Recaps

Brand planned Londo Bell’s descent to Earth while Mwu prepared the Burning Legion for the operation. Meanwhile, Luo and the Orb Technicians began redesigning the Yajenar PMs, leaving their pilots excited but embarrassed by the criticism of their machines.

• Brand reviewed the Federation’s mission and chose a deserted coastal city for Londo Bell’s Earth landing at sunrise.
• Mwu adjusted the Burning Legion’s personnel schedules to prepare for the descent operation.
• Luo dismantled two Yajenar PMs and joined Orb Technicians in planning upgrades to the squadron’s machines.
• The Technicians discussed new armor, power sources, weapons, cockpits, and transformation systems while criticizing the PMs’ poor design.
• The Yajenar First Squadron’s pilots listened to the proposed changes and the Technicians’ disparaging remarks, feeling excited and embarrassed.

Luo organized Orb’s technicians to redesign the PMs into stronger, faster machines and ordered the Yajenar First Squadron to begin training aboard the Burning Legion. As the technicians started work and the squad headed to training, Luo considered how their new machines could support coordinated combat.

• Luo summarized the PM’s weaknesses and assigned the technicians to redesign it using new armor, an enclosed cockpit, upgraded weapons, and a Thermonuclear Energy Engine.
• The Orb technicians split into teams and began preparing the blueprints for a Prototype Machine.
• Luo told Ange and the other First Squadron members that their new machines would be ready within two days and sent them to train under instructors aboard the Burning Legion.
• Hilda challenged Ange with a provocative glance, and Ange and the other squad members followed their guide to the training room.
• Luo reflected on the squad’s weakness and considered adding weapons or tactics to their machines to improve their coordination.

The Burning Legion, N-Akama, and La Rams descended to Earth, where the blood-red sea revealed how close the planet was to destruction. Xiao Ran and his allies recognized that the Federation and New Zeon’s war had to end, while Renard’s moves involving Amalgam and the Box of Laplace set larger changes in motion.

• The Nadeshiko, Yamato, Ptolemaios, and Danner's Son waited for their refits at Mithril Pacific Base before rejoining the Burning Legion.
• Ruri Hoshino, Miss Huang, Athrun, Kira, Shin, and Lunamaria worried Xiao Ran might turn against the Federation if it threatened the Burning Legion or harmed civilians.
• Renard formally entered the stage with the Box of Laplace, while Xiao Ran awaited Renard’s effort to regain control of Amalgam.
• The Burning Legion, N-Akama, and La Rams descended to Earth and saw a crimson sea devoid of life.
• Sheryl sensed the dead silence across the sea and nearby city, and Mwu agreed with Xiao Ran that the war between the Federation and New Zeon had to end.

Xiao Ran and Londo Bell confronted Unit G Hound after the Federation demanded that they submit to its command. The standoff exposed the Federation’s plans to control Londo Bell and the Burning Legion, while Bright challenged its approach to the space colonies.

• Moses detected an approaching Federation force, and Bright and Captain Otto identified it as Unit G Hound, which had not been summoned by Londo Bell.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu prepared the Burning Legion for battle as Bright put Londo Bell on alert and contacted the G Hound transport ship.
• Major Brown Baltak ordered Londo Bell to obey the Federation and demanded that the Burning Legion accept the Federation’s arrangements.
• Bright rejected the orders, defended the Burning Legion as Londo Bell’s ally, and insisted that Londo Bell would target enemy command centers instead of fighting a war of annihilation.
• Bright challenged Brown over the Federation’s plans for the colonies and the dangerous consequences of the battle at Industrial Seven.

Bright rejected the Rebel Army General Headquarters’ order to surrender Londo Bell and declared the force independent, prompting a confrontation with G Hound Squad. As Londo Bell prepared to fight, the Federation Special Operations Unit seized control of Nir-Akama, and Xiao Ran offered to retake it.

• Bright refused Brown’s order to hand over his command and rejected the accusation that Londo Bell were traitors.
• Brown ordered G Hound Squad to attack Bright and demanded that Londo Bell arrest him.
• Bright declared Londo Bell independent of the Federation and ordered its MS Unit to sortie.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu prepared their forces to support Londo Bell as the Ra Cailum deployed to intercept G Hound Squad.
• The Ra Cailum reported that Federation Special Operations personnel had seized Nir-Akama and its pilots, and Xiao Ran volunteered to rescue the ship.

