Recaps

Xiao Ran restrained Link, learned that she was a spiritual body and the last of her people, and faced Yulisha's ultimatum: destroy Link or let the sleeping Yamato crew remain trapped. He chose to seek another solution and ordered a Rune Engine brought to him so Saki could help imprison Link's soul.

• Xiao Ran used his Mental Power to restrain Link and confronted Lieutenant Misaki, who revealed she was Yulisha of Iskandar inhabiting Yuria Misaki's body.
• Yulisha warned that Link's interference would keep the sleeping Yamato crew from awakening and asked Xiao Ran to choose between them and Link.
• Link refused to cooperate, and Xiao Ran asked Yulisha whether he could imprison her spiritual body.
• After learning that Link's soul would eventually dissipate without a body, Xiao Ran realized a Rune Engine might confine her.
• Xiao Ran contacted Saki, learned she had awakened most of the bridge crew, and ordered her to have Mwu send over a Rune Engine.

Xiao Ran had Puru seal Link’s forcibly separated soul into a sphere that could be placed inside a Rune Engine. He planned to use the engine to contain her, while the unconscious crew would need another method to be awakened.

• Saki brought a Rune Engine from the Burning Legion after Xiao Ran requested one.
• Xiao Ran sent Nine to take the unconscious Lieutenant Misaki to the infirmary, and Saki summoned Puru to examine Link.
• Puru identified Link as a soul sustained by a mental body and said she could be sealed in a Rune Engine, though controlling her would be difficult.
• Puru used a rune to compress Link into a glowing sphere, then told Xiao Ran that GN Particles might help awaken the other unconscious people.

Xiao Ran protected the immobilized Yamato while the Victory Fleet fought a much larger Gamillas force, and he entered the Mental Communication Space to bring the unconscious crew out. The fleet’s captains recognized that the Yamato’s condition constrained their response, but worried that sending pilots into the enemy formation could expose them to another unknown trap.

• Saki returned to the Burning Legion with the Rune Engine while Xiao Ran entered Dawn, and the Victory Fleet began fighting a Gamillas Fleet of 120 warships.
• The Gamillas fleet used coordinated long-range barrages and fighter harassment, forcing the Victory Fleet to defend the helpless Yamato rather than charge recklessly.
• Xiao Ran activated Dawn’s Wings of Light and pulled the unconscious people aboard the Yamato into the Mental Communication Space.
• Brad, Ruri Hoshino, and Miss Huang discussed how the Yamato’s disabled engines and defenses limited their options and feared that pilots sent into the enemy formation might also be put to sleep.

After the Yamato’s crew recovered from the enemy’s sleep-inducing attack, Xiao Ran reassured the fleet that the attack could not be repeated. The Victory Fleet launched a full assault on the Gamillas Fleet, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved as fast units pushed toward the enemy formation.

• The Victory Fleet inspected its ships after discovering Hypnosis Gas aboard the Yamato, while the captains worried the attack might threaten their pilots.
• Xiao Ran pulled the Yamato’s affected crew back to reality through the Mental Communication Space and announced that the attack had been dealt with.
• Mwu ordered the Yamato to follow while the Burning Legion and the True Getter Dragon led the assault, supported by the MS Unit.
• The Victory Fleet advanced with full firepower as the Burning Legion’s missiles and Anti-Beam Particles disrupted and weakened the Gamillas Fleet’s attacks.
• The Victory Fleet’s pilots swept aside Gamillas Space Fighters, while Kira, Athrun, Amuro, Setsuna, and other fast units charged toward the enemy warships.
• Xiao Ran watched from the rear of the formation without firing as several units disappeared from sight amid the battlefield’s beams.

Xiao Ran reviewed the Victory Fleet’s shortcomings in its battle against the Gamillas Fleet, concluding that many units and pilots were poorly suited or unaccustomed to long-range space combat. He identified ways to improve their support equipment and tactics, but the chapter ended with the fleet still needing to adapt to how space battles were truly fought.

