Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - is a Japanese action role - playing game developed and published by Square Enix in 2004 . It is the prequel to " Final Fantasy VII " , taking place during the six years prior to it . " Before Crisis " was the first original ( i . e . not an enhanced remake ) game Square Enix produced for mobile phones , and was released on NTT DoCoMo ' s FOMA 900i line on a monthly subscription basis . In their pre - E3 2006 press conference , Square Enix announced an English version would be released in the United States sometime during 2006 . The prevailing rumor was that the game would have been released on Sprint mobile phones , but the English localization was canceled because Western phones of the time did not meet technical requirements , making this the only " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " game not released outside of Japan and one of the very few " Final Fantasy " game projects not released internationally in the new millennium . On September 30 , 2010 , Hajime Tabata revealed he would like to remake the game for Nintendo 3DS . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " centers around the adventures of the Turks , a group of supporting characters featured in " Final Fantasy VII " , and was the second installment in the " Compilation of Final Fantasy VII " series , which also includes the games " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " and " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " , the CGI movie " " , the OVA " Last Order - Final Fantasy VII - " , the novella " On the Way to a Smile " , and the original " Final Fantasy VII " itself . The last episode was released on April 1 , 2006 — the series officially ending at a total of 25 episodes , including a special episode titled " Tseng ' s Side Story " , set prior to the events of " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " and revealing parts of Tseng ' s past . At the end of May , a special addition to the game known as WEAPON Mode was released that involves the player traveling the Planet and hunting down the Jade Weapon , which is released after Zirconiade is defeated . The Jade Weapon is the seventh Weapon to be created , but the first to appear in the " Final Fantasy VII " world chronologically . Gameplay . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " is a real - time action RPG . The game ' s graphics are 2D , and the player moves along in a side - scrolling manner . Gameplay is divided between several modes : Episode Mode plays through the game ' s main storyline where the player must complete objectives to continue ; Free Mode allows the player to play extra missions to gain EXP and items , similar to " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " ' s missions , and some items are exclusive to Free Mode ; Rescue Mode is the last mode of play , and if a player is defeated they can either restart and lose points , or allow themselves to be imprisoned . Afterward they must wait for other players on their network to rescue them . Characters have HP and MP , level up and can equip weapons and armor . Materia is obtained via a Materia Generation System where the player takes a picture with their camera phone , and the game synthesizes the picture down to its base color . Depending upon the dominant color , lighting , darkness , and other factors , the game makes a Materia of certain type . A dark green picture makes a Bio Materia , a blue picture makes Cure , etc . Materia can be leveled up as in " Final Fantasy VII " , up to level 9 . Another new feature are Rank Points ( RP ) that are given during the completion of objectives in all three modes of play . After enough RP is accumulated , special bonuses such as stronger armor , weapons , and Materia slots can be given . The player is given a rank based upon how long they have been playing the game . The higher their rank , the better the bonuses , but it makes Training Mode more difficult , as the player must fight stronger and stronger opponents . Characters . With " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " , several members of the Turks not previously seen in " Final Fantasy VII " were introduced . They are the game ' s unnamed playable characters which the player takes control of as they battle Elfé and the first incarnation of AVALANCHE . As the game progresses various characters from the original game make cameo or supporting role appearances ; these include Tseng , Reno , Rude , Sephiroth , Cloud Strife , Aerith Gainsborough , Zack Fair , Tifa Lockhart , members of the original player party of " Final Fantasy VII " and many others . Story . Special Episode : Legendary Turk . Summoned by Veld to oversee a rescue mission with one of the Turks ' special agents , Tseng realizes the agent , known as the " Legendary Turk " , was once the anti - Shinra activist " Death God of the Battlefield " , whom he had crossed paths against previously . Unhappy with the partnership and wary of the agent ' s motive , the pair arrives at a secret Shinra military factory in Wutai that has been overrun by anti - Shinra operatives . As Tseng informs Legend by phone he is to rescue a weapons trader held within the factory and eliminate the anti - Shinra operatives before they can leak the confidential information about the facility to the world , Legend plants bombs in strategic parts of the facility . Making his way through , the Turk discovers the kidnapped dealer guarded by an old ally from his anti - Shinra days . As the two fight and Legend emerges victorious , the man reveals the truth regarding a past negotiation in which Legend participated in . As Legend ' s bombs detonate , the facility falls apart , and the man dies . Releasing the hostage , Legend recognizes the dealer had been present at the negotiation and questions him about the incident . Unwilling to admit the truth , the dealer denies knowledge of what Legend is talking about . As a consequence , Legend abandons the dealer to die in the collapsing factory . As punishment for his actions , Legend is placed under house arrest at Costa del Sol . Appalled by the lenient punishment , Tseng questions Veld , who explains that even though Legend had abandoned his duty and disobeyed orders he had still ensured the company ' s secrets were not leaked and had thus completed his primary objective . Before Legend had became a Turk , there had been an incident at a Mako Reactor where a weapons dealer had entered negotiations with Legend ' s anti - Shinra faction . The dealer had betrayed the activists and only Legend survived , mourning the loss of his comrades and a little girl who had been important to him . Deducing the hostage must have been the same weapons dealer , Tseng begins to comprehend Legend ' s actions . Two years later , with the Wutai War drawing to a close , Veld sends Tseng to Costa del Sol to request Legend return to the Turks . Tseng discovers Legend is a favorite among the ladies and finds him on the beach . Tseng is met with refusal , as Legend explains he enjoys the life at Costa del Sol and does not want to go back to the life of conflict . Tseng leaves the invitation open should Legend ever wish to rejoin the company . One year later , with the Turks in shambles due to Veld ' s demotion and Heidegger ' s incompetence , an attack by AVALANCHE on Junon leaves the city in chaos . Veld calls Legend and requests he fight for the Turks explaining how much his comrades need his help . Legend agrees and enters the battle and decimates many AVALANCHE operatives . Seeing Legend ' s strength and thinking Veld had returned to his post , AVALANCHE retreats and the Turks regain control over the city . Following Veld ' s reinstatement , Legend renews his work with the Turks . 1 : Those That Lurk in the Night . As part of their duties as a new member of the Turks , the Player Turk is sent on patrol of Sector 8 . Encountering AVALANCHE by chance the Player Turk informs Tseng on the PHS who instructs them to investigate the group further and notifies his superior , Veld . Discovering AVALANCHE intends to destroy the sector ' s Mako Reactor , Reno is sent in to support the Player Turk , as they enter the reactor to prevent AVALANCHE from detonating their bomb . Reno encounters Shears and is defeated . As Shears also defeats the Player Turk he is ordered to withdraw to Junon where President Shinra is to hold a news conference . Tseng sends Reno and the Player Turk to protect the President . 