Recaps

Lox captured the Eternals’ warship, prepared humanity to resist the Celestials, and led an expedition into a Transformers universe to seize technology and rally the Cybertronians. The arc ended with the Celestial Blade Legion entering the Solar System and Mr. Sinister preparing hybrid bioweapons against it.

• Lox captured the Eternals’ warship and defeated their forces in New York, then imprisoned the surviving Eternals on Phobos and learned of the Celestials’ plans and power.
• Lox worked with Ajak, Sersi, Cawl, and Trazyn to develop dimensional travel and prepare humanity to oppose the Celestials across parallel universes.
• Lox sent expeditionary fleets into other universes, while Dantioch entered the Pharos labyrinth, took control of the C’tan shard Zahurash, and later confronted Dorn and Perturabo during their temporal journey.
• Lox and Trazyn explored a Transformers universe, discovered Unicron beneath Earth, and recovered Sentinel Prime, Ark One, and Space Bridge technology from the Moon.
• Lox joined Optimus Prime and the Autobots, exposed the Fallen’s plot and Unicron’s threat, and helped bring Optimus Prime and Megatron together against the gods manipulating Cybertron.
• Optimus Prime recovered the Leader Matrix, and Lox’s forces removed the Star Harvester from Egypt before leaving the Transformers universe with the AllSpark and other spoils.
• The Celestial Blade Legion arrived in the Solar System, and Lox recalled his forces to fight it after Ajak identified the enemy’s tactics and strength.
• Cassandra Nova Xavier authorized Mr. Sinister to develop bioweapons, and he created a hybrid using Deviant, Nightcrawler, Shadowcat, and Eternal genetic material.

Lox defeated the Celestial Blade, revived Sanguinius and Curze, and returned to the Warhammer universe with Trazyn. While an ancient Krork rallied the Orks into a new Waaagh, Lox reunited with Guilliman and brought him new technology and plans for rebuilding the Imperium.

• Pollux and Lox led the defense of Pluto, where Lox’s nanite swarm consumed Final Judgment’s shield and Crimson Fist severely damaged the flagship.
• After Shadow Hunters abducted Scott and other X-Men, Janus disrupted Cassandra’s control, and Barabas Dantioch’s forces destroyed the Hunters’ giant flesh creature and rescued the captives.
• Lox and the human forces defeated the Blade of the Celestials, and the Shattered Celestial’s attack ended when Lox erased it and fed its core to the miniature Astronomican.
• Lox resurrected Sanguinius and Konrad Curze, then used the AllSpark to restore Trazyn’s soul and give him a new body.
• Five years later, Lox and Trazyn returned to the Warhammer universe, discovered that Vashtorr’s assault had released Trazyn’s Krork, and learned that the Imperium had endured more than a century without Lox.
• The Krork, naming himself Da Vinci, rallied the Greenskin Orks, began restoring their strength, and led them against the Ashen Claws, allowing Zoe Slyke to escape and warn humanity of the coming Green Tide.
• Lox reunited with Guilliman on Terra, told him about Sanguinius and Curze and the other universes, and presented Cybertronian Space Bridge technology.
• Guilliman took Lox to meet Arkhan Land and Belisarius Cawl on Ganymede to discuss Primaris Astartes, while considering how to strengthen the Ultramarines and the Imperium.

Lox built the Space Bridge network and rallied the Imperium, Aeldari, and Necrons against the ancient Greenskin empire rising in the Ghoul Stars. After making Nostramo a fortified base and leading attacks on the Orks, Zoe’s infiltrators uncovered the enemy’s reforms and began planning a deeper push into its territory.

• Lox opened a Space Bridge near Ganymede, proving it could carry a ship 93 light-years, and Guilliman ordered the technology developed as a warning of the approaching Ork threat emerged.
• Guilliman secured wartime command from the High Lords, while Lox, Trazyn, and Eldrad Uthlan agreed to cooperate against the Krork and mobilize their forces.
• Lox reached Nostramo, persuaded the Night Lords to accept Primaris upgrades, evacuated its people, purged its corrupt nobles, and remade the planet into a fortified battle world.
• Omegon intervened when Erlin Duke tried to sacrifice Damien to Kairos Fateweaver, killing Erlin before Kairos escaped and Lox later destroyed Nostramo’s remaining old cities and criminal population.
• Vulkan joined Lox at Nostramo, where Imperial forces destroyed an Ork trap at Ulan Huda, and afterward, Bloodhowl Zack began reforming Ork society and appointed specialists to build a disciplined military.
• Sigismund led an Imperial assault on Skullcrusher, destroying the Ork fleet and using Life-Eater bombs before Astartes descended to search for surviving warlords.
• Zoe infiltrated Skullcrusher and found Rambo training Blood Axe Orks in a deadly underground jungle, and Rambo used the encounter to pass intelligence about the Orks’ reforms to Zoe.
• Zoe and Talos agreed to send their findings before pushing into Ork territory to locate the warlord and the Waaagh Gate.

Guilliman reclaimed Skullcrusher after defeating Bloodhowl Zack, while Elfreda seized control of Terra and drove Qile to seek allies. On Nostramo, Guilliman and Qile connected the Ecclesiarchy’s coup to the Dark King and agreed to confront their separate crises.

• Eldrad Uslan and Lerial Lei sought an alliance with Bloodhowl Zack, then helped the Orks spread rumors that Guilliman had betrayed the Emperor and founded the Second Imperium.
• The rumors triggered protests on Terra, Guilliman left for Macragge, and Elfreda used Christine’s supposed revelation to purge the Ecclesiarchy and seize control of the High Lords.
• Guilliman led the assault on Skullcrusher, defeated the Orks in a contest with Schwarzenegger, and battled Bloodhowl Zack until Zack fled and the Orks’ resistance collapsed.
• Guilliman secured the Waaagh Gate and, with Lox, investigated its technology and considered whether the scandal and coup on Terra had been orchestrated.
• Qile fled Terra, while Inquisitor Kater Eisenhorn and Garro and Loken offered to help her challenge Elfreda, and Loken’s Tarot reading and a Chaos attack in the Warp pointed to Samus and the Emperor’s danger.
• Lorgar learned that Qile was escaping toward Guilliman and planned to attack Guilliman and Vulkan while they fought the Orks, with Kairos Fateweaver suggesting they recruit Angron and Fulgrim.
• Qile reached Nostramo and told Guilliman that Elfreda had taken her position, and Guilliman and Lox explained the Emperor’s connection to the Dark King and suspected it was influencing the Ecclesiarchy.
• Guilliman appointed Qile to restore a rational Imperial Creed and pledged support from his allies, while he and his forces prepared to handle the Orks.