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Soon after an entire planet is blown up in front of our eyes. "What's one and
a half billion people to us?" asks the same man who appeared earlier speaking
over video with Cherenkov. The girl he is talking to says they were innocents,
the man says he will do whatever it takes to get the Emulator, or he will use
the original if he has to. He asks the girl Pellegri if maybe it's too much
for her consciences to bear. He says that they are the ones who determine life
and death. Finally a common soldier speaks to him and we learn the name of
this mysterious enemy. His name is Commander Margulis and the soldier says
there's a message from Lieutenant Commander Vanderkam, sole survivor of the
vanguard force. Vanderkam was the man from the ship down near the Zohar,
arguing with Cherenkov, with the big purple cross painted on his face. He says
the unit was decimated and the Emulator was not secured.
A new character is introduced at this point. A council of people sit in large
chairs around a circle when a man walks in. No ordinary man, his legs are
mechanical. The man is named Ziggurat 8 and the coucil explains that upon his
death in 4667 he donated his body to Ziggurat Industries. The council has a
mission, recently they received information that as armed group has shown signs
of resurgence and the same group was responsible for the events fourteen years
ago, the U-TIC Organization. They've located the U-TIC Organization's hideout,
it was originally a shrine from a long lost religion but was abandoned. The
mission is to rescue someone and return her to her rightful place. A child,
but a Realian. A 100-Series Realian, with the same specifications as KOS-MOS.
Ziggurat says that being a cyborg he has no rights and thus cannot refuse their
request but wants to make one request first, after his returning he wants all
memories from his previous life erased. The council agrees and says he can get
the specifics from Dr. Yuri Mizrahi later. Ziggurat 8 rides the elevator down
in silence. One woman on the coucil says that Ziggurat didn't die in duty but
instead had committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Thus he has
been equipped with a safety mechanism which prevents him from hurting himself.
She says he was brought back to life against his will and will become only a
machine once the brain erasure procedure is complete.
Inside a prison cell the young girl sits, the 100-Series Realian Ziggurat was
meant to rescue. Margulis enters her cell and asks some simple question to
which she does not answer, saying she doesn't like the name "100-Series
Realian" but instead wants to know where she's going. Margulis says that she's
just a machine and machines are meant to be used.
Ziggurat arrives at the hideout in a stealth camouflage suit and quickly finds
it to be a little malfunctive. Flashback to the council room again one person
explains to Ziggurat 8 that the 100-Series Realian is encoded with extensive
amounts of research data left behind by the founder of U-TIC. The council
member explains that the founder of U-TIC also advocated the creation of the
child, his name was Joachim Mizrahi, a madman who lost his humanity by
immersing himself in science. He was indeed her ex-husband. She tells him
time is very important and before leaving he asks why he's taking the Realian
to the Miltian star system despite beind registered as her daughter. They are
carrying out a mission vital to the survival of the human race and it will be
safer to send her there. Back in the hideout again Ziggurat beats up the
guards and explains that he is here to rescue her. She explains that the name
she prefersis MOMO. Ziggurat explains that he is a cyborg ex-human who was
resurrected against his will. MOMO suggests the name Ziggy instead since it
sounds more human but the mention of this suddenly triggers a flashback of a
young boy and his dog, thanking his father for the pet who explains that he
would have got a real one if possible, but he couldn't. The boy suggests the
name Nex as oppsoed to Nexus 6, the model number, for his dog.
Some flunky explains to Margulis that the intruder is after the 100-Series
Realian. As they're escaping Margulis confronts them and they barely escape by
using the explosives that Ziggy set earlier. They climb into one of the nearby
ships and fly off away from the hideout. Numerous pursuit ships make chase.
Margulis turns around to see a white haired young man and a white haired even
younger girl who looks like MOMO approach, saying only "You're late."
Shion and everyone are settling in on the Elsa, the ship that picked up their
escape pod. Allen asks what they're going to do now and Shion responds saying
one thing she knows is that KOS-MOS is now functioning independently and can
survive on her own. Allen says he's a bit weary about staying on this ship
much longer, he looked into them as said they're with something called the
Kukai Foundtation, a place he heard is crawling with mutants.
Back on Ziggy and MOMO's escape pod, MOMO gets heady to jump back to
headquarters but Ziggy says they aren't going, that his mission is to escort
her to Second Miltia. They fly into a jump gate and set off on their way.
