Recaps

Xiao Ran’s researchers confirmed that nanomachines in Ingram’s brain were controlling his thoughts and memories, but they could not remove or disable them. Vireta chose to leave Ingram asleep and learned that Xiao Ran already knew about Meteorite 3 and Septagint and had prepared for them.

• Vireta found Ingram unconscious in a treatment pod, and Xiao Ran explained that it was being used for examination and precaution.
• A researcher showed Xiao Ran that abnormal brain activity and a tiny tentacled machine confirmed Ingram was under external control.
• The researcher said neither the Enhanced Treatment Pod nor GN Particles could remove or disable the nanomachines, though Ingram might resist them through exceptional mental strength.
• Vireta declined to wake Ingram, believing that remaining asleep spared him from acting against his will.
• Vireta offered intelligence about Meteorite 3 and Septagint, but Xiao Ran revealed that he already knew about them and had made preparations.

Meteorite 3 transformed into a crystal-covered threat on Hades Island, severing communications and forcing DC to begin an emergency evacuation. As Cruze's forces and Bian's team faced the destruction, the island's plants began withering as if fleeing the danger.

• After meeting Giliam, Xiao Ran prepared to visit the imprisoned Gurin Mai while alarms began sounding at DC Headquarters on Hades Island.
• Shirakawa Shuu found Meteorite 3 transformed by crystal growth and sealed the chamber before heading toward Gransam.
• Bian ordered Hades Island evacuated and prioritized moving key personnel and research divisions onto the Steel and Black Gold.
• Cruze deployed all available combat forces to investigate Meteorite 3 and support DC's evacuation.
• Crystal pillars burst through Meteorite 3's structure and collapsed it, covering Hades Island in dust.
• Cruze pointed out that the island's plants were withering, and Bian saw that Hades Island had turned yellow.

Bian, Cruze, and the DC forces fought Meteorite III after discovering it was draining Hades Island and attacking with a shield, a purple beam, and a vast crystal barrage. The defenders barely held off the assault around DC headquarters as Meteorite III continued firing.

• Bian and Cruze recognized that Meteorite III was draining Hades Island, then attacked it with Valcione and the Destiny Gundam.
• Meteorite III blocked their attacks with a white shield and fired a purple beam that pursued Valcione.
• Cruze dodged the beam and sent the GN Dragoons to attack, but Meteorite III's shield stopped their fire.
• Meteorite III launched a widespread crystal barrage that overwhelmed the DC military defenses across Hades Island.
• Shinn, Mayu, Mu, Skull Squadron, and W Team defended DC headquarters with missiles, beams, and GN Dragoons, barely holding back the crystals.

DC forces rallied to defend their headquarters while Meteorite III held Xiao Ran’s combatants in a stalemate. Shirakawa Shuu and three other Super Robot mecha launched a devastating coordinated attack that broke Meteorite III’s shield, leaving Cruze impressed by their power.

• Zhen, Mu, Mayu, the Skull Squadron, and other DC forces rallied around DC Headquarters, strengthening its defenses against Meteorite III’s attacks.
• Shirakawa Shuu emerged in Gransam and hurled a black-purple energy sphere toward Meteorite III.
• A blue phoenix and a mecha launched a fierce attack on Meteorite III’s shield, with Gransam’s sphere following their strikes.
• The black-purple sphere shattered Meteorite III’s shield and exploded against it.
• Cruze watched the coordinated assault by Valcione, Gransam, Sebasuta, and Bushin Guren: Great Zeng Jia and recognized the overwhelming potential of Super Robot mecha.

Cruze and the others damaged Meteorite III, but it survived, rapidly repaired itself, and produced several Judicas. Bian learned the evacuation still needed five minutes as the forces prepared to face a growing threat.

• Gransam broke Meteorite III's shield, and the resulting explosion stopped its crystal attacks.
• Cruze charged into the smoke and evaded a powerful barrage that targeted the surrounding mecha.
• Meteorite III emerged with a huge breach that began repairing itself as several pale-gray Judicas appeared around it.
• Cruze concluded Meteorite III could extract resources and mass-produce mecha, explaining why Xiao Ran had authorized MED Warheads.
• Bian learned that eighty percent of personnel had evacuated and that the remaining evacuation would take five more minutes.

Meteorite III’s Final Judge declared that it would absorb Earth’s people for the Balmar Empire, then sent more Judica to attack Cruze and the others. Masaki, Cruze, Mayu, Mu, and their allies engaged the machines while the evacuation neared completion.