Xiao Ran intervened when ECOAS seized the Nir-Akama, teleporting onto its bridge and rescuing Captain Otto and the crew. With his people moving to secure the ship, he left Otto to decide how to handle the captured Federation allies.

• Xiao Ran realized that, without Sousuke Sagara, Ryoma Nagare, and Tetsuya nearby, he would have to rescue the Nir-Akama himself.
• Xiao Ran took Luo from the Burning Legion and flew him to the Nir-Akama while Graham, Zechs, Saki, and Nalo fought alongside the Ra Cailum's forces.
• Xiao Ran teleported from Darkness Sky onto the Nir-Akama's bridge and knocked out the two ECOAS men holding Captain Otto and the crew captive.
• Xiao Ran freed Otto and the bridge crew, and Otto ordered the two intruders detained.
• Xiao Ran told Otto that his people were securing the ship and suggested the captured ECOAS members could be persuaded to join them.

Xiao Ran helped retake the Nir-Akama’s bridge, then returned to the Burning Legion as the battle continued and reports revealed Amalgam forces nearby. Renard said he had secured control of Amalgam but was still sorting through the world’s tangled political intelligence.

• Xiao Ran helped Captain Otto retake the Nir-Akama’s bridge, and Otto ordered the ship’s personnel to reclaim the remaining sections and launch its MS Unit.
• Xiao Ran teleported back to the Darkness Sky while Luo helped reclaim the Nir-Akama’s hangar and free its pilots.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Burning Legion, where Mwu reported that nearby New Zeon, Gamillas, and Amalgam forces had been detected.
• Xiao Ran suspected Amalgam was targeting Banagher’s Unicorn Gundam and told Mwu to contact Renard and order the Amalgam force to withdraw.
• Renard told Xiao Ran that he had secured control of Amalgam, while El-Elf and Basak handled remaining opposition, but that investigating the world’s factions would take time.

Renard told Xiao Ran that Amalgam had deeply infiltrated the Federation and New Zeon, and that it was connected to Anaheim, the Unicorn Gundam, and NERV. After finding clues in his private Database about DRAGON, God, and another world, Renard left for his headquarters to investigate further.

• Renard explained Amalgam’s influence and the Unicorn Gundam’s NT-D system to Xiao Ran, who ordered him to bring Amalgam under their control.
• Renard agreed to recall the Amalgam force fighting near Xiao Ran and asked him to defeat the United Forces of New Zeon and Gamillas.
• Renard discovered startling information in his private Database connected to DRAGON, God, and another world.
• Renard ended the call, destroyed the computer, and flew with several people and two Sub-miniature AS units to his headquarters.

Xiao Ran and Mwu investigated whether DRAGON and gods connected the Cosmic Era World to other worlds, while Amalgam’s withdrawal exposed its New Zeon and Gamillas allies. The battle continued as Xiao Ran assigned the Gundam Squad to attack, and Brown rejected Bright’s offer to cooperate against New Zeon.

• Xiao Ran told Mwu that Renard had found references to DRAGON, gods, and another world in Amalgam’s Database, and they considered whether gods meant AmbriO.
• Mwu suggested DRAGON might live in the Cosmic Era World and had been involved in bringing Danner’s Son and the Gundam Squad into the Western Calendar World.
• Moses reported that Amalgam had withdrawn and that New Zeon’s forces were now exposed.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo’s machine to rendezvous with the Nir-Akama and assigned the Gundam Squad to frighten New Zeon’s troops and destroy Gamillas’s combat forces.
• Bright contacted Brown to propose a joint attack on New Zeon, but Brown refused and continued treating Londo Bell as the Federation’s main target.

Luo and the others destroyed New Zeon, Gamillas, and the Federation forces, then Bright declared Londo Bell an independent force free to act on its own. Xiao Ran supported the break from the Federation and urged Londo Bell to end the war.

• Luo rushed to the launch deck, boarded his mecha, and flew with Graham and Nalo toward New Zeon and Gamillas.
• Xiao Ran told Luo and the others to capture Xi Di Li, and they returned it as a limbless wreck after defeating New Zeon and Gamillas.
• Graham and the others joined the Gundam Squad and helped wipe out the Federation forces, while the Garuda and several officers escaped.
• Reiram and Otto acknowledged that New Zeon and the Federation forces had been defeated, while Bright declared Londo Bell independent of the Federation.
• Xiao Ran agreed with Bright and argued that Londo Bell should act freely to end the war.

