Xenosaga Episode III: Also Sprach Zarathustra | Video Game Movie Cutscenes & Cinematics

Episode III begins with Kevin Winnicot's memories of Michtam's destruction in 4747. Gnosis were unleashed when the Zohar went out of control by the Galaxy Federation. A fleeing eight year old Kevin and his mother escape to the spaceport. After Kevin was loaded into the escape pod, his mother gives him her pendent and locks him in the escape pod. As his mother places her hand on the glass, a horrified Kevin watches as she begins to transform into a Gnosis. His mother gives Kevin a final sad smile as the escape pod shoots into space.
The story shifts back to 4768 T.C., a year after Abel's Ark's first appearance, which had swallowed the Zohar before disappearing from normal space. The various parties had went about their lives; Jin Uzuki continues to work with Jr. and gang behind the scenes to investigate Ormus, while Shion Uzuki returned to Vector Industries with KOS-MOS.
Approximately 6 months after that event, Gnosis attacks began to happen more frequently, targeting cities around the star cluster. Due to the precision of these attacks, many believed that someone was controlling the location of the attacks that were happening. These attacks are termed Gnosis Terrorism.
Due to the acceleration of the Gnosis phenomenon, the Galaxy Federation government issues an evacuation order to planetary governments in the outlying areas of Gnosis activities, stating that the Gnosis phenomenon that occurred in Ogdoas space has resulted in the disappearance of over 100 planetary governments in that region. The Galaxy Federation government has established an emergency task force and deployed A.G.W.S. to the regions in question, but it is believed that it has not resulted in the reduction of the phenomenon.

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