• Xiao Ran observed that close-combat units such as EVA, Titans, Sanbot, and the Brave Express Team could not contribute much at warship engagement range, and considered equipping them with shields or Beam Directional Armor fitted with VPS Armor.
• Xiao Ran recalled that he had asked Luo to develop backpacks for EVA to improve its movement and long-range combat capabilities, but the fleet had encountered Gamillas’s combat probe before they were ready.
• Xiao Ran divided the pilots’ poor performance between those constrained by the fleet’s defensive formation and those unaccustomed to space combat or using unsuitable units.
• Xiao Ran noted that Wilt and Xiao Lu had not adapted their tactics to the new Huckebein and Guren Gishin, while Ryoma Nagare, Kouji Kabuto, and Tetsuya could have charged the enemy formation.
• Xiao Ran pointed out that Ange, Akihito Tenkawa, Setsuna, Nadeshiko’s Summer Flower-series units, and the Yajenar First Squadron had jump capabilities but had stayed beside the fleet.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Victory Fleet’s pilots had not yet grown accustomed to the real methods of combat in space.

Xiao Ran assessed the Gamillas fleet’s skilled tactics and suspected it had received intelligence about the Victory Fleet from the Impact Legion. With the battle shifting after Yamato recovered, he resolved that the Victory Fleet would have to keep advancing despite the uncertainty.

• Xiao Ran noted that Gamillas had exploited the Victory Fleet’s weaknesses, though its fighters had suffered heavy losses against the superior Mobile Units.
• Xiao Ran observed that the Gamillas commander withdrew the fleet and fighter squadron after Yamato regained mobility.
• Xiao Ran reasoned that the enemy’s measured tactics suggested it was testing the Victory Fleet rather than trying to destroy it outright.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Impact Legion was the likeliest source of Gamillas’s intelligence and suspected it had a deep connection to the Gamillas faction.
• Xiao Ran decided the Victory Fleet had to investigate the Impact Legion while continuing to advance, since retreat was not an option.

The Gamillas Fleet retreated while using its warships to shield dozens of armed Planet Bombs, threatening the Victory Fleet and the Space Gate. Xiao Ran assigned his forces to stop the bombs and destroy the enemy bridges, then joined the operation as backup.

• The Gamillas Fleet retreated and redirected part of its fire to block the advancing Mobile Units while revealing Planet Bombs aboard its warships.
• Xiao Ran recognized the danger to both fleets and the Space Gate, then ordered Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, and Nalu to prevent the bombs from affecting them.
• Cruze judged the Planet Bombs to be a warning, while Graham proposed destroying the enemy bridges to reduce the threat.
• Nalu prepared to snipe any Planet Bombs that moved, Luo and Basak agreed to support Graham, and Mwu prepared MED Warheads and the Burning Legion's cannon.
• Xiao Ran ordered Akito, Setsuna, Ange, and their teams to join the assault and destroy the enemy bridges, with Xiao Ran accompanying them as backup.

Admiral Domel and Intelligence Minister Misera assessed the Victory Fleet and the Burning Legion, discussing the unknown forces and weapons involved. Domel realized the Burning Legion might carry the same planet-threatening weapon as the ship on Iskandar, while the Impact Legion remained trapped between Gamillas and the Overlord Legion.

• Domel and Misera judged the humanoid Mobile Weapons powerful but argued that battleships and overwhelming numbers would remain decisive in space warfare.
• Domel and Misera recognized the Burning Legion as the same model as the ship on Iskandar and speculated that both were connected to the forces that appeared alongside Yamato.
• Domel noted that the Burning Legion might transform and possess a weapon capable of distorting space or swallowing a planet, prompting Misera to identify it as a possible Dimension Devourer.
• Xiao Ran had equipped the Overlord Legion with upgraded units, plentiful ammunition, and a Dimension Devourer capable of destroying Iskandar and Gamillas.
• Gamillas and the Overlord Legion kept the Impact Legion's main force under observation, leaving it able to send only small, unsuccessful infiltration units toward Iskandar.

