Recaps

Captain Sanada explained that traveling through the Balan System’s Space Network nexus could make up the fleet’s lost time, though it would bring them into contact with Gamillas forces. Xiao Ran chose the risky route, and Sanada introduced Yulisha Iskandar as the source of the information.

• Captain Sanada explained that the Space Gate behind the fleet led to the Balan System, a nexus that could provide a faster route toward Iskandar.
• Tessa clarified how the Balan System nexus connected to the wider Space Jump Network, and Sanada said the route could make up all the time they had lost.
• Captain Sanada warned that the route likely led into a surrounding Gamillas Fleet, but Xiao Ran decided the risk was worth taking.
• Ruri Hoshino supported using the faster route, since reaching Iskandar sooner would leave the fleet more time to face later threats.
• Captain Sanada called in Kodai Susumu and introduced the blond woman who had supplied the intelligence; Xiao Ran recognized her as Yulisha Iskandar.

Yulisha Iskandar awakened aboard Yamato and met Xiao Ran, while the fleet prepared to investigate the Balan System. Reconnaissance revealed more than eight thousand Gamillas warships gathered beyond the Space Gate, and Xiao Ran began considering an attack.

• Sanada explained that Yulisha was Iskandar’s envoy and younger sister to its emperor, and that the Automatic Navigation System had been reading her memories until Yamato’s psychic attack awakened her.
• Yulisha met Xiao Ran, accepted his apology coolly, and left with Kodai Susumu to see Yuki Mori and visit his ship.
• Xiao Ran ordered a GHOST Recon Drone through the Space Gate and scheduled intensive combat training before the fleet’s next move.
• The drone returned footage of a vast gathering of Gamillas warships, and Moses estimated that more than eight thousand were visible.
• Lacus and Miss Huang suspected the fleet had assembled for an event or ceremony, while Xiao Ran privately saw an opportunity to attack the densely packed forces.

Xiao Ran questioned Misera about the Gamillas fleet gathered at the Balan System Space Gate and deduced that Desla was in danger and an assassination plot was underway. As Sellinger prepared to seize control of Gamillas, Xiao Ran planned to exploit the resulting confusion and attack the fleet.

• Xiao Ran brought Misera onto the Burning Legion’s bridge and asked why Gamillas had gathered warships at the Space Gate in the Balan System.
• Misera denied knowing the reason, but Xiao Ran inferred from her reaction that she suspected Desla was in danger and had participated in a plan to assassinate him.
• Xiao Ran told his crew to wait for Gamillas to fall into chaos, then strike through the Space Gate and destroy the enemy flagship.
• The Impact Legion had helped Sellinger assassinate Desla in exchange for Gamillas’s cooperation against Iskandar and the Overlord Legion.
• Sellinger went to the Balan System to take control of the Gamillas military, while Xiao Ran’s Victory Fleet prepared to target him.

Xiao Ran prepared the Victory Fleet for an assault on more than ten thousand Gamillas warships and warned the pilots that their success would determine whether the fleet could reach Iskandar. He began intensive virtual combat training, leaving the pilots facing a simulated Gamillas force after launching from their ships.

• Xiao Ran recalled the pilots and left drones to watch over the captured Gamillas Fleet.
• Xiao Ran told the pilots they would soon face more than ten thousand Gamillas warships and stressed that they had to protect the fleet while attacking.
• Xiao Ran criticized the pilots’ previous performance and ordered repeated simulations to improve their combat coordination.
• Luo confirmed he had prepared simulation data for the pilots’ machines, including Mazinger ZERO, Getter Robo, and Unit-01.
• Luo started the training, and the pilots launched from their simulated hangars into a vast Gamillas fleet and its Space Fighters.

Xiao Ran oversaw three rounds of battle training, using the pilots’ failures to push them toward better coordination against the Gamillas forces. As the third round remained stable, he ordered Luo to introduce Planet Bomb attacks and prepared the pilots for a final training round before their departure.

• The pilots lost the first two rounds after their attacks left them exposed and their forces became separated.
• In the third round, the pilots formed a coordinated formation, with jump-capable units in the vanguard and the super robots at the center.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo to target several warships with Planet Bombs to train the pilots for desperate enemy attacks.
• Xiao Ran told Luo to join the final round, assigned Graham and Cruze to lead the debriefing, and ordered the pilots to rest eight hours before departure.
• Xiao Ran left the training room to check on the captains’ discussions about the upcoming battle plan.