After Londo Bell broke with the Federation, Bright arranged for the unit’s people in space and then asked Xiao Ran what he knew about the Federation and Amalgam. Xiao Ran explained Renard’s hidden goal and hinted at a greater evil in the world, leaving Bright demanding to know what it was.

• The Burning Legion, Nir-Akama, and Ra Cailum recovered their mobile suits and departed the ruined coastal city while Londo Bell’s members grappled with being branded rebels.
• Bright arranged for Londo Bell’s forces in space, while Gido helped the mobile suit pilots accept their break with the Federation.
• Bright contacted Xiao Ran privately and asked whether his earlier comments about the Federation concealed information.
• Xiao Ran said Renard had left the Burning Legion to pursue peace and that learning about Renard had revealed an even greater evil in the world.
• Bright asked Xiao Ran to explain what that greater evil was and what he had learned.

Xiao Ran told Bright that the Federation had caused the Laplace Satellite disaster to suppress the Original Constitution and the rights it granted to space residents and Newtypes. Bright asked to see the document in person and was left questioning everything he had believed about the Federation, Zeon, and the war.

• Xiao Ran asked Bright about the Laplace Satellite explosion and revealed that the Federation, not anti-government forces, had caused it.
• Xiao Ran explained that Renard possessed the Original Constitution, whose concealed articles could expose the Federation’s violations and threaten the interests of its leaders.
• Bright asked Xiao Ran to arrange a personal meeting with Renard so he could examine the evidence.
• Bright accepted Xiao Ran’s account and began to see Zeon and Amalgam as fighting for rightful causes while the Federation had become the oppressor.
• Bright muttered that he was fortunate to have left the Federation, and Xiao Ran wondered whether the revelation had driven him out of his mind.

After Londo Bell broke away from the Earth Federation, Xiao Ran persuaded Bright to take the fleet to Merida Island to regroup with Mithril. Xiao Ran informed his allies of the change and planned to use the shifting alliances to expand his influence.

• Xiao Ran asked Bright to decide Londo Bell’s next move, but Bright was too shaken by the revelation about the Earth Federation to think clearly.
• Xiao Ran and Bright agreed that the crews needed time to recover, the Nir-Akama needed stronger security, and the Gundam Squad needed repairs.
• Xiao Ran proposed Merida Island as a safe rear base, and Bright agreed to take Londo Bell there to meet Mithril.
• Xiao Ran asked Mwu to tell Tessa’s side and the Yamato, Ptolemaios, Nadeshiko, and Danner's Son about Londo Bell’s rebellion.
• Xiao Ran considered how Londo Bell’s break with the Federation would weaken Mithril’s support and concluded that the changing powers could become sources of his influence.

After Londo Bell broke with the Federation, Xiao Ran’s allies discussed how to proceed and agreed to rendezvous at Merida Island. Xiao Ran said he had information unknown to Mithril and Londo Bell, leaving Tessa and the others wondering whether Renard had provided it.

• Mwu told Tessa, Juzo Okita, Miss Huang, and Ruri Hoshino that Londo Bell had become a traitor to the Federation, and Tessa was shocked by the news.
• Tessa, Miss Huang, and Juzo Okita discussed how Londo Bell’s defection made the Federation a new enemy while they still hoped to help end the wars in this world.
• Xiao Ran announced plans to discuss intelligence unknown to Mithril and Londo Bell, and said the Burning Legion and Londo Bell’s two warships would travel to Merida Island.
• Tessa agreed to prepare Merida Island for their arrival within three hours, while Miss Huang, Ruri Hoshino, and Tessa continued talking after the main call ended.
• Ruri Hoshino said Xiao Ran and Renard trusted each other deeply and admitted she had doubted Tessa’s claim that Renard was a bad person.

Tessa admitted she knew nothing about why Renard had joined Amalgam or stood alongside Xiao Ran, while Miss Huang suggested he might have changed. The Burning Legion arrived at Merida Island, and the commanders gathered in Tessa’s office to hear Xiao Ran.

• Ruri Hoshino and Miss Huang explained why they trusted Renard and considered the possibility that he had changed.
• Tessa said she knew nothing about Renard’s motives or his connection to Amalgam, Mithril, and the Western Calendar World.
• Juzo Okita said the Burning Legion would arrive soon, and Ruri Hoshino urged Tessa to prepare for Londo Bell being branded traitors.
• The Burning Legion, Ra Cailum, and Nir-Akama arrived above Merida Island, drawing the crews and Mithril personnel outside to see them.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu allowed the Burning Legion’s crew to move about freely after their world transfer.
• The commanders of the Yamato, Nadeshiko, Ptolemaios, Mithril, Ra Cailum, Nir-Akama, and Burning Legion gathered in Tessa’s office and focused their attention on Xiao Ran.

