Recaps

Xiao Ran used GN Particles to calm the traumatized children and arrange for them to receive treatment in Orb. He told Lord Asaha that he planned to take his trainees into further battles before leading an operation to dismantle the Alliance, while Orb promised humanitarian support but refused to join the war.

• Lord Asaha witnessed the Flying Eagle fill the harbor with GN Particles and learned from Xiao Ran that they enabled communication and understanding but could not erase evil.
• Xiao Ran soothed the children through the Mental World until they fell asleep, then ended the communication after half an hour.
• Orb soldiers and medical personnel transported the children for care, and Lord Asaha promised to look after them.
• Xiao Ran said the Alliance would collapse within a year and explained that its atrocities made dismantling it necessary.
• Xiao Ran planned to go to the Moon and expose his trainees to more battles before leading an operation against the Alliance after at least six months.
• Lord Asaha said Orb would not join the war but would help people affected by the spreading chaos.

Xiao Ran arranged Orb’s assistance without involving it directly in the war, then left with the rescued children aboard the War and Death. After checking on Stella, Orro, and Sting, he faced Sting’s question about why he had chosen to take the three of them with him.

• Asaha refused to let Xiao Ran directly involve himself in the war but agreed to assist his actions.
• Xiao Ran handed over the Rhodea researchers to Orb and lent Orb his treatment pod after the children’s examinations revealed widespread drug abuse.
• The War and Death departed Orb with four borrowed boosters, and Xiao Ran considered installing anti-gravity equipment to ease future travel between Earth and space.
• Xiao Ran found Stella, Orro, and Sting playing with communication devices and asked how they were feeling.
• Sting asked Xiao Ran why he treated the three of them specially, especially Stella, and had not brought or left the other children with them.

Xiao Ran explained his special bond with Sting, Orro, and Stella, while Lacus learned how they had followed him in another world. Their quiet conversation ended when Hu Luo reported that an unknown enemy was attacking Earth Force forces in the northeast, and Xiao Ran ordered the Warship to respond.

• Xiao Ran told Sting, Orro, and Stella that he treated them like his own children, and Lacus brought them food.
• Stella fell asleep, and Sting and Orro left the room, allowing Lacus to ask Xiao Ran about his past relationship with the children.
• Xiao Ran explained that the three had once been his subordinates in another world and continued following him after he rescued them from the Earth Force.
• Hu Luo reported that unknown enemies were fighting Earth Force forces in the northeast and that the Earth Force was retreating.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Warship to head toward the battle at full speed and considered whether the enemies were aliens or another threat near the Far East.

Xiao Ran identified the newcomers attacking Alliance territory as likely alien SPTs and warned that Earth could soon face many more hostile factions. He sent Feiying to urge PLANT to prepare, then gathered Athrun and the others for a video conference with the Death.

• Xiao Ran and Lacus watched Hu Luo's footage of Jupiter Lizards and unfamiliar SPTs, which Xiao Ran recognized as machines used by the alien Glatters.
• Xiao Ran and Lacus worried that the aliens' arrival would add to Earth's growing chaos, and Xiao Ran ordered Feiying to give PLANT information on Anti-gravity Equipment and GOHST drones and urge Patrick to withdraw deployed forces.
• Lacus leaned on Xiao Ran for comfort, then left his room after telling him she believed he could lead their world toward glory.
• Xiao Ran called Orro and Sting to watch over Stella, then went to the operations conference room, where Athrun, Nicol, Dearka, Yzak, and Rusty were ready for a video conference with the Death.

Xiao Ran briefed Athrun and the other pilots on the alien mecha and sent them out for their first real battle, with orders to capture prisoners and gather intelligence. The MS Unit launched toward the enemy, led by Xiao Ran in Savior Gundam, while Warship and Deathship submerged beneath the sea.

