Recaps

Xiao Ran used Justice Gundam Tactical Armor’s quantumization to evade the Federal Army fleet while the Swift Shadow Astrays occupied the fortress hangars and the Border appeared at the fleet’s flank. Faced with the threat of the Unity Army’s forces, the Federal commander surrendered, and Xiao Ran ordered his troops to secure the fleet and fortress.

• Xiao Ran’s Justice Gundam Tactical Armor quantumized away from the Federal Army encirclement and reappeared before the Galaxy Diva.
• The Swift Shadow Astrays emerged inside the fortress port hangars, destroyed the MS there, and began spreading through the fortress.
• The Border emerged from a purple ring beside the defensive fleet, transformed into a giant robot, and aimed its weapon at the Federal forces.
• The Federal commander ordered the fleet to surrender after recognizing that the Unity Army had surrounded them and could destroy their formation.
• Mwu reported the surrender to Xiao Ran, who ordered Federal personnel into the fortress and directed his army to encircle the defensive fleet.
• Cruze contacted Xiao Ran and remarked that the Border had arrived in time for the decisive moment.

Xiao Ran learned that the Frontier had destroyed the Federation’s space forces after stopping a surprise attack on Brown City, and the Unity Army took control of space. With the Federation’s defeat weakening its forces on Earth, Revil found its advance stalling and its remaining attackers falling into Unity’s ambushes.

• Cruze told Xiao Ran that the Federation’s final space forces had been wiped out, with only scattered remnants left.
• Captain Jeffrey explained that Skull Squadron had uncovered the Federation’s plan to use a deserted fortress as bait while its fleet attacked Brown City.
• Jeffrey’s fleet intercepted the Federation near the Moon and used large MDE Bombs to destroy most of its forces before accepting the survivors’ surrender.
• Xiao Ran accepted the weapons’ use, left the fleet to secure the battlefield, and returned to the Moon aboard the Galaxy Diva while the Frontier headed back to Earth with seventy Swift Shadow Astrays.
• The Unity Army gained control of space, prompting Federation leaders and factions to lose confidence and consider contacting Unity.
• Revil saw most Federal forces halt their advance, while the units that kept moving were caught in Unity’s ambushes.

After the Galaxy Diva destroyed Federal Army headquarters, widespread surrenders strengthened the Unity Army’s position on Earth. Xiao Ran learned the headquarters had been mostly empty, and Revil hinted that he might know where its senior personnel had relocated.

• The Galaxy Diva descended over Federal Army headquarters and destroyed it with missiles and its Macross Cannon while Justice Gundam and the GHOST-V9 drones fought off defenders.
• News of the headquarters’ destruction prompted many Federal Army units to surrender, while a few retreated toward Asia.
• Xiao Ran arrived at Unity Army headquarters, where Revil, Captain Jeffrey, and Cruze welcomed him.
• Revil told Xiao Ran that the destroyed headquarters had been an empty shell and proposed pausing expansion to stabilize the Unity Army’s rapidly growing territory.
• Revil suggested he might know where the Federation’s senior personnel had relocated, then showed Xiao Ran around the Unity Army base.

Xiao Ran learned of the Federation’s massacres and ordered the evidence released and aid prepared for affected civilians. He also heard how the Federation’s EXAM machines were developed and learned that Kajima Yu and the Marmot Squad had joined the Unity Army.

• Revil reported that the Federation had killed at least one hundred thousand civilians and identified several responsible units, some of which Cruze and Captain Jeffrey had already eliminated.
• Xiao Ran ordered immediate relief efforts for affected regions and the release of the documents, withholding military intelligence and urging readers to remain calm.
• Maxi explained that the Federation had resumed developing the Blue Destiny machines and an EXAM System that gave ordinary pilots temporary Newtype abilities but could make their machines go berserk.
• Maxi said Unity Army forces had captured an EXAM prototype, its pilot, and the Marmot Squad during a field test, and all had joined the Unity Army.
• Xiao Ran questioned whether Kajima Yu could be trusted, and Maxi said Kajima Yu had a strong sense of justice, especially after learning about the Federation’s massacres.

