Chapter Summaries

Leon and Brea visited Mrs. Phillip to return the ashes of her son, Jacob, and deliver compensation and a medal from Umbrella. They continued on to visit the families of seven more victims.

• Brea drove Leon through Bucharest toward the homes of victims’ families, and they nearly hit a deer on the way.
• Leon recalled that Umbrella’s capture operation had brought European werewolves and vampires under its control, with most facing execution, experimentation, or confinement.
• Leon and Brea told Mrs. Phillip that her son Jacob had died in the line of duty and gave her his ashes, compensation, and a medal.
• After Leon and Brea left, Mrs. Phillip embraced Jacob’s urn and said she was proud of him.
• Brea said she understood why Umbrella had arranged the ceremony, and Leon called it the company’s own kind of tenderness before they set off to visit seven more families.

Sui Bian brought his ten Primarch sons to Umbrella’s Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant to show them the completed next-generation Aerospace Mothership. The group boarded a train that carried them deeper into the mountain toward the shipyard.

• As the Osprey-Fisher flew east, Sui Bian finished company business while his Primarch sons speculated about the interesting thing he had promised to show them.
• The Osprey-Fisher landed at a mountain-surrounded military airfield, and Sui Bian and the Primarchs rode a shuttle to the terminal.
• Sui Bian told Robert and his brothers that they were at the Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant, where Umbrella had built its aircraft and Aerospace Motherships.
• When Robert asked whether they were going to see a new-generation Aerospace Mothership, Sui Bian revealed it was already finished.
• Sui Bian, the Primarchs, and waiting employees boarded a train that headed through a tunnel toward the shipyard inside the mountain.

Sui Bian brought Robert and the other Primarchs to Umbrella’s Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant, where they saw the enormous aerospace carrier under construction. After reading its specifications, Robert called the Dawn Guardian a force capable of changing the world’s balance of power, and Sui Bian said he had no such plans yet.

• Sui Bian and the Primarchs rode a train through the mountain plant, where the brothers saw automated aircraft workshops and a massive dock.
• Robert and his brothers spotted a huge aerospace carrier and followed Sui Bian from the station toward its dock.
• Sui Bian handed Robert a tablet, and the Primarchs crowded around to read the Goshawk-class Heavy Frigate specifications.
• Robert learned the carrier was named the Dawn Guardian and said it could change the world’s balance of power.
• Sui Bian took back the tablet and told Robert he did not yet plan to change the world’s balance of power.

Sui Bian brought the Primarchs aboard the Dawn Guardian, Umbrella’s first Goshawk-class aerospace carrier, as its crew and forces prepared to board. The chapter ended with Captain Jacob Keyes greeting Sui Bian on the bridge.

• Sui Bian recalled how Umbrella had moved its Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant and built the Goshawk-class carrier, while considering the limits of its speed and future interstellar drives.
• Sui Bian and the Primarchs rode an elevator to the shipyard’s upper level, where employees and supplies were boarding the Dawn Guardian.
• The Spear of Olympus and its Helljumpers assembled and boarded as the carrier’s permanent rapid-response force.
• The MTFs saluted Sui Bian and the Primarchs, then continued boarding as the group entered the Dawn Guardian.
• Jacob Keyes introduced himself to Sui Bian as the Dawn Guardian’s captain on the bridge.

Jacob Keyes took command of the Dawn Guardian and launched it from its mountain dry dock into orbit, where Sui Bian and the Primarchs saw Earth from space. Robert and his brothers pledged to expand humanity’s power across the Galaxy, and Sui Bian affirmed that everything was for humanity.

• Jacob Keyes, selected to command the Dawn Guardian, prepared the crew and received Sui Bian’s order to take the ship toward the dawn.
• Keyes ordered the Dawn Guardian’s engines started, opened the mountain hatch, released the mooring clamps, and launched the concealed ship from its dry dock.
• The Dawn Guardian climbed above the clouds and entered low Earth orbit, where the crew and Primarchs gazed at Earth through the viewport.
• Sui Bian asked the Primarchs how seeing Earth felt, and Robert declared that humanity should control the Galaxy and crush threats to Earth.
• Sui Bian approved Robert’s declaration, and Robert and the other Primarchs vowed to spread humanity’s banner across the Galaxy.