2 : In the White Light of Day , the Assassin Smiles . While the pair reaches the President before the attack , the President ' s military escort proves ineffective against AVALANCHE ' s soldiers , who infiltrate the President ' s hotel . As Reno stays with the President , the Player Turk clears the building before the President insists on leaving for the conference in spite of the danger . Forced to act as the President ' s street escort , the Player Turk and the President enter the conference building where , dressed as Shinra troops , AVALANCHE momentarily captures the President before the Player Turk saves him as Reno returns to help . Cutting the power to the building Fuhito arrives and while Reno escapes with the President , the Player Turk is defeated by Fuhito . AVALANCHE has hijacked the Sister Ray cannon . As Reno returns the President to his quarters , Rufus Shinra calls and notes the new Turk ' s progress before Veld informs him of the Sister Ray ' s hijacking . The President sends Reno to liberate it , leaving him open for Fuhito to enter the room and shoot him . Still alive , the President orders Veld to send in Sephiroth to destroy AVALANCHE . 3 : Swords Clashing in the Evening Shadows . AVALANCHE intends to use the Sister Ray to destroy Midgar as a message to Shinra . As Reno leads a contingent of Shinra troops against AVALANCHE ' s street forces , the Player Turk enters the cannon facility from an underground passageway . Coming across the sight of a massacre at the control room ' s entrance , the cannon is mysteriously turned off before the Turk gets to the control panel . Mistaken for the being responsible for the massacre , the Player Turk is attacked by Elfé but Sephiroth intervenes and is impressed she can defend herself against him . Elfé and AVALANCHE retreat . 4 : Proof of a Scar Filled Existence . With President Shinra dedicating SOLDIER to deal with AVALANCHE , the Turks are instructed to locate new candidates . Reno , Rude and the Player Turk travel the globe , employing any potential fighters for the SOLDIER program . In Costa del Sol , the Player Turk enters a fight club called Club Duel and beats the strongest fighter , known as " King " , capturing him for the SOLDIER . On the trip to Midgar the entire candidate population is killed by a sole candidate called Azul , whom the Player Turk confronts , although Azul is eventually suppressed by Rude . While on the docks , the ship is attacked by a contingent of AVALANCHE soldiers led by Shears , who boards the ship and frees the candidates . Rude pursues Shears and , partnered up with Reno , defeats the AVALANCHE commander while a freed Azul returns to the Shinra ship willingly to finish his fight with the Player Turk and become a SOLDIER to grow stronger . Special Episode : Reno . Following the theft of confidential documents from the 45th floor of the Shinra Building , Reno and Rude are sent to the site . An intruder sets off the alarm and the Turks defend against the building ' s security system that had been sabotaged by the intruder . While Shuriken ( Female ) looks into the sabotage , Reno and Rude continue their investigation and Reno notices a bearded man in a lab coat watching them from the shadows . The pair chases after him , concluding the man was the thief who stole the data , but the suspect escapes . Reno and Rude continue their investigation and help stop the malfunctioning security robots that have escaped onto the streets of Midgar . Together they make their way to LOVELESS Avenue where they find Shuriken ( Female ) cornered by two Genesis Copies . Tseng arrives , along with newly promoted First Class SOLDIER Zack Fair , but Shuriken defeats the clones on her own . Continuing their hunt for rogue robots , Reno and Rude spot the man in the lab coat and chase him into the sewer systems , where they are attacked by numerous robots that seem to take orders from the scientist who turns to be Dr . Hollander . Two Genesis Copies appear from a hidden passage and distract Reno and Rude giving Hollander time to escape . Veld orders the pair to return to Sector 8 as SOLDIER has taken over the investigation . 5 : The Dreams of a Nameless Soldier . Acting as escort for Professor Rayleigh , the Player Turk joins three Shinra troops in protecting the Professor , who is carrying secret data on the SOLDIER program . Attacked by AVALANCHE , one of the troops , named Cloud Strife , insists on proving himself . When the troops are killed by a Raven and Rayleigh ' s life is threatened , Cloud stands between the Player Turk and their orders are to prevent Rayleigh ' s capture even if it meant killing her . As the kidnappers embark on a train , Cloud boards it as it leaves , leaving the Player Turk to deal with the Raven and catch up through the service tunnels . Boarding the train the Player Turk frees both Rayleigh and an injured Cloud . As more Ravens chase after them , the Player Turk , with orders to take the SOLDIER information and abandon the Professor and Cloud , instead puts them on a separated train car and stays to hold the Ravens off . In spite of their best efforts , the disk is taken by a Raven who was thought dead . 