• Xiao Ran explained that the SPTs and locust mecha seemed to come from different forces and warned that Earth Force could soon be overwhelmed.
• Xiao Ran analyzed the SPTs' weapons, defenses, weak points, and agility, then ordered the MS Unit to depart ahead of the warships.
• Athrun, Ed, and the other pilots launched toward the battlefield as Xiao Ran prepared to join them in Savior Gundam.
• Hu Luo and Lacus wished Xiao Ran safety and asked him to bring the pilots back, and Xiao Ran launched and took the lead.
• Xiao Ran ordered the MS Unit into wedge formation, and Warship and Deathship descended beneath the sea after the pilots departed.

Xiao Ran's unit reached a city occupied by Glatters, where the Earth Force had been defeated and civilians might still be trapped. His pilots intercepted the enemy's missile barrage as he learned the alien force had not been targeting civilians.

• Xiao Ran's unit arrived at the burning city and saw Glatters' locusts and SPTs swarm toward them.
• Yzak questioned how the enemy could still attack after fighting for nearly three hours, and Xiao Ran ordered him and Dearka to focus on the battle.
• Dearka and the Red Astray led the defense, while the unit destroyed the incoming missile barrage with coordinated attacks.
• Xiao Ran asked Hu Luo for updates, and Hu Luo reported that the Earth Force had withdrawn while civilians remained trapped in the city.
• Hu Luo told Xiao Ran that Glatters had focused on eliminating the remaining Earth Force resistance rather than attacking civilians.

Xiao Ran assessed the Glatters Army as an advance force seeking to occupy Earth and ordered preparations for possible reinforcements. While he directed the battle, Athrun’s and Ed’s teams gained experience, and the enemy began concentrating more SPTs against them.

• Xiao Ran and Hu Luo concluded that the Glatters Army was likely an advance reconnaissance unit, and Xiao Ran ordered Orb and ZAFT to prepare for an attack and the Apocalypse to guard the area from space.
• Xiao Ran shot an SPT targeting Yzak and reprimanded Yzak, Dearka, and Athrun for failing to coordinate their roles.
• Athrun’s team and Ed’s Astray team fought the Locusts and SPTs while Xiao Ran watched and noted their weaknesses.
• The young pilots gradually applied their training in combat and began finding their own rhythm as the Glatters forces took losses.
• The remaining SPTs in the city began converging on the battle area.

Xiao Ran forced Athrun, Ed, and the other pilots to face a prolonged battle against Glatters Army reinforcements while he guarded them from the rear. After the group captured an enemy pilot and returned to the ships, Xiao Ran ordered them to leave the area and went to check on Lacus and Stella.

• Xiao Ran withdrew the Savior Gundam from the main battle and left Athrun, Nicol, Ed, Dearka, and the others to fight the arriving Glatters Army forces.
• Dearka and the Red Astray's pilot attacked the reinforcements with their strongest long-range weapons as Xiao Ran monitored the battle and intervened only to prevent mortal danger.
• Athrun's and Ed's teams eliminated the unmanned SPTs and gradually gained the upper hand, while Xiao Ran used precise attacks and positioning to keep the enemy engaged.
• Xiao Ran rescued a pilot from a disabled SPT, and after the group patrolled the city, he returned with the pilots and prisoner to the Warship and Deathship.
• Xiao Ran ordered Hu Luo to interrogate the prisoner, notify Orb, and take the ships away from the area, then returned to his room and found Lacus playing cards with Stella.

Xiao Ran reviewed the pilots’ battle performance as Earth suffered repeated locust attacks, forcing ZAFT, the Alliance, and Orb to focus on defending their own territories. His unit deployed widely to fight the locusts, revealing the existence of the Apocalypse Unit before an even greater upheaval struck Earth.

