Recaps

After two months of preparation, Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion entered their next missions, with many members seeking promotion to S-class. In UC0096, Xiao Ran chose the Bist Conglomerate and sent Saki, Nalo, Zechs, and Eagle to retrieve the Box of Laplace from Industrial Seven.

• The new legion members completed combat assessments, and the legion recorded their results and assigned them courses for improvement.
• After Retention Time ended, the legion selected recruits and organized numerous participants into promotion missions, including Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, and members of several squads.
• Prometheus sent Xiao Ran into the UC0096 mission and offered him the Earth Federation, Zeon, and Bist Conglomerate factions.
• Xiao Ran rejected the Federation and Zeon and chose the Bist Conglomerate, receiving an identity as its largest shareholder.
• Xiao Ran ordered Saki, Nalo, and Zechs to take Eagle and the others to Industrial Seven to retrieve the Box of Laplace.

Xiao Ran recovered the Box of Laplace and divided his forces between investigating Anaheim and traveling to the Bist Family’s Colony. He and Hana reached Bist Manor, where they planned to save Cardias.

• Saki, Zechs, and Nalo returned the Box of Laplace to Xiao Ran, who recognized the Original Constitution as a powerful means of stirring unrest in the Earth Sphere.
• Xiao Ran split his forces into three groups, sending one to investigate Mars and Jupiter, another to the Moon to examine Anaheim, and taking Shinyo, Hikari, Homura, and Hana toward the Bist Family’s Colony.
• Xiao Ran and the others stored their distinctive machines and traveled to the Colony in concealed, UC-style units.
• Xiao Ran and Hana entered the industrial Colony through an outer-wall passage while the others kept watch outside.
• Xiao Ran explained the Bist Family’s connection to his 0079 World territory and identified the building ahead as Bist Manor.

Xiao Ran confronted Cardias at the Bist Manor, revealed that he had the Box of Laplace, and offered protection in exchange for help taking control of Anaheim. Cardias remained wary but agreed to watch Xiao Ran, and he invited him to witness an upcoming RX-0 test.

• Xiao Ran entered the deserted Bist Manor and told Cardias that the Box of Laplace was in his hands.
• Xiao Ran criticized Cardias's plan to reveal the Original Constitution through Zeon and warned him that his son and sister had betrayed him.
• Xiao Ran offered to protect Cardias and his son from the Federation if Cardias helped him become Anaheim's leading figure.
• Xiao Ran explained that he intended to use the Box of Laplace at a time of his choosing to reshape the Earth Sphere and weaken the Federation.
• Cardias agreed to watch Xiao Ran and disclosed that the person he was negotiating with would arrive before the next work period.
• Cardias invited Xiao Ran to attend an upcoming RX-0 test, and Xiao Ran said he wanted to test the machine himself.

Xiao Ran tested the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam at Cardias's hidden research institute and pushed its performance far beyond its projected limits. He returned safely and explained how his piloting and OS modifications had revealed the machine's potential.

• Cardias led Xiao Ran and Yao through a secret passage to the RX-0 research institute, where Jarl Chen greeted them and arranged for Xiao Ran's people to enter.
• Xiao Ran inspected the Unicorn Gundam and volunteered to test-pilot it, then changed into an anti-G suit and launched toward a nearby Meteor Belt.
• The RX-0's NT-D system began activating on its own, while Xiao Ran accelerated past the projected target speed, modified the OS, and slipped beyond the staff's control.
• Cardias watched the RX-0's performance surge as Xiao Ran partially activated the NT-D and maneuvered through the Meteor Belt; Yao reassured him that such work was routine for Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran returned safely to the hangar, where Cardias asked how he had done it, and Xiao Ran credited the machine's potential, his piloting, and his OS modifications.

Xiao Ran advised Cardias on improving the Unicorn Gundam and took command of Anaheim’s satellite defenses as Londo Bell approached. He then encountered Banagher and Minerva Lao Zabi, exposed their identities and the dangers gathering around them, and called Cardias to bring the real guests to the central control room.