Londo Bell joined the other forces, and the group formed the Victory Fleet to fight for all three worlds. Xiao Ran then prepared to explain the true objectives of the Federation, New Zeon, and Renard.

• Tessa introduced Bright, Captain Otto, and the others, then asked Bright how Londo Bell would proceed after being declared traitors.
• Bright said Londo Bell would withdraw from the Federation-New Zeon war, protect the space colonies, and join the others in fighting to save all three worlds.
• Juzo Okita welcomed Bright and Otto into the group on behalf of the assembled forces.
• Juzo Okita proposed naming the combined fleet, and Xiao Ran suggested the Victory Fleet, which everyone accepted.
• Juzo Okita said travel between the three worlds must remain their highest priority, and Xiao Ran agreed before raising the true objectives of the Federation, New Zeon, and Renard.

Xiao Ran argued that Renard pursued a shared future through extreme methods, while the Federation and Zeon were also responsible for countless civilian deaths. Brad acknowledged that the Federation’s leaders might have helped create the world’s conflict, leaving Tessa unable to answer Xiao Ran’s challenge.

• Xiao Ran explained that Renard had willingly become darkness to pursue a light he hoped to share with others.
• Tessa condemned Renard for deciding that others could be sacrificed, and Xiao Ran asked whether the Federation and New Zeon had any more right to make that choice.
• Xiao Ran contrasted Renard’s crimes with the civilian deaths caused by the Federation and Zeon, challenging Tessa over Londo Bell and Mithril’s roles.
• Tessa argued that Zeon’s wars against Earth had caused the conflict, but Brad replied that the Federation’s leaders might have orchestrated the evil behind it.

Bright explained that the Federation’s leaders were connected to the Laplace Tragedy and that Renard possessed the true Original Constitution, which could destabilize the Federation. After agreeing to arrange a meeting with Renard, Richard received an urgent call that sent the group toward Japan in the Far East.

• Bright said the current Federation was controlled by usurpers and war criminals, and that Renard had obtained the Original Constitution guaranteeing Newtype rights and equality for space residents.
• Mwu explained that Renard had left the Burning Legion to regain control of Amalgam and prevent it from causing greater destruction.
• Xiao Ran said he had learned about Renard and the Original Constitution and agreed to arrange a meeting so Tessa and Richard could confirm the truth.
• Richard answered a phone call and announced that an emergency required them to depart immediately for Japan in the Far East.

Xiao Ran and the others rushed to Third Tokyo City after learning that an Apostle threat had wiped out the Far East Army. They arrived to find an Evangelion fighting Great Mazinger and two other machines, while the Apostle’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Richard reported that the Far East Army had been defeated and issued the CODE: ANGEL alert, prompting Bright to order an immediate departure.
• Tessa and Bright explained that the Far East Army protected Earth from Apostles and that a Second Impact could lead to the world’s destruction.
• Ruri Hoshino used the Nadeshiko’s Boson Jump to transport the assembled fleet to Third Tokyo City.
• The fleet arrived to see a purple Evangelion fighting Great Mazinger and two other machines as Federal Army units attacked the Evangelion.
• Tessa identified the purple machine as an Evangelion, and Bright ordered the pilots to sortie and stop the battle while he contacted NERV.

Xiao Ran sensed that the berserk EVA Unit-01 possessed a living soul and power approaching Legend-class, so he ordered a large force to help restrain it and rescue its pilot. The battle continued as the Victory Fleet divided its units between Unit-01 and the hostile Federation machines in Third Tokyo City.

• Xiao Ran felt a psychic warning from Unit-01 and judged its strength and AT Field to be approaching Legend-class.
• Mwu launched the Victory Fleet’s units, and they joined Great Mazinger in fighting Unit-01.
• Gido, Kouji Kabuto, and Amuro discussed how Unit-01 had gone berserk and agreed to stop it without destroying the machine or harming its pilot.
• Bright reported that NERV had requested the fleet stop Unit-01, rescue its pilot, and eliminate the hostile Federation machines throughout Third Tokyo City.
• Xiao Ran warned the fleet against unconventional contact with Unit-01’s pilot and assigned Kira, Athrun, Shin, Ryoma Nagare, Tetsuya, and others to restrain Unit-01 while the remaining forces cleared the city.