• Bian told Cruze that headquarters would finish evacuating in five minutes and asked him to protect the departing forces.
• Meteorite III projected a giant figure called The Final Judge, which declared that Earth’s people would be absorbed into the Balmar Empire.
• The Final Judge vanished, and Judica attacked Cruze, Bian, and the others as Meteorite III produced four more units from exploding crystals.
• Masaki charged in Sebasuta and severed a Judica’s arm, while Cruze counterattacked with Destiny Gundam and its GN Dragoons.
• More allied machines arrived to fight the Judica, and Mayu activated her SEED ability as Mu joined the battle in New Dawn.

Cruze, Shinn, Mayu, Mu, and the W Team fought Meteorite III’s mass-produced Judicas, impressing Bian and the others with their skill. As four more Judicas appeared, six fighter jets arrived and combined into two giant robots, leaving Masaki stunned.

• Shinn destroyed a mass-produced Judica with the Ship-cutting Sword and a precisely aimed cannon blast.
• Mayu and Mu coordinated their GN Dragoons and beam weapons to disable and destroy a Judica.
• Cruze used Absolute Control to evade two Judicas and interrupt their movements with attacks on their weak points.
• The W Team fought the mass-produced Judicas together, while Masaki’s cats mocked his rough piloting and Masaki vowed to improve.
• Meteorite III released four more Judicas, and six arriving fighter jets combined into two giant robots.

The Guardians, Sebasuta, and Bushin Guren attacked Meteorite III, breaking its shield and briefly freeing the trapped machines. Cruze then authorized Reaction Missiles, whose blast devastated Hades Island, but he warned that even stronger weapons might be needed.

• The two Guardians combined into arrow-wielding robots and destroyed two Judicas with energy bolts.
• Masaki sent Sebasuta through another Judica, then the Guardians transformed into drill-equipped robots and joined its attack on Meteorite III, shattering its shield.
• Meteorite III regenerated its crystal armor and began covering Sebasuta and the Guardians, but Zengar and Bushin Guren intervened as the Guardians escaped and transformed again.
• The Guardian IIIs fired missiles at Meteorite III, allowing Sebasuta to break free from the crystals.
• Cruze authorized Reaction Missiles, and their detonation engulfed Meteorite III in a huge explosion that shook Hades Island.
• Bian reacted angrily to the blast, while Cruze said the missiles lacked the contamination of true nuclear weapons and urged the forces to retreat.

Cruze’s attack devastated Hades Island but failed to destroy Meteorite III, prompting Xiao Ran’s fleet and reinforcements to launch a massive assault. As the battle continued, Xiao Ran considered how to defeat or recover Meteorite III and ordered General Revil to pressure the Federal Army into surrendering.

• Bian accepted that Hades Island would have to be abandoned after Cruze’s warheads devastated DC Headquarters without destroying Meteorite III.
• Cruze announced that reinforcements had arrived as red warships emerged from the clouds and deployed machines across Hades Island.
• Char joined Cruze and the others in attacking Meteorite III, while beams and missiles rained down on its location.
• Xiao Ran determined that the Judicas were multiplying through Zifield Crystal and considered destroying Septagint’s core or recovering Meteorite III.
• Xiao Ran learned that General Revil’s fleet had warned Federal Army Headquarters and ordered them to demand a decision within thirty minutes or level the Federation.

Xiao Ran shortened the Federation’s deadline to surrender to thirty minutes, while the Federation’s leaders gathered in Paris to debate whether to accept Satellite Integration’s demands. As the meeting began, officials considered their losses and the threat posed by the Void Envoy and the meteorites.

• Xiao Ran shortened Revil’s three-hour ultimatum to thirty minutes and told Giliam and Vireta he wanted to question them during the return voyage.
• Xiao Ran left Revil and El-Elf to handle the Federation, while reasoning that Shirakawa Shuu, Sanger, Bian, and Masaki could deal with Hades Island.
• Federation officials gathered in Paris’s military Command Center as a silver-haired young man watched the crowd from outside the meeting room.
• A military elder lamented the Federation’s losses and warned that it lacked the strength to resist the Void Envoy or possible threats from Meteorite I and Meteorite II.
• A middle-aged man argued that the meeting should decide whether to accept the demands to dissolve the government and hand over military authority, citing the promise that officials could retain their positions.

Federation leaders in Paris voted to accept Satellite Integration's terms rather than continue resisting, while planning to negotiate conditions for retaining some troops. El-Elf confirmed to the elder that the Federation's cooperation would secure the return of people held in other bodies, including the elder's son.

