Recaps

El-Elf and his team infiltrated Zeon's capital satellite and learned about the rival Capital Defense Force and Zabi-loyal Guard Force. With less than five hours before Xiao Ran and Char's operation began, El-Elf split the team and made contact with Commander Constance's local allies.

• El-Elf questioned Constance's trusted men and learned that their contacts in the Capital Defense Force had helped them enter the satellite, while the Guard Force had increased its presence amid defections to New Zeon.
• El-Elf divided the eleven-person team, leading Saki Maski, Nalo, Glan Glan, and Alto toward the Command Center while Ozma led the others to investigate the Defense Building and Zabi Family Residence.
• El-Elf rejected the suggestion to wait for more Rebel Army members, explaining that the team had less than five hours to seize the Command Center and locate key Zabi family members.
• El-Elf accepted the trusted men's offer to contact the local Rebel Army and listened as one of them exchanged a coded message over a roadside telephone.
• The contact promised to send someone to receive the team after learning their location.

El-Elf and his team met Lance Garfield, a one-armed Capital Defense Force officer, and uncovered the Resistance Organization’s role in opposing the Zabi family. El-Elf revealed that the Astray MS Battalion was not part of the Earth Federation and sought to capture the Zabi family members in the satellite, leaving Lance wary but with a clearer picture of their shared goals.

• El-Elf’s team waited near the meeting point and identified the arriving Capital Defense Force vehicle as their transport.
• Lance Garfield met El-Elf and the others, confirmed the password, and drove them toward an unknown destination.
• Ozma told Lance that El-Elf commanded the operation, while Lance offered clothing and weapons and cautioned them not to compromise his organization’s mission.
• El-Elf deduced that Lance served the Resistance Organization, linked it to the serial bombings, and identified Capital Defense Force commander Henry Slizer as its likely leader.
• El-Elf said the team intended to capture every Zabi family member in the satellite and asked Lance’s organization to suppress loyalist forces afterward.
• El-Elf revealed that the Astray MS Battalion had never belonged to the Earth Federation, had fought to weaken the Zabi family, and was helping return Zeon prisoners to New Zeon.

El-Elf revealed the Astray MS Battalion’s ties to Char and recruited the Capital Defense Force to help seize Zeon’s capital. Brigadier General Henry Slazer agreed to support the operation, and El-Elf divided the forces to attack the Defense Building and the Zabi family within an hour.

• El-Elf told Lance Garfield that the Astray MS Battalion and Char served a separate organization seeking peace through negotiations, and that his squad was operating as New Zeon’s Special Operations unit.
• Lance Garfield agreed to cooperate with El-Elf against the Zabi family, and El-Elf said his forces would strike the Zabi Family Residence and Defense Building while the Capital Defense Force secured the satellite.
• Lance brought El-Elf’s group to Brigadier General Henry Slazer, who agreed to support their mission and provide mobile suits.
• Henry decided to accelerate the Capital Defense Force’s plan to act against Gihren Zabi and asked to send personnel to support El-Elf’s attacks.
• El-Elf assigned Ozma and Alto to borrow mobile suits, then ordered Brera, Luca, and Michel to take the Defense Building while he and Glan Glan led the attack on the Zabi family.

El-Elf and Henry Slizer launched a coup against the Zabi family, with the Capital Defense Force striking Guard Force bases as El-Elf led an assault on the Zabi Family Residence. The operation began, and Brera prepared to attack the Zeon Defense Building.

• El-Elf prepared to capture the Zabi family by planting explosives around their residence, while Henry Slizer ordered his confidants to begin the coup.
• The Capital Defense Force surrounded Guard Force garrisons, seized key positions, and positioned units to take Gihren Zabi's flagship and threaten Guard Force warships.
• El-Elf detonated the explosives, collapsing underground passages around the Zabi Family Residence, then charged toward it with Glan Glan.
• Henry Slizer declared the revolution underway as the Capital Defense Force sealed the Guard Force inside its garrisons and attacked.
• Brera told Michel to begin the operation beneath the Defense Building.

