The live event “Operation: Skyfire” took place on Sunday, September 12, in Fortnite. We at MeinMMO were live at the event marking the end of Season 7. Here we report on how the operation went down.
Update, September 13: After the live event, it’s now time to continue with Season 8. New content has now also been revealed.
- The story trailer for Season 8 shows what’s next and how the event has impacted things
- The battle pass trailer showcases the new skins and contents, including a Marvel villain
This is what everyone has been waiting for: The day of reckoning has finally come. The live event took place as part of Operation “Skyfire”. The operation was executed, and thus the start of Season 8 in Fortnite is now clear.
The course of Operation: Skyfire
This was the live event marking the end of Season 7: As expected, the event started on the floating fragments of Corny Complex. Players were pulled into the ship by the tractor beam of the mothership, used by aliens for abductions.
Once aboard the ship, our operation began in a test chamber. From there, Sloane guided us through the mothership, which was guarded by aliens.
After a clever hack maneuver by Sloane, all players made their way through the gigantic mothership. This allowed us to see many unknown areas, showcasing how enormous the mothership really is.
In our escape from the aliens, we spotted many cool Easter eggs along the way, which will surely remind some of previous seasons: loads of cat food, furniture from the “Agency”, or the familiar bodyguards from Shadow and Ghost.
Aliens trying to get to us 
The bodyguards surrounded by alien eggs 
References to old seasons
After crossing the immense ship, we finally arrived at a large window. Through this window, we could see the remnants of Corny Complex, with the bombs attached meant to stop the abduction.
Then Sloane gave us the green light to start the activation of the bombs. Unfortunately, a familiar entity disrupted our plans. Kevin, the troublemaker attempted to sabotage us, but thanks to Sloane’s backpacks, we managed to deactivate Kevin.
Now, without further obstacles, Sloane was able to activate the bombs. Suddenly, everything took an unexpected turn: Our ally turned out to be a traitor. Sloane had planned to eliminate us with the alien threat.
As time was running out, all players ultimately saw the only solution to reactivate Kevin to escape the detonation. But whether we succeeded, we will find out only in Chapter 2 Season 8.
Here you can watch the entire live event in full length again:
All further important information about the upcoming Season 8 can be found here.
When does Chapter 2 Season 8 start: After the live event, Epic Games created a cliffhanger and a timer. This timer runs out on the coming Monday at 11 a.m. Further information will be published in due time.
Now that the live event for Chapter 2 Season 7 is over, we ask you how you felt about the execution and appearance of Kevin the Cube? Did you anticipate that Sloane would betray us and Kevin would become an ally? Let us know in the comments what you think.
