Sephiroth was sent on his first first field assignment was to the archipelago of Rhadore, a land once allied with Shinra. His first battle was against a horde of Rhadoran soldiers, which he quickly and effortlessly eliminated after being dropped into the field via helicopter. He took command of the SOLDIER team consisting of Glenn Lodbrok, Matt Winsord, and Lucia Lin, veterans of Project: 0, an early iteration of SOLDIER. Under Sephiroth's command, the four SOLDIERs infiltrated an underground Rhadore base in the Logues Ruins. As they walked Sephiroth held onto the necklace with his mother on it.