Vexille (2007) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Japan withdrew from international politics after the United Nations imposed a unilateral ban on robotics research in 2067. Since Daiwa Heavy Industries was developing advanced forbidden technology, Japan created the R.A.C.E. network, a system of 270 offshore installations that generated an energy field severing all external communications and satellite surveillance, effectively vanishing from the global stage to protect its secrets.

• japan isolation
• r.a.c.e. network
• robotics ban
• daiwa heavy industries

The disease was not natural, it was engineered by Daiwa Heavy Industries as a pretext to distribute an experimental vaccine. This vaccine actually delivered nanotechnology that gradually converted citizens into semi-sentient life-like machines with limited free will, allowing Daiwa to control the population while the world believed Japan was dealing with a health crisis.

• disease
• vaccine
• nanotechnology
• daiwa conspiracy
• citizen conversion

Saito was a Daiwa informant being pursued by SWORD operatives in Colorado. When cornered, he escaped by cutting off his own leg, which researchers later discovered was made of bio-metal, an advanced prohibited technology. This revealed that Japan was hiding far more advanced robotics than the rest of the world knew, intensifying SWORD's determination to investigate.

Foreshadowing: The earlier scene shows Japan's secretive nature through the R.A.C.E. network, making Saito's bio-metal limb a logical extension of hidden technology.

• saito
• bio-metal leg
• colorado escape
• daiwa informant

The Jags are giant semi-sentient metal constructs that roam the wasteland outside Tokyo. They were created as an unintended consequence of Daiwa's nanotech experiment, when the nanotechnology spread beyond the controlled population, it contaminated the environment and formed these massive, spinning mechanical creatures that patrol the ruined landscape.

• jags
• giant robots
• nanotech contamination
• daiwa experiments

The resistance, led by Maria, devised a plan to destroy Daiwa's corporate headquarters by using the Jags as a weapon. Vexille piloted her flight-capable armor to lure the Jags toward a service bridge connecting to Daiwa's fortress in Tokyo Bay. The goal was to create a bottleneck that would force the Jags into the headquarters, but the bridge detached and the Jags fell into the sea instead.

• resistance plan
• service bridge
• jags attack
• daiwa headquarters

After being apparently killed during the bridge confrontation, Kisaragi somehow survived. When Saito, who had joined Daiwa's inner circle, secretly strangled Kisaragi in a power struggle, Kisaragi shot Saito instead and escaped with his research. Kisaragi then attempted to flee by helicopter, demonstrating his survival instinct and commitment to completing his project despite numerous setbacks.

Foreshadowing: Kisaragi's earlier confidence that his research was nearly finished establishes his determination to survive at any cost.

• kisaragi
• saito
• escape
• research
• daiwa leader

When the town council forced open the ceramic gates protecting Tokyo, the city was overrun by Jags attacking Daiwa's headquarters. During this chaos, an underling released Vexille and Maria from their captivity before dying. This act allowed Vexille to pursue Kisaragi while Maria freed Leon, shifting the focus to stopping Kisaragi's final escape attempt.

• maria
• vexille captivity
• underling release
• daiwa headquarters

When the ceramic gates were forced open, the Jags flooded into Daiwa's headquarters, causing the fortress to collapse into Tokyo Bay. The entire city was destroyed in the process, leaving Japan a lifeless wasteland. Vexille and Leon were rescued by a SWORD helicopter, departing from a nation that had been completely devastated by the conflict between Daiwa's technology and the Jags they created.

Foreshadowing: Earlier scenes establish Tokyo as the last bastion protected by ceramic walls, making its destruction a major narrative consequence.

• tokyo destruction
• collapse
• final battle
• japan wasteland

Vexille was almost unique in her ability to move within Daiwa's shadowed world. When SWORD's infiltration was detected and most agents were captured, Vexille evaded capture, her skills and familiarity with Daiwa's operations allowed her to survive where others fell. She later allied with the resistance and became key to their plan against Daiwa.

• vexille
• sword agent
• survival
• daiwa infiltration

Leon was taken to Daiwa's headquarters after being captured during the infiltration. He was brought into Daiwa's inner circle, where he witnessed their operations firsthand. Later, Maria freed him from captivity during the chaos of the Jag invasion. His concern for Vexille during the escape angered Maria, highlighting the tension between personal loyalties and the resistance's mission.

• leon
• capture
• daiwa headquarters
• rescue
• maria