Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
Warning : Spoilers for Monarch : Legacy of Monsters episode 9
Summary
A major developing inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersconfirms that Monarch conduct a clandestine Hollow Earth commission in the 1960s called Operation Hourglass . Prior to the series , it was understood that humanity hump very little in regard to the Hollow Earth beforeGodzilla vs. Kong . As it turns out , though , the government was actively engaged in attack to explore the Hollow Earth years before the concept was first mentioned inKong : Skull Island .
InKong : Skull Island , Bill Randa and Houston Brooks adjust out to prove the Hollow Earth hypothesis , which postulated that giant goliath used a web of underground burrow to span the globe unseen . The mind evolved into something more inGodzilla : King of the Monsters , which saw Monarch follow Godzilla into a Hollow Earth burrow , which housed an ancient , abandon metropolis . Godzilla vs. Kongwas yet another step forward for manhood , as it saw its human character maltreat base into a thrive ecosystem hide beneath the planet ’s aerofoil . But harmonize toMonarch : Legacy of Monsters , Monarch secretly sent people to the Hollow Earth decades earlier .
Operation Hourglass Was A Product Of Bill & Keiko Randa’s Titan Discoveries
In the 1956 flashback storyline featured inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 8 , Wyatt Russell ’s Lee Shaw postulate Monarch scientists Keiko Mieura and Bill Randa to put together all their Titan - related research . This wound up including the pair ’s idea about the Hollow Earth . In 1954 , Randa account for the limited Titan sightings with unfounded theories of teleportation , but break in a dissimilar counsel when he watched a bug pass through a jam in a mapping he was analyse . go through the worm resurface through another hole elsewhere on the map helped Randa come to the realization thatTitans of the Monsterverseare traveling from place to place via an clandestine region .
To carry on their government backing , Lee Shaw handed over this research to General Puckett . Monarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 9 revealed that while it took some time , Monarch did playact on the info Bill and Keiko provided . In 1962 , the government spearhead a commission called " Operation Hourglass,“which was design as an expedition to the Hollow Earth . The program was to enrol through a Hollow Earth entrance they found in Kansas at an unspecified degree in theMonsterverse timeline . Apparently , much of the project rebound from the mind of Dr. Suzuki , as noted by Puckett .
Monarch’s Plan To Bypass Hollow Earth Rifts Explained
The swelled obstacle to enter the Hollow Earth world is n’t the distance ; rather , it ’s the monolithic barriers of energy Monarch call " rifts . " InGodzilla vs. Kong , it was explained that Monarch fail to get past one safely , resulting in the expiry of Nathan Lind ’s buddy . A highly forward-looking APEX fomite was required to get around this issue and go far in the Hollow Earth earthly concern safely . Surprisingly , it ’s now known that Monarch already had a elbow room of reaching the Titans ' world , albeit a much more severe one . Operation Hourglass ' Hollow Earth exploration plan hinge on appeal the tending of a demon .
As Pucket explicate , the tunnels are too " precarious , " hence why the unwitting aid of a Titan is needed for them to become " tolerable . " Similar to their programme to tempt out Godzilla in 1954 with atomic number 94 , the government used radiation as " bait " to get a Titan to in brief pass through a rift . When a Titan pass along through the falling out , it " stabilizes " it just long enough for a squad of humans to fundamentally piggyback off the Titanand make their way to the Hollow Earth in a large , ball - shaped twist .
As for how this could solve without risking mass destruction to Kansas , it was stated by Puckett that they would set down the hook through the burrow after alert the Titan . The function of this scheme was to discourage the brute from completing its musical passage to the control surface . This scheme explain how Lee , May , and Cate ended up in the Hollow Earth in 2015 . They incidentally followed the insect Titan after it came through the severance in Kazakhstan .
What Happened After Operation Hourglass
Presumably , there was n’t another excursion to the Hollow Earth after Operation Hourglass until afterGodzilla : King of the Monsters . part , that was because it was perceive as a failure . After keep an eye on a Titan that could be discover as theMonsterverse ’s Ion Dragon , the total human squad aside from Lee Shaw died in a crash . Monarch assume there were no survivors , unaware that Shaw would recall to the aerofoil in the 1980s , unaltered by the pass of time . During his absence , Puckett relayed the news to Randa that Monarch was turn a loss its funding due to the animation lost during Operation Hourglass and Monarch not being able to find a root to the trouble .
The wake of Operation Hourglass outline by General Puckett occupy an authoritative col inMonarch ’s Monsterverse history . Though once depicted as a resourceful system with the cartel of the politics , Monarch was shown to be on the verge of crash in 1973 . Bill Randa had to go to capital length to procure the administration ’s help in sanction the trip to Skull Island . free-base on what happened inMonarch : Legacy of Monstersepisode 9,Operation Hourglass is what crippled Monarchahead of the issue ofKong : Skull Island .
Monarch : Legacy of Monstersreleases new installment on Fridays on Apple TV+ .
