Recaps

Xiao Ran learned that the Yamato had appeared damaged in Mars Successor territory and was seized, leaving its crew’s safety unknown. He ordered a joint search for the ship and a black unit while prioritizing intelligence gathering, as Cruze, Basak, Graham, and Nalo returned to his side.

• Mina briefed Xiao Ran on the Mana-using region’s hostility toward outsiders and its treatment of people unable to use Mana, and he ordered her to expand intelligence gathering there.
• Cruze, Basak, Graham, and Nalo arrived, and Cagalli told Xiao Ran the Mars Successors had seized the damaged Yamato.
• Cagalli reported that Celestial Being had taken in several Yamato members and was helping investigate the missing crew.
• Xiao Ran ordered PLANT’s intelligence agencies to help locate the Yamato and a black unit, and told Cagalli and Mina to rest while others handled the investigation.
• Cagalli left to contact Lacus and Kira, while Mina prepared information on the Mars Successors and intelligence concerning Earth.
• After Cagalli and Mina left, Graham said the Federation had ordered him to return and report immediately.

Xiao Ran sent Graham and Nalo to the Federation while El-Elf, Zechs, and Saki investigated key locations and organizations. El-Elf returned with intelligence about the mysterious continent, the Cyclone Conglomerate, and two members of Yamato's crew in Nouvel Tokyo City, but found no sign of VangRay.

• Xiao Ran agreed that Graham would report to the Federation with Nalo, while the others stayed behind to gather intelligence.
• Mwu confirmed that Bobby, Moses, and Billy were safe aboard the Burning Legion, and Xiao Ran told the group to delay rescuing Yamato until they knew more about its location and possible enemies.
• Graham and Nalo left for the Federation, and El-Elf, Zechs, and Saki later traveled aboard a Guardian Type-1 to investigate a mysterious continent and Nouvel Tokyo City.
• El-Elf reported that the continent contained several nations governed by a special council, and that he had located Yajenar and witnessed a DRAGON Biological Weapon.
• El-Elf said the Cyclone Conglomerate controlled major railway hubs and secretly researched special robots, while an unknown force monitored the conglomerate and its leading family.
• El-Elf revealed that Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi were in Nouvel Tokyo City, but the team had found no trace of VangRay.

El-Elf reported on the dragon-like monsters, the Senpuuji Conglomerate, and Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi, leading Xiao Ran to organize an investigation and protection mission in Nouvel Tokyo City. The group prepared to pursue Super AI, identify hostile forces watching the conglomerate, and locate VangRay.

• El-Elf showed the group investigation photos and reported that the Senpuuji Conglomerate had developed Brave Express robots equipped with humanlike Super AI.
• Renard volunteered to investigate Super AI, and Xiao Ran instructed El-Elf to assist him and approach the conglomerate gently.
• El-Elf reported that Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi were living with Shinguji Tatsunoshin, but VangRay's location remained unknown.
• Xiao Ran ordered Renard to contact Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi and find VangRay, while El-Elf investigated the people monitoring Mai Senpuuji.
• Xiao Ran assigned Zechs to protect the Senpuuji Conglomerate, Soji Okita, and Chitose Kisaragi during the Nouvel Tokyo City mission.
• Cruze offered to handle the Nouvel Tokyo City investigation, so Xiao Ran assigned him Moses and sent El-Elf with Billy for their respective duties.

Xiao Ran stayed in Orb while Cruze’s group went to Nouvel Tokyo City to investigate its factions and contact the Senpuuji Conglomerate. El-Elf and Billy headed into space to investigate the Mars Successors, leaving Xiao Ran to monitor events from Orb.

