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Extinction Cycle Events and Missions
Major outbreaks, operations, battles, attacks, collapses, campaigns, and mission arcs across the Extinction Cycle chronology.
Events, Operations, and Battles
Atlanta CDC Extraction Mission
The Atlanta CDC Extraction Mission is where the scientific and military halves of the Extinction Cycle fuse.
Battle of Galveston
The Battle of Galveston is the final major stand of the Dark Age arc and the event that completes Jan Ringgold's story.
Building 8 and the Origins of the Outbreak
Building 8 and the origins of the outbreak is the story spine that turns the Extinction Cycle from a disaster thriller into a military-science tragedy.
Building 8 Mission
The Building 8 Mission is the first modern Team Ghost disaster and the true opening wound of the main Extinction Cycle.
Chicago
Chicago returns the series to the terror of outbreak day during Extinction War.
Chicago ROT and Beckham-Flathman Survival Mission
The Chicago ROT and Beckham-Flathman Survival Mission is one of the darkest echoes of the first outbreak.
D.C. Tunnel / Dirty Bomb Mission
Operation Extinction endgame beneath Washington, D.C., Garcia's sacrifice, and the survival of Team Ghost
Extinction Lost Greenland Mission
The Extinction Lost Greenland Mission is the clearest standalone mission of Fitz-era Team Ghost before Extinction War.
Extinction New Zealand Outbreak and Survivor Conflict
The Extinction New Zealand outbreak and survivor conflict arc shows how the Extinction Cycle changes when the apocalypse is filtered through island geography, separated families.
Fall of Plum Island
The fall of Plum Island is the moment humanity's safest scientific refuge becomes a trap.
Fort Bragg and Military Collapse
Fort Bragg and Military Collapse is the arc that turns the military's home front into a battlefield and makes the collapse personal for Team Ghost.
Kate, Meg, Tasha, and Jenny Rescue Mission
The Kate, Meg, Tasha, and Jenny Rescue Mission is the emotional climax that follows Plum Island's fall.
Operation Burn Bright
Operation Burn Bright is the earliest confirmed root mission of the Extinction Cycle continuity.
Operation Condor
Operation Condor is the mission that proves the war has entered a new generation.
Operation Depletion
Operation Depletion is the first large-scale scientific counterstrike of the modern outbreak.
Operation Extinction
Operation Extinction is the main Season 1 endgame mission, the moment when humanity stops trying to contain the Variant war and attempts to cripple it decisively.
Operation Liberty
Operation Liberty is the great failed attempt to retake New York with conventional military force.
Operation Liberty and New York
Operation Liberty and New York is the arc where the military's effort to retake a city becomes a lesson in how much the enemy has changed.
Outpost Manchester Crisis
Dark Age science loss, webbing-signal escalation, and the cost of interpreting the New Gods' network
Paris and the European Campaign
The Paris and European campaign arc expands the Extinction Cycle from an American survival war into a global species war.
Plum Island Specimen Mission
The Plum Island Specimen Mission is the first major example of the series' soldier-scientist bargain after Atlanta.
Puerto Rico Command Crisis
The Puerto Rico command crisis is the Dark Age arc that proves distance and relocation cannot guarantee continuity of government.
Rome
Rome is the emotional center of the European survival arc. Through Sergeant Piero Angaran, the series leaves the American command structure and enters a city where history.
San Nicolas Island / Operation Burn Bright
Dual origin page for VX-99's Vietnam field disaster and the later Building 8 containment failure
The Fall of Fort Bragg
Sheila Horn, the Horn girls, and the home-front collapse that haunts Team Ghost