Xiao Ran judged that the Victory Fleet could defeat Gamillas despite its vast numbers, and the commanders finalized a plan to strike Gamillas's leadership before escaping through the Space Gate toward Iskandar. The chapter ended with the fleet preparing its ships and weapons for battle.

• Xiao Ran assessed the pilots' training and concluded that the Victory Fleet's experienced fighters could handle the enhanced Gamillas simulations and the coming battle.
• Xiao Ran compared Gamillas's forces with the ELS and decided that destroying the enemy command flagship would throw Gamillas into chaos.
• Mwu, Lacus, Bright, and the other commanders finalized a plan to target Gamillas command ships, cause confusion, and retreat through the Space Gate toward Iskandar.
• The commanders returned to their ships and began replacing missiles, checking equipment, and preparing for the battle against nearly ten thousand Gamillas warships.

The Victory Fleet prepared to attack more than ten thousand Gamillas warships, while Domel departed after Misera was kept aboard the Burning Legion. Xiao Ran and Mwu finalized the battle formation and identified the fleet’s command ship, which Xiao Ran claimed as his target.

• Cruze and Graham briefed the pilots on the battle against ten thousand Gamillas warships, and the pilots showed confidence in their training.
• Xiao Ran released Domel but kept Misera aboard the Burning Legion, and Domel departed without being able to contact the Gamillas Imperial Star.
• The Victory Fleet completed its preparations and formed up, with Sheryl preparing to support the pilots through her songs.
• Mwu described the fleet’s formation and opening attacks, assigning True Getter Dragon to lead the offense and defend the fleet while other ships deployed their Mobile Units.
• The reconnaissance image revealed eighteen Gamillas command-ship-class vessels, and Xiao Ran chose the vessel at the center of the formation as his target.

The Victory Fleet entered the Space Gate while Xiao Ran learned that Sellinger had announced Desla’s death and claimed authority over Gamillas. Suspecting the announcement concealed a power grab, Xiao Ran prepared the Burning Legion’s pilots for an assault as the fleet emerged into space.

• Under Xiao Ran’s orders, the Victory Fleet passed through the Space Gate without alerting Gamillas.
• Sellinger announced Desla’s death, vowed to punish the alleged conspirators, and positioned himself to lead Gamillas.
• Xiao Ran questioned whether Desla was truly dead and ordered the Gamillas woman brought to the bridge for questioning.
• Mwu confirmed the fleet would leave the Space Channel within three minutes, and Xiao Ran went to the hangar to prepare for combat.
• The Burning Legion launched Xiao Ran and the other pilots as its main cannons charged and its fleet began firing missiles and barrages.

The Victory Fleet launched its assault on the Gamillas Fleet while Dawn assembled its immense, custom Tactical Armor. Xiao Ran piloted the completed armor into battle, and drones poured from the Burning Legion to join the attack.

• The Victory Fleet launched machines and missiles as the True Getter Dragon, Yamato, MACROSS, Nadeshiko, and other ships fired on the Gamillas warships.
• Amuro, Banagher, Kamille, Kira, Athrun, Cruze, and Full Frontal merged with Tactical Armors and Meteor Units.
• Luo's separated Tactical Armor components assembled around Dawn, transforming it into a heavily armed MA over one hundred meters tall and two hundred meters long.
• Dawn Tactical Armor powered up and vanished from before the Burning Legion as Xiao Ran took it into battle.
• Countless drones launched from the Burning Legion and charged toward the Gamillas Fleet.

The Victory Fleet launched a surprise assault on the Gamillas fleet, sending Space Jump-capable units to destroy its seventeen command ships while the rest fought to clear a path around the Space Gate. Sheryl’s song strengthened the pilots, and the chapter left the battle underway as the fleet’s ace units unleashed devastating attacks.

• Miss Huang assigned Yajenar First Squadron, Nadeshiko's Summer Flower Team, 00Q, Flame Dragon Team, and other Space Jump units targets among the seventeen Gamillas command ships.
• Setsuna and other units vanished to attack their assigned targets while the remaining Victory Fleet units scattered to engage the surrounding Gamillas forces.
• Sheryl’s singing enhanced the Victory Fleet’s combat abilities as Gamillas fighters and warships rallied and advanced on them.
• The Victory Fleet’s coordinated opening barrage destroyed at least 150 Gamillas warships, and its Mobile Units then met the incoming fighters and ships head-on.
• Mazinger Z transformed into Mazinger ZERO, while Getter Robo, Kira, Athrun, Amuro, Cruze, and other pilots tore through the Gamillas forces.

