Recaps

After Kim Kido and the others left Xiao Ran’s room, they discussed how little they had learned about him and reported their suspicions to Captain Okita. Xiao Ran pieced together clues about three merged worlds and began planning to strengthen his team, ordering Saki to summon Luo and provide Variable Fighters.

• Wilt asked Kim Kido, Ryoma, and Tetsuya whether Xiao Ran’s claims were true, and Kim Kido said they had no reason to think he had lied.
• Ryoma observed that Xiao Ran had controlled their conversation and recognized their intentions, while Kim Kido decided they should report everything to Captain Okita.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Yamato’s world, Ryoma and Tetsuya’s world, and the world tied to his assigned identity were distinct worlds brought together.
• Xiao Ran wondered about Tetsuya’s feigned amnesia and the identities his group might have in Orb, then considered how to upgrade his team with technology from multiple worlds.
• Xiao Ran told Saki to summon Luo and send a few Variable Fighters for the team to use.

Juzo Okita accepted five Variable Fighters from Xiao Ran and invited him aboard the Yamato to explain their capabilities. Xiao Ran introduced the fighters’ advanced features and offered further support, leaving Okita impressed by how far they surpassed the Yamato’s own aircraft.

• Yuki Mori told Juzo Okita that fighters from the Burning Legion were approaching the Yamato, and Okita agreed to receive them.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki boarded the Yamato’s bridge, where Okita thanked Xiao Ran for the support.
• Xiao Ran sent El-Elf to the hangar to help Luo instruct the Yamato’s personnel.
• Xiao Ran contacted Mwu and began introducing the five Variable Fighters to Okita.
• Xiao Ran explained the fighters’ three forms, armor, engines, and weapons, and Okita listened with growing astonishment.

Xiao Ran explained the Guardian Type-1 and offered to let the Yamato handle manageable battles while his forces supported it. He shared his ambition to unite people and technology from different worlds, then stayed as the Yamato prepared for its second jump.

• Xiao Ran described the Guardian Type-1's capabilities and said his forces could have suppressed Earth more easily than Gamillas had.
• Juzo Okita admitted that he trusted Xiao Ran's goodwill but remained wary of his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Ran said his forces would observe and protect the Yamato when its crew could handle a battle themselves.
• Xiao Ran revealed his hope of gathering pilots and technology from different worlds into a powerful team, and Juzo Okita noticed his words had stirred the bridge crew.
• Juzo Okita asked whether the Yamato might travel to another world, and Xiao Ran said it was possible.
• Yuki Mori reported that the inspection was complete and the equipment was functioning normally, so Juzo Okita invited Xiao Ran to witness the second jump.

After the Yamato and the Burning Legion completed their second jump, Captain Okita’s illness worsened, and an enemy fleet launched a surprise attack. Xiao Ran prepared to sortie alone in a Variable Fighter as the Burning Legion intercepted the enemy torpedoes.

• The Yamato and the Burning Legion arrived at their destination, and Okita excused himself to rest because he was feeling unwell.
• Kaoru Niimi urged Okita to consider colonization, but he told her the Izumo Plan had been canceled and humanity could no longer carry it out.
• An impact rocked the Yamato, and its crew learned the Burning Legion had detected an enemy fleet and moved alongside them with its Energy Shield deployed.
• Sanada attributed the ship’s disturbance to powerful nuclear particle fluctuations, while Yuki Mori detected an enemy fleet emerging from a Space Jump, including the commander they had met on Pluto.
• The enemy launched torpedoes, and the Burning Legion fired thousands of missiles to intercept them as Okita ordered the Yamato to prepare its defenses.
• Xiao Ran announced that he would sortie alone in a Variable Fighter for an instructional battle.

Xiao Ran and the Yamato’s forces prepared to break through the Gamillas fleet while an expanding energy entity threatened to consume them. The chapter ended as Xiao Ran charged into the enemy formation and told Kato that the carnival had begun.