The Overlord Legion remained trapped on Iskandar in a standoff with Gamillas and the Impact Legion while waiting for the Burning Legion. As Xiao Ran’s forces approached, he planned to gather and train the arriving pilots, and his strike group suddenly appeared in the center of the Gamillas Fleet.

• Gamillas kept its main force on Iskandar, where Naza and the Dimension Devourer helped maintain a tense standoff with the trapped Overlord Legion and the Impact Legion.
• The Overlord Legion continued waiting for the Burning Legion, unaware that its reinforcements included many inexperienced pilots and had no additional warships beyond the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran’s forces gathered a powerful team of pilots and planned to train them after the battle with Gamillas, while preparing Tactical Armor for pilots who needed more offensive power.
• Akihito Tenkawa, Setsuna, Ange, and Xiao Ran led more than a dozen units in a sudden attack that placed them in the center of the Gamillas Fleet.

The Victory Fleet’s Yajenar First Squadron and Summer Flower team devastated the Gamillas Fleet with sudden Space Jump attacks, leaving Domel to fear what similar Mobile Weapons could do to Gamillas and Iskandar. As Domel ordered Misera to escape with a warning for President Desla, green lights appeared across the bridge and a voice declared that nobody could leave.

• 00Q, Ange, the Yajenar First Squadron, and Akihito Tenkawa’s Summer Flower team attacked the Gamillas Fleet with rapid Space Jumps, disabling or destroying more than half its warships.
• Domel realized the small humanoid Mobile Weapons had overwhelmed his fleet and feared the danger posed by the forces at Iskandar.
• Domel told Misera to escape and warn President Desla about the Victory Fleet’s Mobile Weapons and the threats near Iskandar.
• Misera turned to leave, but green lights suddenly appeared throughout the bridge and an unseen speaker said that none of them could leave.

Xiao Ran appeared on Domel’s bridge, stopped Misera from shooting him, and forced Domel to surrender the Gamillas fleet. After the fighting ended, Xiao Ran summoned Domel and Misera to the Burning Legion, while Domel ordered his crew to report the battle and warn President Desla about the Impact Fleet.

• Xiao Ran teleported onto Domel’s bridge and disarmed Misera when she aimed her pistol at him.
• Xiao Ran threatened to destroy the Gamillas fleet unless its crew surrendered, and Domel ordered them to stop fighting.
• Xiao Ran called off the Victory Fleet’s attacks once the Gamillas ships sent surrender signals, and the Victory Fleet surrounded the assembled fleet.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Burning Legion and told Domel and Misera to come aboard his ship.
• Domel ordered his crew to restore communications, report the battle to the Imperial Star, and warn President Desla about the Impact Fleet.

Xiao Ran received a weak, garbled FOLD Wave message from the Overlord Legion asking the Burning Legion for reinforcements. As Domel and Misera arrived, he prepared to question them about the Overlord Legion and the Impact Legion before heading through the Space Gate to Iskandar.

• Domel brought Misera aboard the Burning Legion after his fleet’s communications were cut off by interference.
• Mwu confirmed that the Burning Legion had detected intermittent FOLD Wave communication from the Overlord Legion.
• Xiao Ran listened to a distorted message that mentioned the Burning Legion, its location, and reinforcements.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Domel and Misera might explain the Overlord Legion’s situation and the Impact Legion’s presence near Iskandar.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Burning Legion to stay alert and prepare to pass through the Space Gate for Iskandar once they had answers.

Gedim appeared while the Victory Fleet was dealing with the Gamillas Fleet, forcing Xiao Ran to lead a small group against the new threat. The enemy’s stronger units suggested Gedim was collecting battle data and adapting, leaving Xiao Ran concerned about how far it could replicate the Victory Fleet’s forces.

