Recaps

Jonas defeated Afanisi and took control of the Black Ring, strengthening the Alt Conglomerate while managing its allies and rivals. As Senna Life entered an unfavorable partnership, Jonas uncovered a Star of Dawn mole and had Eiffel pressure the traitor through his family.

• The Alt Conglomerate defeated Tanyas’s forces, and Jonas tortured Tanyas for information while Afanisi gained the Black Ring’s full power and threatened to destroy a district.
• Afanisi attacked the Alt Conglomerate, but Jonas took control of the Black Ring and drove her to escape, and a white-haired girl in the Void Realm identified him as the Qualified One.
• Jonas and Iris went on a date, while Esnie and Eiffel followed them, and afterward, Jonas used the Black Ring to convince captured Holy Adjudicators that their church had been defeated, and they called him the Holy Son.
• Jonas offered Yucas a leadership role in his secret shadow unit, and after consulting the Peacekeeping Forces and her mentor, she agreed to become his shadow.
• Jonas and Chelsea arranged a partnership between their conglomerates, while Beigong Ling and Amau Sueko began investigating Iris and planning to recruit her into the Star of Dawn.
• Rhein Daphne sought Senna Life’s control of the Body Enhancement Drug project, but Jonas refused her terms and brought Carol Sigrid into negotiations, securing a contract that gave Senna Life one percent of the profits.
• Beigong Ling sent Amau Sueko to approach Rhein Daphne, while Jonas ordered Eiffel to find the Alt Conglomerate’s mole, and Eiffel identified Todd Chipman and threatened his kidnapped wife and son to make him cooperate.

Jonas rescued Iris from Beigong Ling, then tracked Beigong Ling down and captured her before she could escape to Senna Life. As Beigong Ling struggled in the Alt Conglomerate’s custody, Amau Sueko set out to find help from the Void Realm Church.

• Rhein Daphne agreed to Beigong Ling’s plan and secured twenty Hovercars from Senna Life, allowing the Star of Dawn to attack the Alt Conglomerate and abduct Iris.
• Beigong Ling had Iris’s chip removed, but Iris’s Psionic Energy awakened and she attacked the Star of Dawn base before Jonas arrived with the Alt Security Team.
• Jonas overpowered Beigong Ling, but she escaped with Amau Sueko, and he later found Iris disoriented and brought her to the hospital, where doctors removed the anesthetic affecting her.
• Iris told Jonas that voices from the void realm were looking for him, and Jonas used an encrypted call that led Amau Sueko to reveal her location before she regained her senses.
• Jonas predicted Beigong Ling would seek help from Rhein, and Alt Conglomerate forces cornered the two women as they fled through the Mika District.
• Beigong Ling fought Esnie to give Amau Sueko time to escape, but Jonas had Nightingale strike her before her second form awakened, allowing the squad to capture her.
• Rhein confronted Jonas over his operation in Senna Life’s jurisdiction, but Jonas led his people out through her encirclement while Amau Sueko hid in the Slums and resolved to seek help from the Void Realm Church.
• Jonas brought Iris home and kept Beigong Ling under guard, when she tried to escape by grinding her wrists against the wall, Jonas entered her cell and asked whether she wanted better living conditions.

Jonas used Beigong Ling’s capture and Amau Sueko’s rescue attempt to defeat the Star of Dawn and bring it under the Alt Conglomerate’s influence. Beigong Ling agreed to record the organization’s surrender, leaving Miss Rhein furious.

• Jonas interrogated Beigong Ling, then used her answers and the prospect of harming Amau Sueko to keep her captive while he prepared for a rescue attempt.
• Jonas learned that Amau Sueko planned to act and positioned the Destiny Organization against her, while he also recruited Lanika Bedo by offering to help find her father.
• Amau Sueko led the Star of Dawn’s assault on the Alt Conglomerate, but Esnie halted its advance and Aungus’s forces captured Amau Sueko after the rescue squad found Beigong Ling’s room empty.
• Jonas showed Amau Sueko evidence that she had unknowingly passed him the Star of Dawn’s plans, then persuaded Beigong Ling that the organization needed to prove its value and accept his conditions.
• Jonas required Beigong Ling to wear a monitoring collar, while he forced Amau Sueko to comply with humiliating orders during her captivity.
• Jonas told Beigong Ling that the Star of Dawn could remain independent with Alt Conglomerate support, but then pressed her to record a declaration of surrender.
• Beigong Ling agreed to record the declaration, District 25 viewed the Star of Dawn’s defeat as another victory for Jonas, and Miss Rhein reacted furiously to the video.

Jonas consolidated the Star of Dawn, thwarted the Void Realm Church’s attack, and uncovered a link between the Predecessor Civilization and the Zerg. He recruited Kyudai Li for the Oasis Project and turned to building the resources and influence needed to unify District 25.

• Rhein reluctantly accepted Jonas’s support for her position at Senna Life, and Jonas exposed Eve Humphrey as the board member who had aided the Star of Dawn.
• After the Star of Dawn joined the Alt Conglomerate, Afanisi invoked the Lord of the Void Realm and led an attack on Jonas, but the Conglomerate defeated the church forces and captured her.
• Beigong Ling revealed the Star of Dawn’s secret archive of Predecessor Civilization technology, and Jonas offered Yucas help with the Peacekeeping Forces’ turmoil.
• Jonas met Annis Erdoka in the Interstice, learned that the Predecessor Civilization and Zerg were trapped there, and returned with a claim over Afanisi, who submitted after sensing Annis’s presence.
• Jonas recruited Kyudai Li to lead the Oasis Project and pursued a joint venture with Chelsea, while Eiffel grew uneasy about their closeness.
• Carol warned Jonas that the Kahn Family was backing a rival Void Realm Church faction led by Litvica, prompting him to question Afanisi about the new threat.
• Jonas made Beigong Ling wear a cat-themed outfit and used its electric tail to humiliate her, while she warned she would repay him.
• Jonas judged that the Alt Conglomerate needed more economic influence to sustain a prolonged war, and he visited Kyudai Li in her laboratory.