• Xiao Ran spoke with Lacus about the captured alien and the many races he had encountered, then later criticized the pilots’ shortcomings in battle.
• The prisoner handed over to the War committed suicide before anyone could obtain information from him.
• Locust attacks spread across Earth, and Patrick ordered ZAFT’s forces to withdraw and consolidate while the Alliance and Orb also focused on their own territories.
• Xiao Ran sent two warships and four affiliated warships to fight locusts across Earth while Falcon remained with the Apocalypse and two ZAFT squads.
• The Apocalypse Unit’s repeated sorties exposed it to the world, and the Alliance tried to bring it under its command.
• Just as the stalemate seemed likely to continue, a greater upheaval descended upon Earth.

An undetected meteor shower struck Earth and created strange forests that unleashed monsters, deepening the global war among Earth Force, ZAFT, the Glatters Army, Doctor Hell's forces, and the Alien Beasts. After months of fighting left the Apocalypse Unit stretched thin, Xiao Ran and Lacus returned to PLANT, where Patrick demanded to know when Xiao Ran would begin his plan.

• A meteor shower hit Earth, mostly in former and current ZAFT territory, and strange forests rapidly grew at the impact sites.
• Earth Force and ZAFT tried to destroy the forests, but magical-beast-like monsters emerged and forced their forces to retreat.
• The SPT, Doctor Hell's Mechanical Beast Legion, the Glatters Army, and the rapidly multiplying Alien Beasts intensified the worldwide conflict, leaving the Apocalypse Unit short of manpower and supplies.
• After more than two months, Patrick contacted Xiao Ran, who traveled to PLANT with Lacus aboard the Falcon.
• Patrick told Xiao Ran that ZAFT would begin distributing its new models and might cooperate with Earth Force, then demanded a clear account of Xiao Ran's plans.
• Xiao Ran told Patrick to calm down and assured him that he would make other moves soon.

Xiao Ran urged Patrick and Siegel to prepare ZAFT and Orb to cooperate with trustworthy Earth Force figures while still planning to dismantle the Earth Force. He then set out to deal with Free and its internal factions, leaving plans to advance once he returned.

• Xiao Ran told Patrick and Siegel that ZAFT should cooperate with reliable Earth Force officers while preparing to dismantle the Earth Force, and proposed making Free an ally.
• Xiao Ran said Athrun and the other squads would return to space, rest at PLANT, and have anti-gravity devices installed on their ships.
• Xiao Ran asked Patrick to lend him Assassination Units so he could deal with ambitious and disloyal factions in Free.
• Patrick agreed to lend the units and demanded that Xiao Ran carry out the plan quickly, while preparing contacts within the Earth Force.
• Siegel apologized for Patrick's strained state, and Xiao Ran urged him to be ready to act after Free was dealt with.

Xiao Ran and Siegel planned how to unite ZAFT, Orb, and the Federation against the alien forces, with Xiao Ran proposing to provoke a conflict that could shift blame away from ZAFT. After Lacus hinted at her feelings and asked whether Xiao Ran might stay in this world, he avoided confronting the matter and left when the Assassination Unit was ready.

• Xiao Ran told Siegel that Orb could intervene if the Federation collapsed or both sides asked it to help maintain stability.
• Xiao Ran outlined a plan to take control of or gain support from Furi, declare war on the Federation, and later unite the remaining forces against the aliens.
• Siegel agreed to prepare the Assassination Unit and equip it with more nonlethal weapons.
• On the ride home, Lacus asked whether Xiao Ran would know what to do if he could not return to his world, and he replied that someone would come from the other world.
• At Klein Mansion, Lacus prepared food and stayed beside Xiao Ran while he considered his feelings and the possibility of claiming this world for the Burning Legion.
• After Siegel reported that the Assassination Unit was ready, Xiao Ran left Klein Mansion.

Xiao Ran led ZAFT’s Assassination Unit in an infiltration of Furi, using Falcon to bypass the lunar passage’s defenses and enter the Moon People’s territory. The group split up inside, with Xiao Ran heading for Shanamia while another squad moved to seize the Main Control Room.