• Gedim’s arrival alarmed the fleets, and Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to have Saki watch Domel and Misera for signs of danger.
• Xiao Ran launched in the Dawn and found Gedim’s forces had grown, including a new red A-class mecha and an A-minus Commander Unit.
• Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, Naluo, and others joined Xiao Ran, while the rest of the Victory Fleet held its positions near the Gamillas Fleet.
• Luo noticed that Gedim’s Mook and Captain Units had improved, and Xiao Ran suspected the enemy was using repeated battles to gather data and upgrade itself.
• Cruze warned that Gedim might use the data to replicate Victory Fleet pilots and mecha, and possibly had already obtained data on the Hostile Legion.

Xiao Ran and Luo suspected Gedim was collecting combat data and receiving help from the Impact Legion as its forces grew stronger. The Victory Fleet then faced Jiemi and was shocked to discover Chitose Kisaragi alongside Gedim.

• Xiao Ran and Luo discussed Gedim's repeated attacks, its improved Mobile Units, and their suspicion that its goals went beyond collecting combat data.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Victory Fleet needed to deal with Gedim and Gamillas quickly as both developed stronger forces.
• Jiemi appeared over communications and told the Victory Fleet that the girl beside her, not Jiemi, would be their opponent.
• Soji Okita and the Victory Fleet recognized the girl in the Combat Suit as Chitose Kisaragi, and Xiao Ran asked the Burning Legion to contact El-Elf about her presence with Gedim.

Chitose Kisaragi appeared with Gedim and said she had come willingly to defeat Souji and take the Yamato to save the worlds. Xiao Ran warned her that the Victory Fleet would oppose her, then ordered the fleet to attack Gedim.

• Tobia, Tetsuya, and Kim Kido reacted with shock and questioned why Chitose Kisaragi was fighting alongside Gedim.
• Athrun urged the Victory Fleet to stay calm and consider that Chitose might have her own reasons.
• Xiao Ran asked Chitose why she had joined Gedim, and she said she needed to defeat Souji and take the Yamato to save three worlds.
• Xiao Ran challenged Chitose to accept the consequences of opposing the Victory Fleet and ordered the fleet to wipe out Gedim.
• Cruze, Graham, Basak, Luo, and Nalo launched attacks against Gedim's forces, with Graham targeting Chitose's Jiemi Commander Unit.

Cruze and Nalo devastated the Gedim Mobile Unit with coordinated suppressive fire while Graham and Basak attacked its pilots. Xiao Ran waited for their assaults to reach their targets, then unleashed Dawn’s enormous beam across the battlefield, leaving Jiemi and Chitose’s mechas as the only Gedim units not struck.

• Cruze used his GN Dragoons and beam cannons to harass enemies and control the battle, while Nalo suppressed them with BITs and Rainbow Cannons and targeted them with her sniper rifle.
• Cruze and Nalo focused their attacks on the Gedim Captain Units, forcing the Gedim formation to scatter under Jiemi’s orders.
• Graham cut through Gedim mechas and charged Jiemi’s Commander Unit as Basak rushed toward Chitose’s Red Mecha.
• Xiao Ran charged Dawn’s combined weapon and waited until Graham and Basak had engaged their targets before firing.
• Dawn’s massive beam split into countless green beams that pierced every Gedim mecha except those piloted by Jiemi and Chitose.

Domel and Misera watched Dawn devastate the enemy and realized the Victory Fleet could destroy their forces with ease. As Saki Maski received them in Xiao Ran’s office, Misera considered taking her hostage but backed down after Saki warned that she could not be controlled.