• Xiao Ran accepted Cruze’s advice to remain in Orb and assigned his allies to investigate Nouvel Tokyo City, the Federation, and the Mars Successors.
• El-Elf and Billy flew into space in stealth-equipped Variable Fighters to locate Yamato and investigate the Mars Successors, rebellious colonies, and Mars.
• Cruze, Zechs, Renard, and Moses arrived in Nouvel Tokyo City, where they noticed signs of hidden tension and factional attention.
• Renard used introductions from Orb and Orb Akatsuki Works to meet the Senpuuji Conglomerate, while Zechs went to receive his machine.
• Moses interrogated suspicious people, left several corpses, and headed to find Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi.
• Cruze secured a seaside warehouse as a base and began surveying the city.

Souji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi struggled to find work in Nouvel Tokyo City and talked about their separation from the Yamato and their doomed home world. Souji suggested contacting Colonel Xiao Ran, who had recently returned to Orb, as a possible way forward.

• Souji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi searched for work all morning, then rested in a central park after finding nothing suitable.
• Souji and Chitose discussed how different and peaceful this world was, and wondered whether the Yamato had come with them.
• Chitose worried that their home world would be destroyed in a year, while Souji urged her not to give up on the Yamato's mission to save it.
• Chitose agreed they needed to focus on surviving in this world, and Souji promised to support her if she chose to stay even after finding a way home.
• Souji told Chitose that Colonel Xiao Ran was a celebrated hero who had returned to Orb and suggested they try contacting him.

Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi encountered an attack by red robots and watched train-shaped robots transform and fight back. A mysterious gray-haired girl appeared and sent Soji toward the main road, prompting Cruze to order Zechs to intervene and Renard to investigate her.

• A blast drew Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi to red robots attacking the city, and Soji told Chitose to evacuate the civilians.
• A train transformed into a robot and fought the red attackers as Cruze, Renard, Moses, and Zechs watched from nearby.
• Cruze and Moses listened as Soji and Chitose argued about their lives and responsibilities.
• A mysterious gray-haired girl approached Soji and told him to run to the main road, and he followed her instruction.
• The girl told Chitose she was carrying something that did not belong to her, so Cruze sent Zechs to protect their guests while Renard and Moses moved toward her.

Zechs arrived in his modified Epyon Gundam and joined the fight against the red robots, while Soji Okita boarded VangRay and learned that its mysterious girl pilot considered the arrivals comrades. The battle continued as Zechs destroyed two enemy machines and Soji charged into the remaining enemies.

• Moses followed Renard off a rooftop, and Zechs caught them in his Epyon Gundam.
• VangRay arrived in front of Soji Okita, who boarded it and saw the mysterious girl on its cockpit screen.
• The girl told Soji that the arrivals were comrades, and he identified the approaching machine as one carried by the Burning Legion and its pilot as Zechs.
• Zechs landed near Chitose Kisaragi, sent Renard and Moses down, and charged toward the red robots.
• Zechs cut one enemy machine in two and destroyed another with his whip and beams.
• Soji charged into the remaining enemies, while Mai Senpuuji wondered where the two machines had come from.

After Zechs and Souji Okita defeated the scrap-built robots, Renard met Chitose Kisaragi and discovered that the mysterious girl Nein claimed to be VangRay’s control-system AI. The group joined Zechs and Souji amid a police cordon, where Renard identified their unit and arranged to provide the authorities with an account of the battle.

• Cruze left the rooftop after watching Zechs and Souji Okita turn the battle against the robots in their favor.
• Renard told Chitose Kisaragi that the Burning Legion had returned after the Dimensional Quake and was searching for the Yamato and its crew, though the ship was believed to be in the Mars Successors’ hands.
• Nein introduced herself as the bionic robot of VangRay’s control OS, System 99, and explained that she had created her humanlike body to gather intelligence and find the Captain and Chitose.
• Zechs, Souji Okita, and the Train Robot defeated the remaining enemies, after which the Train Robot and Train Fighter departed and police surrounded Epyon Gundam and VangRay.
• Renard led Moses, Chitose, and Nein to the police cordon, where he identified Zechs and Souji as members of the Federation Special Operations Unit and Orb personnel, and agreed to give the officers a detailed account.