Xiao Ran’s Dawn Tactical Armor and the Victory Fleet tore through the Gamillas forces, destroying command ships and driving their fleet into disorder. As the Dawn Tactical Armor struck Sellinger’s flagship, the Burning Legion finished transforming and fired its Macross Cannon.

• Sellinger boasted about conquering the Yamato until he learned that Xiao Ran’s Dawn Tactical Armor was speeding toward his flagship and could not be stopped.
• Setsuna’s 00Q cut apart a command ship and nearby vessels with a sweeping beam, while the Yajenar First Squadron, Dragon Maiden Team, and Summer Flower Team attacked Gamillas ships using rapid jumps.
• The Victory Fleet destroyed nearly half of the Gamillas command ships, throwing the fleet into disorder.
• Xiao Ran’s Dawn Tactical Armor reappeared above Sellinger’s flagship and swept it with two massive Beam Sabers as the Burning Legion completed its transformation.
• Mwu ordered friendly forces to withdraw from the firing line, and Bobby fired the Burning Legion’s Macross Cannon at the scattered Gamillas fleet.

The Victory Fleet attacked the Gamillas Fleet guarding the central Space Gate in the Balan System. The Burning Legion opened a route with its MACROSS Cannon, and Mwu ordered the assault as the fleet advanced toward the gate.

• Xiao Ran destroyed Sellinger's flagship while Akihito Tenkawa, Anqi, Setsuna, Sarah, and others attacked the Gamillas command ships.
• The Burning Legion fired its MACROSS Heavy Particle Cannon, destroying 190 Gamillas warships and heavily damaging many more.
• Mwu ordered all units and ships to begin the assault after the attack opened a route toward the Space Gate.
• The Burning Legion and True Getter Dragon led the advance while Getter Robo, Mazinger ZERO, Getter Emperor, Kira, Athrun, Amuro, and the EVAs attacked and defended the fleet.

The Victory Fleet advanced toward Gamillas’s Space Gate, destroying command ships and throwing the enemy fleet into chaos while Xiao Ran held the gate alone. Mwu told Misera that Desla’s death was likely caused by the Impact Legion and offered a chance to cooperate against their common enemy.

• The Victory Fleet’s drones absorbed heavy losses while opening a path to the Space Gate and helping destroy Gamillas’s command vessels.
• Ange, Setsuna, Akihito Tenkawa, and the other designated teams targeted Gamillas ships marked as command vessels, deepening the fleet’s disorder.
• Xiao Ran’s Dawn Tactical Armor held the Space Gate against the surrounding Gamillas forces and destroyed the warships blocking the route.
• Mwu ordered Kira, Athrun, and Shin to secure the route, directed Ryoma Nagare, Kouji Kabuto, and Tetsuya to clear obstacles, and told Miss Huang to accelerate the destruction of command ships.
• Misera reacted with disbelief to Desla’s death, and Mwu explained that the Impact Legion may have assassinated him before proposing that Misera help stop Gamillas’s attack.

Misera learned that Sellinger had joined forces with the Impact Legion to assassinate Desla and agreed to cooperate with Mwu. She ordered the Gamillas forces to cease fire and join her in returning to the Imperial Star, then sought Mwu’s protection so she could contact Domel and take command of the fleet.

• Mwu showed Misera footage of the Impact Legion fighting alongside Gedim and explained that it had never supported her side.
• Misera concluded that Sellinger had conspired with outsiders to kill Desla and agreed to unite with Mwu’s forces against the traitors.
• Misera broadcast an order for all Gamillas forces to cease attacking and declared Sellinger responsible for Desla’s assassination.
• Misera urged the Gamillas soldiers to reorganize and join her in retaking the Imperial Star from Sellinger’s accomplices.
• Mwu ordered her forces to remain vigilant and approach the Space Gate after the Gamillas fleet began halting its attacks.
• Misera asked Mwu to protect her while she went to the Space Gate control room to contact Domel and take command of the fleet.

The Victory Fleet remained encircled by Gamillas forces while Misera addressed the Gamillas officers at the Space Gate control center. She ordered them to reorganize the fleet and prepare to eliminate the rebels, promising that General Domel would soon take command.

• The Victory Fleet waited at the Space Gate as the strengthened Gamillas fleet surrounded it and gathered its officers at the control center.
• Tobia worried about the encirclement, but Kim Kido, Athrun, and Setsuna explained how GN Particles and the Nadeshiko gave the Victory Fleet ways to counter an attack.
• Misera told the Gamillas officers that Sellinger's allies had been killed and accused the rebels and alien outsiders of threatening the Empire and Iskandar.
• Misera promised not to pursue officers' possible past ties to Sellinger but warned she would punish anyone involved in the attempt on President Desla.
• Misera announced that General Domel would arrive within three hours and ordered the officers to reorganize the fleet and prepare to destroy the rebels.