The Capital Defense Force’s coup succeeded through coordinated attacks on Zeon’s garrisons, the Zabi Family Residence, the Defense Building, and the Guard Force fleet. When Char and Xiao Ran received conflicting orders announcing the coup and directing a fleet blockade, Char realized the Flanagan Institute was in danger and rushed to intervene.

• The Capital Defense Force isolated and subdued the Guard Force garrisons while El-Elf and Glan Glan stormed the Zabi Family Residence, Brera and Michel attacked the Defense Building, and Luca took control of its systems.
• Lance Garfield’s MS Unit disabled the Guard Force warships, and Henry Slazer ordered medical aid, reinforcements, and the detention of senior officials.
• Henry Slazer received reports that the operation was succeeding and authorized the guests to confront three MS approaching the Zabi Family Residence.
• Henry Slazer and his officers announced that the coup had succeeded and that the Zabi family and privileged classes on the capital satellite had been captured.
• Char and Xiao Ran received the coup announcement alongside an order from outside the satellite to wait for Kycilia Zabi and Deguzuru Zabi, prompting Char to order the fleet to the Flanagan Institute.
• Xiao Ran left the bridge ahead of the fleet, saying he would reach the Flanagan Institute first.

Xiao Ran rushed ahead of Char’s fleet to prevent the Flanagan Institute’s satellite from sealing its spaceport, then confronted its Zabi-loyal defenders alone. He destroyed the first MS formation in seconds and unleashed a massive beam attack as the enemy forces closed in.

• Char and Xiao Ran realized that the Flanagan Institute might lock down its satellite and spaceport, making a peaceful entry difficult.
• Xiao Ran piloted an Anaheim-modified GN-X ahead of Char’s fleet and approached the satellite defended by two Zeon fleets and more than a hundred MS.
• Xiao Ran ordered the defenders to surrender, then used GN Dragoons to disable nine MS in less than seven seconds when they attacked.
• The Zeon commanders ordered their MS to swarm Xiao Ran, who used BITs and evasive maneuvers to withstand their first barrage.
• Xiao Ran assembled his GN Dragoons into a ring-mounted cannon and fired a huge beam across the battlefield.

Xiao Ran's GN-X devastated the Zeon forces confronting New Zeon, prompting their commanders to consider surrender before Degwin Zabi intervened. Degwin stripped Gihren of command and ordered Zeon to accept Casval Rem Deikun and New Zeon's takeover, leaving Zeon's leadership transition underway.

• Xiao Ran fired a sweeping GN beam that destroyed or disabled most of the attacking Zeon mobile suits, then issued another demand for surrender.
• The Zeon commanders pulled back their fleets as New Zeon reinforcements arrived, and two commanders discussed ending the conflict and preserving Zeon's strength.
• One fleet commander began ordering personnel who wished to leave to disembark, but a broadcast from military headquarters interrupted him.
• Degwin Zabi appeared on the ships' screens, stripped Gihren Zabi of his position, and ordered Zeon forces to stop resisting and accept New Zeon's takeover under Casval Rem Deikun.
• Degwin acknowledged his responsibility for Zeon's decline, while El-Elf watched from beside the camera.

Degwin publicly accepted responsibility for Zeon’s crimes and ordered the military to stand down, allowing Char’s New Zeon to take control and begin freeing coerced soldiers. Char entered the capital satellite and discovered that Brera had killed more than a hundred people during the assault.

• Degwin blamed himself and Gihren for Daiken’s death and Zeon’s path to war, then ordered Zeon’s forces to accept a ceasefire.
• Zeon’s fleets and units began surrendering, and Char led a fleet toward the capital satellite while Xiao Ran’s forces entered the Flanagan Institute satellite.
• Char ordered the release of detained foreign soldiers’ families, the dismissal of foreign soldiers and child soldiers, and voluntary departure from the military.
• Degwin thanked El-Elf and agreed to hand over Gihren and members of his branch in exchange for El-Elf bringing Karma back to Zeon.
• Char entered the military headquarters and saw more than a hundred bodies; Brera admitted that he had killed them to ensure the assault succeeded.