Renard arranged for VangRay and Epyon Gundam to be serviced at a Senpuuji Conglomerate factory, where Nine helped overhaul VangRay and deepened his curiosity about its origins. Mai Senpuuji and other Brave Express members arrived and approached Renard’s group, asking whether both machines came from Orb.

• Renard sent VangRay and Epyon Gundam to a Senpuuji Conglomerate factory for maintenance, with Orb covering the costs.
• Renard watched Nine guide technicians and perform VangRay’s overhaul while he questioned Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi about the machine.
• Renard learned little about VangRay’s origins from Soji Okita and Chitose Kisaragi, leaving him to regard VangRay and Nine as mysterious.
• Mai Senpuuji arrived at the factory with Mitsuhiko Hamada, Izumi Matsubara, the Cyclone Family’s butler, and the factory manager.
• Mai Senpuuji examined Epyon Gundam and VangRay, asked whether they were both from Orb, and walked toward Renard and the others.

Mai Senpuuji met Renard and learned that Renard’s group had come to Nouvel Tokyo City to find the Yamato and its scattered guests, investigate unidentified forces, and exchange technology. After Mai agreed to help, another giant robot appeared in the city, and Renard sent Zechs to assist and capture prisoners.

• Mai Senpuuji thanked Souji and Renard for their help in battle and offered to maintain and resupply their machines.
• Renard explained the group’s three goals: locating the Yamato and its guests, investigating hostile forces targeting Nouvel Tokyo City and the Senpuuji Conglomerate, and exchanging technology.
• Hamada suspected Souji and Chitose Kisaragi were aliens, and Souji revealed that they came from another Earth facing imminent collapse.
• Mai promised the Senpuuji Conglomerate would help find the Yamato and the other guests, while declining to hand over Super AI technology.
• Izumi Matsubara reported that a giant robot had appeared in Nouvel Tokyo City, and Renard asked Zechs to help Mai and capture prisoners.

Xiao Ran stayed in Orb while Renard reported on the growing dangers in Nouvel Tokyo City, the Senpuuji Conglomerate’s research, and the missing rival legions. The chapter ended as new developments emerged in Nouvel Tokyo City and a mysterious Founding United Nations near Orb.

• Renard reported that Nouvel Tokyo City and the Senpuuji Conglomerate were targets of several enemies coordinated by Mr. X, so Xiao Ran agreed not to bring VangRay, Nine, Soji Okita, and Chitose Kisaragi back to Orb.
• Xiao Ran authorized Renard to negotiate with Mai Senpuuji over Super AI and gather more information from Nine, while the Senpuuji Conglomerate failed to uncover anything about Yamato.
• Xiao Ran waited for El-Elf’s intelligence and avoided rash action because he could not identify the world’s hidden mastermind or locate the Overlord Legion and the rival legion.
• Renard reported that the Mars Successors attacked Soji Okita and tried to abduct VangRay, then Nadeshiko and Celestial Being appeared in Nouvel Tokyo City.
• A new problem arose involving the mysterious Founding United Nations beside Orb.

Xiao Ran monitored the crisis in the Founding United Nations while the Mars Successors’ growing activity threatened to deepen divisions in the Federation. After Celestial Being and the Nadeshiko went to investigate a suspected base in D Area, Xiao Ran decided he and Athrun would join them if anything happened.

• Xiao Ran read intelligence about a crisis in the Founding United Nations that had ended with a queen killed and an emperor imprisoned.
• Renard reported that the Nadeshiko had requested Brave Express’s help against the increasingly active Mars Successors, and Xiao Ran ordered the units to assist alongside Ptolemaios.
• Cagalli told Xiao Ran that Federation factions were supporting the Mars Successors and urged him to return and unite forces, but he chose to wait while they investigated the unseen hand behind the unrest.
• Xiao Ran told Cagalli to send Athrun to support the Nadeshiko.
• Cagalli said Celestial Being and the Nadeshiko had gone to D Area to investigate a suspected Mars Successors base near Yajenar, and Xiao Ran asked her to keep in close contact with Celestial Being.
• Xiao Ran decided that he and Athrun would go to D Area if anything happened, hoping to make contact with Celestial Being and learn more intelligence.