Misera secured Domel’s leadership of the Gamillas Fleet, and Xiao Ran decided the Victory Fleet should leave immediately for Gamillas and Iskandar to prevent the Impact Legion from gaining control. Misera arranged for nearly a thousand Gamillas warships to accompany the Victory Fleet, which prepared safeguards for the joint journey.

• Misera won the Gamillas Fleet’s acceptance of Domel’s takeover, aided by her ties to Desla, Domel’s reputation, and the Victory Fleet’s intimidating presence.
• El-Elf reported that Misera had taken control of the fleet and cut its communications with the Gamillas Imperial Star.
• El-Elf recommended departing immediately because waiting could let Sellinger’s allies align with the Impact Legion and endanger Iskandar and the Universe Restoration System.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Victory Fleet to prepare its ships and units for departure, and Misera agreed that the fleet should head for Gamillas and Iskandar at once.
• Misera selected nearly a thousand trusted Gamillas warships to accompany the Victory Fleet and assigned a brigadier general as assistant commander.
• Mwu, Miss Huang, and the others agreed to precautions, including having the Gamillas warships pass through the Space Gate first as the vanguard.

Xiao Ran’s fleet passed through the Space Gate and reached a standoff with a Gamillas guard fleet near the imperial star. Before the situation could be resolved, Xiao Ran sensed an immense ELS swarm approaching, then detected another arrival.

• The Victory Fleet and over a thousand Gamillas warships crossed the Space Gate and encountered a local Gamillas guard fleet.
• Mwu told Xiao Ran that the guard fleet’s commander was unfamiliar and might be Sellinger’s accomplice, while Iskandar and Gamillas lay one jump away.
• Xiao Ran ordered Misera’s negotiator not to waste time and prepared to intervene if talks failed.
• Xiao Ran sensed ELS and spotted a vast swarm drawn toward his active unit’s GN Particles and Brainwave.
• The Victory Fleet and Gamillas forces noticed the approaching ELS, and Xiao Ran suddenly sensed something else appearing in another direction.

Xiao Ran saw the ELS and Invasion Beasts appear on opposite sides of the fleets and feared they might fuse into an overwhelming enemy. He ordered the Victory Fleet and Gamillas to stop the Invasion Beasts from reaching the ELS, as Dawn flew toward the ELS.

• Xiao Ran spotted more than a thousand Invasion Beasts appearing behind the Gamillas fleet, while the ELS approached from the opposite direction.
• Mwu reconnected with Xiao Ran and confirmed the identities of the two hostile forces.
• Xiao Ran feared that the ELS and Invasion Beasts could assimilate and evolve together, creating enemies capable of matching the allied forces.
• Xiao Ran flew Dawn toward the ELS and ordered everyone to sortie, telling Gamillas to prevent any Invasion Beast from approaching it.
• Mwu ordered the Victory Fleet to attack the Invasion Beasts with heavy weapons and directed Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, Nalo, Saki, and Zechs to cover Dawn.

The Victory Fleet launched after the appearance of Invader Beasts and the silver-white ELS, while its pilots tried to understand the unfamiliar threat. As the two groups approached Dawn, Luo began briefing the fleet on the ELS.

• Mwu sounded the red alert, and the Victory Fleet's pilots returned to their machines after maintenance crews finished resupplying and repairing them.
• The pilots joined a shared channel and learned about the Gamillas Fleet's standoff, the ELS, and the Invader Beasts.
• Ryoma Nagare and Amuro recognized the Invader Beasts but noted that these creatures were far larger than the ones they had encountered before.
• Wilt speculated about the larger beasts' strength and possible new abilities, while Soji Okita launched toward the front of the Gamillas Fleet.
• Soji Okita saw the ELS encircle Dawn and asked whether they were allied with the Invader Beasts; Athrun warned that orders required keeping the groups apart.
• Nine identified the ELS as a likely metallic life-form, and Luo began explaining the intelligence about them.

Luo warned the combined forces that ELS could assimilate life and machinery, and that contact between ELS and the Invasion Beasts could create a far more dangerous enemy. As the fleet began its assault on the Invasion Beasts, Xiao Ran used Dawn to lure the ELS away.