• Yuki Mori reported that an unidentified energy entity was expanding toward the Yamato as the enemy fleet tried to drive them into it, and Captain Okita ordered all units to launch.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki boarded three Guardian Type-1s with Saburo Kato, Hiroki Shinohara, and Rei Yamamoto as co-pilots.
• Captain Okita ordered the Yamato to follow the Burning Legion in a frontal breakthrough, and the combat units prepared to deploy.
• Xiao Ran launched Unit 1 at extreme speed, with El-Elf and Saki following in Units 2 and 3.
• Xiao Ran told El-Elf and Saki to cover the flanks as the three Guardian Type-1s raced toward the Gamillas fighters and incoming missiles.
• Xiao Ran smiled at Kato and asked if he was ready, declaring that the carnival had begun.

Xiao Ran demonstrated a frontal breakthrough against the Gamillas fighters while teaching Kato how to pilot a Variable Fighter. After destroying at least fifteen enemies in a minute, Xiao Ran explained why Kato should favor maneuvering before abruptly transforming the unit and turning it around.

• Xiao Ran rolled Unit 1 through enemy fire and launched missiles to obscure the Gamillas formation with explosions.
• Xiao Ran charged through the fireballs and used the unit’s beam weapons to destroy at least fifteen Gamillas fighters in a minute.
• Xiao Ran told Kato that pilots needed to understand their machine’s limits and that Kato should maneuver rather than fight head-on.
• Xiao Ran transformed the Variable Fighter, stopped its forward charge, and turned it around, forcing Kato against his safety harness.

Xiao Ran demonstrated his Variable Fighter’s combat power by destroying eighteen Gamillas fighters in three seconds and breaking through a formation of more than a hundred. Gamillas held back from attacking him again, and Xiao Ran called on El-Elf and Saki to finish the battle as new arrivals appeared.

• Xiao Ran broke through the Gamillas formation, then turned back to engage the fighters surrounding him while Kato watched from the cockpit.
• Xiao Ran transformed into MS Form, cut down six fighters with his Beam Saber, destroyed six with Micro Missiles, and shot down six more with his Beam Gatling Gun.
• Kato and the crews of the Yamato and Burning Legion watched Xiao Ran’s eighteen kills in three seconds in stunned disbelief.
• Xiao Ran explained the advantage of skilled pilots and capable machines, then said Kato and Earth would grow stronger during their journey.
• Xiao Ran noticed new arrivals and ordered El-Elf and Saki to end the battle quickly.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion quickly overwhelmed Gamillas's forces, but a black hole brought Setsuna and Tieria's mobile suits into the battle. As Gamillas continued its desperate charge, Captain Okita sought a meeting with the Burning Legion once the fleets reached safety.

• After Xiao Ran gave the order, Saki and El-Elf joined the Burning Legion's attack, destroying fighters and two Gamillas transport carriers.
• A black hole appeared on the battlefield, and Setsuna's 00Q Gundam and Tieria's Arios Gundam emerged from it.
• Setsuna announced that Celestial Being would cooperate with the Burning Legion, and Mwu granted them permission to board.
• Captain Okita ordered the Yamato to finish the battle and leave the danger zone, then requested a meeting with Xiao Ran and Captain Lamias.
• Despite its losses, Gamillas sent its remaining warships and fighters charging toward the Yamato and the Burning Legion.

Xiao Ran welcomed Tieria aboard the Yamato and learned that, in Tieria’s world, he had been Orb’s former Prime Minister and Celestial Being’s foremost supporter. He explained that he and his allies had been transported to a different world and were focused on preventing Earth’s destruction.