Char consolidated control of Zeon after the Zabi family’s defeat, while Kycilia escaped and Deguzuru surrendered. Xiao Ran returned to the Moon with Char’s peace terms, then told General Revil that the Astray Fleet would refuse to fight if the Federation continued the war.

• Char took charge of Zeon’s reorganization, secured the Flanagan Institute, and received support from fleets and personnel across Zeon.
• Deguzuru chose to surrender and remain behind, while Kycilia escaped with half his fleet and the Guard Force; Char did not pursue her.
• Char placed the Zabi family, except Gihren, under house arrest and sent a peace request to the Earth Federation.
• Xiao Ran carried Char’s confidential peace letter to General Revil, including a proposed exchange of Gihren for Karma.
• Xiao Ran admitted that he had helped Karbas’s coup and warned Revil that the Astray Fleet would refuse to participate in any further battles.

Xiao Ran and his team completed their mission after Char arranged Deguzuru’s death, ending the immediate conflict and allowing them to return to Prometheus. Xiao Ran received an Ultimate Mission Card requiring him to defeat an unknown World Intruder, leaving him uneasy about the next stage.

• As peace talks began between the Federation and Zeon, Xiao Ran’s team debated how to kill another Zabi family member, while rejecting an attack on Axis and hesitating to target Gihren’s harmless wife.
• Karma escaped after Char allowed rebels to rescue him, and El-Elf realized Deguzuru had bargained for Karma’s freedom and his family’s survival.
• Char agreed to Deguzuru’s final request, and a gunshot killed Deguzuru as Prometheus announced that the mission was complete.
• Prometheus awarded the team mission rewards and gave Xiao Ran an Ultimate Mission Card requiring him to transform the world, overthrow the Federation, and defeat a World Intruder.
• Xiao Ran chose to return to Prometheus, where he reunited with the others and received his final mission evaluation and rewards.

Xiao Ran reunited with his legion after their mission and organized its newcomers and supplies. He established a point-based exchange system for the Legion Warehouse, leaving the new members with their first sense of belonging to Burning.

• Xiao Ran welcomed Sheryl and the others back to Prometheus and learned that Cruze's group had completed a challenging mission through teamwork.
• Xiao Ran led the group to Legion Headquarters, where he collected the newcomers and placed unwanted equipment and mission rewards in the Legion Warehouse.
• Xiao Ran set up a system for members to earn and spend points or Merit Points on warehouse items, including discounted GN-X units restricted to C-class Pilots.
• Xiao Ran welcomed the newcomers to Burning and used Merit Points to obtain supplies and turn legion blueprints into physical items, giving the newcomers a first sense of belonging.

Xiao Ran organized Burning Legion’s newcomers, assigned new mecha and personnel, and discussed the Legion’s enhancement facility. Cruze then recounted the latest mission, allowing Xiao Ran to identify its world as ALDNOAH.ZERO and learn that it involved fifty teams.

• Xiao Ran introduced Burning Legion’s members, territory, benefits, ranks, and Perfect Enhanced Human Research Institute, then gave the newcomers Prometheus guides and told them to study before spending their Merit Points.
• The newcomers left with Naluo, Basak, and El-Elf guiding their respective groups, while Cruze considered the enhancement facility and Xiao Ran decided to let members choose whether to use it after construction finished.
• Xiao Ran arranged new dual-Solar-Furnace VF-27 units for Skull Squadron, assigned Glan Glan an Aegis Gundam, planned Haros for Legion members, and gave Captain Jeffrey a second Galaxy Diva-class ship.
• After the others left to tour Prometheus, Cruze described the mission’s partially erased details and explained that battleships had initially been unavailable and many teams had entered the same area.
• Xiao Ran recognized Cruze’s mission world as ALDNOAH.ZERO and learned that the mission included fifty teams and an unknown total number of participants.

Cruze recounted how his team joined the Mars Faction, survived the chaotic wars among Mars, Earth, and the participants, and helped secure victory. Xiao Ran reconstructed the mission’s events and reviewed the unusual units and equipment Cruze’s team brought back to the Legion Warehouse.

