The catastrophe that struck has passed. The water is receding, the ocean levels rising, and the land drying. All that existed before, is gone. The first order of business is survival. With limited resources, the Nephilim leaders look to Nibiru for trade to get the tools and supplies that they need to rebuild. To do that, they need gold.
The stone blocks that make up the landing pad in Baalbek have withstood the storm surge of the great flood, because of their enormous size and weight. To establish a new spaceport, they need marker beacons to mark the entrance and exit corridor, and a new mission control center. The twin peaks of Mount Ararat are chosen for the northeast beacon anchor, but when the search the location for the northwest anchor finds there are no mountain peaks that they can use. Akira suggests making artificial mountains.
A love affair between Shep, Gerald's youngest son, and Diana, Loki's granddaughter, starts of a series of events that will lead to war, culminating in a catastrophe unlike any other that has happened on Earth—the destruction of entire cities using weapons of mass destruction.