• Xiao Ran told Cardias the Unicorn Gundam could be strengthened with a specialized backpack featuring acceleration, a Mental Power Frame, and weapons.
• Cardias said the satellite had fewer than twenty outdated mobile suits, and Xiao Ran ordered his four attendants to use them to monitor and defend the colony against anyone approaching without permission.
• Xiao Ran explained that he considered the satellite Anaheim property and that he wanted the meeting with New Zeon to proceed, while Cardias arranged rooms for his group.
• After sixteen hours, Xiao Ran entered a room and found Cardias with Banagher and a blonde girl, then identified the moment as a father-son reunion.
• Xiao Ran warned Cardias that Londo Bell and an Assassination Unit had arrived, identified the girl as Minerva Lao Zabi, and told her she was not in a position to influence the coming conflict.
• Xiao Ran asked Cardias to take him to the central control room and summon the real guests so he could meet them there.

Xiao Ran took control of New Industrial Seven and openly challenged the Federation and Zeon forces near the satellite, claiming Anaheim would decide their future. After his team crushed the attacking Federation units, he prepared for the Federation to negotiate or retaliate.

• Xiao Ran announced that unauthorized forces approaching New Industrial Seven would be treated as enemies and ordered them to withdraw within three minutes.
• Xiao Ran ordered Hana, Aiba Shinyo, Yao, and Yan to attack after the deadline passed.
• Aiba Shinyo, Hana, Yao, and Yan destroyed or disabled the Federation mecha surrounding the satellite, including forces from Londo Bell and ECOAS.
• Xiao Ran told Cardias that the Federation would likely contact them and instructed him to demand an in-person meeting.
• Xiao Ran declared that Anaheim would grow strong and decide the futures of the Federation and Zeon.

Xiao Ran took control of the Box of Laplace, challenged the Federation, and offered Banagher a chance to pilot RX-0 and protect those he cared about. As Federation and Zeon forces moved toward New Industrial Seven, Xiao Ran met with Mannheim and proposed cooperation despite refusing to hand over the Box.

• Xiao Ran urged Banagher to consider piloting RX-0, explained Cardias’s efforts to protect him, and gave him time to decide.
• Xiao Ran ordered Aiba Shinyo to seize the N-Akama and told El-Elf to control Anaheim’s leaders, purge Federation spies, and secure RX-0 data.
• The Federation ordered Londo Bell to advance on New Industrial Seven, while Zeon also sent forces toward the colony.
• Xiao Ran reflected on using a Newtype pilot and learned that Londo Bell was on its way.
• Mannheim arrived with Scol and Sant to discuss the Box of Laplace, but Xiao Ran refused to give it to New Zeon and offered him a chance to cooperate.

Xiao Ran offered Zeon weapons and support in exchange for its cooperation against the Federation, while insisting Minerva marry Banagher. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran urging Zeon to help destroy the Federation’s Rondo Bell Unit as their first shared objective.

• Xiao Ran offered Mannheim arms and political support if Zeon rallied the space colonies against the Federation, and proposed that Minerva marry Banagher.
• Xiao Ran argued that Minerva had to accept the responsibilities of her Zabi heritage, but Minerva opposed renewed war and defended peace.
• Banagher agreed to train as a mobile suit pilot so he could protect the people he cared about, and Xiao Ran assigned Xinye to train him.
• Xiao Ran ordered Minerva to stay and build a relationship with Banagher, while Mannheim reminded her that Zeon's autonomy had been won through its soldiers' sacrifices.
• Xiao Ran explained that he wanted to bring the inevitable conflict forward and contain it, then asked Zeon to help eliminate the Federation's Rondo Bell Unit.

Xiao Ran secured Zeon’s cooperation against the Federation and kept Minerva under house arrest, while Mannheim received Full Frontal’s approval to attack Londo Bell. Xiao Ran then revealed plans to revive Char and Amuro, cure Kamille, and further tighten his control over Anaheim.

• Xiao Ran refused to let Mannheim take Minerva and insisted that Zeon show its sincerity by helping deal with Londo Bell.
• Mannheim returned to the Garencieres and contacted Full Frontal, who approved cooperating with Xiao Ran and personally leading the operation against Londo Bell.
• Bist told Xiao Ran that Full Frontal wanted to meet him after the battle, and Xiao Ran said capturing Londo Bell would be preferable to destroying it.
• Xiao Ran hinted that Full Frontal was tied to Char and said he might revive Char and Amuro and cure Kamille.
• Xiao Ran ordered Cardias to prepare for a trip to Anaheim in three days and revealed that his people had already taken control of Cardias’s son and sibling.