• Xiao Ran traveled from PLANT to the moon aboard a disguised ZAFT ship, escorted by Falcon and accompanied by several Assassination Unit squads.
• Xiao Ran and the Assassination Unit approached Furi’s passage across the lunar surface, and Falcon detected its external surveillance and defenses.
• Falcon disabled Furi’s surveillance long enough for Xiao Ran and the operatives to pass through the tunnel and enter the access passage.
• The operatives changed into Furi uniforms, then split up, with one squad following Xiao Ran toward Shanamia and the others heading for the Main Control Room.

Xiao Ran and the Assassination Unit infiltrated Free’s core area to seize the Main Control Room and reached Shanamia’s residence. Xiao Ran woke Shanamia and offered her a mask, leaving her wary but sensing that he meant her no harm.

• The Assassination Unit silently tranquilized guards and advanced toward the Main Control Room so Eagle could take control of Free’s internal functions.
• Xiao Ran’s team subdued the guards at the entrance to Shanamia’s residence and entered through a less-guarded passage.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Assassination Unit members to lie in wait in the council chamber while he entered Shanamia’s bedroom alone.
• Xiao Ran woke Shanamia, revealed himself, and told her that he had come for her.
• Xiao Ran gave Shanamia a mask and said it would help her learn who he was, while Shanamia sensed he did not bear her ill will.

Xiao Ran used recordings and intimate knowledge of another world’s Shanamia to convince Princess Shanamia that he was her husband from a parallel world. She believed him and learned that he had come to eliminate Glandon, who was preparing to destroy life on Earth.

• Shanamia examined Xiao Ran’s mask, verified her identity, and watched recordings of her counterpart from another world.
• Xiao Ran revealed that he was the other Shanamia’s husband and proved his knowledge of her private habits and features.
• Xiao Ran explained that Glandon had killed Aiseldar in this world and that he had come to stop Glandon’s plan.
• Xiao Ran told Shanamia that Glandon had been captured and killed in his world, and explained that his marriage had been arranged to support peace with Earth.
• Shanamia said she believed Xiao Ran and learned that his name was Xiao Ran and that he was the Great President of his world.

Shanamia weighed Xiao Ran’s claim that he came from another world and agreed to summon Glandon, though she was uneasy about his plans. As they waited for Glandon to arrive at the council chamber, Xiao Ran gave Shanamia the hidden energy pistol, further convincing her that he knew her well.

• Shanamia considered the evidence Xiao Ran had shown her and asked if he had come to protect her; he said he had and called her his wife, making her blush and ask him to stop.
• Xiao Ran urged Shanamia to summon Glandon, warning that Glandon planned to destroy Earth and had secretly built the Emperor Mecha Giga-Thine.
• Shanamia did not recognize the terms Throne Mecha or Dragon God Mecha, and Xiao Ran concluded that their worlds differed in some ways.
• Shanamia changed clothes and contacted an aide to summon Glandon to the council chamber, which Xiao Ran’s people had taken over.
• Xiao Ran put on his mask and found an energy pistol hidden beside Shanamia’s bed, then handed it to her for protection.

Glandon confronted Shanamia over the council hall and admitted that he had secretly commissioned a new machine, which Xiao Ran identified as the Emperor Mecha. Xiao Ran and the Assassination Unit exposed Glandon’s alleged rebellion and opened fire on his armed followers, leaving Glandon, Ovan, and Fulu standing.

• Glandon arrived at the council hall with Ovan, Fulu, and armed attendants, then ordered Shanamia’s guards punished for abandoning their posts.
• Shanamia questioned Glandon about Aiseldar’s death and the new machine, and Ovan admitted that he had killed Aiseldar.
• Glandon ordered Fulu to keep watch over Shanamia, but Shanamia challenged him over his disrespect and demanded an explanation for Giga-Thine.
• Xiao Ran emerged from behind the throne and accused Glandon of seizing Shanamia’s authority, restricting her freedom, and building a machine named Emperor Mecha.
• Glandon accused Shanamia of bringing outsiders to betray the Frie, and the Assassination Unit opened fire on his attendants, killing them while sparing Glandon, Ovan, and Fulu.