On the Elsa again we see Cherenkov looking down at KOS-MOS who is currently in
stasis. A flashback occurs to a rainy day showing Shion and a number of other
workes in a lab. Soldiers break in and take command in the name of the U-TIC
organization. A man in a suit who sounds exactly like Cherenkov presses a
button and begins to activate KOS-MOS who at this time is clad in golden armour
rather than silver. She wakes up in a mechanical daze, twitching wildly and
attacks all sorts of soldiers and people indiscriminantly including Cherenkov.
A ship appears and tries to blast her but she is unphased and responds by
blowing up the ship itself. Back on the Elsa again Cherenkov asks himself if
what he sees is really the same archetype from before. He pulls out a handgun
and aims it at her face but slowly sets it down. Shion appears and suprises
him, he makes no move to try and hide the gun however. When Shion asks what he
was doing he says he was looking at her, he explains the gun as a "bad habit"
and Shion accepts it saying he is a soldier after all. Cherenkov asks if this
really is the android who can take on the Gnosis, she sure doesn't look like
it. Cherenkov speaks of Virgil who was killed by KOS-MOS' battle algorithm.
Shion says she always thought of her as a daughter, or maybe a friend. Shion
asks Cherenkov what he was doing on the Woglinde, he somehow seemed different
from the other crew members. He says he's a soldier and he'll go to where he's
assigned. He walks off without another word...
Ziggy and MOMO are flying through hyperspace being chased by a number of ships
from the hideout. Next we see Shion talking to the director over video
communication. He says it seems like there are no major problems with KOS-MOS,
Shion says she's now moving around on her own accord and she can't possibly to
turn her over to second division without determining why. The director gives
in saying that he'll smooth things over with the people upstairs, but says not
to do anything foolish, he doesn't ever want a repeat of the events two years
ago. Ziggy and MOMO are in big trouble evading all the fire from enemy ships,
MOMO sends out a distress signal and says there's a civilian ship in
hyperspace. Ziggy communicates to the ship, which just happens to be the Elsa
that a battle has broken out and they must gate out as soon as possible.
Matthews calls Shion to the bridge where they look back at the battle occuring
behind them. No one can identify the ships, but once they realize that they're
in the line of fire and start taking hits he tells Tony to start fighting.
They start firing and blowing the enemy ships out of the sky. Ziggy's ship
rides along the walls of the hyperspace column sending a trail of fire back and
destroying the follower ships. Suddenly reinforcements for the enemies arrive
and take out one of Ziggy's ship's engines. Their descent is halted when
something grabs hold of them, it's a giant arm thing from the Elsa.
Everyone is sitting down in the dining area. Tony compliments Ziggy on his
moves out in hyperspace, but MOMO interrupts saying that she was the one
handling the controls. Shion asks if MOMO is from the Mizrahi lab, MOMO
accidentally admits she's a 100-Series but Shion says it's okay and doesn't
have to keep it a secret, KOS-MOS is one too. Shion asks if MOMO is a Hilbert
Effect equipped model, she says she is. chaos says that they would be willing
to take them wherever they're going. MOMO asks to be taken to the Second
Miltian star system and Shion says that's coincedentally where they're going as
well. Captain Matthews says they'll have to stop at a neaby Dock Colony for
repairs and tells Shion to give Ziggy and MOMO a tour.
In a completely different area we see a young boy piloting an A.G.W.S. through
a head of space debris. A blonde haired woman named Mary on a ship bridge
identifies the young boy as "Little Master." They're trying to observe and
examine whatever debris it is outside. The young master says there was some
kind of planet here just a little while ago...
In the next scene Cherenkov is talking to Margulis again saying the Zohar was
taken by the Gnosis but he has secured the 100-Series Realian and they're
headed for the Miltian star system. Cherenkov believes it is the one Margulis
secured on Preloma. Margulis says not to do anything beyond the scope as his
mission, and tells Cherenkov to return to headquarters at once. The white
haired man man from before mocks Margulis saying he shouldn't just bark out
orders or someday maybe his dogs might bite back one day. He says the
prototype belongs to him, he thinks he is more likely to succeed than
Margulis' dogs. He takes an enormous A.G.W.S. and pilots it away, saying "Ah
MOMO my adorable little peche." Margulis says the man has his uses and leaves.
MOMO is examining Ziggy and suggests that perhaps it would be better if Shion
were to look after him, but he admits being uncomfortable at the thought of a
young woman looking him over, he's embarrassed about the mechanical body. He
says that he is comfortable with MOMO because of her pure heart, not because he
sees her as an object. Cherenkov is seen wandering abround the edge of his
room obviously in some serious mental anguish seeing flashbacks of the Gnosis
attack. He gives himself an injection but that night still has restless
dreams. Unable to sleep Cherenkov gets himself a drink but suddenly buckles in
pain, his arm is phasing into a translucent state and he can see his own breath
in front of him. The pain persists all through the night.