Xiao Ran analyzed Unit-01’s AT Field and concluded that concentrated attacks could exceed its defensive limit, while the others held back to avoid harming the unconscious Shinji Ikari. He had Mwu relay the weakness to the pilots and stayed off the battlefield as they continued fighting.

• Xiao Ran observed that Unit-01’s spherical AT Field weakened its defense compared with a concentrated, one-sided field, and that raising it briefly left Unit-01 unable to attack.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that the AT Field could be overcome by an attack exceeding its damage-negation limit or by another AT Field, but the pilots’ reluctance to injure Shinji Ikari kept their attacks restrained.
• Xiao Ran recognized that the others’ loyalty to their companions was valuable and chose not to force them to destroy Unit-01.
• Xiao Ran had Mwu tell the pilots about the AT Field’s defensive limit so they could suppress Unit-01 more quickly.
• Xiao Ran decided not to sortie because he had no need to test Unit-01 himself.

After Unit-01 was disabled and the battlefield briefly quieted, a new Angel appeared and the Victory Fleet rushed to intercept it. As Xiao Ran launched to investigate, a massive rift opened above Tokyo-3 and a horde of DRAGONs emerged, leaving the fleet shocked and unsure whether the creatures had allied with the Angels.

• Kouji Kabuto used Great Mazinger to break Unit-01's AT Field and stop its rampage, allowing NERV to recover it.
• A new Angel appeared near Tokyo-3, and Amuro led the fleet's units to intercept it.
• Xiao Ran launched the Darkness Sky while considering NERV's aims and whether Gendo Ikari might become an enemy.
• A huge rift opened above Tokyo-3 and released countless DRAGONs.
• Bright and the others wondered whether the DRAGONs had targeted the fleet or were working with the Angels.

DRAGON appeared alongside an insect-like Angel and attacked it, while ignoring the pilots caught in their crossfire. The chapter left Amuro and the others scrambling to evade the barrage as they realized the DRAGON treated them like air.

• Ange, Gido, Setsuna, and Ryoma reacted with confusion to the DRAGON appearing alongside the Angels, while Setsuna and Ryoma sensed no hostility from them.
• Vivian said she felt the DRAGON had appeared because of the Angel, and Salia relayed her impression to Xiao Ran through Mwu.
• Xiao Ran agreed the DRAGON likely came for the Angel, though he sensed neither goodwill nor hostility from them.
• The DRAGON unleashed a vast barrage of attacks on the Angel, filling the sky with lightning and magical-looking beams.
• Amuro and the others were caught in the DRAGON's attacks as they intercepted the Angel, and Shin complained while Athrun explained that the DRAGON were ignoring them rather than targeting them.

Xiao Ran watched the DRAGONs attack the Angels while ignoring the Victory Fleet, and he ordered his pilots to withdraw and leave the DRAGONs alone. He suspected the DRAGONs were native to this world and connected to the Angels, while the Angel continued fighting back against their overwhelming assault.

• Xiao Ran sensed the DRAGONs were indifferent to the Victory Fleet, ordered the pilots to retreat, and forbade them from attacking the DRAGONs.
• After the pilots withdrew, the DRAGONs unleashed their full firepower against the Angels, confirming they had previously held back.
• Xiao Ran recalled Renard’s remarks about DRAGONs, gods, and another world, and considered whether the DRAGONs knew the Angels threatened Third Tokyo City.
• Xiao Ran speculated that AmbriO might connect several worlds, but judged that Gedim or the Great Evil might be the greater threat.
• Xiao Ran saw the besieged Angel tear DRAGONs apart with its energy whips as the swarm continued attacking.

Shin, Kira, Gido, and the other pilots joined the DRAGONs in fighting the Apostle after realizing the creatures were humans protecting Earth. Xiao Ran charged Darkness Sky’s weapon beyond its limits and fired a beam at the Apostle, leaving the battle’s outcome unclear in the blinding light.

• The pilots watched the Apostle tear apart the DRAGONs, who continued attacking despite their losses.
• Shin charged the Apostle in Shining Destiny Gundam, and Kira and Gido followed as the other pilots joined the battle.
• Ange entered the fight and unleashed her ultimate move, empowering her special PM with golden light.
• Xiao Ran gathered an enormous amount of energy in Darkness Sky’s weapon while the other fighters and the DRAGONs cleared a path.
• The Apostle swung its energy whips at Darkness Sky as Xiao Ran fired a blue-and-gold beam that struck it and filled the area with white light.