Recaps

Xiao Ran’s forces spent a month restoring control over the Federation’s former factions, with Char and Giliam securing much of the former Soviet Union and Shirakawa Shuu rebuilding influence in the Far East. They left the Far East’s powerful separatist families unresolved, while their allies continued investigating other regions and expanding Ingram’s reputation in America.

• Char used his old supporters to regain control of more than a third of the former Soviet frontline forces, while Giliam secretly consolidated power in New Moscow by suppressing opponents and recruiting allies.
• Shirakawa Shuu regained partial authority in the Far East through Kaede Sakon, but waited to move against the American-backed great families to avoid exposing the operation.
• Zenga and Elsam investigated Yokohama Base, including its loyalty, the commander’s authority, and whether Kagetsu Yuko had sided with the Far East separatists.
• Fardes and five other groups investigated conditions across the Federation’s other regions and frontline positions.
• Cruze and El-Elf arrived in America, investigated local conditions, and began expanding Ingram’s reputation without contacting him directly.

Xiao Ran reviewed the tangled political situation and waited for Cruze's efforts in America to create an opening. At Yukon Base, he encountered Miyoshi Meiya on the rooftop and was called away by a communicator message.

• Cruze and El-Elf promoted Ingram in America while Legion members built influence in military units.
• Yuzes studied the Federation's factions without acting, memorizing which groups were loyal, disruptive, or useful.
• Xiao Ran spent a month at Yukon Base, frustrated that the political turmoil was delaying Ingram's advance and monitoring developments while waiting for Cruze's progress.
• After a meeting, Xiao Ran went to the rooftop to rest and encountered Miyoshi Meiya, who challenged his presence there.
• Xiao Ran told Miyoshi Meiya that he reported directly to Commander Yuzes, then received a call and said he had to leave immediately.

Miyoshi Meiya tried to detain Xiao Ran at Yukon Base because she suspected him of infiltrating it, but he disarmed her and left her with Saki. Saki confirmed that Yuzes and Zenga had returned, then told Meiya she was interested in her.

• Miyoshi Meiya drew her sword on Xiao Ran, suspecting him because he was on the rooftop despite holding only a captain's rank.
• Xiao Ran dodged Meiya's attack, took her sword, and left to meet Luo and the others, leaving Saki to handle Meiya.
• Saki returned Meiya's sword and questioned her while drinking juice.
• Meiya asked about Saki and Xiao Ran, and Saki identified herself as part of Commander Yuzes's direct unit.
• Saki recognized Meiya as Zenga's disciple and confirmed that Yuzes and Zenga had returned, though Zenga was away on a mission.
• Saki told Meiya she was interested in her, leaving Meiya alarmed.

Xiao Ran learned that the Solar System was filled with BETA and ordered the development of better detection equipment while Graham’s team returned with reconnaissance data. As Cruze used the findings to build support for Ingram, three months passed and the struggle over the Faction Territory reached its decisive moment.

• Graham reported that BETA occupied the major planets and described a newly discovered space type designated Fortress Laser Class.
• Xiao Ran ordered Graham’s group to hand their warships to Shirakawa Shuu and Luo, share their findings, and return by another route.
• Yuzes agreed to work with Luo and the others to develop specialized BETA detection equipment.
• Cruze used the space reconnaissance materials to persuade influential American families and figures to support Ingram.
• Three months passed, and the struggle over the Faction Territory reached its decisive moment.

Cruze presented Ingram’s political and military goals to powerful American leaders and asked for their open support without offering guarantees or deals. He then unveiled a new mecha and began broadcasting Ingram’s battle against a BETA hive nationwide to shape the presidential election, leaving the outcome dependent on the public’s response.