6 : Tonight in our Unspoilt World . Curious over Rude ' s unexplained disappearances after work , Reno orders the Player Turk to follow after him in Sector 8 . The Player Turk discovers he dates a woman named Chelsea and while the Player Turk deals with a monster infestation , Reno follows Rude to one of his dates and discovers Chelsea attempting to place a bug on his PHS . Chelsea works for AVALANCHE , and Reno hears her claiming to her contact she was unable to place a wire tap on Rude ' s PHS in spite of Reno noting she had plenty of time to do so during the date . The next day Reno informs Rude about his girlfriend ' s affiliations , but Rude already knows . The Player Turk comes across Chelsea attempting to quit AVALANCHE and has to defend her from her angered comrades . Chelsea asks the Player Turk to inform Rude she would not meet him again , because although she wished it otherwise , the Turks and AVALANCHE are enemies . President Shinra grows impatient to destroy AVALANCHE and Veld sends Reno and Rude to gather information on Fuhito ' s new Ravens while the Player Turk is to gather new Turk candidates . 7 : The Darkness Obscuring the Light . The Player Turk is sent to investigate the abduction of two SOLDIER members , Essai and Sebastian , in Icicle Inn . Discovering a facility in the snow , the Player Turk infiltrates it to ascertain whether or not it is an AVALANCHE base . Discovering the abducted SOLDIER members , the Player Turk frees them and sends them to a Shinra base nearby . Rendezvousing with a Turk who had been investigating another part of the facility , the pair escapes outside where they are caught in a fight against Fuhito and his Ravens . Saved by the timely arrival of Martial Arts ( Female ) , the Turks retreat to the Shinra base . 8 : A Light That Penetrates Through the Darkness . Massing a search and destroy task force to attack the AVALANCHE base , Zack Fair is sent to bolster the Shinra forces . While embarking to their destination , a breaking bridge leads to Zack and Gun , Rod , Two Gun , Shotgun , Nunchaku and Knife being separated from the main force as the force is led into an AVALANCHE ambush and the remaining SOLDIERs , Essai and Sebastian , are re - captured . As Zack moves to free them , the Player Turks are instructed by Veld , who notes AVALANCHE is receiving information from within Shinra , to assist in rescuing the SOLDIERs . Making to the captured pair first , the Player Turk discovers they have been warped to do AVALANCHE ' s bidding . He / she is saved by Zack , who holds off his friends while pleading for them to fight their way back to their senses . While successful , the attempt costs Essai and Sebastian their lives and Zack remains to mourn them as the compound ' s self - destruct is activated . As he tells the Player Turk to go on ahead , he is confronted by the Raven responsible for capturing Essai and Sebastian and discovers the process the Ravens undergo make them mere drones of their former selves . After Zack and the Player Turk escape the compound , Zack erects a small memorial for his deceased friends . 9 : One Step Further Toward Uncertainty . President Shinra , having become irate over his inability to uncover how AVALANCHE is receiving information from within the company , removes Veld from his post and replaces him with Heidegger . Hearing that AVALANCHE is again targeting Junon Heidegger sends the Turks as scouts who are to call him on anything suspicious so he can send in his military . His insistence on using the military instead of the Turks leaves the members , when AVALANCHE does attack Junon , reluctant to inform Heidegger . Eventually , Heidegger is informed and Tseng discovers AVALANCHE were after the airships docked in the city . Heidegger lets the situation escalate until it is viable to send in his military , using the Turks as expandable distractions and ignoring their requests for coordinated information . Veld approaches the President in Midgar and threatens to reveal all classified information he was privy to the media unless he is reinstated as head of the Turks . His request granted , Veld co - ordinates the Turks into retaking the Junon airport , sending in additional troops and Martial Arts ( Male ) to assist . While the operation results in a success , the Turks are no closer to discovering the leak within the Shinra . 