• Saki Maski told Domel and Misera that Xiao Ran was dealing with a sudden enemy so he could meet them afterward.
• Domel recognized that Dawn’s attack could wipe out his fleet and asked Saki whether the display was meant to intimidate them.
• Saki said the fleet had spared Domel’s forces so its inexperienced members could learn from the fight, and claimed she could defeat them herself if needed.
• Misera considered seizing Saki to escape, then asked whether the crew cared so little about her safety.
• Saki assured Misera that controlling her could let them escape with their warships, but insisted they could not manage it; Misera abandoned the idea.

Xiao Ran destroyed nearly all of the Gedim Mobile Unit while Naluo and Cruze cut off Jiemi’s escape routes. Chitose’s Red Mecha disrupted Basak’s charge with space-time rifts, but Basak transformed Mazinger Kaiser into a blazing berserk form and reached her, leaving her to desperately evade and fire back.

• Xiao Ran’s Dawn destroyed the Gedim Mobile Unit except for the machines piloted by Chitose and Jiemi.
• Naluo fired pinpoint shots at Jiemi’s Commander Unit while Cruze used his GN Dragoons to block its escape routes.
• Chitose’s Red Mecha repelled Mazinger Kaiser’s fists and unleashed beams that created unstable pseudo-Spatial Faults, slowing Basak’s charge.
• Basak’s body and Mazinger Kaiser transformed under his berserk will and the Triple Red System, breaking through the spatial disruption at tremendous speed.
• Chitose screamed and tried to retreat while firing beams at the crimson, winged Mazinger Kaiser as it reached her.

Basak’s berserk Mazinger Kaiser brutally disabled Chitose’s mech, leaving her gravely injured, until Luo intervened and stopped him. Luo took both pilots and the wreckage back toward the Burning Legion, while Xiao Ran asked why Mazinger Kaiser had no safety measure to restrain Basak.

• Basak’s berserk instincts let him evade Chitose’s space-time attack and tear apart her mech, leaving Chitose unconscious and bleeding.
• Soji Okita shouted for someone to stop Basak before he killed Chitose, as Basak began to rip her damaged mech apart.
• Luo appeared in a golden mech, struck Mazinger Kaiser’s head, and kicked it away before ordering Basak to calm down.
• Basak regained control and told Luo that Chitose’s attack had felt dangerous and used an unfamiliar kind of power.
• Luo gathered Chitose’s wrecked mech and Basak’s headless Mazinger Kaiser and headed back to the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran asked why Luo had not installed a safety measure, and Luo said he would add one and adjust the experimental mech using the battle data.

After the Victory Fleet destroyed the Gedim Unit and dismantled the captured Red Mecha, Xiao Ran met with Domel and Misera. He asked whether their loyalty lay with Gamillas or President Desla, and both insisted the two were inseparable.

• Graham swiftly defeated Jiemi by cleaving her Commander Unit in two, and the Victory Fleet wiped out the Gedim Mobile Unit.
• The crew removed the unconscious Chitose Kisaragi from the Red Mecha and dismantled it in the Burning Legion's hangar.
• Xiao Ran met with Domel and Misera, who struggled to respond to their former enemy after witnessing the Victory Fleet's overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Ran told Domel and Misera he did not need information about Gamillas's forces because his fleet could contend with all of them.
• Xiao Ran asked whether Domel and Misera were loyal to Gamillas or President Desla, and both said they were loyal to both.

Xiao Ran questioned Domel and Misera about the forces on Iskandar and the Impact Legion, promising to release them if their answers satisfied him. Misera described the Overlord Legion’s occupation of Iskandar and explained that the Impact Legion had been forced into Gamillas’s service and was now trapped between Gamillas and Iskandar.

• Xiao Ran assessed Domel’s loyalty to the Gamillas Empire and Misera’s loyalty to President Desla, then asked them for information about the Iskandar occupiers and the Impact Legion.
• Misera asked Xiao Ran to guarantee their release, and he said she would have to trust his word.
• Misera revealed that the Overlord Legion had a ship like Xiao Ran’s, occupied Iskandar’s imperial palace, and held the Empress hostage.
• Misera said the Impact Legion had pursued the Overlord Legion to Iskandar, after which Gamillas forced it to become an auxiliary legion.
• Misera explained that the Impact Legion was trapped between Gamillas’s fleet and Iskandar, and asked to let Domel contact his bridge so its intelligence could be transmitted.