• A middle-aged man in a suit argued that Paris could not resist Satellite Integration's fleet, while a uniformed man accused him of cowardice and urged resistance.
• The elder called for a vote, and most attendees—including the civil administrators and ultimately the elder—supported accepting Satellite Integration's terms.
• The elder ordered the military to remain on standby and directed negotiators to seek a limited Federation force and other conditions.
• After the meeting, El-Elf told the elder that the people held in other bodies, including his son, would be returned once matters were settled.
• El-Elf agreed that the Federation could retain a restricted military force and said Satellite Integration would not interfere in civil administration, provided the Federation cooperated.

El-Elf secured the Federation’s agreement to restructure its military under Satellite Integration’s control, while the battle at Hades Island ended with Meteorite III destroyed. Xiao Ran then discussed psychokinesis with Giliam and Vireta, gaining a preliminary understanding of the ability and how it differed from Newtype senses and the λ-DRIVER.

• El-Elf presented the Federation with military restructuring terms that preserved limited Federation and DC influence while placing the highest command authority, factories, and research institutions under Satellite Integration’s control.
• The elder accepted the terms, and El-Elf left to report that his mission in the Federation was provisionally complete.
• Amuro and Kamille pierced Meteorite III’s shield and struck it through the middle, while Luo used Scrap Dealer to recover it before it exploded and sank Hades Island.
• Xiao Ran ordered his forces back to their posts and sent Cruze’s fleet to help Revil take over the Federation’s military.
• Xiao Ran discussed psychokinesis with Giliam and Vireta, learning that it involved controlling matter through thought and could be amplified by the T-LINK system.

Xiao Ran weighed whether to use the Psychokinetist Bloodline Serum alongside his Innovator Bloodline, comparing its strengths and limitations with the Newtype Bloodline. He decided to test the Steel Dragon Squad’s Psychokinetists before making a choice, then woke after the fleet reached Satellite Integration and headed to the former Bronstein family estate with Elsam.

• Xiao Ran sent Giliam and Vireta to take Gurin Mai to the Steel Dragon Squad and help explain the situation to Gurin Cai.
• Xiao Ran considered whether the Psychokinetist Bloodline would complement his Innovator Bloodline better than the Newtype Bloodline, given his limited number of bloodline serums.
• Xiao Ran put away the serum and planned to test the Steel Dragon Squad’s Psychokinetists before deciding whether to strengthen the bloodline.
• Xiao Ran slept through the fleet’s arrival at Satellite Integration while the waiting organizations and heavy industries were left to wait.
• Xiao Ran woke refreshed, met Elsam, and boarded a Shuttlecraft for the former Bronstein family estate.

Elsam briefed Xiao Ran on Satellite Integration’s growing support and the guests seeking to meet him. Xiao Ran entered the hall, assessed the representatives, and became especially wary of Shiun Theodore.

• Elsam told Xiao Ran that the victory over the Void Envoys had silenced opposition and boosted public support for Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran said he would prioritize stability, investigate dissent rather than suppress it, and personally begin governing after the transition period.
• Elsam identified the visiting leaders from the Taurus Research Institute, Mao Heavy Industries, Ishido Heavy Industries, Mogami Heavy Industries, and Cruze’s mechanical manufacturing company.
• Xiao Ran considered why each organization had come, noting that the Federation’s surrender had put its military industries and research institutions under his control.
• Xiao Ran met the waiting representatives and studied them, paying particular attention to Ishido Mitsuko and Shiun Theodore.

Xiao Ran met with representatives of major companies and institutions, revealing that he would control the Federal Government, the DC, and Satellite Integration as Earth Sphere’s de facto ruler. He laid out plans to place military industries under his authority and build a unified Earth Force, then invited the companies to cooperate on its extensive armament and modernization needs.

• Xiao Ran recognized Shiun Theodore as an unusual figure and suspected he might be Touya Yun’s father.
• Elsam introduced the visiting representatives, and Xiao Ran welcomed them and proposed broad cooperation.
• Xiao Ran announced that the Federal Government had surrendered and that he would stand above the Federal Government, the DC, and Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran said military-industrial enterprises and research institutions would come under his control, while the three powers would combine their military forces into a new Earth Force under his responsibility.
• Xiao Ran described plans to acquire new units, warships, weapons, and technologies, including transforming the White Star into a war fortress, and asked the companies to prepare cooperation plans.

Xiao Ran outlined the Federation military’s restructuring and invited the Heavy Industry Enterprises to help equip the Earth Sphere, warning them against obstruction or betrayal. After he left, the companies arranged private meetings to discuss their roles in the military integration.

