The Avenger limps home. World leaders (the few real ones left) begin declaring independence. Jane Kelly stands beside the Commander, looking at a hologram of Earth.
During a raid on a Psionic Network Node, the team encounters a Codex —a living data entity. It doesn’t fight to kill. It fights to delay . When cornered, it speaks in the Commander’s own voice: “The Ethereals are fleeing something worse. The ‘peace’ was never for us. It was to farm human psionic energy as fuel for their escape.” xcom 2 enemy unknown
Commander: “We build a bigger ship. And we find out what they were so afraid of.” The Avenger limps home
The Commander has three seconds to decide. The room fills with psychic fire. xcom 2 enemy unknown