Xiao Ran learned that the Federation had developed a Newtype-focused prototype and was sheltering its remaining leadership and forces in a heavily fortified underground base in the Tahl Desert. He ordered further intelligence and a probe of the base while recognizing that conquering Asia and Australia would require both military action and efforts to win civilian support.

• Maxi reported that the Federation's incomplete NT-00 prototype used PS Armor and Floating Weapons, and Xiao Ran ordered Anaheim to analyze the captured unit and investigate its systems and Newtype pilots.
• Maxi revealed that relocated Federation leaders and forces had gathered at a vast underground base beneath the Tahl Desert, equipped with extensive defenses, production facilities, and nuclear weapons.
• Xiao Ran rejected waiting until the Unity Army had stabilized all its territory and ordered the Galaxy Diva and the Frontier to probe the desert base while continuing attacks on Federation forces.
• General Revil reported that Europe, Africa, and North America were under Unity Army control, South America was nearly conquered, and Australia and Asia remained Federation-held.
• Xiao Ran recognized that military force alone might not secure lasting control of Asia and Australia, where Federation influence and hostility toward the Unity Army ran deep.

While the Unity Army paused to reorganize and consolidate its gains, Karma reached Earth from Axis and negotiated a secret alliance with the Federation. She offered Axis’s fleets, technology, and the Giant God, giving the Federation a tempting chance to reverse the war.

• The Unity Army halted its advance to reorganize its forces, rebuild controlled territories, and keep the Federal Army trapped in the Tahl Desert.
• Xiao Ran and the Galaxy Diva and Frontier attacked the Tahl Desert’s defenses, but the Federal Army’s hidden base and dense gun emplacements resisted their strikes.
• A transport aircraft carrying Karma landed in Federation territory, and Federation soldiers took her to a hospital for treatment.
• After recovering, Karma met secretly with Federation officials and presented documents offering an alliance with Axis and its military and technological support.
• Karma revealed that Axis had excavated the Giant God, whose power and protective barrier could help the Federation and Axis turn the war around.

Karma negotiated an alliance with the Federation, offering Axes’s Titan and technical knowledge in exchange for resources and political concessions for Zeon. The Federation considered his demands while Karma settled in its core city, where he planned to remain as liaison.

• Karma explained that Axes needed the Federation’s resources and Technicians to repair the Titan, but insisted Axes would retain command of it.
• Karma demanded supplies, Technicians, recognition of Zeon’s status, and one-third of the Federation’s seats, then proposed Zeon join as an autonomous region under a shared government and military.
• The Federation representative agreed to report Karma’s revised terms and accepted his requests to deal personally with Char and Xiao Ran after the war and to find someone for him.
• Karma arranged to remain in the Federation, while Federation officials discussed his demands and weighed cooperation against the risk of another war with Axes.

The Federation allied with Axis and used civilians as hostages to shield a transport fleet carrying supplies and personnel into space. Xiao Ran allowed the fleet to leave in exchange for the return of people connected to Unity, ordered preparations to destroy the Federation, and sent a team to investigate Axis, suspecting it had captured the World Intruder.

• The Federation and Karma signed an alliance, then assembled a huge transport fleet of supplies, technicians, and civilians bound for Axis.
• Karma and Federation officials announced Zeon's alliance with the Federation and threatened Unity with the presence of civilians aboard the fleet.
• Maxi confirmed the fleet included ten thousand civilians and that the Federation would return Unity personnel's relatives only if the transports were allowed to pass.
• Xiao Ran agreed to let the fleet leave if the Federation returned everyone directly connected to Unity, and ordered Revil to begin a campaign to eliminate the Federation.
• Xiao Ran explained how restoring the Federation and winning public support could satisfy the faction's restrictions, then ordered Jeffrey and Cruze to investigate Axis and destroy it if necessary.
• Xiao Ran suspected that the World Intruder had fallen into Axis's hands.