10 : The Lone Discerning Alignment . Monsters from Professor Hojo ' s laboratories run rampant in the 65th to 68th floors of the Shinra Building . While Tseng evacuates the employees , the Player Turk contains the outbreak . The outbreak turns out to be a ruse by Fuhito and Shears to capture Hojo . Escaping via a B1 - Alpha Helicopter , the Turks give chase along the highway but Shears blows it apart and brings in one of Hojo ' s experiments ; a green dragon . The timely arrival of Sephiroth sees to both the evisceration of the dragon and the downing of the helicopter , but while Hojo is retrieved , Shears and Fuhito escape . 11 : The Dash to Freedom . Informed by their Shinra contact of the existence of a Cetra descendant named Aerith Gainsborough , AVALANCHE attempts to capture her to protect the location of the " Promised Land " . The Player Turk , having gotten lost in the slums , finds their way to Elmyra Gainsborough ' s house where they come across Aerith who runs away . She returns when AVALANCHE arrives and is protected by the Turk much to her surprise . Hiding in the Sector 5 slums Aerith loses her White Materia , and as the Player Turk goes to retrieve it Shears locates them and disposes of the Player Turk , taking Aerith to the Sector 5 Church where Fuhito and Elfé await . As they attempt to convince Aerith to tell them the location of the Promised Land , Aerith notes an ancient voice coming from within Elfé is in pain . Elfé is even more confused when Fuhito becomes flustered and attempts to divert the subject . When Shears notices the Player Turk eavesdropping Aerith prevents Shears and Fuhito from killing the Turk claiming she was defending her flower bed from further harm . During the commotion something seems to pain Elfé , who withdraws along with the rest of AVALANCHE . As the Player Turk and Aerith leave the church , Tseng , who has been assigned for some time to capture Aerith , arrives in another attempt to convince Aerith to work with Shinra . Misunderstanding , the Player Turk prevents Tseng from seeing Aerith as she runs back home . 12 : The Awakening of the Dark Harbinger . Called in due to reports of the staff manning the Nibelheim Reactor disappearing , Tseng pilots the Player Turk to the Nibelheim mountains where they were supposed to parachute to the reactor , but a rogue wind causes them to parachute off course . Forced to traverse the mountainside the Player Turk comes across Tifa Lockhart chasing after her cat . Following the discovery of multiple dragons around the reactor , the Player Turk falls back to Nibelheim to await further instructions . Taking Tifa with her / him , the ropeway back to town is destroyed by a dragon , forcing the pair to traverse the rest of the way on foot . When Sephiroth and his company are sent in to deal with the monsters , the Player Turk recruits Tifa to guide them up the mountain . Following the investigation party ' s return , Sephiroth locks himself away in his hotel room for several days until coming out and massacring the town . Leaving to return to the reactor , the Player Turk follows after him , clearing the path along the way for the incoming Shinra forces . After confronting Sephiroth , the Player Turk is knocked unconscious , coming to when Cloud arrives . As Cloud goes after Sephiroth deeper in the reactor , the Player Turk looks over Tifa until Zangan arrives to take her away . The Player Turk witnesses Cloud ' s stand and Sephiroth jumping into the Mako pit and informs Tseng of the events . 13 : The Scar that Sunders the Calm . When the Shinra clean - up crew arrives at Nibelheim and the reactor , the Player Turk is instructed to help look for survivors in the town . Upon reaching the town , s / he is given new orders by Tseng to enter and check on the laboratory equipment in the basement of the Shinra Manor for Professor Hojo . Within the mansion the Player Turk comes across a long staircase before receiving new orders to liquidate certain documents . Clearing the mansion of monsters , the Player Turk discovers the documents and attempts to read them only to become confused . Continuing on to find the laboratory , Veld arrives and leads the way into the laboratory where they are trapped in an illusion of the Player Turk ' s first encounter with AVALANCHE in Sector 8 during their first day on the job , caused by Lost Number . When that proves ineffectual , Lost Number changes the illusion to that of Kalm ' s destruction where Veld ' s wife and daughter were thought to have been killed and Veld was responsible for the incident ' s cover - up . Affected by guilt , Lost Number paralyzes Veld , but is defeated by the Player Turk and his illusion vanishes freeing Veld . As the survivors of Nibelheim are gathered up they are to be shipped into Hojo ' s laboratory , but the Turks are indecisive over the immorality of it and are allowed to leave while Veld handles the operation . 