• Cruze explained that his team had been forced to join Mars and fought Earth while competing with other participant groups and Martian factions.
• Cruze described how he secretly allied with Earth and helped a Mars Royal Family member become emperor after the final battle.
• Xiao Ran inferred that the Landing Cities’ descent and the Mars Earls’ rivalries had turned the mission into a sprawling conflict among factions and participants.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Cruze’s allies, the Earth faction, several participant teams, and some Mars Earls had won, while other participants either returned early or were wiped out.
• Xiao Ran examined the returned Molecularization Device, Demolition Beam Emitter, Ordicia, Dioscuri, and other equipment stored in his warehouse.

Xiao Ran's group assessed the recovered Mars Armor technology and learned that its ancient energy systems could not be combined with their existing mecha. After Luo finished the fleet's preparations, he confirmed that the repaired Dimensional Barrier unit and two reward components could still be put to use.

• Xiao Ran's group concluded that the Mars Armor weapons depended on ALDNOAH energy and were impractical to install on their mecha.
• While Luo worked with old Luo's technicians, he finished the mecha for Skull Squadron, modified Frontier, and tested the recovered Mars Armor units.
• A week later, Luo reported that the mecha were complete and explained that the Energy Source Engines had limited output and emitted magnetic fields that interfered with other systems.
• Luo said the Energy Source Engines could not currently be recharged or safely combined with existing mecha technology, though the repaired Dimensional Barrier unit could defend the Galaxy Diva.
• Xiao Ran decided the Molecularization Device suited Basak and the Beam Demolition Device suited Zechs, while he and Graham preferred ordinary Beam Sabers.

Xiao Ran tested the Perfect Enhanced Human Research Institute, learned that it could enhance attributes and function as an Enhancement Room, and paid for his team to use it. With preparations complete and new units manufactured, he gathered his forces to return to the world of 0079, leaving newcomers behind because of the mysterious World Intruder.

• Cruze tested the institute and discovered that it could raise Reaction and Mental Power for those below thirty while also providing enhancement skills and an independent Enhancement Room.
• Xiao Ran reviewed Cruze’s new skills and concluded that the institute was a worthwhile gamble for some teammates but useless to him.
• Xiao Ran paid for the team’s enhancements, and Nalu, Saki Maski, Ozma, Luca, and Mina gained Spatial Recognition Ability.
• Xiao Ran gave Ozma, Captain Jeffrey, and the Bridge Trio Merit Points for their own enhancement choices, then tracked his remaining funds after team upgrades and purchases for the 25th Fleet.
• After Luo finished manufacturing the units, Xiao Ran gave everyone a final day to prepare and gathered his team to return to 0079 without the newcomers, wary of the World Intruder.

Xiao Ran met with Winnie to discuss the Burning Legion’s buildings and upgrade requirements, learning that she had merged the Perfect Enhanced Human Research Institute with the Legion Enhancement Center. After weighing the Legion’s needs, he agreed to upgrade its warehouse and build a training hall and Legion Factory.

• Xiao Ran visited Winnie to ask about using the Ultimate Mission Card across an entire Legion, and she explained that she had merged the research institute with the Legion Enhancement Center to save Merit Points and space.
• Winnie deducted the frozen Merit Points after Xiao Ran approved the arrangement, leaving the Legion Warehouse with enough resources for its next steps.
• Winnie told Xiao Ran that the Burning Legion needed two more buildings before upgrading to Level 2 and recommended upgrading the warehouse and building a training hall.
• Xiao Ran considered the Legion’s uneven strength, its existing teams, and the potential value of recruiting veteran Participants.
• Xiao Ran agreed to upgrade the Legion Warehouse and construct a training hall and Legion Factory.

Xiao Ran expanded the Burning Legion’s facilities, prepared Frontier’s members for battle, and converted the 0079 Ultimate Mission into Legion Mission Mode. The mission began with stricter requirements: establish a new order, take complete control of the Earth Sphere, and defeat the World Intruders.