Xiao Ran waited in Orb for El-Elf to return before heading to D Area to meet Celestial Being. Meanwhile, the Ptolemaios and Nadeshiko were cut off from the outside world and attacked by an apparently unmanned force, leaving their pilots to prepare to fight back.

• Xiao Ran decided to seek information from Celestial Being and VEDA after Orb's incomplete records failed to clarify the world.
• El-Elf reported that he was returning to Orb with important intelligence, so Xiao Ran stayed behind and Athrun remained with him.
• The Ptolemaios and Nadeshiko entered D Area, lost communication with the outside world, and encountered a force that appeared to belong to the Federation.
• Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang deployed their units and tried to contact the force, but it formed an attack formation and did not respond.
• The mysterious units opened fire, and Nain identified them as unmanned; Soji Okita asked Zechs if they could destroy the force.

Zechs and the other pilots fought off unmanned units until a gravity ring released a swarm of dragons into the battlefield. A new Gundam and submarine then appeared, and Renard was shaken by how familiar the submarine seemed.

• Zechs, Soji Okita, Setsuna, and Tieria attacked the unmanned units, destroying nearly a third of them within minutes.
• Nadeshiko detected an abnormal gravity reaction, and a vast ring of light appeared across the battlefield.
• Winged creatures called DRAGON emerged from the ring, leaving Tobia, Lockon, and Soji Okita stunned.
• Nadeshiko detected an unknown Gundam and a surfaced submarine near a small island.
• Renard recognized something familiar about the submarine, then urged Ruri Hoshino to determine whether the newcomers were friend or foe.

Ruri Hoshino and the allied forces joined with Teresa Testarossa’s Danaan to fight a swarm of DRAGON attacking the battlefield. As Zechs broke off toward the submarine, three unknown units arrived, and Miss Huang said they had come for the dragons.

• The DRAGON attacked the battlefield indiscriminately, destroying the Drone Unit and forcing Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang to order their forces to scatter and intercept them.
• Teresa Testarossa contacted the Nadeshiko, and Ruri Hoshino agreed to coordinate with the Danaan against the DRAGON.
• Zechs, Setsuna, Soji Okita, Tobia, and the other pilots fought the DRAGON, discovering their strength while managing to defeat several red ones.
• Three units deployed from the Danaan to attack the DRAGON, while Zechs received a message, broke off from the fight, and flew toward the submarine.
• Hallelujah reported three unknown units approaching the Nadeshiko, and Miss Huang said they had come for the DRAGON.

After the battle against the dragons, Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang accepted an invitation to Yajenar and met Teresa Testarossa, whose resemblance to Renard left the Nadeshiko crew stunned. The chapter ended when Renard appeared before Tessa and called her his foolish little sister.

• The allied forces defeated the powerful dragons, with the Green Dragon requiring a combined effort to kill.
• The three small units invited the Nadeshiko and Ptolemaios to Yajenar, and the ships also invited Danner's Son to come along.
• During a video call, Ruri Hoshino recognized Tessa's resemblance to Renard, who had disappeared from the bridge.
• Ruri Hoshino, Miss Huang, and Tessa discussed their arrival from other worlds and agreed to meet in person.
• At Yajenar, the Nadeshiko crew reacted with shock to Tessa, and Renard appeared to explain that it was because of him.

Renard Tyrostta appeared aboard the Nadeshiko and swiftly disarmed and subdued Sousuke Sagara after Sousuke attacked him. Renard left after greeting his sister Tessa, while Ruri Hoshino tried to calm the standoff and Tessa demanded an explanation about his presence.