14 : All of Our Resolve and Longing . Discovering AVALANCHE ' s base in Wutai , the Player Turk is sent to bomb the pagoda . Meeting Yuffie Kisaragi the Turk inadvertently informs her of the powers of Materia . Infiltrating the pagoda ' s top floor from the Fire Cave , the Player Turk fights their way down each floor , placing bombs as they go and meeting Yuffie again as she seeks out AVALANCHE ' s Materia supply . Due to her sickness , Elfé withdraws as the AVALANCHE troops are marshaled to face Shinra . Yuffie has stolen the detonation switch and leads the Player Turk on a chase through the AVALANCHE base . Now attempting to escape the underground base before the timers go off , Yuffie and the Player Turk are chased through the tunnels , seemingly defeating all three of the AVALANCHE commanders ( Elfé , Shears and Fuhito ) during their escape . After escaping , Yuffie deduces the Player Turk is working for Shinra and runs away as her new friend is affiliated with the enemy responsible for Wutai ' s current state . 15 : Onward to the Distant Heavens . With the public ' s confidence in Shinra shaken due to the attacks by AVALANCHE , the launch of the Shinra No . 26 rocket is used as a publicity stunt to buy back public support , and Rufus Shinra takes part in a rehearsal for the event in Rocket Town . During the rehearsal the point vehicle for the air show , the " Tiny Bronco " , is hijacked by Shears ' s underlings , but with Cid Highwind ' s help the Player Turk retrieves the aircraft . As thanks for retrieving of his aircraft , Cid takes the Player Turk and Rufus on a tour of the Shinra 26 . rocket , coming across one of Shears ' s underlings attempting to steal an oxygen tank , essential for the launch rockets , to sabotage the launch . In spite apprehending the underling , the ship ' s oxygen tanks are stolen and have to be replaced , but the launch is continued as scheduled . The launch is aborted in midair as Cid opts to preserve the life of a mechanic caught inside the ship ' s rocket engines . 16 : The Muddy Course of Inexorable Fate . Reno and Tseng discover AVALANCHE has taken over the construction site of the Corel Reactor . Infiltrating the construction site through the Corel Mines thanks to Barret Wallace , the Player Turk enters the reactor to find Rufus Shinra there . Veld , having followed after Rufus , informs the Turks Rufus is the informant and supplier for AVALANCHE in a bid to remove his father from presidency . As Veld instructs his subordinates to place Rufus under arrest , Fuhito appears to kill not just the Turks but Rufus too ; reasoning that AVALANCHE no longer needs him . While the fighting ensues , Elfé appears and her voice is recognized by Veld as that of his deceased daughter ; Felicia . Her memories revived as Veld explains who she is , Elfé is taken by her mysterious illness . Unable to walk , she is carried out of the reactor by a jovial Fuhito as Shears looks on in shock . Torn between his duty and his desire to chase after his rediscovered daughter , the Turks encourage Veld to go after her . Veld resigns his position to Tseng , who leads Rufus out of the reactor before Fuhito destroys it . While covering their escape the Player Turk is thought to be caught in the facility ' s explosion . 17 : Explosion ! - Confusion Bares Its Fangs . Trapped in the lower facility of the destroyed reactor the Player Turk is forced to fight alongside Shears , who had also been betrayed by Fuhito and left to die in the explosion , against a swarm of disrupted monsters and Ravens . While fighting their way through Shears explains about Elfé ' s Materia and how Fuhito hopes to use it to wipe out all life on the Planet and return it to the Lifestream . Explaining his reasons for joining AVALANCHE , the injury Shears had sustained during Fuhito ' s betrayal begins to wear on him . As the facility collapses around them , Shears , instructing them to save Elfé , throws the Player Turk out as the exit collapses with him inside . Rufus is put in house arrest within the Turks ' hidden headquarters . 