• Cruze told the assembled American elites that supporting Ingram was a matter of shared purpose, not a transaction, and said future benefits would depend on their abilities.
• Cruze had El-Elf project footage of the X Unit, including a previously unseen pitch-black angel mecha built with the Burning Legion’s technology.
• Cruze announced that viewers would see an extermination battle against BETA’s seventh hive on the Eurasian Continent, presenting Ingram as a potential leader and hero.
• Cruze arranged for the battle to be broadcast across the United States, while media coverage contrasted Ingram’s image with that of his election opponent.

At Yukon Base, Xiao Ran prepared his forces for political or military unification while Ingram and Amuro destroyed the seventh BETA nest without casualties. The chapter left the factions awaiting the U.S. election result, with plans ready for either peaceful absorption or a forced campaign beginning with the United States.

• Miyoshi Meiya served beside Xiao Ran after secretly agreeing with Saki to protect her sister and the Far Eastern nobles.
• Xiao Ran’s group watched Ingram, Amuro, and their allies destroy the seventh nest in just over an hour without losing anyone.
• Xiao Ran ordered preparations to absorb the Federation into the United States and rename it the Union if Ingram won the presidency.
• Xiao Ran ordered a three-day ultimatum followed by military unification, starting with the United States, if Ingram failed.
• Xiao Ran told everyone to assemble and enter combat readiness before voting began, with results expected twenty-four hours later.

Ingram won the election by a landslide after his battle against the BETA inspired the public, while Xiao Ran confirmed that he no longer needed to attack the United States. As Ingram began his inaugural address and announced the creation of Earth Unified, the Burning Legion launched a bloody purge across the world.

• Ingram's battle footage and the public's growing support helped him overwhelm his opponent and win the election in less than twenty-four hours.
• Xiao Ran confirmed Ingram's victory and abandoned his preparations to attack the United States if Graham failed.
• The Burning Legion emerged from three months of silence and began coordinated assassinations and assaults across the Federation and other regions.
• Ingram told the public that the BETA threatened Earth and the wider universe, and that human political ambition had obstructed the fight against them.
• Ingram announced that Earth Unified would replace the Federation and the United States, and pledged to eliminate every BETA nest on Earth within half a year.

Ingram’s public support surged after the Federation’s takeover, the proposed merger with the United States, and the unveiling of powerful new weapons and space battleships. Xiao Ran then set out with his forces for the United States to stage another display that would strengthen Ingram’s authority, while Miyoshi Meiya realized Xiao Ran was the power behind the events.

• Ingram told Cruze that his victory and public support were not enough to secure lasting recognition, and Cruze said the Federation’s merger could be delayed while they consolidated power.
• The press spokesman presented machines and battleships developed by Ingram and his allies, and their appearance around the world convinced people they were real.
• Federation loyalists reappeared and seized control, while Ingram defeated the favored candidate in the United States and the two powers announced their merger.
• The new weapons and battleships drove Ingram’s prestige higher, and the former president said he would leave office within three days.
• Xiao Ran left Yukon Base aboard the Burning Legion with Saki, Miyoshi Meiya, and a large allied force bound for the United States to build momentum for Ingram.
• Miyoshi Meiya saw the Burning Legion’s bridge and recognized that Xiao Ran was the hidden master behind the upheaval.

Miyoshi Meiya toured the Burning Legion and learned that Saki Maski had secretly brought her into the inner circle so she could take over combat duties. Saki Maski arranged an Astray Series machine for Miyoshi Meiya, who chose a sword and a purple paint job.

• Miyoshi Meiya saw the Burning Legion’s unfamiliar warships, machines, and robots but kept her questions to herself.
• Saki Maski decided Miyoshi Meiya could fight in her place so she could remain beside Xiao Ran.
• Saki Maski showed Miyoshi Meiya a standard Astray Series machine and said it would suit her current abilities.
• Saki Maski contacted Luo, who helped configure the machine with a Liquid Metal Greatsword, a Rapid Beam Pistol, Beam Shields, and Energy Rounds.
• Miyoshi Meiya chose purple for the machine’s color.

