

Cooper discovers that the version being tested at the facility was a scaled-down prototype, and that the IMC - specifically General Marder and his ARES Division - have a full-scale version almost ready to go and aimed at Harmony, the Militia's "home" planet. He eventually finds Anderson's objective: information on an IMC super weapon known as the ' Fold Weapon' and its power source, the ' Ark', which works by folding space and time to create untold levels of damage and destruction. Cooper makes judicious use of the Time Gauntlet as he further infiltrates the complex, battling Prowlers and worn-down Stalkers in the present and assorted IMC grunts and Titans in the past. Cooper locates the other half of Anderson's body and takes the wrist mounted device, which is actually a time travel device that allows its user to travel forwards or backwards in time with a simple flick of the wrist. With Anderson's death, the command of Special Operation 217 transfers to Cooper. During the briefing hologram, they also discover that Anderson had been given a wrist mounted device which would allow safe passage through the facility. After Cooper retrieves Anderson's helmet, they uncover his mission: he was sent to the facility to locate and identify a new weapon being developed by the IMC. They then locate Anderson's body, lodged in the ceiling. Once Cooper ventures inside, he experiences strange temporal phenomena, which is later revealed to be a result of time anomalies in the area. After finding each other again, Jack and BT confront and destroy Ash before escaping the facility.Īfterwards, they arrive at Anderson's coordinates, which are at a classified, seemingly abandoned IMC research facility. Cooper and BT are separated, and Ash torments Cooper throughout the facility with its deadly traps and trials for him and other captured Militia soldiers.

The facility is controlled by Ash, the simulacrum Apex Predator. Jack and BT press on, and they attempt to save time by taking a shortcut through what's revealed to be an IMC factory creating pre-furbished housing and simulated environments for testing purposes. They kill Kane, and Cooper takes his helmet radio, allowing him to listen in on enemy communications. Cooper and BT fight through the facility and make their way to Kane, an Apex Predator responsible for the death of many Militia pilots in the battle. The two come across a water reclamation facility, where a battle is occurring between Militia and IMC forces. Jack retrieves batteries for BT, and the duo escapes into the wilderness in an attempt to locate Major Anderson to complete Lastimosa's mission. After giving Lastimosa a proper burial, Jack takes Lastimosa's jump kit and helmet and meets BT-7274, who recognizes Cooper as his new Pilot. With his last breath, Lastimosa transfers control of BT to Cooper. Cooper awakens to find Lastimosa barely alive. Lastimosa is mortally wounded in the process. Apex Predator Titans show up to finish off the grunts, but Cooper is protected by Lastimosa and BT-7274.

Cooper and Lastimosa are deployed to the planet's surface.ĭuring the first battle on the planet, Cooper's battalion is ambushed and surrounded by Spectre units. The training session is interrupted when the 9th Militia Fleet arrive at Typhon. The first level of the game, The Pilot's Gauntlet, is one of these VR sessions. Tai Lastimosa, an SRS captain and Pilot in his own right, gave then-Rifleman Jack Cooper off-the-record Pilot training in virtual reality (VR) for an extended period of time before the game began. One of his first assignments as a rifleman was during the battle of Fracture, where he suffered a head injury in the line of duty and had trouble remembering his involvement as a result.
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As the IMC continued to disrupt the livelihoods of the people in his home system, Cooper volunteered as a Militia Rifleman to free the Frontier from the oppression of the IMC. The rural Frontier community they inhabited was subjected to harassment and exploitation by IMC garrisons. Due to the radically skewed population and wealth distribution on Earth, Jack Cooper's family relocated to the Frontier in search of a better life when he was an infant.
