and Mylon's genes, 7,000 under Robert's, and 1,600 under Kolax's.
• William kept the names Ultramarines and Raven Guard for Robert's and Kolax's legions and renamed John's legion the Praetorian Guard.
• William reflected on the deaths in the Beacon, Xenomorph, and civil-war incidents, which had led him to make the UNSC sign the Confidentiality Agreement.