Miyoshi Meiya familiarized herself with her new unit as Ingram’s new leadership was publicly affirmed and Xiao Ran organized the next steps. Once the preparations were complete, Xiao Ran led an assault that destroyed Earth’s only Level 6 Nest core, though clearing the surrounding BETA took ten hours.

• Miyoshi Meiya learned her unit’s weapons and capabilities, then watched Saki Maski overpower her in training.
• The Burning Legion and more than a dozen warships arrived above the White Palace, where their crews publicly pledged loyalty to Ingram.
• Xiao Ran briefed Ingram and the others, assigning responsibilities and ordering every Earth nest destroyed within a week.
• Xiao Ran took the Burning Legion to Earth’s Level 6 Nest and led an assault with Saki, Miyoshi Meiya, Zechs, Basak, Graham, Nalo, Super AI Robots, and drones.
• Xiao Ran destroyed the nest’s core brain within an hour, but his forces needed ten hours to clear the nest and the BETA around it.

After the Burning Legion destroyed every known BETA nest and earned millions of Merit Points, Xiao Ran and his forces began preparing to purge the remaining BETA on Earth. Their work was interrupted when a vast swarm of BETA began moving toward Earth, forcing the Legion to launch into space to meet it.

• The Burning Legion destroyed more than a dozen BETA nests in a week and eliminated nearly ten million BETA, earning over seven million Merit Points.
• Xiao Ran and the Legion withdrew from the fighting, while Miyoshi Meiya recognized the immense gap between herself and the Legion’s fighters.
• The Legion planned to lead the world’s forces in a prolonged campaign to eliminate the remaining BETA on Earth.
• News arrived that countless BETA in space were heading toward Earth, so Xiao Ran, Ingram, and the Legion’s warships halted their cleansing operations and went into space.
• Xiao Ran learned that the first wave of BETA would make contact in three hours, while Mwu warned that the Legion could not defend every approach to Earth.

Xiao Ran learned that more than ten billion BETA would besiege Earth within seventy-two hours and ordered an immediate offensive against the waves and their nests. The pilots prepared to sortie while the fleet planned its first strike, leaving Miyoshi Meiya behind because she was not ready for the battle.

• Mwu told Xiao Ran that the first wave of over three hundred million BETA would arrive within three hours and that the total would exceed ten billion within seventy-two hours.
• Xiao Ran ordered the pilots to destroy the first wave, then split up to clear the BETA nests, while Basak, Luo, Graham, Nalo, Nazu, Yuzes, and Ingram headed for Mars to destroy the Level 9 Nest.
• Xiao Ran told Miyoshi Meiya not to join the battle, and she wondered what rank she held compared with the A-Class Pilots.
• Xiao Ran, Cruze, Luo, Basak, Graham, Nalo, Zechs, Saki, Renard, El-Elf, Billy, and Moses boarded their machines and prepared to sortie.
• Xiao Ran assigned Mwu unified command and ordered the fleet to jump before launching missiles, then use the Macross Cannon and Ideon Sword against the gathered BETA.
• Cruze called for his and Nalo's Tactical Armor to deploy, while Xiao Ran ordered the new Tactical Armor released after he sortied.

The Burning Legion deployed its full force to face the first wave of hundreds of millions of BETA, with C-class Pilots supporting the fleet instead of fighting on the front lines. After the BETA destroyed the fleet’s missiles with a barrage of beams, Xiao Ran ordered the mecha to disperse as the warships opened fire with their Macross Cannons.

• The Burning Legion sent its warships and mecha through a FOLD Jump and launched its pilots to meet the approaching BETA swarm.
• C-class Pilots connected special weapons to the transformed warships, while Xiao Ran assigned Naza to lead the main force in the battle.
• The fleet’s missile barrage was intercepted by BETA beams, so Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to use the Macross Cannons and target the Beam Fortress Types.
• Mwu reported that Beam Types were scattered throughout the BETA formation, and Xiao Ran ordered the mecha to disperse.
• The Burning Legion, Overlord, and their accompanying ships fired Macross Cannons across the swarm, distorting space and dragging countless BETA into the beams.

