Parks requested that Simon Dodds should rejoin naval service when he needed a team to participate in the ATAF project. It was not a popular decision with the other senior command, by they permitted him to do so, nonetheless.

Parks was one of the few that was fully aware of the very real threat that both the Confederation and the Independent Worlds would soon be facing from the Pandoran forces, and in response to this he chose to intercept to take back Dragon the moment it was found to be travelling around Independent World space.

He was captain of Griffin when the carrier suffered a mis-jump and found itself drifting in Imperial space. The accident proved to have its advantages and Parks was faced with the somewhat difficult decision of sending the White Knights to Arlos Starport to retrieve the stolen ATAF blueprints. Despite its crippled state he was able to defend Griffin from Ifrit when Hawke and Zackaria used it to attack them, by issuing the remote shutdown codes against the stolen carrier.

Along with Amanda Jenkins and the president of the Confederacy, Elliott Parks was representing the Helios Confederation at the IWC General Assembly being held at Torelli, Alba when news of Ifrit's destruction was received. After conferring with a number of senior CSN staff, he immediately set about taking a rescue team to the Coyote system to rescue the White Knights and retrieve the ATAFs. He also opted to take Griffin, to the displeasure of Jenkins. During the brief, he discovered that Anthony Hawke had survived being spaced in the Phylent system and was now apparently leading the Pandoran fleet in their invasion of Coyote, commanding Chimera.

Arriving in the Coyote system, Parks discovered that the Pandoran forces not only had Mythos surrounded, but were also disguising their vessel signatures, making it near-impossible to tell friend from foe. His arrival into the system was also greeted by Hawke, who spoke only to request Parks' immediate surrender.

Parks eventually made it to the ground, having overcome the enemy's radar blanketing and defeating a dreadnought that lay in their way. He arrived in Hunter's Square in time to rescue Dodds, Estelle, Chaz and Natalia Grace from an aggressive attack by a number of Pandoran soldiers.

After rescuing Kelly and Enrique, Parks confessed to being fully aware of both the true origin and threat of the Pandoran army, as well as knowing full well what the ATAFs had been created for and what part of the White Knights would play.

Escaping Mythos, Parks found that Mandeep had finally arrived to the Coyote system with Grendel's Mother. However, upon landing on the ship he discovered that Zackaria had started to broadcast a threat of extermination to the rest of the galaxy, which the allies had been unable to prevent. Parks was then arrested by Adrian Parson after he attempted to prevent the immediate implementation of Operation Sudarberg and sentenced to spend the duration aboard Grendel's Mother in the brig.

Parks was able to persuade James Potter to help him get off the ship when it was invaded by a number of Pandoran soldiers. The two gathered together a team to help save the Tachyon Star Bombs that had been brought along, but became separated when a fire door came down. The teams were then eliminated, leaving Potter and Parks to find a new route to the flight deck.

During their alternate route, Parks discovered that Hawke had boarded the ship. Catching Potter and Parks, Hawke broke Potter's neck in an extremely short battle. Parks then attempted to fight Hawke until Hawke gained the upper hand, breaking his arm and punching him almost unconscious. Parks was saved by Mandeep who beheaded Hawke with a fire axe, before helping Parks off the ship.