• Xiao Ran agreed to Juzo Okita’s request to visit the Burning Legion, expecting Setsuna and Tieria to arrive before him.
• The Yamato and Burning Legion overcame the Gamillas Fleet, and Tieria arrived aboard the Yamato while Setsuna headed for the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki met with Tieria in Xiao Ran’s room.
• Tieria said Princess Cagalli had commissioned him to investigate Xiao Ran’s disappearance and locate him.
• Tieria identified Xiao Ran as Orb’s former Prime Minister, Celestial Being’s foremost supporter, and the first Pure Innovator, then said his disappearance affected Celestial Being’s plans.
• Xiao Ran told Tieria that they had been transported to another world and were trying to prevent Earth’s destruction and humanity’s extinction.

Xiao Ran and Tieria agreed to help the Yamato’s crew while seeking a way back to their own world, and Xiao Ran brought the crew aboard the Burning Legion. There, Tobia encountered three masked men whose identities remained unknown.

• Tieria told Xiao Ran that his disappearance had stirred dormant forces in their world and that they needed to prepare for the coming dialogue.
• Xiao Ran and Tieria agreed to aid this world’s Earth while looking for a way home, unaware that a communicator in El-Elf’s pocket was relaying their conversation to the Burning Legion.
• Yuki Mori told Xiao Ran that Captain Okita was ready, and Tieria chose to return with him to the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran invited Captain Okita and the assembled Yamato crew to tour the Burning Legion, and they traveled there by shuttlecraft while Tieria piloted his own unit.
• Tobia admired the Burning Legion’s spacious hangar and met three masked men: a long-haired blond man, a short-haired blond man, and a silver-haired man.

Xiao Ran welcomed Captain Okita and the Yamato crew aboard the Burning Legion, introducing them to his team and the ship’s small crew. Haros swarmed the guests, and Xiao Ran arranged for Luo and the robots to give tours, offering to show Captain Okita the bridge himself.

• Xiao Ran and Captain Okita left the shuttlecraft and found Cruze, Graham, and Renard wearing masks, prompting Xiao Ran to explain the introductions to Okita.
• Xiao Ran introduced Mwu, Sheryl, Cruze, Graham, Basak, Naluo, Renard, and Setsuna, while Mwu explained that the ship could operate with only a few people thanks to its auxiliary controls and artificial intelligence.
• Haros poured into the hangar and surrounded the Yamato crew; Mwu explained that they helped operate, defend, maintain, and repair the ship.
• Xiao Ran told the Haros to stop crowding the guests, then asked Luo to entertain them and show them around the ship.
• Xiao Ran explained the Haros’ capabilities to Captain Okita and offered to guide him to the bridge.

Xiao Ran discovered that Juzo Okita was hiding severe radiation damage and arranged for the Burning Legion’s medical system to examine him. Renard found a possible GN Particle treatment that could clear the radiation in about three days, and Xiao Ran presented it to Okita as an alternative to a month of treatment.

• Xiao Ran privately told Juzo Okita that he had noticed his serious illness and urged him to undergo an examination.
• Juzo Okita agreed to keep the discussion private and followed Xiao Ran and Renard to the infirmary for a scan.
• Renard diagnosed extensive radiation damage and organ failure, explaining that full treatment would take at least a month and could leave lasting effects.
• Renard proposed using Xiao Ran’s control of GN Particles to neutralize the radiation, with a seventy-six percent success rate.
• Xiao Ran recommended immediate treatment, but Juzo Okita refused to spend a month in the treatment pod.
• Xiao Ran told Juzo Okita that a riskier alternative could take around three days if successful.

Juzo Okita toured the Burning Legion with Xiao Ran and Renard, while the Yamato’s crew explored the ship and questioned Setsuna and Tieria about their world. The tour left them astonished by the Burning Legion’s capabilities and by Xiao Ran’s standing, as Juzo Okita continued to refuse treatment.