The Burning Legion devastated the BETA vanguard with its warships’ weapons, destroying more than two-thirds of the enemy before its energy reserves ran low. Mwu reported that the remaining BETA would have to be handled by Xiao Ran and the other A-Class Pilots.

• Miyoshi Meiya watched the Macross Cannons destroy nearly a third of the BETA, then the Overlord and Burning Legion swept through the swarm with Ideon Swords.
• Mwu ordered the warships to scatter and retreat while their mecha fired Moonlight Cannons and Anti-Beam Flares blocked the BETA’s laser attacks.
• Mwu launched MED Warheads, creating black holes that erased more BETA and brought the total destroyed to more than two-thirds.
• A feminine voice reported that the fleet had spent over thirty-four percent of its energy and that between seventy and one hundred million BETA remained.
• Mwu told Xiao Ran and the other A-Class Pilots that the warships could provide no further major fire support and left the remaining battle to them.

Xiao Ran and the other Pilots faced nearly one hundred million BETA in space, the first wave of an assault expected to exceed ten billion within seventy-two hours. With Xiao Ran holding back and entrusting the battle’s center to Naza, the S-class Pilot unleashed a devastating attack before the others joined in.

• The warships’ opening barrage tore gaps through the densely packed BETA, which then spread out and charged the Pilots and warships.
• Xiao Ran judged that Naza had to lead the fight and called on her to handle the battle’s core.
• Xiao Ran readied Dawn’s Tactical Armor while the other Pilots prepared their ultimate attacks.
• Naza created a Space Rift to draw out her Whip Sword, formed shoulder cannons, and erased every BETA in a vast semicircular area with a spreading barrage.
• Xiao Ran, Sanger, Cruze, Yuzes, and the others launched their attacks against the remaining BETA.

The Burning Legion’s mecha attacked the BETA horde with a range of powerful techniques, while several pilots stayed near the fleet to protect it. Naza’s S-class mecha devastated the enemy with spatial and field effects, and the chapter left the BETA facing overwhelming destruction.

• Xiao Ran, Yuzes, and Ingram fired Split Cannons that spread into countless beams and struck more than a third of the BETA horde.
• Sanger charged the BETA atop Elsam’s transformed mecha, while Luo and Basak launched the Super King of Haro Movie Bullet and Saki Maski unleashed Final Waltz.
• Fardes and ten other A-Class Pilots attacked the BETA with their own techniques, while Naza crossed to the rear and tore apart Fortress Class units with her Sword Whip and spatial field.
• Cruze withdrew his prepared missiles and used his drones and Moonlight Cannon equipment to defend the fleet; Amuro, Giliam, Nalo, Graham, Zechs, Ing, and the B-class Pilots also held the line.
• Naza’s S-class mecha wiped out the rear Beam Types and twisted or destroyed BETA caught in its expanding spatial field.

After the fleet destroyed most of the BETA wave, Xiao Ran sent Jeffrey's team and several pilots to destroy the Level 9 Nest on Mars before the next battle. Jeffrey received authorization to use the Dimension Devourer as a last resort, and his ship remained behind to calculate its safest deployment.

• Naza, Saki Maski, Zengar, Elsam, and the others devastated the BETA with their powerful attacks while more than a dozen warships destroyed most of the wave.
• Xiao Ran estimated that the attack had bought about three hours and ordered Naza, Luo, Basak, Graham, Naluo, Yuzes, and Ingram to join Jeffrey's ship and destroy the Mars Nest within four hours.
• Jeffrey requested permission to use the Dimension Devourer because the Mars Nest was expected to contain vastly more BETA, and Xiao Ran authorized its use only if it would not seriously affect the Solar System or Earth.
• Xiao Ran ordered the fleet to return to Earth and prepare defenses while Jeffrey's ship stayed behind with the Mars-bound team.
• Jeffrey ordered calculations to find the safest distance and location for using the Dimension Devourer and warned his crew to protect themselves in the coming battle.

