Acarno defeats Zeno – for now – and is reunited once again with Hosaka and Chris before learning that Zeno intends to launch missiles, explaining they will reach their targets within 30 minutes.
Hosaka’s plan; get the ship high enough before blowing it up in order to save the Earth, and Hull Drive in East Edge City.
We also learn Hosaka’s true identity – he is the real Ryuichi Hayano and reveals his father was in charge of what is now “Project Meridian”, placing him in a key role at the age of 12. This was after his father discovered the Earth’s atmosphere would only last a short time and believed the only way for humans to survive was for a select few to escape the planet.
Enter scientist; Masato Hosaka. She believed there was another way and converted Hosaka’s (or Ryuichi’s) beliefs. As a result, the real Ryuichi was disowned by his dad. There “other” Ryuichi (who is now dead) is revealed to have been a clone, created by his father.
This gives Hosaka the ability to control the ship’s main computer system, as it was designed to only be controlled by either Zeno or Ryuichi. Hosaka reveals further details for his plan to blow up the ship, not by using the self-destruct mechanism – which Zeno has already permanently disabled – but by taking out the ship with the help of Navarro Jean.
As Navarro, you must navigate Shangri-la’s “Anti-Matter Room” in order to reunite with Acarno, Hosaka and Chris.