Xiao Ran learned that Full Frontal had destroyed Londo Bell in under an hour and went to meet him, bringing Banagher and Minerva along. At the rendezvous, Xiao Ran recognized a product-grade Small Macross-class warship and greeted the masked man waiting for him as Char.

• Full Frontal agreed to intercept and destroy Londo Bell, and Xiao Ran reasoned that Participants had likely joined the Sleeved Armband.
• Cardias told Xiao Ran that Londo Bell had been defeated in less than an hour and that Full Frontal wanted to meet at coordinates in a nearby asteroid belt.
• Xiao Ran ended Banagher's training and ordered him to bring Minerva, then told her that Anaheim's alliance with Zeon was necessary to prevent the Federation's collapse from causing mass deaths and sanctions.
• Xiao Ran, Banagher, Minerva, Hana, and Aiba Shinyo traveled in their machines to Full Frontal's rendezvous, where Banagher piloted the Unicorn Gundam.
• Xiao Ran identified a product-grade Small Macross-class among the gathered warships, docked his machine, and greeted the masked man as Char.

Xiao Ran confronted Full Frontal, revealed that he understood Full Frontal was part of Char, and ordered him to help reshape the Earth Sphere. Full Frontal agreed to Xiao Ran’s demands, including a political marriage for Minerva, while Xiao Ran sought to identify the captain of a battleship linked to his organization.

• Xiao Ran recognized Full Frontal as an incomplete remnant of Char and said he could restore Char and other dead Newtypes if Full Frontal supplied genetic samples.
• Full Frontal refused at first, but Xiao Ran threatened to force the issue and persuaded him to cooperate in changing the future.
• Xiao Ran laid out plans to supply New Zeon with mobile suits, take Londo Bell’s personnel, arrange Minerva’s marriage to Banagher, weaken the Federation in space, and reunify Zeon.
• Full Frontal accepted the demands and declared in Char Aznable’s name that Minerva would marry Banagher, leaving Angelo shocked and Banagher embarrassed.
• Xiao Ran asked Full Frontal to summon the captain of the unusual battleship outside, recognizing it as a Small Macross-class vessel sold by the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran warned Minerva that peace would not last and affirmed her marriage to Banagher before meeting Bicchy, a Participant whose Shadow Blade Legion operated a battleship made by the Burning Legion. After signing an alliance with Bicchy, Xiao Ran arranged for his team to support Full Frontal as Zeon underwent upheaval.

• Xiao Ran warned Minerva that the Federation would lead to repeated wars and told her and Banagher not to interfere with the changes ahead; Full Frontal approved their marriage as part of Char.
• Angelo brought Bicchy, the silver-haired vice leader of the Shadow Blade Legion, to meet Xiao Ran, who confirmed that the Legion had manufactured Bicchy's battleship.
• Xiao Ran introduced himself as leader of the Burning Legion, and Bicchy described the Legion's reputation and admitted that its members had defeated him in a past mission.
• Xiao Ran and Bicchy signed a mission alliance, with Bicchy agreeing that his team would serve under Xiao Ran's command.
• Xiao Ran told Bicchy that Full Frontal would soon upheave Zeon and ordered the Shadow Blade Legion to protect and support him as Zeon's remaining forces joined his cause.

Bicchy returned to his ship after meeting Xiao Ran and told his crew that the Burning Legion’s leader had ordered them to support Full Frontal and harass the Federation. Xiao Ran returned to the Colony Satellite, arranged a secret relocation of Cardias’s team and the Unicorn NT-D development group to the moon, and the convoy departed as Federation intelligence learned of it.

• Bicchy returned to his warship shaken by his meeting with Xiao Ran, then told his crew that he had groveled before the Burning Legion’s leader and that they would follow Xiao Ran’s orders.
• Bicchy told his crew to protect Full Frontal, help him seize control of Zeon, and harass Federation fleets when possible, while avoiding direct fights with hostile participants.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Colony Satellite with Minerva and learned from Cardias that the Federation was unsettled by Londo Bell’s disappearance and might try to divide Anaheim and Zeon.
• Xiao Ran told Cardias to speak with the Federation if needed, contact Anaheim’s associates, and prepare to move to the moon by the next day.
• Cardias organized a convoy carrying the Unicorn NT-D development team and supplies to Anaheim’s lunar branch, escorted by Xiao Ran and five others in their mecha.
• The convoy left the Colony Satellite at maximum speed, and an informant reported its departure to the Federation, which had already suspected Xiao Ran would go to the moon.