• Xiao Ran spent Merit Points and Supply Quantity to upgrade the Legion Warehouse into a hangar, build a factory, and begin constructing a training facility.
• Xiao Ran learned from Winnie that converting the Ultimate Mission into a Legion Mission would alter its requirements and rewards, but he chose to proceed for the chance to obtain an Exclusive Territory.
• Xiao Ran gave Ozma and the other Frontier members two million Merit Points for enhancements and skills, then distributed standard team equipment to them.
• Xiao Ran used the 0079 Mission Card and converted the Ultimate Mission into Legion Mission Mode.
• Prometheus announced that the legion must transform the world, unite and control the Earth Sphere, eliminate opposing forces, and defeat the World Intruders, or one-third of the remaining participants would be executed.

Xiao Ran selected his teams and units for the 0079 World mission, then arrived with his forces aboard the Galaxy Diva and Frontier. After the crews awakened, they confirmed both ships were safe and began determining their location in the Milky Way.

• Xiao Ran selected his team and Jeffrey's team, renamed Jeffrey Squad to Frontier Team, and chose the units and drones they would bring.
• The mission began, and the Galaxy Diva and Frontier appeared in the 0079 World with their crews and forces.
• Xiao Ran woke Sheryl and Mwu, and they joined Cruze, Graham, Naluo, Basak, and the others on the Galaxy Diva's bridge.
• Mwu ordered Moses to activate the ship's systems and contact the Frontier, where Captain Jeffrey reported that everything was normal.
• Xiao Ran promised to find the Frontier a helmsman, and Monica began calculating the ships' coordinates from the surrounding planets.

Xiao Ran and his companions returned to the moon five months after leaving, then gathered intelligence and learned that New Zeon had joined the Federation while Char remained under threat. They reunited with Cardias’s trusted contacts and prepared to address Anaheim Company’s serious problems.

• Monica used three FOLD Jumps to bring the two warships near the moon, and Xiao Ran’s five units approached Brown City undetected.
• Luca infiltrated the local networks and discovered that five months had passed, New Zeon had joined the Federation, Anaheim Company had absorbed most of Zeon’s military industries, and Char had survived several assassination attempts.
• Xiao Ran learned that the Astray Fleet had been disbanded and contacted Cardias, who arranged a discreet transport into Brown City.
• Shiro Amada and Aina arrived in a Transport Aircraft, and Xiao Ran prepared to meet Cardias and confront the problems that had arisen during his absence.

Xiao Ran returned to Anaheim and learned from Cardias that the Federation had leaked Char’s secret ceasefire agreement, weakened New Zeon, and seized control of the Astray Fleet and Anaheim. With Xiao Ran back, they planned to locate General Revil and begin their counteroffensive.

• Cardias welcomed Xiao Ran back to Anaheim, and Xiao Ran introduced Cruze as a member of his team.
• Cardias explained that Char’s negotiations had bought time, but the secret agreement was leaked, fueling opposition in New Zeon and leading to several assassination attempts against Char.
• Cardias said the Federation had sidelined General Revil, imprisoned him under house arrest, and backed plans to turn Zeon into a colony and control the Earth Force.
• Cardias described how Federation factions divided up the Astray Fleet, sought to take Xiao Ran’s Anaheim shares, and restricted Cardias’s authority while leaking Space Jump Engine information.
• Cardias said he had protected the GN Dragoon, Solar Furnace, and GN-X technologies and spread rumors that Xiao Ran had been imprisoned for opposing renewed war with New Zeon.
• Xiao Ran vowed to punish the Federation factions, and Cardias proposed finding General Revil and recruiting him to their plan.

Xiao Ran planned how to reunite the forces opposing the Federation and assigned his allies to prepare for a coordinated uprising. He sent Cruze to Earth to find General Revil and contact Cardias's allies, while El-Elf and the others were to go to New Zeon to help Char regain control.

• Xiao Ran identified Char's safety, New Zeon's internal disorder, and Federation infiltration of Anaheim as urgent problems to resolve before resisting the Federation.
• Xiao Ran told Cardias to investigate Anaheim's infiltrators and prepare to seize control once their allies were ready.
• Cardias gave Xiao Ran a storage device containing contacts, resources, compromising material, and the location of the Original Constitution.
• Xiao Ran sent Cruze and Skull Squadron to Earth to contact Cardias's allies and find General Revil.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf, Graham, Nalu, and Glan Glan to take the Frontier to New Zeon and contact Char, and asked Cardias to secretly bring in the Galaxy Diva.
• Cardias told Xiao Ran that Mile. Yashu and the other members of his forces were in Brown City, and that he had recruited former Astray Fleet personnel.

