Ep. 3: Machines retaliate against humanity with nuclear strikes and biological warfare after humans deploy nanite clouds.
After humans refuse coexistence, the UN bombs Zero One, prompting machines to declare war and conquer territories. Humans initiate Operation Dark Storm, using nanites to block solar energy, which collapses the biosphere. Despite initial human successes with advanced weaponry, machine production capabilities and new insect-like models overwhelm them. Machines develop fusion power using human bio-electricity, turning captives into living batteries. Human leaders resort to using nuclear weapons on their own forces and face biological warfare attacks. Realizing total defeat, the Zero One representative signs surrender terms at the UN headquarters in New York City before detonating a hidden bomb, destroying the building and remaining leadership. The machines win the war, leaving a devastated world. They then refine their technology to build massive power plants where humans serve as energy sources, creating the first Matrix prototype to sedate prisoners via virtual reality.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Osiris crew fights Sentinels while Jue delivers a Matrix warning before the ship is destroyed.
- Ep. 2 · The Second Renaissance Part I
- Ep. 3 · Machines retaliate against humanity with nuclear strikes and biological warfare after humans deploy nanite clouds.
- Ep. 4 · Neo appears in this Animatrix short set between the first two films.
- Ep. 5 · Cis trains in a feudal Japan simulation where she duels and kills her ally Duo.
- Ep. 6 · Dan Davis attempts to break his world record in the 100 m race despite severe physical risks and Agent interference.
- Ep. 7 · Yoko searches for her cat Yuki in a Mega City haunted house filled with Matrix glitches.