18 : The Howl That Shook Heaven and Earth . With the Player Turk rendered comatose due to injuries and Mako poisoning and Veld having deserted to pursue his daughter , Tseng is instructed to link with the Turks ' secondary division to bolster numbers . Three years after the Corel Reactor ' s destruction , the Player Turk awakens from their coma . Three months afterwards , he / she and Reno are tasked with the capture of an endangered species known as " Guardians of the Planet " in Cosmo Canyon for Professor Hojo . While searching the canyon the pair visit Bugenhagen on Tseng ' s instruction and discover more about the monster Fuhito hopes to summon through Elfé ' s Materia and learns the Materia was sapping Elfé ' s life force to exist ; as a result Veld , having not been sighted since Corel , is searching for a way to remove it without harming her . Resuming their pursuit of the " Guardian " , the Turks come across new Raven operatives , far stronger than previously encountered , also pursuing the animals to disrupt a sacred ceremony held in the canyon . While the two groups initially pursue Deneh , Nanaki interferes and attacks the Turks to give Deneh time to flee . While capturing him , the Player Turk allows Nanaki to perform the ritual before taking him away . 19 : The Choices We Made in the Beginning and the End . Pursuing two escaped research samples that had escaped the Nibelheim Mansion , the Player Turk finds themselves in competition with the Shinra army to locate them . While searching the Nibelheim forest , the Player Turk questions why they are hunting the subjects whom they were partially responsible for imprisoning in the mansion four years previously . Coming across the escapees on the beach , the Player Turk discovers they were hunting Zack . Conflicted over their feelings , the Player Turk attempts to do their duty and capture him , but after seeing the extent of damage the experiments have done to Cloud , the Player Turk reports Zack is no longer in the forest and allows Zack to escape , while they return to Nibelheim to investigate the mansion and find Veld poring through the mansion ' s archives . Learning that he needs a certain Materia to remove the Materia from Elfé ' s body and stop it draining her life , Veld has been searching for these support Materia , learning that the Turks already possess one given to them by Shears during the Corel reactor incident . The pair search through the mansion and come across clues to another of Hojo ' s " research subjects " , Vincent Valentine , Veld ' s old Turk partner , who informs them of the location of such a Materia elsewhere in the Mansion . As AVALANCHE appears also looking for the support Materia , the Player Turk and Veld lose the orb to Fuhito while Scarlet informs the President in Midgar that the Turks are assisting Veld in spite of their orders to " shoot on sight " . 20 : The Consequences of Our Choices . Hidden within their headquarters within the Shinra Building as Scarlet embarks on a hunt for them , the Turks meet with Reeve to locate the next Materia . Learning it is in the remains of the Gongaga Mako Reactor they , along with Cait Sith , steal a submarine from Junon to evade the Shinra military . Entering the reactor they find AVALANCHE troops already combing the facility for the support Materia . Thanks to the timely arrival of Veld and Shears , who was rescued by Veld in Corel and had been working with him since , the next support Materia is obtained . 21 : Resolve to Reach the End . When the fugitives Zack and Cloud are relocated , the Turks attempt a Priority - S retrieval attempt , but are unable to acquire them before the Shinra military ambushes them . Learning the AVALANCHE is attempting to break into Corel Prison , the Turks presume a Materia piece must be there and embark across the desert to obtain it . Discovering Shalua Rui the Player Turk brings her to shelter in the caverns under the desert . While waiting for her to recover , the Player Turk finds the final support Materia within the caverns being pursued by AVALANCHE Ravens . Escaping with Shalua , they brave a sandstorm before being cornered by Ravens . Shalua announces her hatred of the Turks , but the Ravens still attack . Shears and Veld arrive to support them and Shears takes Shalua to a safe location . Scarlet catches up to and surrounds the Player Turk and Veld . Scarlet captures Veld and takes him back to Midgar to be executed . 