• Chidori Kaname recognized Renard Tyrostta, and Sousuke Sagara lunged at him with a dagger and pistol.
• Renard easily disarmed Sousuke and pinned him down as Nadeshiko personnel raised their weapons at Tessa, Chidori, and the others.
• Renard released Sousuke, told Tessa he had only come to greet her, and then left the corridor.
• Ruri Hoshino ordered the Nadeshiko crew to lower their weapons and offered to explain Renard's presence and mediate.
• Tessa asked Ruri to explain the situation, while Cruz Weber questioned why Renard was allowed aboard the ship.

Ruri Hoshino explained why her side trusted Renard, while Tessa warned that the Renard from her world led the terrorist organization Amalgam. After learning about each other’s worlds, Tessa agreed to joint operations with the Nadeshiko Unit as a hired Mithril force, but distrust of Renard remained unresolved.

• Ruri Hoshino defended Renard as a trusted technical adviser, and Tessa explained that her world’s Renard controlled Amalgam and was Mithril’s enemy.
• Ruri Hoshino said she would verify Renard’s circumstances but asked Tessa to keep her subordinates from causing further trouble.
• Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang briefed Tessa and Chidori on their world, and Tessa shared information about hers; they confirmed they had crossed into another world.
• Tessa accepted joint operations with the Nadeshiko Unit on the condition that Mithril be hired and receive supplies, information, and protection.
• After Tessa and her group left, Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang concluded that someone might need to explain Renard’s situation in person to resolve the distrust.

Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang learned about Yajenar’s struggle against the DRAGONs and the Federal Army’s concealed knowledge of them, while Xiao Ran received an update on the Yamato’s whereabouts. El-Elf then revealed that multiple factions were jointly suppressing intelligence across the world.

• Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang met Yajenar commander Jill, who explained that Normas fought the DRAGONs and asked the Nadeshiko Unit for help.
• Jill told Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang that the Federal Army’s leaders had long known about the DRAGONs, but the Founding United Nations had chosen to handle the threat itself.
• El-Elf and Billy returned to Orb and told Xiao Ran that the Mars Successors had taken the Yamato to one of three suspected spaceport colonies to repair it for a planned attack on Earth.
• El-Elf told Xiao Ran that multiple forces were concealing intelligence throughout the world, including information about the Yamato, and that the Federal Army had helped suppress the news.

El-Elf warned Xiao Ran that a hidden force had manipulated intelligence and events across the world, prompting him to send Billy to investigate Nouvel Tokyo City and contact PLANT. After learning that Ruri Hoshino and Sumeragi had encountered another team connected to Renard and Danner's Son, Xiao Ran prepared to leave for Yajenar, choosing a less powerful unit to conceal his strength.

• El-Elf told Xiao Ran that records and intelligence about past conflicts, the Mars Successors, Blue Cosmos, and LOGOS had been altered or concealed by a hidden force.
• Xiao Ran sent Billy to Nouvel Tokyo City to take over from Cruze and instructed El-Elf to continue investigating the Yamato while keeping in contact with home.
• Cagalli reported that Ruri Hoshino and Sumeragi had encountered another team connected to Renard and Danner's Son, and Xiao Ran decided to speak with them in person.
• Cagalli said Yajenar had requested help with the DRAGON matter, and Xiao Ran arranged to leave with Cruze's unit while warning El-Elf and Billy to stay in contact.
• El-Elf advised Xiao Ran not to reveal his true strength, so Xiao Ran chose to pilot the original Darkness Sky instead of the Dawn.

Xiao Ran piloted Darkness Sky with Athrun to D Area, where they waited for Yajenar’s representatives. They stopped on an island so Athrun could meet his old friend Tusk.

• Xiao Ran chose the less capable Darkness Sky as his backup mecha and left Sheryl and Saki aboard the Burning Legion.
• El-Elf told Xiao Ran that the Calculation Component was missing from Mars, leaving its whereabouts and the reason for its disappearance unknown.
• Xiao Ran and Athrun flew to D Area, where Athrun said Yajenar would send someone to meet them.
• Athrun landed on an island and introduced Xiao Ran to his old friend Tusk.