Umbrella announced that it had mastered nuclear fusion and completed a fusion power plant near Raccoon City, stunning the press and the U.S. government. President Horner Graham ordered an investigation and sanctions against Umbrella as a convoy arrived at the White House.

• Trish Johnson opened Umbrella's New Year's press conference with a video tracing humanity's energy history.
• Trish Johnson announced that Umbrella had mastered nuclear fusion and completed a power plant in the northern suburbs of Raccoon City.
• Trish Johnson said the government had ordered Umbrella to keep the power plant secret and apologized for describing it as a conventional plant.
• Horner Graham questioned William Cohen about Colorado governor Brian Irons, and Cohen admitted his family had misjudged him.
• Horner Graham ordered Michael Rich to investigate Brian Irons and Umbrella's operations and prepare comprehensive sanctions.
• A convoy of nine black SUVs arrived at the White House's east entrance.

Umbrella operatives entered the White House and subjected President Graham and his cabinet to brainwashing surgery, claiming they would focus on Americans’ livelihoods afterward. Meanwhile, Umbrella’s press conference in Raccoon City proceeded as planned, announcing international cooperation on a new energy era.

• Chris, Jill, and Umbrella’s operatives entered the White House disguised as Secret Service agents and reached the Oval Office.
• Garrison assured President Graham that his daughter Ashley was safe, while Graham realized his trusted agents had betrayed him.
• Chris told Graham that Umbrella would perform brainwashing surgery on him and his cabinet, and the specialists prepared the office.
• Graham questioned Umbrella’s motives, and Chris said the officials would forget the incident and focus on developing American livelihoods.
• Umbrella’s spokesperson announced that the company had cooperation agreements with several governments, including the United States, to usher in a green, efficient energy era.

At Umbrella’s presentation, Ms. Johnson revealed that the company had developed fusion engines and was building the Pioneer, a spacecraft intended to support lunar mining and future space exploration. The presentation paused with more products still to come, while Sui Bian watched the livestream from Umbrella’s headquarters.

• A reporter asked whether Umbrella’s fusion power station could cause a disaster, and Ms. Johnson assured the audience that it was safe.
• Ms. Johnson revealed that the reactor used deuterium and helium-3, with the helium-3 expected to come from Luna.
• Ms. Johnson announced that Umbrella had developed nuclear fusion engines capable of travel within the Solar System.
• Ms. Johnson unveiled the Pioneer-class engineering ship, shared its specifications, and said the first ship was expected to be completed in March.
• Ms. Johnson said Umbrella planned to build a lunar mining base and eventually explore Luna and build more Pioneer-class ships.
• The presentation paused for a break, and Sui Bian watched the livestream from his office at Umbrella’s headquarters.

Sui Bian reviewed the public response to Umbrella’s nuclear fusion announcement and the progress of its space program, including the nearly completed Lunar Base. Rebecca then reported that Sanguinius’s God Body had developed an uncontrollable mutation.

• Sui Bian asked White Queen about the reaction to Umbrella’s press conference, and she reported that the online campaign had prepared the public and the company’s stock had reached a record high.
• White Queen told Sui Bian that mining companies wanted to discuss buying Pioneer-class Engineering Ships and partnering with Umbrella, but Sui Bian told her not to respond yet.
• White Queen reported that the far-side Lunar Base was nearing completion, while Sui Bian considered Umbrella’s fleet, personnel, and production plans.
• White Queen connected Rebecca’s call, and Rebecca told Sui Bian that Sanguinius’s God Body had uncontrollably grown two hard-feathered, wing-like structures on its back.

Sui Bian learned that Sanguinius’s God Body had developed stable but unusually strong readings and possible flight capability, and arranged to bring him and the other Primarchs to Göbekli for examination. Aboard the Dawn Guardian, Sanguinius trained and spoke with Colonel Victor until Captain Case summoned all Primarchs to the bridge.

• Rebecca reported that Sanguinius’s God Body had mutated and appeared to have gained some flight capability, so Sui Bian ordered continued monitoring.
• Sui Bian agreed to take Sanguinius and the other Primarchs to Göbekli and arranged for Captain Case to bring them back from orbit.
• Aboard the Dawn Guardian, Helljumpers, Spear of Olympus soldiers, Mobile Task Force units, and the Primarchs trained in the hangar.
• Sanguinius thanked Mikhail Victor for teaching him and his brothers, and Victor praised the Primarchs.
• Sanguinius sensed something, and Captain Case summoned all Primarchs to the bridge.