• Xiao Ran told the representatives that military authority had been surrendered and that the Federation military would undergo major restructuring.
• Xiao Ran urged the Heavy Industry Enterprises to cooperate on new units, warships, weapons, and the White Star’s renovation, while warning that he would punish anyone who obstructed the effort.
• Xiao Ran assigned possible roles to Mogami Heavy Industries, Cruze, Mao Heavy Industries, Ishido Heavy Industries, and the Taurus Research Institute.
• Xiao Ran left after directing the companies to arrange individual meetings through Elsam.
• Representatives of the Taurus Research Institute and Mao Heavy Industries requested a joint private meeting with Xiao Ran, followed by Mogami Heavy Industries and Ishido Mitsuko.

After the Void Envoys were repelled and the Federation and DC ceased fighting, Xiao Ran reorganized Earth’s government and military under his command. The new military deployment took shape, while key crews and researchers received new assignments.

• The Federation accepted Xiao Ran’s conditions and formed a new government, while Bian surrendered most of DC’s military control and territory.
• Xiao Ran, Revil, Char, Cruze, and other commanders dismantled and reorganized the Federation, Satellite Integration, and DC forces around Burning Legion fleets.
• The commanders assigned fleets and warships across Earth, the Moon, and space, with the integration process expected to take nearly a month.
• Xiao Ran transferred the Galaxy Diva, Steel, Black Gold, and Flying Dragon to Far East Base, placed Bargyll in command there, and formed the Steel Dragon Squad under Daitetsu.
• The Steel Dragon Squad pilots and their machines remained in space and were sent to Home, where Renard took charge of technical operations and Luo began research work.
• Xiao Ran appointed Durandal vice president of Satellite Integration to help stabilize its government.

Xiao Ran prepared to merge Satellite Integration with the Immigrant Fleet, strengthen the Steel Dragon Squad, and negotiate military cooperation with five industrial groups. After a week of preparations, he became President of Satellite Integration and completed the first-stage mission.

• Xiao Ran arranged to review former Federation and DC pilot records for the Steel Dragon Squad while planning to strengthen its existing machines and help its pilots gain experience.
• Xiao Ran scheduled the merger announcement and presidential inauguration, then arranged cooperation meetings with five enterprises and institutions.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to investigate Kruze Mechanical Manufacturing and the mysterious Shiun Theodore, father of Touya Yun.
• A week later, Xiao Ran was inaugurated as President of Satellite Integration, and a long-awaited prompt appeared in his mind.

After completing his inauguration, Xiao Ran activated the Burning Legion’s second-stage mission and learned it required protecting the Earth Sphere for two years. He warned the assembled team that the mission would bring successive threats and force them to revise their plans, though it could also help the legion grow.

• Xiao Ran completed his inauguration and returned to the Presidential Palace, where his team gathered around him.
• Xiao Ran activated the second-stage mission and kept the Burning Legion aligned with Earth.
• Prometheus assigned the Burning Legion to protect the Earth Sphere from invasion and eliminate threats for two years.
• Xiao Ran was stunned by the mission’s length and anticipated a succession of enemies, including forces he might not know from his previous memories.
• Sheryl recognized that defending Earth could cause the team to suffer heavy losses, while Xiao Ran worried most about facing an unknown third stage.
• Xiao Ran told the team that they would need to change some plans but could use the threats as an opportunity to strengthen the legion.

Xiao Ran assigned the Federation and DC forces a series of military, training, and research tasks to prepare for the two-year mission and defend Earth. The chapter left the forces organizing for growth while developing new weapons and deploying their abilities across the world.

• Xiao Ran explained that contact with other civilizations could bring threats but also opportunities to acquire technology and strengthen the Faction Territory.
• Xiao Ran tasked Cruze with forming a special training unit for new pilots and Steel Dragon Squad members.
• Xiao Ran ordered Jeffrey to oversee construction of three Requiems near the Moon and assigned Char to tow White Star there, refit it, and train the Newtypes.
• Xiao Ran assigned Revil to integrate the military, form Ace Units, and monitor the Federation, while Mwu's fleet was tasked with protecting Satellite Integration and Home and patrolling Earth.
• Xiao Ran arranged for Sheryl and Lanka to sing the Song of Peace and ordered Luo and Renard to develop new units, including one using the Mental Power Frame.
• Xiao Ran directed Durandal's institute to pursue genetic breakthroughs and prepare Photocopy Persons for deployment.

Xiao Ran considered using Photocopy Person Technology to create expendable pilots and assigned Durandal to handle the project. After taking office, he followed a schedule of meetings with government officials and major companies, arranging mecha research and White Star modifications.