Aiba Shinyo attacked and occupied the Federal Moon Base, keeping its forces pinned down while Xiao Ran's convoy reached Anaheim. Xiao Ran took control as Anaheim's chairman and began consolidating the company, then asked Renard and Hades whether the purge was complete.

• Xiao Ran sent Aiba Shinyo ahead to the Moon to threaten the Federal base, with Hades available to assist him.
• Aiba Shinyo destroyed two warships, tore through the Federal fleet, and entered the Moon Base's spaceport, where he held the base hostage and ordered its ships and units to remain inside.
• The Federal leadership panicked and focused on keeping Aiba Shinyo calm, allowing Xiao Ran's convoy to reach Anaheim without interception.
• Cardias introduced Xiao Ran as Anaheim's new chairman, and Xiao Ran announced a shift toward mass-producing mobile suits and warships while assuring executives that Federal spies had been purged.
• Xiao Ran went to the chairman's office, where Renard and Hades were waiting, and asked whether Anaheim had been completely purged.

Xiao Ran consolidated his control over Anaheim, arranged for Hades and Renard to restore the bodies and souls of deceased Newtypes, and learned the public record of his past in this world. When Full Frontal arrived with Bright and the captive Londo Bell members, Xiao Ran confronted Bright about Kamille and revealed his plan to use the Box of Laplace against the Federation.

• Xiao Ran told Renard and Hades to prepare bodies and locate the souls of Char, Lalah, Amuro, and other deceased Newtypes, while Cardias agreed to arrange an engagement ceremony for his son.
• Xiao Ran ordered Renard to deal with Martha after Renard said she had betrayed the Bist Family and intended to kill them.
• Renard explained that Xiao Ran's past actions in another world had become part of his identity in this world, including seizing the RX-78s and White Base, influencing the Federation, and arranging Gihren's assassination.
• Xiao Ran waited as Cardias managed Anaheim's affairs, then appeared at the spaceport when Full Frontal arrived with Bright and the restrained Londo Bell members.
• Xiao Ran demanded that Bright reveal where Kamille was hidden and threatened to shoot a captive, prompting Bright to bargain for an explanation of the Box of Laplace.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Box was the Federation's Original Constitution and said he intended to reveal it while weakening the Federation's military influence.

Xiao Ran forced Bright to reveal Kamille's hiding place, then reunited Full Frontal with Char's soul and spirit, restoring Char. With Char preparing to command Zeon and Xiao Ran planning to overthrow the Federation, Xiao Ran moved to bring the Burning Legion into the conflict.

• Xiao Ran told Bright he could overthrow the Federation and demanded Kamille's location, and Bright revealed he was at Von Braun Lunar City's Central Hospital.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to retrieve Kamille and had Cardias imprison Bright and the other Londo Bell members.
• Xiao Ran and Hades fused Full Frontal's spirit with Char's soul, restoring Char to his complete form.
• Char agreed to help overthrow the Federation, bring Zeon, Mars, and Jupiter under his command, and left the Moon to prepare for war.
• Char left Anaheim a large Sleeved Armband and Zeon order for mobile suits and weapons, and Xiao Ran summoned Yao to bring Mwu and the others to rendezvous.
• Xiao Ran decided the Burning Legion would enter the world openly and compel the remaining participants to choose a faction and begin their missions.

Xiao Ran used Anaheim’s public alliance with Zeon to draw hidden participants into the open and pressure the Federation. After Char announced New Zeon’s war, Xiao Ran declared Anaheim’s stance and unveiled the Burning Legion as a force offering sanctuary and protection to civilians.