Xiao Ran suspected Axis had acquired a powerful World Intruder and sent Cruze and Captain Jeffrey to investigate, warning that it might grow more dangerous if repaired. On the Moon, Char agreed to accompany them and shared what he knew about Axis, though its current situation remained unknown.

• Xiao Ran reasoned that Axis might possess a powerful weapon, possibly the World Intruder, and warned Mwu that the Federation transport fleet could be carrying repair supplies.
• Cruze left aboard the Galaxy Diva with Captain Jeffrey to meet Char and investigate Axis.
• Captain Jeffrey told Char that Xiao Ran suspected Axis had acquired an alien or ancient weapon, and Char agreed to join the expedition.
• Char explained Axis's history and said contact with it had been severed after Karma and Kycilia arrived there.
• Cruze asked Char whether his contacts inside Axis could be reached and persuaded to cooperate.

Cruze and El-Elf prepared an infiltration of Axis to investigate the World Intruder and assess the threat, assembling a force of elite pilots and special operations personnel. Meanwhile, the Unity Army secured the hostages after leading their transport far from the real convoy, and the Frontier reached the asteroid belt.

• Cruze decided to infiltrate Axis without relying on Char's uncertain contacts and asked El-Elf to plan the operation.
• El-Elf outlined a two-stage mission: a small team would infiltrate Axis for intelligence, followed by an attack using elite pilots and special operations personnel.
• El-Elf recommended bringing Moses, Billy, and Glan Glan, and explained their unusual origins, shocking Char.
• Captain Jeffrey and Char began assembling personnel and machines, while Skull Squadron was sent to Earth to retrieve Moses and Billy.
• The Unity Army followed the hostage transport for three days, then received the hostages after the transport surrendered, while the Frontier reached the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

The Frontier discovered that Axis had vanished from its orbit, and Luca recovered evidence that it was moving toward Earth with a giant robot aboard. Using the recovered data and Char’s coded information, the crew calculated Axis’s route and prepared to intercept it.

• Skull Squadron found no trace of Axis in its original orbit, but Ozma reported damaged resource-gathering equipment on nearby asteroids.
• El-Elf deduced a likely range for Axis’s route to Earth, and Monica began calculating its possible path.
• Luca restored the gathering equipment and recovered photographs of a giant robot being excavated and transported into Axis, along with the time Axis began moving toward Earth.
• Char recognized codes left by his operative in the recovered information, confirming Axis’s route toward Earth.
• Monica calculated Axis’s likely route and coordinates, and Captain Jeffrey ordered Skull Squadron to return and prepare for departure.

The Frontier reached the edge of Axis's route and prepared to infiltrate it, with Char joining El-Elf's team. After confirming that Axis had excavated Giant God Ideon, Xiao Ran prepared the Galaxy Diva for battle and resolved to destroy Axis and Ideon once the Frontier reported back.

• The Frontier made a FOLD Jump and arrived near Axis, where Captain Jeffrey estimated contact in two to three hours.
• Char insisted on joining El-Elf's infiltration team, and El-Elf agreed.
• Xiao Ran received photographs confirming the excavated machine was Giant God Ideon and saw that it was badly damaged.
• Xiao Ran ordered preparations for the Galaxy Diva to sortie while the crew inspected the ship and its aircraft.
• Xiao Ran resolved to attack Axis and destroy Giant God Ideon as soon as the Frontier contacted them.

El-Elf led a ten-person infiltration team into Axis through a hatch beneath the garbage disposal station, while five Swift Shadow Astrays carried them past Axis's defenses. The team reached the pressurization chamber on their way to seize the garbage station's control room, and El-Elf disabled its cameras and communications.

