Abnormal Spectrum
Those who try to flee the snowfields, even the dawn line has left them behind.
They chase the sunrise, they chase flame and freedom.
Over the canvas shrouding all life, howling light rumbles.
It is reflected in the blood, dripping into the snow.
It is frozen into crystals, from every breath that cries.
- 16-1: Fool's Salvation (Interlude)The last Yurodstvo gave a crazed defense before his death sentence. Years ago, Mantra once found herself facing the Royal Guard in a scuffle, and now, to locate Raidian's squad, with whom Rhodes Island has lost contact, she once again finds herself confronting the Royal Guard's tracks.
- 16-2: Distant Dawn (Before Operation)Rhodes Island enters Bresk to continue their search, which attracts the attention of the city guards. After helping the search party out of a tricky situation, Imperial Guardswoman Eloysius Gorchekova informs them of abnormal Infected in the mines, and seeks cooperation with Rhodes Island in investigating the matter.
- 16-3: Path in Sight (Before Operation)Raidian leads a team back into Ursus to find information on the Sarcophagus. The miners of the Far Northern Central Mining District kill a Patrol Unit that attacked them, wanting to leave the district. To remove the positioning chips within the miners' bodies, their leader Rankin asks Raidian for help, who is also in the district at the time.
- 16-4: Strength in Numbers (Before Operation)After Eloysius discusses matters with the Grand Duchess, she gives a recommendation to Rhodes Island, but the mistress of the Far North allows only the Doctor to meet with her. Eloysius and the Doctor contend with the Grand Duchess, finally obtaining official permission to enter the Far North's mining district.
- 16-4: Strength in Numbers (After Operation)To avoid the corrupting Dominion, the team decides to take a detour to the research institute, resolving an unusual conflict between some Infected and a Patrol Unit along the way. After entering the institute, Eloysius and Amiya discover many uninfected corpses, while the Doctor and Mon3tr find the researcher who may know about the Sarcophagus's whereabouts.
- 16-5: Dividing Line (Before Operation)Doctor and Mon3tr learn from Ksenia, who attempted suicide but survived, about a suspected Royal Guard murder. The party once again formulates their plan of action and decides to split into two. A few days ago, the miners used their chips as bait and ambushed the Patrol Unit.
- 16-6: Flickering Pain (After Operation)Ksenia wakes up. The Doctor and Mon3tr try asking her for clues to the Sarcophagus and Raidian's squad's whereabouts. Amiya and Mantra find a signal left behind by Raidian, and learn where the miners could have gone. As the miners escape, they run into a tragedy.
- 16-7: Final Ecstasy (Before Operation)The miners celebrate their brief victory, with the exception of the father who killed his own son, and two friends at odds with each other. In the researcher's recollection, it all began with the discovery of a new substance in an exhausted mine shaft.
- 16-8: Nowhere to Find (After Operation)Ksenia takes the Doctor and Mon3tr to the mines to obtain a sample of 'Oka'. The fugitive miners abandon their vehicle after it runs out of power. Rankin seeks help from a nearby village and gets it, but they do not realize the impending danger.
- 16-9: Defense of the Mad (Before Operation)They never truly killed the Royal Guard in the nightmares of Rankin, leader of the miners.
- 16-9: Defense of the Mad (After Operation)The mad miner believes it is his duty to kill the villagers, just as he had to kill his son when they stole the vehicles. Fire rages across the village, and it is as though Rankin's nightmare has come true.
- 16-10: Silenced Cries (Before Operation)Rankin attempts to take responsibility for the fire, but the surviving villagers refuse to allow it. The true culprit is judged and executed, resulting in a split among the miners. Vetochki, who chose to stay, begins to question herself in her sorrow.
- 16-11: Tombstone (After Operation)Amiya's team arrives at the village after the fire and finds Raidian's team. They discuss what to do with the villagers and the remaining miners. Raidian goes to ask what the miners think, but something abnormal happens, and Mantra investigates.
- 16-12: Six Feet Under (Before Operation)In face of the 'waterfall' of Oka, Mon3tr discovers its true nature. The Doctor realizes that Priestess is offering an invitation to continue the debate. Deep in the mines, a mutated manglerbeast roars.
- 16-13: Never Forgotten (Before Operation)Mon3tr ends the mutated manglerbeast's pain. The trio return to the lab. Mantra confirms the presence of the Yurodstvo in the village and its connection to the Royal Guard. She seems to have found a way out of the current situation.
- 16-14: Lone Path (Before Operation)Rankin takes the miners who left the village with him and enter a mine in an attempt to circumvent a nearby outpost. There is no way out, but he finds many who have suffered and endured just like they have, who are willing to join the struggle.
- 16-15: Roaring Wilds (Before Operation)The Fourth Army sends a herald, requesting the Grand Duchess's silence while they suppress the 'rebellion'. The Doctor's team uses the lab's emergency communications equipment to send a message to the others.
- 16-16: Revealing the Truth (Before Operation)Rankin's group successfully take the outpost, only to come face-to-face with the arrival of the Ursine Armies after lighting the torch of victory. In the village, Vetochki rediscovers her memories with Mantra's help, and reveals the Yurodstvo's true nature.
- 16-17: Voices Unheard (Before Operation)Mantra cuts off the Yurodstvo's influence and awakens the miners with Vetochki's help. Raidian intercepts military communications, revealing that the Armies are slaughtering miners in the Far North to cover up the truth. Mantra then sends a broadcast and exposes everything.
- 16-18: The Red Sun Lingers (After Operation)During the evacuation, some of the miners give up their chance to board the vehicles and go in the opposite direction with torches raised, hoping to draw the Army's fire. As more and more die, Amiya raises her sword and creates a wall of fire on the ice, which stops the Army's shelling.
- 16-19: Oath of the Mad (Interlude)Eloysius reports to Chairman Witte after the conclusion of the Far North Incident, but does not tell him that she has already disclosed information about the Sarcophagus to Rhodes Island. News of the vein exhaustion continues to spread, and the repercussions are felt across Ursus.
- EG-7: A Letter (Interlude)Rankin, we made it. The village near the Ursus-Kazimierz border, where Reunion is. This warm... egalitarian, idealistic place.
- EG-8: Events of the Past (Interlude)A sunken city resurfaces. An abandoned mining lamp is relit. Anything can happen in times like these.
- EG-9: Homecoming (Interlude)When the gunfire ceases and the screams grow quiet, I'll be back by my mother's side, like when I was born.
- EG-10: No Way Forward (Interlude)The charity of the virtuous shall reach every corner of this great land.