• Mwu brought the Burning Legion to Anaheim, where Renard began using biological samples to create bodies for wandering souls.
• Anaheim announced Banagher and Minerva’s Marriage Alliance and invited representatives from the Federation, Zeon, and the colonies to their engagement ceremony in Von Braun.
• The Federation ordered the Moon Base to display its strength at Anaheim’s branch, but the base’s personnel ignored the command because they feared Xiao Ran.
• Char announced that the unrecognized Zeon government had fallen and declared the founding of New Zeon and war against the Federation; Anaheim proclaimed neutrality and proposed a neutral zone on the Moon.
• Xiao Ran said Anaheim would favor whichever side better protected civilians, offered sanctuary to people avoiding the war, and announced the formation of the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran used Anaheim’s control of the Moon to build military strength, openly support Zeon, and draw other participants into Burning Legion. After Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony ended without incident, Xiao Ran welcomed three newly arrived teams and prepared to put them to work.

• The Federation’s leaders argued for hours over Anaheim and Zeon but failed to decide how to respond to Xiao Ran’s moves.
• Xiao Ran ordered Anaheim’s lunar factories to mass-produce two types of mobile suits and gave Char ten modified units.
• Cardias prepared for Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony as visitors poured into Von Braun, while Char reasserted control of Zeon and contacted its remnants on Mars and Jupiter.
• Representatives from the Federation, Zeon, and the colonies attended Banagher and Minerva’s engagement ceremony, which ended peacefully and reinforced Anaheim’s public support for Zeon.
• After the ceremony, Xiao Ran met three teams that had answered his recruitment message, promised them protection within Anaheim, and ordered them to learn the situation and identify other participants.

Xiao Ran gathered representatives of the Federation, Zeon, the colonies, and major corporations to reveal the Box of Laplace and the Federation’s concealed constitution. After demonstrating his Newtype abilities, he proposed replacing the current government with a unified Union and asked who would refuse to join.

• Xiao Ran kept the visiting representatives in Von Braun while Char and New Zeon captured another Federation stronghold in space and officially began their war.
• Xiao Ran assembled the Earth Sphere’s delegates and unveiled the Box of Laplace, prompting a furious uproar.
• A Federal major general ordered the soldiers surrounding the hall to arrest and kill the attendees, but the soldiers ignored him, and Xiao Ran had him removed.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Box contained the Federation’s true constitution and accused the current government of suppressing space colonies and Newtypes.
• Xiao Ran used telekinesis to lift himself and the constitution, then described Newtypes and identified himself as a Pioneer.
• Xiao Ran proposed declaring the current Federation government illegal, dissolving its system, and establishing the Union, then asked who would refuse to join.

Xiao Ran announced plans to replace the Federation with a unified government, enticing and threatening representatives into backing him. As Char’s forces seized control of space and the Federation’s supporters abandoned it, the government collapsed politically, leaving Xiao Ran poised to establish the new order.

• Xiao Ran promised the colonies greater rights and autonomy, threatened opponents with war, and offered influential representatives life-extending technology in exchange for support.
• Cardias took over negotiations and received signed guarantees from representatives who pledged to support a new Unified Government.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Original Constitution and the representatives’ support made it unnecessary to weaken the Federation first, and said he would appoint the first leaders before elections could stabilize the new government.
• Federation officials learned that the Moon Base, major families, conglomerates, and even their own delegation had turned away from the Federation, while Char and Xiao Ran’s ace pilots took control of Federation space strongholds.
• Demonstrations of rejuvenation, rapid healing, and enhanced cellular activity spread among Earth Sphere elites, prompting more people to seek relocation to Von Braun.
• Federation officials and legislators publicly condemned their government and called for unification, causing the Federation to lose its political cohesion without a fight.

Xiao Ran announced a unification conference on the Moon as the Earth Federation teetered, then identified a participant team that had imprisoned rivals to delay their faction choice. He ordered a large-scale operation against them, while the Burning Legion prepared to gather its forces aboard its ship.

• Xiao Ran publicly announced the Humanity Unified Alliance and scheduled a unification conference in Von Braun one week later.
• A Federation faction captain weighed whether to defend the collapsing Federation or change sides, then ordered his team to negotiate with the imprisoned participants and planned to attend the conference.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf identified the Federation team and connected it to a battle near Paris and the capture of another team.
• Xiao Ran ordered Char, Hades, Mwu, and their allies to prepare an assault to eliminate the team alongside the Federation’s fall.
• Xiao Ran told the slower allied teams to transfer to the Burning Legion under strict safeguards, and Mwu confirmed preparations were complete.

