The battle began in a chamber where the party confronted a commander and his mecha robots. A massive robot tore apart Gaston's suit, though he managed to maintain his gaseous form. Hawk seized control of three revenue mechs and launched an attack on the commander, who retaliated by using a grappling claw to rip out a mech's power core and throw it at the group. The resulting void energy explosion froze Hawk, Stormfront, and Gaston in stasis, but Katya managed to break the commander's pneumatic arm with a powerful elbow strike.
Meanwhile, Patrick and Takeshi worked to breach an energy barrier above. Patrick healed himself using water abilities enhanced by the rain, while Takeshi attempted to cut through the barrier with his katana. Patrick protected Takeshi from the energy backlash using his tidal armor, but the effort caused their balcony to crumble, sending them falling to floor 466. There they encountered SARK, a formidable megazoid guardian of the energy source.
Patrick attempted to infiltrate the generator room by disguising himself as an inspector. He approached the massive void energy generator, suspended by magnetic rings and cooling fans, but SARK - a 15-foot tall Sentient Assault Robotic Knight with obsidian and brass armor - saw through his ruse and attacked. Patrick tried to plant C3 explosives on the cooling fans but was thwarted when SARK's attack caused him to splash into a puddle form.
The battle intensified as the commander, now revealed as General Marshal Victor, stabbed his sword into the ground, releasing black gas that activated and enhanced two enemy mechs. Katya shielded the team from a devastating ballistic assault while Hawk directed friendly mechs in a fierce firefight that left most machines destroyed. Ellie unleashed lightning mixed with dark energy to destroy the final megazoid, but the cybernetic General Victor charged at her with his void-energy sword.
In a dramatic sequence, Hawk sniped the commander in the face while Katya shoulder-checked him into a wall. The team discovered the commander's true identity as he proclaimed the empire would rise again. Hawk seized the commander's dangerous void-energy sword and decapitated him, but the weapon proved to be a serious threat, forcing an unconscious Ellie to contain its volatile power.
The final phase of the mission centered on deactivating the void energy generator. The team found a terminal requiring an 8-digit code and successfully entered the sequence 0316-111-8. As the generator powered down, Takeshi was freed from the influence of void energy. He gathered most of the group and teleported them to safety, but Patrick, who had attempted to merge with the generator, became separated from the others.
The tale concluded with Patrick reconstituting himself in an unexpected location - an ornate Russian throne room decorated with imperial sigils. There, he found himself face to face with a familiar but less threatening figure seated upon a throne, who welcomed him to this mysterious new setting.