Jeffrey and the others planned how to destroy the BETA nest on Mars, whose core lay deep underground and could not be reliably targeted from outside. They prepared to use controlled BETA, Naza’s spatial field, and protected weapons as they approached the nest.

• Jeffrey explained that conventional attacks and Reaction Missiles would not destroy the underground nest, and outlined charging in, using an MDE Bomb, or deploying the Dimension Devourer.
• Ozma warned that entering the nest would mean facing billions of BETA, while Yuzes proposed controlling some BETA and sending them into the nest with weapons.
• Ingram cautioned that the nest mind might overpower Yuzes’s control, and Yuzes agreed that the tactic could only be one part of the operation.
• Naza said she could sustain her field for a day, or maintain its strongest space-disrupting effect for about half an hour, though its area was difficult to control.
• Luo learned that Naza’s unit relied on Space Containment Technology, and Jeffrey ordered the team to capture BETA for Yuzes while Luo protected the MDE Bombs and Dimension Devourer inside a barrier.
• Jeffrey assigned Naza to shield the team as they advanced toward the nest, while Basak suggested charging in with Luo and was ignored.

Jeffrey’s forces approached the Level 9 Nest on Mars under the Watcher’s Mirage System while Yuzes used two BETA to investigate its depths. With the nest’s main brain still unfound and time running short, Jeffrey ordered the mecha to sortie and the Macross Cannon to begin charging.

• Yuzes piloted a mecha out, returned with two BETA, and brought the Watcher from near Earth to Mars with a FOLD Jump.
• Jeffrey confirmed the Mirage System concealed the Watcher from nearby BETA as the ship approached the Martian nest.
• The Watcher released the two BETA, and Yuzes controlled them as they descended into the enormous nest.
• Yuzes observed the nest’s defenses and identified huge incoming objects as crystallized G Element.
• Yuzes warned Jeffrey and Basak that the main brain might lie deep beneath Mars, while scans remained slow under severe interference.
• Jeffrey ordered all units to sortie and told the Watcher to charge the Macross Cannon.

Jeffrey ordered the units to sortie against the Level 9 Nest on Mars, while Yuzes concluded that destroying its main brain would not prevent the BETA from producing another. After weighing the risk to Earth, Jeffrey agreed to use the Dimension Devourer to destroy Mars.

• Jeffrey ordered the units to sortie, and Naza shielded the Watcher from the laser-class BETA’s beams.
• Yuzes discovered Gate-class BETA and warned that the nest could quickly produce another mind even if its main brain was destroyed.
• Yuzes asked Jeffrey to assess the consequences of Mars disappearing, and the Bridge Trio said Earth would face no likely catastrophic effects within two or three years.
• Yuzes proposed destroying Mars and turning Earth into a forward base against the BETA after relocating its population.
• Jeffrey agreed to use the Dimension Devourer and said he would share responsibility for the decision.

Yuzes and the team used two MDE warheads to clear vast areas around the Level 9 Nest, then launched the Dimension Devourer to destroy Mars. Naza carried it toward the surface while the Watcher and the others fought off the BETA, leaving the operation dependent on Naza’s successful deployment and escape.

• Yuzes sent the two BETA back toward the nest entrance and exit as the MDE warheads activated and devoured the BETA and terrain around them.
• The MDE warheads cleared two enormous underground regions, and the BETA beams attacking Naza’s force field abruptly stopped.
• Jeffrey ordered the Watcher to prepare for a FOLD Jump and launch the Dimension Devourer, giving Naza fifteen seconds to disengage after placing it.
• Naza used her force field and powerful thrusters to carry the armored sphere toward the Martian surface while the Watcher accelerated away from Mars.
• The team defended the Watcher from swarms of Assault Type BETA as Ingram and Yuzes covered the rear, Ozma’s squad cleared the path ahead, and Luo, Basak, Graham, and Nalu guarded the flanks.