Xiao Ran met Tusk in D Area and invited him to serve as an adviser while they investigated DRAGON and the Founding United Nations. Tusk agreed to accompany Xiao Ran and Athrun as they headed to Yajenar, where Para-mail pilots sent by Commander Jill arrived to escort them.

• Athrun introduced Xiao Ran to Tusk, who enthusiastically greeted him and explained that he could not leave the island because he had a mission to fulfill.
• Xiao Ran asked Tusk to join Orb and then offered to hire him as an adviser in D Area to help investigate DRAGON and the Founding United Nations.
• Athrun encouraged Tusk to accept, and Tusk agreed to accompany Xiao Ran and Athrun while they remained in D Area.
• Athrun told Xiao Ran that Yajenar's reception party had arrived, and Tusk rode in Athrun's mecha as they left the island.
• Four Para-mail machines welcomed the visitors on behalf of Commander Jill and asked them to follow.

Xiao Ran and Athrun arrived at Yajenar and met Commander Jill, Ruri Hoshino, and Miss Huang, while Xiao Ran noticed Jill’s unusual attention to Tusk. Their introduction was interrupted when DRAGON appeared, and Xiao Ran and Athrun prepared to help Yajenar’s recruits.

• Xiao Ran and Athrun flew into Yajenar’s hangar, where they found Ruri Hoshino, Miss Huang, Jill, and members of the Nadeshiko Unit waiting for them.
• The female Norma reacted excitedly to Xiao Ran and Athrun, while the Nadeshiko personnel saluted Xiao Ran and Ruri Hoshino formally introduced herself.
• Xiao Ran thanked Jill for taking in the Nadeshiko Unit, and Jill offered to show him around Yajenar.
• Ruri Hoshino agreed to invite the captain of Danner’s Son, and Jill promised to prepare a place for a meeting.
• A green-haired girl announced that DRAGON had appeared, so Jill ordered the First Squadron to intercept them and postponed the tour.
• Xiao Ran told Athrun they should help look after Yajenar’s recruits, and Athrun agreed.

After DRAGONs appeared, Jill refused the Nadeshiko Unit’s offer of help, while Xiao Ran prepared the Nadeshiko and Ptolemaios for battle. He and Renard discussed Renard’s connection to Tessa and considered using his identity if they reached Tessa’s world, where the chapter ended with Tessa arriving to meet Renard again.

• Jill declined Ruri Hoshino’s offer of assistance, and Xiao Ran sent Athrun to stand by in case the Normas needed help.
• Xiao Ran asked Danner's Son's captain and Miss Huang to board the Nadeshiko so the ships could prepare for battle.
• Renard explained that he had met Tessa and confirmed she resembled his sister but had none of the shared memories of his Tessa.
• Renard proposed maintaining his current identity in this world and using it to betray Xiao Ran if they reached Tessa’s world.
• Tessa arrived before Renard again.

Xiao Ran met Teresa Testarossa and heard her accuse Renard of being a wanted criminal and the leader of Amalgam in her world. He defended Renard’s record in this world and offered to supervise him while helping Danner’s Son and the Nadeshiko Unit cooperate.

• Xiao Ran welcomed Teresa, Kalinin, Ruri Hoshino, and Miss Huang and asked Teresa about her concerns over Renard.
• Teresa told Xiao Ran that Renard was her brother and a wanted criminal responsible for atrocities in her world.
• Xiao Ran accepted Teresa’s account but asked whether she wanted Renard handed over or punished, catching her off guard.
• Teresa explained that she wanted the Nadeshiko Unit to be wary of Renard and restrict his actions, not disrupt their alliance.
• Xiao Ran defended Renard’s conduct in this world and said he trusted him despite his past elsewhere.
• Xiao Ran offered to accompany Danner’s Son on operations, act as Renard’s guarantor, and supervise his actions.