Shion too is hearing things as she sleeps, back in the image of the cemetery
again. A little girl stands in front of her saying it may already be too late,
and the choice is ultimately up to "him." But Shion may be able to understand
him in his final moments and that will bring him comfort. The image stops and
Shion wakes up and the ship is shaking, a powerful force is trying to access
the ship from hyperspace. Shion's hands start to glow as does the entire ship
as they break out of hyperspace. They are surrounded by hundreds of Gnosis
including an enormous mothership. Shion orders KOS-MOS to initiate an ultra
wide range Hilbert Effect. The ship is being affected by a gravitational field
and start getting pulled toward the largest Gnosis.
They appear in what looks like the inside of some kind of biological organism.
Shion asks chaos where they are, but MOMO interrupts saying they're inside of a
Gnosis. KOS-MOS identifies at as the centre of a giant Gnosis approximately
16,000 kilometers long known as the "Cathedral Ship." KOS-MOS picks up a
signal on her sensors, it's the Elsa as well as a signal similar to the Zohar
that was taken from the Woglinde. They decide to start searching for the ship.
Elsewhere in the Cathedral Ship we see Cherenkov wandering around. He says
that "it" isn't possible, that Ariadne vanished when the Zohar went out of
control. There's a flashback to a large populated city, Cherenkov is there
moving toward an illuminated door. He opens it up to find a scene of death and
destruction inside. A younger version of him stands alone there.
Back on the ship from earlier that was examining the remains of the missing
planet, some kind of alarm is going off. The Little Master comes up to the
bridge asking if it's the Zohar causing it. He decides that whatever is
causing the signal that is reactign with the Zohar, they're going to alert the
federation that they're gate jumping to follow it.
Back to the party again everyone is trying to discern exactly what it is
they're inside. They see a sign written in English partially fused with the
wall that reads "Ariadne Central Shopping Mall." It seems like the sign itself
is part of the Gnosis, numerous man made things are in here fused with the
Gnosis. Suddenly an image of the young girl appears saying "Hurry, they'll be
gone soon." Shion wonders to herself what the girl has to do with this place.
Cherenkov too is still wandering around, we see a scene of some kind of space-
court. Cherenkov stands in a tube while the court officials judge him, saying
that his origins are unknown but circumstances might actually qualify him as a
victim of the "Life Recycling Law." She asks if it is right for him to be the
first victim of an abandoned capital punishment system, with all their advanced
technology surely they're can be some other means by which he can repay
society. The judge speaks, "This court hereby sentences the defendant, Andrew
Cherenkov, to undergo Level 7 Personality Reconditioning." The woman says the
current "you" will cease to exist but it makes the bright of a brand new world
for him. We see the same woman and Cherenkov talking. He asks what the
meaning of this is, "why can't we have a child of our own." She asks what he
could want to leave behind, that abnormal DNA of his. She calls him pathetic,
saying he hasn't changed one bit. She only married him for a cloning permit,
she asks if he actually thought they were in love. He looks over at her and
then approaches her. The scene cuts to a shot of her body on the ground, then
to Cherenkov in prison. It's obvious that he murdered her. The judge speaks
again, saying he will now undergo Level 8 Personality Reconditioning, his human
rights shall be revoked and he will be a life form which belongs tot he
federation with the same rights and privaleges as a Realian. Outside among many
people a young girl approaches him, calling him garbage... so he kills her.
They decide to use him as the test subject for the Level 9 procedure. Bodies
litter the ground outside as a space ship approaches. Cherenkov sits alone on
the ground surrounded by the dead. A man approaches him saying "You're the man
who murdered every worker in this facility and annihilated three squads of
Federation Special Forces." This man is Margulis. Cherenkov tries to attack
but Margulis is much faster. Margulis says they'll take Cherenkov with them...
The party arrives at the centre of the Gnosis where they find some kind of
building or device. A Zohar shapes object sits there but looks like it's being
drained or just a different colour as the other Zohar they saw before. KOS-MOS
says she lost the Elsa's signal, the last known coordinates place it 300 metres
below their current position. Another vision from Cherenkov occurs, Margulis
and Cherenkov are talking. Cherenkov says that the preparations for the Zohar
Link Experiment are complete, but asks why he was assigned to the mission.
