Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse is the second installment in the Xenosaga trilogy, and the plot picks up right where the first episode left off... T.C. 4753. The Conflict that had broken out on Miltia had already spread its flames of war across the entire planet. To destroy the source of the conflict — the U-TIC Organization — and to capture the Organization's founder, Joachim Mizrahi, the Galaxy Federation executed its Third Descent operation against the U-TIC headquarters of Labyrinthos. Also sent in to neutralize the Zohar Control System was the Federation's trump card, the URTVs - a special forces unit. Lieutenant General Helmer of the Galaxy Federation Special Operation Forces felt there was a danger in allowing contact between the URTV bio-weapons and the Zohar control device. He independently put into action a secret plan to protect the URTVS. With the cooperation of Vector's CEO, Wilhelm, Helmer sent in a new model mobile weapon, the E.S. Asher, and entrusted its two pilots, chaos and Canaan, with the task of reaching Labyrinthos. The E.S. Asher made it through the fighting and descended to the city streets, but at that same time the U-TIC Organization, pushed to desperation, activated the Song of Nephilim...