Xiao Ran captured Glandon and Ovan, then appointed Fuluo as Frie’s new chief representative to restore stability and help Shanamia reclaim her authority. He planned to send Glandon to PLANT and speak with Ovan, while Shanamia reassured him that Frie would remain stable.

• Xiao Ran ordered his forces to open fire, then swiftly knocked down and captured Glandon and Ovan.
• Xiao Ran ordered a lockdown of Frie and assigned Flying Eagle to guard the secretly manufactured Giga-Thine units.
• Xiao Ran asked Fuluo Menluo to replace Glandon as chief representative and manage arrests, security, and Frie’s stability.
• Shanamia reassured Fuluo that Xiao Ran would not harm Frie, and Fuluo left to handle the transition.
• Xiao Ran and Shanamia returned to the bedroom, where he said he would speak with Ovan and send Glandon to PLANT.

Xiao Ran explained why he wanted to fight Glandon and offered to guide Shanamia in winning Earth’s acceptance of Frie. Shanamia asked about the other world, and Xiao Ran told her about his life there and his marriage to the other Shanamia.

• Shanamia mourned Ovan and Glandon, while Xiao Ran explained that he wanted to test himself against Glandon as a powerful combat pilot.
• Xiao Ran asked Shanamia what she planned to do now that Glandon had been captured, and she said she wanted Earthlings to accept Frie.
• Xiao Ran proposed sending Frie forces to rescue civilians abandoned by the Federation and using the act of goodwill to reveal Frie to Earth.
• Shanamia asked Xiao Ran to tell her about the other world, and he described Frie there, his fabricated story, and his marriage to the other Shanamia.
• Shanamia listened with growing surprise and noted that Xiao Ran was not the Great President in this world.

Xiao Ran and Shanamia discussed another world before Fulu reported that Glandon’s followers had been arrested and his secret Giga-Thine project uncovered. Shanamia entrusted Xiao Ran with authority over Frie, and he began preparing the Frie for an alliance with Earth and a deployment against the alien invaders.

• Xiao Ran told Shanamia how the Frie had been exposed on Earth and how another Shanamia had agreed to a marriage alliance with him.
• Fulu reported that Glandon’s followers had been arrested, the nearly completed Giga-Thine had been found, and Glandon was linked to the deaths of Frie elders and ministers.
• Shanamia ordered the captured followers imprisoned temporarily, then released if they were found to be loyal to Frie.
• Xiao Ran ordered Glandon’s crimes publicized, the Giga-Thine completed, Frie’s forces readied, and a contingent prepared to travel to Earth under Ovan.
• Shanamia declared that Xiao Ran’s orders in Frie were equivalent to her own, while Fulu took Ovan away and ZAFT’s Assassination Unit escorted Glandon out of Frie.

After Glandon's departure left Frie unstable, Xiao Ran took charge of its affairs while Shanamia tried to win public support and secure the knights’ loyalty. Xiao Ran released or imprisoned knights based on their attitudes, then asked Ofan to fight for Shanamia and Frie; Ofan agreed and pledged to atone.

• Xiao Ran took over Frie's internal management because Shanamia struggled to resolve the problems Glandon had left behind.
• Shanamia addressed the people of Frie, outlining her plans to awaken them, build a new homeland on Earth, and integrate Frie with Earth's people.
• Xiao Ran met the knights individually, sensed their emotions, and released some from prison while ordering others imprisoned.
• Xiao Ran had Fulu bring Ofan from prison to the council chamber, where Shanamia witnessed their conversation.
• Xiao Ran told Ofan that Shanamia would not pursue his involvement with Glandon, but asked whether he would fight for Frie; Ofan agreed and vowed to atone.

Xiao Ran confronted Ofan and Furu with how Glandon’s policies had turned Frie into a militarized society on the brink of collapse. He ordered Frie’s situation made public and sent Ofan to Earth to secure territory, aid civilians, and distinguish friends from enemies.