22 : The Threat that Pierces the Heavens . While Tseng , Rude and Reno attempt to discern the location of where Veld is being held , the other Turks and Shears meet in Wall Market and split the Materia orbs among themselves before dispatching to look for Elfé . Meanwhile Elena , Gun ( Female ) ' s sister , witnesses a trio of insurgent Ravens and attempts to follow them before getting bored and going home . Assisted by Rufus , Tseng locates Veld and attempts to liberate him while ordering the Player Turk , who is being pursued by Shinra troops through Wall Market , to secure an escape out of Midgar . While abducting a truck to get through checkpoints set up by the military , the Player Turk discovers that not only was the truck being driven by a Raven dressed as a Shinra troop , but that Elena has been kidnapped and is in the truck with her . After leaving the truck while Elena is still on board , the Player Turk follows it to a train where they exchange the support Materia with the Ravens for Elena . Elsewhere in the Sector 5 slums , Shears is confronted by Fuhito and opts to go with him , giving him possession of the support Materia , in order to find Elfé . Shears is instead beaten down and the support Materia stolen from him . While Reno , Rude and Tseng free Veld , the Player Turk commandeers a helicopter to chase after AVALANCHE before they use the support Materia to summon Zirconiade and kill Elfé to make it whole . Crashing the helicopter into the truck the Ravens were using , the Player Turk witnesses Fuhito gathering the support Materia around a limp and weak Elfé on the highway and summoning Zirconiade above Midgar . While saving Elfé , the Materia inside her fuses with the support Materia and Fuhito ascends to give the newly formed Materia orb to Zirconiade . 23 : Veering Wildly Towards an Unstoppable End . As the other Turks chase after Fuhito along the construct created by Zirconiade ' s summoning , Tseng , Reno , Rude , Veld and an awakened Elfé are captured by the Shinra military . Splitting into teams of two when the pathways branch into a maze , the Turks come across Behemoths . As the others battle the Behemoths , the Player Turk catches up to Fuhito and is saved from his attack by Shears . Teaming up against the AVALANCHE commander , the Player Turk and Shears defeat Fuhito , but in an attempt to continue Zirconiade ' s awakening he places the Materia inside himself and transforms , mortally wounding Shears in his new form . As the Player Turk bests Fuhito even in his transformed state , Fuhito attempts to take them with him in his defeat , but a dying Shears holds him back and the pair erupt in a blast of light . Meanwhile , confronted with the offer that the Turks would be spared from capture and execution if Veld and Elfé are killed , Tseng turns his gun on the pair and fires . 24 : The Concerto : Played Out to its Straining Point . As Tseng leaves with the bodies of Veld and Elfé , Reno and Rude wait for their remaining comrades still fighting Zirconiade . Reaching the end of the airborne construct , the Player Turk attacks Zirconiade only to be unable to affect it . With the arrival of other Turks they damage the monster , but the other Turks are taken down by the summon and the Player Turk is worn down . With the memories of the people they met as a Turk , fighting their own battles , the Player Turk gathers the strength to continue the battle and destroys Zirconiade . The shockwave emitted from its destruction destroys the construct on which the attacking Turks were standing . Reno and Rude watch in horror as the construction vanishes in an explosion of light . EPILOGUE 1 . An inquiry hearing about the incident surrounding the Turks is held with Tseng being called before a jury of three . Scarlet wishes for the abolishment of the group and the execution of the three " survivors " ; Tseng , Reno and Rude . The three are saved by Rufus Shinra ' s intervention , who requests their loyalty as payment . The bargain with Rufus entails that Elfé and Veld , who are still alive as Tseng only pretended to shoot them , be treated secretly . When an intruder alarm is tripped at the Midgar Mako Reactor 1 , Tseng sets his hair loose , declaring the Turks a new organization . EPILOGUE 2 . During Meteorfall Reno oversees the evacuation of Sector 4 while Rude clears Sector 2 and Elena clears Sector 3 . Moving to clear Sector 5 together with Tseng , the four are assisted by the previous Turks and Veld in the evacuation of the city ' s citizens .