Margulis says he wanted to test his loyalty, but nothing more. We see a scene
of Cherenkov as he takes of in a plane, seeing his wife and a little girl
together. The little girl looks identical to the one he murdered after his
wife. In the Cathedral Ship the group finds the real Zohar down below, KOS-MOS
identifies it as the Zohar emulator that was stores on board the Woglinde.
Shion asks if she means a real one exists somewhere else, KOS-MOS says it's
ture. Cherenkov appears saying "You're the creator of that thing yet you
didn't even know about that?" Cherenkov is in obvious pain and seems to be
phasing in and out of reality. Cherenkov admits being the one behind the
disappearance of the Planet Ariadne. All that mattered was the recovery of the
Emulator, that was why Vector and the Military were deployed. Cherenkov starts
swinging at the air as spirits come from above, invading his body. KOS-MOS
can't read anything about what's going on but Cherenkov is being transformed
into a large monster. Ziggy says "It's the same... just like that day." And
the monster jumps down to attack the group. Once the monster is defeated a
flashback scene occus. Margulis and Cherenkov are staring at a light on the
horizon. Margulis says that this is the light cast by the stagnant eyes of the
people who have lost the will to create. Shion can actually see this vision
but doesn't recognize Margulis, the man with Cherenkov. Shion finds out that
the commander underwent personality reconditioning. Margulis says he wishes to
rekindle the torch, the rekindle the human consciousness.
Commander Cherenkov and Shion appear in a vision on a beach. Cherenkov says
that he never really existed at all, that 36 years ago. The year after the
Zoar Incident which led up to the Mitian Conflict, he was brought into the
world as a weapon of warfare. It happened often. It was their way of life,
but he wasn't able to adapt, and wasn't given a chance to die. The war ended
and he was left behind, he tried to adapt but wasn't able to. He felt rejected
by everyone except for the Commander, but he still had to rely on drugs to
communicate with the rest of the world, he hadn't truly changed. He finally
understands that the world didn't reject him, he rejected the world. He enjoys
the place he is now, where he is the only living thing. He says that this is
exactly what he's been searching for, and soon Shion will find herself here as
well. Back in reality once again the Gargoyle cries out and disappears. Shion
is trying to find out what really happened to Commander Cherenkov, if he really
was that monster they faced. But he was. She wonders if maybe all of them are
going to end up like him, but chaos says they're still here and none of them
turned into a Gnosis. Perhaps they can take solace in that. They begin
floating upward and see the Elsa flying around. Captain Matthews calls to them
and picks them up before escaping from the Gnosis.
Out in space again they're still being chased by hundreds of Gnosis but
suddenly something appears and blasts the Gnosis out of the sky. Captain
Matthews identifies it as the Durandal, piloted by the Little Master from
before. He orders them to target the Gnosis and cut open as escape path. The
Durandal is annihilating all the enemies from all directions but it's still not
enough. KOS-MOS starts riding up an elevator, the bridge crew is confused as
to why someone is opening a hatch. KOS-MOS jumps to the back of the ship.
There's a problem on the Durandal as well, some kind of external sources are
sending requests to the Zohars in the quarantine hangar. KOS-MOS lets loose an
enormous beam of energy which disintegrates all the Gnosis that are following
behind. Allen says that it appears she absorbed the Gnosis, but Shion wonders
he she had weaponry they didn't know about. "No" she says "That wasn't a
weapon... that was..." but Captain Matthews says who cares how she did it, the
Gnosis are gone. Shion says that it's not the KOS-MOS that she built, that
perhaps it was Kevin'shand at work.
Back on the U-TIC headquarters they inform Margulis that Commander Cherenkov's
tracking signal has disappeared. They lost him at a space-time anomaly and
believe the Gnosis may have been there. The party boards the Durandal.
Matthews explains that the kid is their boss, the head honcho. Little Master
tells Matthews to get the Elsa fixed at the foundation, Shion asks if it's the
same foundation from the top 10 fastest growing corporations list. Allen warns
Shion saying that they shouldn't be associating with these people. Shion
introduces herself to the Little Master who in turn introduces himself as Jr.,
Gainan Jr. He says he has a real name but it doesn't matter now. He says
they're returning to the foundation and need to tell Gainan that they've
secured the final Emulator. At this point I'd like to note that if I remember
correctly, the subtitles in the DVD and the game spell Gainan differently, in
the game Guinan has a "g" in it somewhere. Anyway... don't get confused,
they're the same person. They gate jump toward the foundation... as they do we
see the white haired man's A.G.W.S. floating in space nearby...
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