• Jeffrey ordered five Swift Shadow Astrays to carry El-Elf and ten others to Axis and wait for their return.
• The five machines used the Mirage System to evade Axis's defenses and land unnoticed on its outer rock wall.
• Luca and El-Elf hacked open a concealed hatch, and the ten operatives entered a passage leading to the garbage disposal station.
• El-Elf assigned Moses and Billy to lead the advance toward the control room while Char and Glan Glan guarded the rear.
• Moses and Billy reached the pressurization chamber, and El-Elf later disabled its cameras and cut its communication link to the control room.

El-Elf and his team infiltrated Axis to locate the Giant God and assess its threat. El-Elf found the nearly restored weapon at the center of a vast chamber and waited above its shoulder for Luca to take control of the internal system.

• El-Elf assigned Char, Moses, Billy, and Glan Glan to help investigate Axis while Luca stayed in the control room to provide support.
• Luca used the scrapyard system to find the Giant God's location, and El-Elf's team split up to search the fortress's central levels.
• El-Elf crawled through a ventilation duct and discovered the Giant God in a chamber spanning three levels, surrounded by workers and weapons.
• El-Elf reported that the Giant God was nearly restored and assessed its offensive threat as extremely high.
• Luca asked El-Elf to wait while Moses and Glan Glan searched for a system interface, and El-Elf moved to a vent above the Giant God's shoulder.

El-Elf and his team attacked the Giant God to steal its weapons data and learn about Axis’s fortress before escaping. After El-Elf destroyed the control room and the group began to retreat, the Giant God unexpectedly started moving.

• El-Elf entered the Giant God while Moses and Glan Glan searched for its external calibration mainframe, and Char and Billy went to gather intelligence on Axis’s weapons.
• El-Elf fought through the Giant God, killed the helmeted girl in its control room, questioned the Technicians, copied the data, and destroyed the room with a grenade.
• Moses and Glan Glan downloaded the mainframe data as Luca cut off the isolated sector from the rest of Axis, and Char met the person who had left them a message and obtained fortress intelligence.
• El-Elf rescued Moses and Glan Glan from Axis soldiers, and the three started evacuating while Luca prepared their route.
• The Giant God began moving despite the destruction of its control room and the death of the apparent pilot, leaving El-Elf stunned.

El-Elf caused the Giant God to go berserk and escaped Axis with its data aboard the Frontier. The Giant God then unleashed its weapons and split Axis in two, leaving Kycilia to order a retreat to Earth.

• El-Elf warned Moses, Glan Glan, and Luca to flee as the Giant God broke free of its restraints, then escaped with the others toward the Frontier.
• Kycilia ordered an evacuation and had the blast doors opened after learning the Giant God's control room was destroyed and no pilot was inside.
• El-Elf and four other Swift Shadow Astrays escaped Axis and returned to the Frontier, while the Giant God was released into space.
• Kycilia sent half her fleet toward the Frontier as the Giant God erupted, firing its weapons and cutting Axis in half with a massive Beam Sword.
• Kycilia ordered the remnants of her forces to retreat to Earth.

The giant god destroyed Axis and the Zeon fleet, killing Kycilia, while the Frontier’s crew assessed its seemingly unstoppable defenses. The chapter ended as the Frontier launched a large MDE warhead at the giant god’s shield.

• The giant god fired its chest Beam Cannons through the Zeon fleet, destroying Kycilia’s warship and killing her on the bridge.
• Axis exploded amid the destruction, and the Frontier’s crew retreated behind maximum shields as Char and the others watched in shock.
• El-Elf explained that the giant god’s unlimited energy source powered an apparently inexhaustible defensive barrier, and Monica restored the image of it surviving the explosions.
• El-Elf and Cruze realized the giant god’s Beam Sword might have unlimited range, while Mile maneuvered the Frontier away and MDE Bombs struck its barrier.
• Jeffrey ordered the Frontier to launch every missile launcher, including a large MDE warhead, against the giant god.