• Juzo Okita refused surgery because he could not spare three days during the Yamato’s uncertain journey, and Renard prepared stronger medicine to temporarily suppress his condition.
• Juzo Okita toured the Burning Legion’s bridge with Xiao Ran and Renard, where Mwu explained the ship’s systems and capabilities.
• Luo led the others through the hangar and reserve hangar, where the Yamato’s crew saw numerous powerful machines and unmanned units.
• Kim Kido, Tobia, Kodai Kin, Xiao Lu, Wilt, Souji, and others asked Setsuna and Tieria about their world and learned that the Burning Legion was Xiao Ran’s unique personal ship.
• Tieria told the Yamato’s crew that Xiao Ran had led people to overcome major threats, held great influence in the Federation, and had once served as a faction’s president.

Xiao Ran learned how his identity in Setsuna and Tieria’s world connected him to Orb, the Federation, and Celestial Being. As the Yamato prepared to jump, he chose to travel with it and let further questions about his identity unfold naturally.

• Setsuna and Tieria revealed Xiao Ran’s public identity while keeping his ties to Celestial Being and his status as a Pure Innovator secret.
• The Yamato’s crew learned that Xiao Ran had been a powerful hero who helped bring peace between PLANT and the Federation, while Luo’s Haro relayed the conversation to El-Elf and Cruze.
• Juzo Okita left the Burning Legion with the Yamato’s people after completing his visit, while Xiao Ran and his mecha remained aboard the Burning Legion.
• Setsuna and Tieria confirmed they had reached another world and began researching its situation in their prepared room, while Luo went to the Yamato as technical support.
• Cruze assessed Xiao Ran’s identity and possible relationships, and Xiao Ran told him not to investigate further for now.
• Mwu reported that the Yamato was preparing to jump, and Xiao Ran ordered the Burning Legion to move with it.

The Burning Legion and the Yamato became trapped in a Dimensional Rift during their synchronized jump. After learning that a powerful shot could open an exit, Xiao Ran offered to have the Burning Legion fire while the Yamato followed.

• Xiao Ran said the Yamato would complete its mission whether or not unexpected events occurred.
• The Burning Legion and the Yamato jumped together, but an accident stranded them inside a dimensional layer.
• Moses discovered nearby shipwrecks and approaching Gamillas ships, whose envoy offered a way out of the rift.
• The Yamato learned that firing its Wave Cannon at maximum power could open a path, but doing so would leave it unable to move forward.
• Xiao Ran offered to fire the Burning Legion’s weapon instead and agreed to cooperate with the Gamillas ships as long as they showed no hostility.

The Burning Legion prepared to fire at fifty percent power to open a passage out of the Dimensional Rift while shielding the Yamato and the Gamillas warship. Just as the attack was ready, more than thirty unidentified units jumped into the Rift and attacked, prompting Xiao Ran to launch in Dawn as the Burning Legion fired.

• The Burning Legion moved between the Yamato and the Gamillas warship, and Xiao Ran chose to honor their agreement and help the Gamillas ship escape the Dimensional Rift.
• Mwu calculated that firing at fifty percent power could open a stable passage but might damage the Burning Legion's forward deck, and Xiao Ran ordered her to proceed.
• Moses detected an abnormal gravitational reaction as more than thirty unfamiliar MA-like units emerged nearby and attacked the Burning Legion and Yamato.
• Xiao Ran ordered his launch in Dawn while Mwu reported that the Yamato had deployed its MS Unit and Juzo Okita wanted them to continue opening the passage.
• Dawn launched from the Burning Legion as the warship fired its forward main cannon at maximum power.

Xiao Ran and Yamato's forces fought a group of coordinated unmanned machines that focused their attacks on VangRay. After recognizing the drones' advanced AI, Xiao Ran captured two intact samples and prepared to stop wasting time.

• A gateway appeared in the Dimensional Rift after the Burning Legion fired its Beam Cannon, and the Gamillas ships rushed toward it.
• Xiao Ran deployed Dawn's GN Dragoons, which destroyed several enemy machines while he charged into their formation.
• Xiao Ran realized the machines were drones with strong coordination and AI, and noticed they were concentrating their efforts on VangRay.
• Xiao Ran ordered the GN Dragoons to guard VangRay and fought off the drones attacking him.
• Xiao Ran removed attack modules from two drones, disabled them, and sent units from Dawn to tow the samples back to the Burning Legion.