Naza dropped the Dimension Devourer into the Level 9 Nest on Mars while the Watcher and its allies escaped through a FOLD Jump Channel. The device consumed most of Mars, and a second black hole then swallowed the planet’s remaining fragment.

• Naza cleared a path into the nest, dropped the Dimension Devourer inside, and escaped through a Space Rift as enemy beams targeted her unit’s former position.
• Jeffrey ordered everyone back to the Watcher, then led the ship and its attached units into a FOLD Jump Channel before detonating the device.
• The Dimension Devourer swallowed the BETA and the Level 9 Nest’s main brain, tore Mars apart, and consumed all but a remnant of the planet.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu saw the destruction in footage relayed to the Burning Legion and realized humanity in that world had to be transferred elsewhere.
• A second black hole appeared and swallowed the remaining fragment of Mars.

After the Jeffrey Squad used two Dimension Devourers to erase Mars and destroy the Level 9 Nest, Xiao Ran learned why they had acted so decisively. With the second BETA wave approaching Earth, he organized the Burning Legion and Earth's forces into eight defensive sectors for the coming battle.

• The Jeffrey Squad used two Dimension Devourers to consume Mars, shocking Xiao Ran, Mwu, and Miyoshi Meiya.
• Cruze attributed the Jeffrey Squad's ruthless decision to Yuzes's influence, while Miyoshi Meiya inferred that the Burning Legion came from another world.
• Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to assess the consequences of Mars's disappearance and call back the Watcher.
• After the Watcher returned, Xiao Ran learned that Yuzes had recommended the weapons because the Level 9 Nest likely covered all of Mars.
• Xiao Ran divided Earth's defenses into eight sectors, assigning the Burning Legion's forces to shift toward whichever sector the BETA attacked.
• Earth's Space Force, elite MS teams, and military forces prepared to support the defenses as the second BETA wave approached.

Earth’s space defenses faced a first wave of five hundred million BETA, with Naza and Xiao Ran leading the counterattack. As the swarm continued advancing, the Burning Legion began deploying drones and missiles to clear a corridor, while nearly three days of battle still lay ahead.

• At least five hundred million BETA descended on Earth, and the Burning Legion, the Overlord, and Earth’s Space Force opened fire against them.
• Naza charged into the swarm with her field domain, annihilating BETA and carving a path toward the Beam Types.
• Naza told Xiao Ran to hold back, and he avoided using Quantum Assimilation because of its physical and emotional risks.
• Xiao Ran used the Dawn Tactical Armor’s Split Cannons and GN Dragoons to destroy BETA and protect the defensive forces.
• As the BETA pressed closer, the Burning Legion’s Super AI sent GHOST Drones forward and prepared MDE warheads, Reaction Missiles, nuclear weapons, flares, and micro missiles to clear a corridor.

The Burning Legion deployed thousands of drones against the five hundred million BETAs, while Xiao Ran and the A-Class Pilots fought across the swarm. After the drones expended most of their ammunition and returned to resupply, the pilots pushed deeper into the enemy formation.

• Anti-Beam Flares reduced the strength of BETA beam attacks and allowed the Burning Legion's Drone Unit to join the battle.
• Thousands of drones and Xiao Ran's A-Class Pilots destroyed vast numbers of BETAs while Cruze and other pilots protected self-destruct drone squads.
• The Defense Force and Burning Legion forces retreated as warships launched missiles, and the drones scattered before clearing a wide area with their remaining Micro Missiles.
• Mwu learned that the drones had used most of their live ammunition in a minute and would need up to thirty minutes to resupply.
• After the drones returned, Xiao Ran and the remaining A-Class Pilots charged into the BETA swarm to support Cruze and the pilots already inside.
• The A-Class Pilots regrouped, then split into two groups, with one continuing toward the rear of the swarm and the other returning to the fleet.