Xiao Ran led a massive force against the Federal capital, destroying the hidden participant team’s base before the mission system assigned him Anaheim’s objectives and strict civilian-protection limits. He halted the attack inside the city as a mecha rose from the ruined building and the opposing captain received a conflicting mission.

• Xiao Ran deployed more than forty mecha and numerous unmanned MAs from the Burning Legion and the Shadow Blade Legion’s battleship, then led them toward Earth.
• The Federation launched missiles and hundreds of Z-PLUS units and ReZELs; Xiao Ran’s Dragon God Mecha destroyed the missiles while Hana and the other pilots used MAs to shield the formation.
• The Federal participant captain recognized Xiao Ran’s force and feared that the attack would trap his team in the Federation faction, leaving him unsure whether to fight or flee.
• Xiao Ran located the participant team’s base using information from El-Elf and fired on the building, reducing it to rubble.
• The system assigned Xiao Ran three Anaheim missions and warned that civilian deaths or severe destruction would cause failure, so he ordered the fighting moved outside the city.
• A roughly twenty-meter mecha rose from the destroyed building as the Federal captain received a mission that directly opposed Xiao Ran’s.

After Xiao Ran’s mission restrictions trapped the opposing captain in an unwinnable position, the captain chose to fail the mission and leave rather than fight the Burning Legion. He devastated key sites in the capital as a parting gesture, then withdrew, while Xiao Ran returned to space and left Char and Bicchy to handle matters on Earth.

• The captain received Earth Federation missions and learned that harming civilians would cause forced failure, while his faction was locked and the Box of Laplace was in the Burning Legion’s hands.
• The captain concluded that his squad could not complete its missions or overcome the Burning Legion, and summoned his mecha to confront Xiao Ran.
• The captain admitted defeat over the open channel, then ordered his teammates to attack the capital building and other Federation strongholds, causing widespread civilian casualties.
• The captain and his team left the battlefield, and Xiao Ran decided not to pursue them because their mission had already failed.
• Xiao Ran handed responsibility on Earth to Char and Bicchy, then led his team and the Dragon God Mecha back into space.

After the Unification defeated the Federation, Xiao Ran reflected on how little challenge the mission had offered and asked Bicchy about S-class Pilots and their missions. Bicchy explained why S-class Pilots usually stayed behind the scenes, and Xiao Ran ended by asking how many S-class Pilots were in the Real Zone.

• The colonies formed the Unification, and its forces fought the Federation for three months before the conflict subsided.
• Xiao Ran stayed behind the scenes while Naluo, Zechs, El-Elf, Amuro, Lala Sin, and Kamille fought for the Unification.
• Xiao Ran considered the Burning Legion’s reputation and his boredom with the mission, then summoned Bicchy to discuss S-class Pilots.
• Bicchy explained that S-class Pilots often avoided direct conflict, while A-class teams usually pursued different missions and could carry their own threats.
• Bicchy said he took part in missions to escort weaker teammates and earn income, and Xiao Ran asked how many S-class Pilots were in the Real Zone.

Xiao Ran questioned Bicchy about the number of S-class Pilots and learned that becoming one required rare abilities and extensive development. After reflecting on the Burning Legion’s advantages, he trained Banagher until the mission ended and the Unified Council began reforms to unite Earth and space.

• Bicchy estimated that the Real Zone had at least two hundred active S-class Pilots and perhaps five or six hundred if hidden veterans were included, with top legions averaging five or six each.
• Bicchy explained that becoming a true S-class Pilot required developing bloodlines, abilities, skills, and personal strengths, not merely completing an advancement mission.
• After Bicchy left, Xiao Ran considered how the Burning Legion’s resources, courses, instructors, and evaluations made cultivating S-class Pilots easier than it was for other legions.
• Xiao Ran focused on training Banagher and planned to leave his future education to Char, Amuro, and Lala Sin.
• Six months later, the mission ended after resistance forces were eliminated and the Unified Council was formally established.
• The Unified Council introduced Academy Cities, exchanges between Earth and space, and free migration to reduce hostility and strengthen unity.