After escaping the Dimensional Rift, Xiao Ran and the Yamato emerged into a vast Gamillas fleet that immediately attacked them. Juzo Okita ordered the Yamato to retreat as Xiao Ran shielded it from the barrage.

• Xiao Ran destroyed the remaining enemy units in the Dimensional Rift and waited until the Burning Legion, the Yamato, and their forces had escaped before following them out.
• The Burning Legion and the Yamato emerged surrounded by more than a hundred Gamillas warships and over a thousand fighters.
• Xiao Ran and the deployed pilots prepared to respond, while Juzo Okita judged that their forces could not withstand the enemy and considered retreating.
• The Gamillas fleet fired on the formation, destroying its own warship that had just escaped the rift with the Yamato and the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran used Dawn's GN Shield and Psychokinesis Field to protect the Yamato, while the Burning Legion deployed Anti-Beam Flares and shields against the barrage.
• Juzo Okita ordered the Yamato to turn its bow and withdraw from the sector at maximum speed.

Mwu and Xiao Ran prepared to protect the Yamato from the Gamillas Fleet, but a Dimensional Quake tore open space and swallowed every ship and machine in the sector. Moments later, they emerged through black openings in another world, scattered and separated.

• Mwu ordered Setsuna and Tieria to join the Yamato while the Burning Legion prepared its drones, missiles, and Tactical Armor for battle.
• El-Elf detected more than one hundred drones blocking the Yamato’s escape route, and Moses identified 150 MS from the Jupiter Empire among the enemy forces.
• Okita refused to leave the Burning Legion behind, and Xiao Ran activated Dawn’s four Solar Furnaces as a Dimensional Quake began tearing the sector apart.
• Xiao Ran used Dawn to seize Zechs’s and Saki’s units, while Graham and Basak grabbed Nalo’s and Cruze’s machines before darkness engulfed the Yamato, Burning Legion, and Gamillas Fleet.
• After the region returned to normal, black openings appeared in another world and scattered the missing ships and machines.

After the Dimensional Quake sent Xiao Ran, Zechs, and Saki to another world, Xiao Ran woke near Earth and tried to locate the Burning Legion and their allies. Haro identified the world through its communication networks, leaving Xiao Ran to realize they had arrived in the world where Prometheus had assigned them identities.

• Xiao Ran woke in Dawn with Zechs's and Saki's mechs held in its arms, then confirmed that Earth was nearby.
• Xiao Ran watched the recorded footage of the Dimensional Quake and concluded that the transfer had taken only a minute or two.
• Xiao Ran called the Burning Legion, Cruze, Graham, and the others but received no response or nearby detection.
• Xiao Ran decided to learn about the world, find the Burning Legion and his allies, and locate the Yamato.
• Haro connected to the world's network and identified communication channels for the Federation, Orb, and PLANT, prompting Xiao Ran to recognize the world.

Xiao Ran returned to Orb with the unconscious Zechs and Saki, where Cagalli and the others confronted him about his disappearance and the renewed threat of war. He learned that several of his missing companions had been found, but Yamato's whereabouts remained unknown.

• Xiao Ran brought Dawn and the two unconscious pilots through Orb's defenses and landed outside the Presidential Palace.
• Xiao Ran carried Saki and Zechs to medical personnel, then greeted Cagalli, Athrun, Meilin Hawke, Director Simmons, and Sister Rondo.
• Cagalli punched at Xiao Ran and blamed his absence for Orb's approaching war, while Xiao Ran caught her fist and teased her about controlling her temper.
• Athrun told Xiao Ran that Mwu and the others had been found unconscious near PLANT, while Cruze, Basak, Graham, and Nalu had been located in North Africa.
• Xiao Ran learned that the others were safe, but Yamato was still missing, and asked everyone to go inside so he could share important information.