The Frontier’s crew assessed the damaged Giant God’s defenses and concluded that only their strongest pilots could exploit an opening to destroy it from within. After the Galaxy Diva rendezvoused with the Frontier, Xiao Ran explained that the Giant God was an ancient weapon far weaker than the legendary complete version, and reassured the others that they could defeat it.

• The Giant God destroyed the Frontier’s missile barrage with repeated beam attacks, while the MDE explosions and black holes failed to damage its shield.
• El-Elf identified the Giant God’s sluggish movement and limited weapons, but said its shield could only be overcome by creating an opening for skilled pilots to enter and attack from within.
• Captain Jeffrey rejected using the Dimension Devourer in the Solar System and ordered the Frontier to keep the Giant God at a distance while the crew prepared.
• El-Elf and Luca studied the data from Axis for a weakness as the Giant God pursued the Frontier.
• The Galaxy Diva arrived and joined the Frontier, and Xiao Ran reassured the others that the damaged Giant God was far weaker than the ancient weapon described in the records.

Xiao Ran and the others engaged the Giant God while trying to find a way to defeat it without losing anyone. They discovered its detached Iron Fist could be damaged outside the shield, while physical weapons could not penetrate the shield itself, and El-Elf prepared a missile attack to test its defenses.

• Xiao Ran launched with Basak and Graham, then joined Cruze’s Destiny Gundam as the four mechas approached the Giant God from separate directions.
• The Giant God attacked with its detached Iron Fist and a wide barrage of beams, and Basak damaged the Iron Fist with his composite weapon.
• El-Elf realized the detached fist was vulnerable outside the Giant God’s shield and told Basak to test how long it could keep operating rather than destroy it.
• Graham tested the shield with a physical Beam Saber, but the shield melted and repelled the weapon before the Brave could reach it.
• El-Elf concluded that external beam and ballistic weapons could not penetrate the shield, then ordered Billy to ready missiles and told Xiao Ran, Cruze, and Graham to target the Giant God’s chest when it intercepted them.

Xiao Ran and his allies attacked the Giant God (Ideon) while El-Elf investigated its shield, and Xiao Ran used Scout to learn that the berserk mecha was an incomplete Epic-level unit. The chapter ended with El-Elf identifying a delay in the shield’s energy replenishment near its damaged chest, revealing a possible weakness.

• The Giant God adapted to the pursuing mecha, prompting Xiao Ran and Cruze to decide they could not afford to delay.
• Xiao Ran used Scout and learned the Giant God was a severely damaged, incomplete Epic-level mecha in an unconscious berserk state.
• Cruze pulled Xiao Ran’s Justice Gundam out of the path of the Giant God’s swing after Xiao Ran lost focus.
• El-Elf explained that “unconscious” referred to the Giant God’s subconscious, then ordered Billy to launch missiles.
• Xiao Ran, Cruze, and Graham concentrated their attacks on the shield near the Giant God’s chest while the warships launched missiles.
• El-Elf compared the shield’s reactions and discovered that energy replenishment near the Giant God’s damaged chest was delayed and slower than elsewhere.

El-Elf planned a coordinated Macross Cannon attack to break the giant god’s shield while Xiao Ran drew its attention. Xiao Ran evaded the giant god’s chest cannons, and a golden-lit mecha charged toward its circling iron fist.

• El-Elf assessed the giant god’s frontal barrier as its weakest point but concluded that only the Macross Cannons could potentially break it.
• El-Elf ordered Frontier to fire its Macross Cannon at the giant god’s front while Galaxy Diva attacked from behind, with Bobby coordinating the shots to create a gravitational collapse.
• Xiao Ran volunteered to draw the giant god’s fire, then Sheryl began singing to support his Spirit Burst.
• Justice Gundam harassed the giant god’s head and dodged its arm and returning iron fist, drawing the giant god’s attention.
• The giant god leaned back and fired its chest Beam Cannons at Justice Gundam, but Xiao Ran vanished in a burst of green particles.
• A golden-lit mecha rushed toward the giant god’s circling iron fist.

