Milky-way Crossing

Events in this chapter

1. Two Messages Across Time Are Recorded in 2025

   Future Okabe and his companions record the Operation Skuld video for his 2010 self and prepare the coordinates needed to reach Suzuha and Mayuri after their 2011 departure.

   2025 · β “Milky-way Crossing” Branch
2. Future Okabe Explains Operation Skuld

   Okabe in 2025 tells his 2010 self not to deny the three weeks he experienced, but to deceive his past self and the world by preserving the observation of Kurisu collapsed while actually saving her.

   Recorded in 2025 / played August 21, 2010 · β Main-Game Final-Chapter World Line / β — Exact Position Unknown
3. Okabe Opens the Video Mail from His 2025 Self

   After the first failure, Okabe can finally play the video from his future self and learns that he must deceive his past self and the world rather than erase the observation.

   August 21, 2010 · β Main-Game Final-Chapter World Line
4. Mayuri Restores Okabe’s Will to Try Again

   Mayuri prevents Okabe from giving up completely and reminds him how often he has stood up for his friends. He becomes willing to inspect the previously unreadable video mail.

   August 21, 2010 · β Main-Game Final-Chapter World Line / β Initial STEINS;GATE 0 World Line
5. Execute Operation Skuld

   Future Okabe sends the operation into the past, instructing his earlier self to deceive the world, preserve the observed appearance, and keep Kurisu alive.

   August 21 / intervention on July 28, 2010 · β Main-Game Final-Chapter World Line / Steins Gate World Line 1.048596%
6. Milky-way Crossing

   After completing the operational information sent into the past, Okabe departs 2025 by time machine and travels into the distant past to recover the stranded Mayuri and Suzuha.

   Departure in 2025 / arrival around 18,000 BCE · β “Milky-way Crossing” Branch

Audit findings

• CompressedNeeds further work

  The 2025 recording, the video unlocking in 2010, Mayuri’s encouragement, and the rescue departure into the distant past are mixed into one finale band, obscuring game order versus actual chronology.

  Preserve both timeline orders and add the technical preparation and true-ending unlock conditions between sending the video and departing for the rescue.