Xiao Ran briefed Cagalli and Orb’s leaders on the Burning Legion’s journey through the Yamato’s world, the Dimensional Quake, and the possibility that the Yamato, a Gamillas fleet, and an unknown force had entered their world. He left them organizing a search for the Yamato and tightening security while watching for threats from other worlds.

• Xiao Ran led Cagalli and the others into the Asaha family residence and explained that his disappearance had begun during a Space Jump that sent the Burning Legion to the edge of the Solar System.
• Xiao Ran recounted the Yamato’s mission, Earth’s crisis, the Gamillas Empire, the events in Ryoma Nagare and Tetsuya’s Third World, and the appearance of unmanned drones before the Dimensional Quake scattered them across the world.
• Xiao Ran warned that the Yamato, a massive Gamillas Fleet, and an unknown force might have entered their world and could pose a wider threat across several worlds.
• Cagalli called for an immediate search and preparations, and she agreed that Lacus and Kira and PLANT should be informed.
• Xiao Ran assigned Mina to tighten security in Orb and Heaven’s Pillar, told the group to monitor Mars, and proposed announcing his return to draw the Yamato’s crew into contact.

Xiao Ran explained why he wanted Cagalli and the others to announce his return, locate the Yamato, and gather information about the world. He planned to wait for El-Elf, Cruze, Mwu, and the Burning Legion before making any major moves, while the Overlord Legion remained missing.

• Cagalli and the others left to arrange the announcement of Xiao Ran’s return and search for the Yamato.
• Xiao Ran considered the announcement a way to rally the Yamato’s scattered crew and draw out the absent Overlord Legion or learn whether its opponents were nearby.
• Xiao Ran recalled that Luo was aboard the Yamato, where he could support its pilots and investigate Getter technology, Great Mazinger, and the VangRay.
• Xiao Ran decided to avoid major action until El-Elf, Cruze, Mwu, and the Burning Legion returned and helped assess the world’s factions and intelligence.

Xiao Ran reviewed Orb’s intelligence database to learn more about the world while waiting for El-Elf to arrive and gather deeper intelligence. He discovered Orb’s connections to a secluded land of mages and the Mars Successors’ occupation of transit colonies, then noted several unfamiliar technologies and factions for further investigation.

• Xiao Ran decided to avoid acting without sufficient intelligence and left the investigation to El-Elf, while he studied information available through Orb.
• Xiao Ran learned that Orb was a small but influential nation, supported by its ties to PLANT and the presence of Athrun and himself.
• Xiao Ran discovered that a secluded region of mages bordering Orb had repeatedly sought Orb’s support, and recognized it as the setting of Rondo of the Angel and Dragon.
• Xiao Ran learned that the Mars Successors had occupied many transit colonies and that rebellions had created a tense stalemate with the Earth Alliance.
• Xiao Ran recorded details about Mars, Nadesico, and other unfamiliar entries, including Titan Robot and Sanbot Robot, whose photographs he recognized despite not remembering them.

Xiao Ran realized that the Mecha Wars World contained numerous hostile factions and that the Burning Legion could face more than ten enemies. After issuing orders and learning that the Burning Legion was returning to Orb, he met with Cagalli and Mina, who brought news about the Yamato and its crew.

• Xiao Ran reviewed the worlds and hostile factions involved in the mission, including Gamillas, the Metal Beasts, DRAGONs, the Mars Successors, the Jupiter Empire, and the AI Drones.
• Xiao Ran ordered Meyrin Hawke to check on the Burning Legion, Cruze's group, visitors from another world, and developments in a neighboring country.
• Meyrin reported that the Burning Legion was expected to arrive in Orb within one to two hours and that Cruze's group was undergoing examinations at a hospital.
• Meyrin told Xiao Ran that Cagalli and Ronde were preparing to brief him about the visitors from another world.
• After eating and changing, Xiao Ran found Cagalli and Mina waiting in his study with news about the Yamato and its crew.