• Xiao Ran weighed the risks and benefits of mass-producing Photocopy Persons as combat pilots and left the project’s arrangements to Durandal.
• Most of Xiao Ran’s companions left Satellite Integration, while Saki stayed with him during the rest period.
• Saki briefed Xiao Ran on his schedule of official meetings and company visits after he took office.
• Xiao Ran met Mao Tian and Dr. Jonathan, discussed White Star modifications, and assigned the Tesla Institute a new special-purpose mecha project.
• Mogami Heavy Industries agreed to research standard and special-purpose mecha, produce prototypes on set timelines, prepare for mass production, and modify White Star.

Xiao Ran reviewed pilot records and selected dozens of promising candidates for Cruze to train, while considering how the Shadow-Mirror might affect the altered events. He met Shiun Theodore, suspected that the businessman was actually Touya Yun, and ended the chapter uncertain about Touya’s connection to the Moon and Earth.

• Xiao Ran selected more than fifty promising DC and Federation pilots and officers to train under Cruze, including Kavina Kracho, Lamia Labres, Ibis, and Slay Prestie.
• Saki Maski informed Xiao Ran that Shiun Theodore had arrived, prompting Xiao Ran to consider how the Shadow-Mirror might intervene now that DC had joined his command.
• Xiao Ran wrote a note for Saki to take to Doctor Bian and asked her to arrange coffee before bringing Shiun Theodore into the office.
• Xiao Ran welcomed Shiun Theodore and promised a worthwhile order if Kruze Mechanical Manufacturing delivered satisfactory work.
• Xiao Ran questioned Shiun Theodore about his military-like bearing and hands, but Shiun denied military service and described combat and shooting as hobbies.
• Xiao Ran recognized Shiun Theodore as Touya Yun and recalled that Touya’s identity was tied to the Moon and that he might not be an Earthling.

Xiao Ran told Shiun Theodore that Earth would militarize and transform the Moon into a fortress to defend against alien threats, while welcoming races willing to coexist. The chapter left Shiun Theodore wary of how much Xiao Ran knew about the Moon and his identity.

• Shiun Theodore grew anxious when Xiao Ran asked what he thought of the Moon, but he answered cautiously that it was important for Earth’s military and civilian affairs.
• Xiao Ran said Earth faced future alien threats and vowed to expand the military, using the Moon and the captured White Star as foundations for Earth’s defenses.
• Xiao Ran declared that he would sacrifice the Earth Defense Force or even destroy Earth rather than let foreign races invade humanity without consequence.
• Xiao Ran planned to turn the Moon into a military fortress and form powerful Ace Units to protect Earth and retaliate against its enemies.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Immigrant Fleet had fought many alien races but could coexist with them, and said humanity’s ability to learn and integrate made it capable of both war and peace.

Xiao Ran confronted Shiun Theodore with evidence that his identity and records had been fabricated, then accepted his explanation that he wanted his people to integrate with Earth. He revealed his evolved abilities and golden eyes, leaving Shiun Theodore astonished by what humanity had become.

• Saki Maski reported that El-Elf had found nearly all records tied to Shiun Theodore's group were forged and had questioned the people who created them.
• Shiun Theodore said his child and wife were Earthlings and that he and his colleagues considered Earth their shared home.
• Xiao Ran welcomed Shiun Theodore and those who shared his beliefs into Earth's family, reasoning that they had lived hidden on Earth for many years without taking it over.
• Xiao Ran explained that his communication and emotion-sensing abilities had alerted him to Shiun Theodore's unusual nature and prompted his investigation.
• Xiao Ran showed Shiun Theodore his golden, inhuman-looking eyes and explained that wars had evolved him into a bridge between races, while his increased calculation ability restrained his emotions.

Xiao Ran negotiated with Shiun Theodore about the hidden lunar race, demanded a meeting with its king, and gave them half a month to respond before he would consider them a threat. After Shiun left, Xiao Ran contacted Captain Jeffrey to ask about conditions on the Moon.

• Xiao Ran told Shiun Theodore he would not act against him but would keep his people under surveillance and seek a formal meeting with their leader.
• Xiao Ran gave Shiun Theodore no more than half a month for his people to respond, warning that he would declare war if they failed to do so.
• Xiao Ran said cooperation with Cruze would wait until after the meeting and explained that integration would bring conditions similar to those imposed on the Federation.
• Xiao Ran set the Moon as the meeting location and limited the king's guards to one hundred units and his accompanying personnel to fifty.
• After Saki Maski escorted Shiun Theodore out, Xiao Ran contacted Captain Jeffrey and asked how things were on the Moon.