One year after Emergence Day, A Company was one of several units ordered to fall back to the Jacinto Plateau. The fallback was directed from Kinnerlake Sector Control, and the main body of A Company fell back along Route Theta. However, one squad under the command of Sgt. Marcus Fenix was going to miss the evacuation window by two hours, and decided to assist civilians in the town of Jannermont, which was under attack by the Locust. They succeeded in killing the Locust, but their APC broke down when they got back on route, and they had to walk to the nearest COG outpost. They eventually reached a bridge checkpoint along the Ephyra-Kinnerlake highway, where they learned of the Hammer of Dawn counterattack announcement. They assisted the Gears at the checkpoint in clearing the road for civil