This movie takes place in 2340, nine years after the previous film. The movie starts with Noa witnessing the use of a nuclear bomb on the remains of San Francisco while on a scouting mission. It turns out that some apes in Asia have figured out how to use weapons of mass destruction from surviving Humans. Countless Kingdoms have fallen apart, and it is pure chaos. We get to see the stories of four different apes throughout the film. The first is Noa surviving in the San Francisco area. Second is a monkey in South America named Ships who is currently dealing with a rival faction who has gotten their hands on guns. Third we get to see a gorilla in Europe named Bonapart who is currently dealing with the fact that there are more intelligent Humans then Apes in Europe and he is currently being hunted down. Finally, we see chimpanzee in Oceania named Kane who is one of the last remaining members of The Order. He is constantly getting updates of the state of the world. We also see that he connects to a ship called the Icarus and starts communicating with a Human aboard