Recaps

The Emperor prepared Latveria and its allies for the Dark Order’s coming fleet while expanding his influence and building the institutions he believed humanity would need to survive. The arc left Victoria Hand taking charge of secret deep-space intelligence as she prepared to see the Emperor’s work from before Latveria’s founding.

• The Emperor told Wanda Maximoff and Laura Croft that Earth faced repeated extinction-level threats, then offered Camila weapons and a mission to build a force in South America.
• Regent Victor von Doom and the Emperor planned an Expansion War, strengthened Latveria’s international influence, and agreed to use the alien crisis to unite humanity.
• The Emperor recruited General Hale into his plans to defeat the Dark Order and establish a Human Federation, while Stephanie Malik marked Ruby Hale as a trusted member of her organization.
• The Emperor sent Steve Rogers and the Wild Legion to resolve hostage crises, but the operation ended with refugee deaths and injuries, prompting Steve to demand an explanation.
• The Emperor confronted Athena over his future, saw her vision of the Great Enemy’s victory, and later promised Stephanie Malik that he would create and train a Hydra devoted to protecting his empire.
• Steve Rogers questioned the Emperor’s political arguments and set out with Sam Wilson and James Buchanan Barnes to find the refugees, while Victoria Hand began monitoring Natasha Romanoff.
• Constantine told Victoria Hand that a Kree-led alliance was deceiving Earth and ordered her to arrest its members and seize their star fortress.
• Supiluliumas brought Victoria Hand to the hidden facility at Dhaulagiri Peak, where she took control of access to thirteen deep-space surveillance satellites and learned the Emperor had worked there before Latveria was founded.

Victor von Doom tightened Latveria’s control over Hungary and pursued trials and trade pressure while Victoria Hand studied sorcery and took charge of legal investigations. As Salomon returned from vacation, the regime prepared to confront Dr. Radcliffe, Aida, and the threat surrounding the 0-84 item.

• Victoria Hand transferred satellite control authority, then began a week of study at Kamar-Taj, where Master Hamir warned her about Outer Dimensional Entities and sorcery’s cost.
• Victor von Doom arranged a prison raid amid Dutch unrest, brought Slobodan Medić and Branislav Medić to Latveria for investigation, and prepared tribunals for Balkan war crimes.
• The Emperor and Victor von Doom imposed reforms on Hungary, confined its legislators until they passed the bills, and transferred key transport, energy, and military-industrial assets to Latverian control.
• Victor von Doom appointed Victoria Hand to establish a tribunal for the Former Yugoslav Federation and warned her that a greater threat awaited her when she was ready.
• Salomon spent time with Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Milia before deciding to end his vacation and return to the royal city.
• Victor von Doom ordered Constantine to find Dr. Radcliffe and Aida, while the Emperor authorized support to secure Radcliffe’s Framework technology and protect the team from Dark Sorcery.
• Constantine received a radioactive Martian force, arranged its decontamination, and took it with the First Secret Regiment toward the mission.
• Maria Hill learned that Dr. Radcliffe might have the 0-84 item, while Robbie Reyes had been seen near his home.

Constantine and the Mars Foundry attacked Lighthouse Base to recover its hidden materials and Enoch, while the Alchemical Double drew Coulson into a search for Robbie Reyes. Nick Fury confronted the Emperor about the Immortal Men, and Enoch was assigned to help investigate them.

• Constantine’s forces ambushed Dr. Holden Radcliffe and captured Zephyr One, while Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 extracted Life-Model Decoy data and fragments of the Darkhold.
• Maria Hill and Melinda May organized Lighthouse Base’s defense, but Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 infiltrated its systems and the Mars Foundry forces fought their way inside.
• The Alchemical Double told Coulson that Robbie Reyes’s spirit was not serving an Outer Dimension Evil God, then brought him to Los Angeles to find Robbie.
• The Mars Foundry forces overran Lighthouse Base, and Constantine told Melinda May that his troops wanted Enoch and would spare agents who surrendered.
• Robbie Reyes found that white-haired women in Power Armor had driven gangs out of Hillock Heights, while Coulson questioned the Alchemical Double about the weapons used there.
• Nick Fury traced Salomon to Oxfordshire, where the Emperor confronted him and explained that the Immortal Men might seek to colonize Earth after their home planet was destroyed.
• Constantine questioned Enoch at Lighthouse Base and assigned him and Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 to investigate the Immortal Men.

The Emperor prepared to exploit Asgard’s approaching Ragnarok while Constantine tightened control of Lighthouse Base and readied Coulson’s mission through the Monolith. As S.H.I.E.L.D. agents resisted, Salomon returned to family life and shared his grief over his missing mother’s soul.

• Constantine imprisoned May, Fitz, and Simmons, then struck down Enoch and preserved his core while Epsilon-Rodney-Radium 223 examined Mars’s research prospects.
• Coulson accompanied the Alchemical Double to San Fernando Mission Church, where Robbie Reyes could not summon his spirit and a missing Darkhold page unleashed a supernatural attack.
• Odin asked the Emperor to seal the failing passage between Niflheim and Midgard, and the Emperor joined Odin’s hunt for trolls before deciding to study and seize Asgard.
• The Emperor entered Asgard amid political upheaval, learned from Lorelei about the palace and Thor’s sons, and spared Magni and Modi after a tavern fight.
• Coulson met Enoch at Lighthouse Base and learned of the time-travel mission, while Constantine’s forces detained S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and prepared the base for the operation.
• Daisy Johnson, Alfonso Mackenzie, Elena Rodriguez, and Melinda May led resistance at Lighthouse Base, but Constantine contained the unrest and urged Coulson to remain vigilant.
• Constantine revealed the monoliths and ordered preparations for Void Travel, tying the mission to the Kree Star Fortress, General Hale, and Ruby.
• Salomon and Bayonetta discussed the danger of enemies learning her true name and his search for his birth mother, whose soul he had not found.