Xiao Ran and Cardias gathered the Astray Fleet survivors and moved the Galaxy Diva to a hidden Anaheim Company base on the Moon near Brown City. Cardias saw the warship and met its crew, while Xiao Ran concealed the full extent of his forces and claimed the ship could stand against ten Federation fleets.

• Cardias’s rumors and the Astray Fleet’s disbandment left many Federation soldiers and former fleet members resentful of the Federation high command.
• Cruze relayed Xiao Ran’s orders, then El-Elf, Graham, and Nalo took their mecha aboard the Frontier for New Zeon while Cruze and Skull Squadron headed toward Earth.
• The Galaxy Diva landed undetected at Cardias’s secret lunar base, which housed hundreds of M1 Astrays and more than a dozen Gundam Astrays.
• Xiao Ran showed Cardias the Galaxy Diva and described its space-jump capability, while falsely claiming that his organization had only two such warships.
• Xiao Ran introduced the Galaxy Diva’s crew to Cardias, who met Mwu, Sheryl, Moses, Billy, Bobby, Luo, and Basak for the first time.

Cruze carefully prepared to contact key figures on Earth who could help Xiao Ran’s side challenge the Federation, while El-Elf tightened surveillance around Char and New Zeon’s leadership. The chapter left both operations underway, with their outcomes still unknown.

• Xiao Ran remained hidden at Cardias’s residence while Moses and Billy helped Cardias with the internal purge, and Luo and Basak passed the time aboard the Galaxy Diva.
• Cruze observed potential allies and rejected most of Cardias’s list as unreliable, choosing to monitor them until the operation was ready.
• Cruze selected Moderate Faction members Bill and Jos and Commoner Faction representative General Maxi as his first targets, judging that winning over Revil and Maxi could bring much of the Commoner Faction to Xiao Ran’s side.
• Cruze sent coded invitations to Bill and Jos and planned to infiltrate Maxi’s residence for a private meeting.
• El-Elf monitored New Zeon officials, fleet commanders, and others on Char’s personnel list while tracking communications and watching for threats around Char.

El-Elf prepared to expose hidden Federation agents while Xiao Ran’s return restored Char’s confidence. At Axis, Kycilia and Karma worked to rebuild Zeon’s strength until their people discovered an enormous ancient mechanical arm buried in an asteroid.

• El-Elf completed his surveillance preparations and waited for Cruze to locate General Revil and enable him to contact the outside world.
• Char learned that Xiao Ran had returned with reinforcements, easing his fears and making him more decisive.
• Kycilia and Karma pressed their subordinates to replicate the energy engines in the Transport Aircraft to speed Axis’s development.
• Kycilia approved another Transport Aircraft as a sample despite the small fleet and their other demands for it.
• A subordinate reported that an enormous ancient mechanical arm had been found buried in an asteroid, astonishing Kycilia and Karma.

Kycilia and Karma discovered a gigantic machine buried in an asteroid on Axis and began excavating it, unaware that it was the World Intruder Legendary Giant God Ideon, also known as King GM. While the Federation, New Zeon, and Anaheim pursued their own plans, Xiao Ran remained ignorant of the threat Axis was uncovering.

• Kycilia and Karma saw the enormous, battle-scarred Mechanical Arm and ordered Axis’s excavation teams to uncover the machine buried inside the asteroid.
• Kycilia and Karma traveled to the site with combat and industrial MS units and were stunned by the arm’s immense scale.
• Xiao Ran did not know that Axis had acquired an Anaheim transport aircraft or discovered Ideon, a powerful and damaged Super Robot that had become the mission’s World Intruder.
• Axis devoted its technical resources to excavating and analyzing Ideon, while the Federation infiltrated New Zeon and Anaheim to pursue the Space Jump Engine.
• New Zeon secretly rearranged its troops and investigated suspicious personnel, while Xiao Ran and Cruze worked to identify infiltrators and find General Revil.