Sanguinius told his brothers that a vision suggested they were returning to Earth and that two objects in deep space might pose a threat. Robert led the Primarchs toward the bridge, intending to report the vision to Sui Bian, while wondering why Chris was connected to the danger.

• The Primarchs headed to the bridge after Sanguinius said he had seen a vision involving their father and a possible return to Earth.
• Sanguinius explained that he could not reliably see the future, but his God Body had changed and he had glimpsed two objects in deep space, one hostile.
• Sanguinius strained to see more and developed a splitting headache, so Robert stopped him and urged him not to force his precognition.
• Russ joked about the threat, and Robert reprimanded him before leading the brothers onward.
• Robert suspected the objects were an extraterrestrial threat and wondered how Chris was involved, then decided to tell Sui Bian.

After Sanguinius shared his visions, Sui Bian ordered the Dawn Guardian to prepare for an extraterrestrial attack and sent Robert and his brothers to Göbekli for an examination. En route, Sui Bian learned through a system mission that the Colonisers' exploration fleet would reach Earth's near orbit in seventy days and began considering what kind of civilization they faced.

• Robert and his brothers reported to Sui Bian, who told them to return to Earth and go to the Göbekli Research Center because of a problem with their weapons.
• Sanguinius described his visions to Sui Bian, who said his changed God Body was not bad news and ordered the Dawn Guardian to full combat alert.
• Robert led his brothers from the bridge and departed aboard an Osprey-Fisher bound for Earth, while Sui Bian traveled east across the North Atlantic in another craft.
• Sui Bian received a system mission stating that the Colonisers' exploration fleet would enter Mars's gravitational range in 1,440 hours and reach Earth's near orbit 240 hours later.
• Sui Bian tried to identify the Colonisers from his past-life memories and considered how their fleet might travel through space.

Sui Bian inspected the God Bodies being manufactured at the Gobekli Research Center and learned that Sanguinius’s Psionic Power caused their mutations. With the God Bodies nearing completion, Sui Bian asked Birkin to conduct an experimental activation while the Primarchs were present.

• Sui Bian arrived at the underground Research Center and went with Rebecca and Alexia to observe the God Bodies.
• Sui Bian saw Lilith suspended over the Blood Pool, ten God Bodies on their platforms, and Sanguinius’s winged God Body under examination.
• Rebecca told Sui Bian that adjustments to the God Bodies should be complete in three days if no unexpected mutations occurred.
• William Birkin arrived with the ten Primarchs and reported that Sanguinius’s Psionic Power caused the God Body mutations.
• Sui Bian asked Birkin to conduct an experimental activation, and Birkin eagerly agreed.

Sui Bian ordered the Primarchs to begin testing their God Bodies and directed the Red Queen and White Queen to prepare for the threat of the Colonisers. The Primarchs were fitted with Pilot Suits and brought to their God Bodies, where Sanguinius entered the first Entry Plug.

• Sui Bian told the Primarchs to cooperate with Birkin's team and fully awaken their God Bodies, especially Sanguinius.
• Sui Bian ordered the Red Queen to secure Göbekli and scan space beyond Mars for large vessels, while the White Queen accelerated the construction and cloaking of Pioneer-class ships.
• Birkin, Rebecca, and Alexia oversaw the Primarchs as technicians fitted them with neural-link Pilot Suits.
• Technicians transported the Primarchs to their God Bodies and repositioned the giants into seated positions.
• Sanguinius entered the Entry Plug at the back of his God Body's neck, and the seat locked onto his Pilot Suit.

Sanguinius and the other Primarchs tested their synchronization with the God Bodies, and Sanguinius took his winged body flying. The next day, Chris saw an unfamiliar aircraft land at the Göbekli Research Center, carrying Celtic and another Yautja.