Misera and Domel traded information with Xiao Ran, but Xiao Ran recognized Misera’s plan to falsify intelligence and sent Saki and El-Elf to retrieve the records directly. After confining the visitors, Xiao Ran checked on Chitose and found Luo struggling to analyze the advanced technology in her machine.

• Misera asked Domel to transmit intelligence about the Impact Legion, intending to alter it and mislead the Victory Fleet.
• Xiao Ran sent Saki and El-Elf to obtain the warship’s intelligence and had Domel and Misera confined in separate suites.
• Xiao Ran checked Chitose in the medical bay and learned that her internal injuries were not serious.
• Xiao Ran found Luo and Renard dismantling Chitose’s machine, and Luo explained that understanding its space-time technology would take a long time.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that he felt overwhelmed by the growing number of unfamiliar technologies his small team had to study.

Xiao Ran tried to recruit Renard to approach Sarah, a dragon girl with strong technical talents, so she could join the team. Renard struggled with the idea, while Luo encouraged him to get to know her.

• Renard explained that he had mastered Super AI technology and compared Nine's AI with other advanced systems.
• Xiao Ran praised Renard and Luo as complementary Technicians, then described a highly talented candidate suited to Fantasy types.
• Luo eagerly supported recruiting the candidate, and Renard agreed she could strengthen the team's technical capabilities.
• Xiao Ran revealed the candidate was a woman and suggested Renard spend time with her because he was single.
• Renard privately guessed Xiao Ran meant Sarah and wrestled with the thought of being asked to win her over.
• Luo noticed Renard's conflicted reaction and encouraged him to get to know Sarah without assuming their bond had to be romantic.

Renard accepted the task of raising Sarah’s favorability, while Xiao Ran arranged the fleet’s patrols and reviewed intelligence recovered from Domel’s warship. The files revealed the Impact Legion’s forces and distinctive warships, leaving Xiao Ran to assess the threat they posed.

• Renard decided to build a bond with Sarah through teaching and planned to enlist El-Elf and Cruze to analyze and guide her, while preparing to rely on Xiao Ran when needed.
• Xiao Ran left Renard and had Mwu organize the pilots watching the Gamillas Fleet into three rotating shifts to prevent fatigue.
• Xiao Ran assigned the Flame Dragon, Azure Dragon, and Jade Dragon to the Burning Legion to give Renard more chances to interact with Sarah.
• El-Elf and Saki returned with written records and videos from Domel’s warship, including intelligence about the Impact Legion and the Overlord Legion.
• Xiao Ran examined footage and Domel’s analysis of the Impact Legion, learning that its more than thirty ships included four unfamiliar types with massive gun muzzles and deployable cross-shaped wings.

Xiao Ran and Mwu assessed the Impact Legion as a major threat to the Victory Fleet and discussed how to exploit tensions between it, Gamillas, and Gedim. Xiao Ran left for the Yamato after it summoned the captains, while Mwu stayed to coordinate the fleet.

• Xiao Ran estimated that the Impact Legion had around two hundred and fifty participants, many B-class Pilots, and thirty warships capable of firing Moonlight Cannons.
• Mwu warned that a direct fight could tie down the Victory Fleet and leave it vulnerable to the Impact Legion, Gedim, and Gamillas.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Victory Fleet to use its strongest weapons without hesitation if it fought the Impact Legion, and suggested turning Gamillas against them.
• A staff member reported that the Yamato had summoned Xiao Ran and the other captains for an important discussion.
• Mwu stayed behind to coordinate command, and Xiao Ran went to the Yamato while ordering that the intelligence be sent to the other ships.