Basak delivered an object to the giant god while Xiao Ran and El-Elf tried to restrain it. El-Elf concluded that a dead test pilot’s Newtype consciousness inhabited the giant god and used Sheryl’s singing and Black Hawk’s Vocal Weapon to target it, but the giant god accelerated toward the Galaxy Diva as the fleets prepared to fire.

• Basak piloted Violent to punch an object into the giant god’s iron hand and kick the hand away, then reported that the delivery was complete.
• Xiao Ran attacked the giant god with Justice Gundam and its GN Dragoons while El-Elf noticed that Sheryl’s singing slowed the giant god’s movements.
• El-Elf launched Black Hawk with the Vocal Weapon and explained to Xiao Ran that the giant god might contain the test pilot’s lingering Newtype consciousness, which the weapon could harm.
• Xiao Ran ordered Graham and Cruze to protect Black Hawk as the giant god turned away from Justice Gundam and advanced toward the Galaxy Diva.
• The Galaxy Diva and the Frontier transformed and charged their cannons, while the giant god suddenly accelerated toward them.
• El-Elf prepared to amplify Sheryl’s song through the Vocal Weapon to draw the giant god’s attention.

Sheryl’s song through Black Hawk stopped the Giant God and weakened its shield, allowing the Frontier and Galaxy Diva to strike it with opposing Macross Cannon attacks. Basak then knocked the Giant God’s severed arm into the expanding distortion, and black light swallowed everything before the Giant God could explode.

• Black Hawk used Sheryl’s Vocal Weapon to halt the Giant God and batter its energy shield with song.
• Xiao Ran moved clear as the Frontier and Galaxy Diva prepared their simultaneous Macross Cannon attacks.
• The Frontier and Galaxy Diva fired from opposite directions, collapsing the Giant God’s shield and piercing its body.
• The opposing cannon fields formed a growing black sphere inside the Giant God, which expanded after both ships’ beams faded.
• El-Elf called for Basak, and Savage struck the Giant God’s giant arm, sending it into the distorted space.
• Black light surged from the arm and swallowed everything before the Giant God exploded.

Xiao Ran and the fleet destroyed Ideon, ending the World Intruder threat, and received an Area Card plus a blueprint for the Giant God Sword Beam Exciter. As Xiao Ran celebrated the rewards, he learned Sheryl had fainted and rushed to her side.

• Ideon exploded and was absorbed by a black sphere, leaving the battlefield empty.
• Moses rushed from the Galaxy Diva’s bridge and found Sheryl collapsed on the floor.
• Xiao Ran received a D-class Area Card and learned it could open access to Prometheus’s Super Zone and Fantasy Zone.
• Xiao Ran opened the Legion Spoils and obtained Legion Merit Points, Supply Quantity, and the Giant God Sword Beam Exciter blueprint.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Galaxy Diva, heard that Sheryl had fainted, and hurried to her.

Xiao Ran discovered that Sheryl’s dormant V-Virus had become active and was triggering an incomplete bloodline transformation, leaving her unconscious in the medical pod. He ordered the team to return to the Frontier fleet, where he believed her transformation could be completed.

• Moses explained that Sheryl’s fever and active V-Virus had forced the medical pod to stabilize her, but it could not cure the underlying problem.
• Xiao Ran examined Sheryl’s status and found her new V-Virus Co-existent bloodline in transition, along with sharply increased attributes.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Sheryl’s heartfelt singing during the battle had triggered the transformation and that the 25th Fleet held the means to activate her bloodline.
• Xiao Ran told Moses to keep Sheryl in the medical pod and ordered Mwu to notify the Frontier that they were returning.
• After Mwu and Saki Maski left, Xiao Ran stayed beside Sheryl and promised to wake her soon and thank her.