• Xiao Ran reviewed Furu’s records and condemned Frie’s lack of civilian supplies and its preparations to invade Earth.
• Xiao Ran explained that Glandon had engineered Frie’s desperation and hatred of Earth, while Aiseldar’s death had left no one able to restrain him.
• Xiao Ran told Furu to spend Frie’s remaining resources on supplies, seek aid from the Earth Sphere, and publish the information about Glandon’s plans.
• Xiao Ran warned Ofan against reckless action and explained that Orb and PLANT would secretly assist the force going to Earth.
• Xiao Ran ordered Ofan to secure territory for Frie, aid civilians affected by war, and treat the civilians as friends while regarding the aliens and Federation as enemies.

Xiao Ran explained why Frye should ally with PLANT and Orb rather than the Earth Force, and ordered Lord Ovan to protect civilians and wait for the Earth Force to strike first. Lord Ovan took his apprentice Juyam Darby to Earth, where he insisted Juyam obey the plan to integrate Frye with Earth.

• Xiao Ran warned Lord Ovan that the Earth Force would exploit Frye and later target them, while PLANT and Orb could become partners.
• Xiao Ran told Lord Ovan not to harm civilians and suggested landing near heavy Alien Beast activity, ideally by a large city with farmland.
• Lord Ovan asked who Xiao Ran was, and Xiao Ran described himself as Frye's secret safeguard and said they needed the Earth Force to make the first move before Frye occupied its lunar bases and cities.
• Fulu asked Lord Ovan whether he would betray Frye again, and he insisted he had never betrayed it before leaving.
• After resting for a day, Lord Ovan freed Juyam Darby from prison and told him to stop looking down on Earthlings and avoid attacking civilians and allies.
• Juyam agreed to obey Lord Ovan, who explained that Frye needed a legitimate reason to attack Earth Force bases and seize resources to awaken its people.

Aofan led more than two hundred Frey units to the Scandinavian Peninsula, aiming to exploit the Alien Beasts’ attacks to win civilian support and provoke a conflict with the Earth Force. As his forces divided between a city and the battlefield, the Earth Force began investigating their arrival, and Aofan and Juyam headed toward the dangerous front.

• Aofan departed from Frey with over two hundred units and logistics ships, prompting Xiao Ran to order Fulu to monitor him and prepare for action against the Earth Force’s lunar base and cities.
• Xiao Ran learned that Aofan was heading into Earth Force territory and told Fulu that Giga-Thine was over eighty-five percent complete while urging her to take control of Frey’s power.
• Aofan chose the Scandinavian Peninsula because Alien Beast attacks had left its civilians vulnerable and he hoped a strong force would gain their support.
• Aofan’s units emerged from the Moon and flew toward Earth; the Earth Force reacted near their arrival, while PLANT learned of the movement through Patrick’s surveillance.
• Aofan’s force landed on the peninsula and split up, with one team moving to occupy a city and Aofan and Juyam leading the other toward the Alien Beast battlefield.

Ovan’s force fought the Alien Beasts on Earth and occupied a city, while a capable United Forces commander chose to cooperate with them. On the Moon, Xiao Ran responded to expanding Earth Force reconnaissance by planning a deterrent strike and preparing Free to make its formal appearance.

• Ovan ignored the United Forces’ requests for communication and led his force into battle against the Alien Beasts.
• The defensive-line commander ordered his troops to cooperate with Ovan, then held his position and reported the situation after Free occupied a city.
• Fulu told Xiao Ran that Earth Force reconnaissance of the Moon was expanding and reported Ovan’s situation on Earth.
• Xiao Ran ordered Ovan to help the defensive line and make contact with its commander, while planning a warning and deterrent strike against Earth Force units entering a designated region.
• Xiao Ran told Fulu to prepare a machine and a team for a military deterrence mission against a United Forces base, while considering Free’s need for more personnel and supplies.