• Luo explained ELS's abilities and urged everyone to prevent it from approaching the Invasion Beasts.
• Ryoma Nagare and the others recognized that the two species might combine their powers into a more dangerous invader.
• Kira agreed that the Invasion Beasts had to be eliminated quickly, and Luo left the battle communications as his forces charged toward the ELS.
• Amuro relayed orders for a fleet-wide attack on the Invasion Beasts, followed by heavy weapons fire and an assault by the Super Robots.
• The combined Victory Fleet and Gamillas forces launched their attack while Dawn led the ELS away and became surrounded.

The Victory Fleet opened the battle against the Invader Beasts with a massive barrage that destroyed or crippled much of their vanguard. Three supermassive worm monsters shrugged off the attacks and charged toward the fleet, revealing themselves as the battle’s true threat as the fighting closed in.

• More than a thousand warships fired beams and missiles, including MED Warheads that created temporary black holes and swallowed Invader Beasts.
• The Burning Legion swept the approaching monsters with its Sword of Light, scattering and crippling the Invader Beasts’ vanguard.
• Several supermassive worm monsters regenerated from their wounds and charged toward the fleet as the melee began.
• Kira, Athrun, Shinn, Amuro, and other pilots attacked the worms, but their attacks—and the warships’ fire—could not harm or slow them.
• The fighters redirected their fire after seeing the worms’ overwhelming defenses and self-healing ability.

The pilots struggled to damage the Worm Monsters, whose armor and rapid healing resisted even their strongest attacks. Ryoma Nagare and Hayato devised a plan to attack one from the inside, leaving Benkei to prepare True Getter Dragon for the maneuver.

• The pilots focused on the octopus-, insect-, and starfish-like Invasion Beasts while their mechs tried unsuccessfully to damage the Worm Monsters.
• Getter Robo, Mazinger ZERO, and Getter Emperor attacked separate worms but failed to pierce their armor or overcome their self-healing.
• True Getter Dragon joined the fight, but its Getter Ray and hand axes only staggered the worm before its tail struck the machine and sent it flying.
• Hayato identified the worms' outer armor as a Biological Carapace made from dangerous Invasion Beast cells, and Ryoma warned against trying to use it.
• Ryoma and Hayato decided to attack a worm from inside its mouth, and Hayato told Benkei to prepare to transform into Unit 2.

Getter Robo, True Getter Dragon, Mazinger ZERO, and Getter Emperor destroyed the three Worm Monsters and began clearing the remaining Invader Beasts. Meanwhile, Xiao Ran kept the ELS occupied without attacking or communicating with them, but their tightening encirclement left him unsure how to proceed.

• Ryoma Nagare guided Getter Robo, True Getter Dragon, Mazinger ZERO, and Getter Emperor as they destroyed all three Worm Monsters in less than a minute.
• The four machines turned to the remaining Invader Beasts while the fleet and its aces supported the battle.
• Xiao Ran flew Dawn at high speed to draw the ELS away, but they kept pace and gradually surrounded him.
• Cruze, Basak, and the others shut down their GN Drives and left Xiao Ran as the brightest target in the darkness.
• Xiao Ran resisted attacking or communicating with the ELS, fearing the pain and consequences of contact, and found himself unsure how to escape the awkward situation.

Xiao Ran avoided attacking the ELS because he feared that communicating with them would cause his body to fuse with them and trigger a frightening transformation. After Cruze corrected his misunderstanding, Xiao Ran agreed to make contact with the ELS while his companions protected him.

• Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, and the others watched Xiao Ran evade the ELS swarms as Basak wondered why he was not attacking.
• Cruze and Luo explained that Xiao Ran regarded the ELS as potential partners and feared that communication would lead to fusion and bloodline evolution.
• Cruze told Xiao Ran that communication would not force his body to transform as long as the ELS did not touch him.
• Xiao Ran acknowledged that he had been overthinking the danger and said he would communicate with the ELS, relying on his companions for protection.
• Xiao Ran teleported beside Cruze, Basak, and the others, who surrounded him as he closed his eyes to prepare for communication.

Xiao Ran endured a painful connection with the ELS mental network and reached a symbiosis agreement with them. He and Cruze discovered that the main ELS force was dormant near Iskandar and the Gamillas Imperial Star.

• Xiao Ran entered the ELS mental network and endured the flood of emotions and information from countless ELS Units.
• The colossal ELS showed Xiao Ran visions of a planet’s life, while the ELS Units stopped moving as he communicated with them.
• Xiao Ran regained consciousness after about half an hour and told Cruze that he had reached an agreement to find the ELS a place to coexist with humanity.
• Cruze guessed that the main ELS force was near Iskandar and the Gamillas Imperial Star, and Xiao Ran confirmed it was less than three hours away.