• Sanguinius and the other Primarchs awakened their God Bodies and completed movement tests with synchronization readings above 96 percent.
• Sanguinius received Sui Bian's permission to test flying and took his God Body to the surface airfield.
• Sanguinius's God Body lifted off and flew as he tested its speed and agility.
• Chris waited at the Göbekli Research Center airfield while on standby for the Charon Task Force.
• An unfamiliar camouflaged aircraft landed, and Celtic and another Yautja emerged.

Celtic and Wolf warned Chris Redfield that the Colonisers would eventually devour Earth and offered to take him away. Chris refused to abandon his home, and Celtic decided to fight beside him.

• Celtic invited Chris to escape with him and Wolf, then agreed to explain the offer to the human authorities.
• Celtic told Chris that the Colonisers had targeted humanity, and Wolf explained that they traveled through space devouring and plundering inhabited worlds.
• Wolf recounted how the Yautja had defeated one Coloniser fleet but later abandoned a hunting world when more fleets arrived.
• Wolf warned that Earth would be doomed within a century and said the Yautja could offer humanity only information.
• Chris refused to leave Earth, and Celtic declared that he would fight by Chris's side again.

Sui Bian secured Wolf’s aid by having Russ defeat him in a duel, adding another alien ally as Umbrella prepared to confront the Coloniser scouting fleet. The fleet entered Mars’s gravitational field, and three blue beams streaked toward it.

• Sui Bian learned that Wolf would help humanity if a human defeated him in a duel.
• Chris accepted Wolf’s challenge, and Russ fought Wolf barehanded in the underground warehouse.
• Russ narrowly won the staged duel, earning Wolf’s respect and his promise to help humanity resist the Colonisers.
• The Coloniser scouting fleet, led by a mothership about the size of Deimos, entered Mars’s gravitational field.
• Three blue beams shot toward the Coloniser fleet.

Umbrella's fleet ambushed the Colonisers near Mars, but the Bio-ships rapidly repaired themselves and attacked. Case ordered the fleet to charge and prepare to punch through the enemy defenses so Sanguinius and the MTF could board the mother ship.

• Three Goshawk-class ships fired electromagnetic projectiles that destroyed several Bio-ships and pierced the Colonisers' mother ship.
• The Dawn Guardian, Hope, and Destroyer fired Plasma Cannons, but the Colonisers' damaged ships fused together and quickly recovered.
• Case ordered Umbrella's fleet to proceed according to plan and accelerate toward the Colonisers.
• The Colonisers launched swarms of Bio-fighters as Sanguinius flew ahead of Umbrella's fleet in his armored God Body.
• Case ordered the fleet to fire Plasma Bombs when in range, then punch through the enemy defenses if the bombs proved ineffective.

Umbrella’s fleet launched missiles and Plasma Cannon fire at the Coloniser fleet, then charged through its defenses under Sanguinius’s lead. As the Falcon pilots fought their way toward the mothership, one pilot rammed and cut apart an enemy fighter, ending the chapter close to the mothership.

• Umbrella fired Plasma Cannons and launched 150 missiles, but the Colonisers intercepted most of them and quickly repaired the mothership’s damage.
• Umbrella accelerated into firing range, and Sanguinius led the God Body, carrier aircraft, and Goshawk-class ships through the Colonisers’ defensive line.
• The God Body’s golden tile-like shield blocked enemy attacks as Sanguinius used his weapons to clear a path toward the mothership.
• A Falcon pilot ran out of ammunition and turned to return to base, but an enemy fighter began a suicidal charge.
• The Falcon pilot folded his wings and rammed the enemy fighter, slicing it apart before spotting the mothership nearby.

Case coordinated a synchronized main-gun strike that opened breaches in the Coloniser carrier, allowing Umbrella boarding parties to enter. Inside the carrier, Russ and a squad of Helljumpers began fighting the Coloniser organisms.

• A Falcon pilot returned to the Dawn Guardian while ground crews rushed to rearm aircraft amid the battle.
• Case ordered the three Goshawk-class ships to fire a synchronized main-gun volley to support the boarding parties.
• The Goshawks blasted three breaches in the carrier and launched Drop Pods as Osprey-Fishers entered through the openings.
• Sanguinius and the Falcon squadrons withdrew to rejoin the retreating fleet while the Coloniser forces launched further attacks.
• Russ, Wolf, and twenty-four Helljumpers attacked the Coloniser organisms inside the carrier with Bolters and Pulse Series firearms.