 Before Crisis is set six years before the bombing of Mako Reactor One in Final Fantasy VII. ShinRa, Inc. , once a manufacturer of a military hardware, has gained political control through its monopoly on mako energy, growing into a prosperous corporate superpower. However, this rapid growth comes at the cost of many lives, and soon, there are more than a few who resent ShinRa s good fortune. Together, they form the rebel group AVALANCHE, focusing their efforts on the eradication of ShinRa through any means available. Realizing they must respond to this new threat of face collapse, Shinra s officers assemble the Turks, an elite squad of operatives tasked with everything from the recruitment of new SOLDIER members to the execution of classified operations, to put an end to the AVALANCHE menace. ShinRa s last hope lies with them