Recaps

Xiao Ran used the Frie’s military strength to secure the Moon and support Ovan, while the Frie’s clashes with Earth Force escalated into an open threat of war. Shanamia publicly explained the Frie’s history and demanded Earth Force leave the Moon Base within three days, leaving Earth, Orb, PLANT, and Lacus reacting to the revelation.

• Xiao Ran planned to keep half the Frie forces at the captured Moon Base and send the rest to Earth to attack the Alien Beasts.
• Frie forces destroyed an Earth Force reconnaissance ship and disabled or destroyed other units across the Moon, prompting Earth Force to consider plans against them and mobilize toward Ovan.
• Shanamia addressed Earth through an online video, explaining that the Frie had lived on the Moon for ages and had sent forces to help humanity against extraterrestrial threats.
• Shanamia condemned Earth Force’s actions and declared war, demanding that it withdraw from the Moon Base within three days or face a strike.
• Asaha watched the video in Orb, Patrick sighed with relief, and Lacus remarked that Shanamia and someone else were exactly alike.

Xiao Ran prepared Free for battle as the Earth Force’s 72-hour deadline approached, organizing its ministers and planning to seize the lunar base while preventing Nigal Heavy Industries from aiding the Earth Force. He set out to warn Nigal Heavy Industries, leaving Fulu in command in case fighting began.

• Xiao Ran used Shanamia to deliver Free’s ultimatum, while both Free and the Earth Force prepared for war.
• Xiao Ran assigned Free’s ministers suitable posts and reviewed reports on lunar facilities, deciding how to handle the Earth Force base, Copernicus Lunar City, and Nigal Heavy Industries.
• Fulu told Xiao Ran that the Earth Force had assembled its fleet and fewer than ten hours remained before the deadline.
• Xiao Ran ordered a force to deter Nigal Heavy Industries, then canceled the deployment after Fulu warned it could trigger an early battle.
• Xiao Ran learned that Fulu had prepared the modified Sovereign Raft and went to the hangar, placing Fulu in command while he flew to warn Nigal Heavy Industries.

Xiao Ran accepted the dark-gold Sovereign Raft prepared for him and adjusted its systems to match his abilities. He launched toward the lunar surface after ordering Fulu to protect the princess and instructing Frie pilots to fight without harming incapacitated enemies.

• Fulu led Xiao Ran to the modified Sovereign Raft, whose shield had been replaced by an Ougang Heavy Rifle and whose body was painted dark gold.
• Xiao Ran declined Fulu's offer to change the conspicuous paint and ordered her to prepare for battle, protect the princess, and guard against Glandon's loyalists.
• Xiao Ran entered the cockpit, removed the machine's cape, and quickly reconfigured its parameters using his knowledge of Frie technology.
• Xiao Ran piloted the Sovereign Raft out of the hangar and raced through the passage toward the lunar surface.
• Fulu watched Xiao Ran handle the machine with ease and became convinced he had originally been one of the Frie.

Shanamia explained why Furi was preparing to fight the Alliance and revealed Xiao Ran’s origins to Knight Furu. The chapter ended with Knight Furu learning that Xiao Ran came from a similar alternate world and was married to another Shanamia.

• Knight Furu told Shanamia that Xiao Ran had gone alone to Nigal Heavy Industries to warn it against joining the war, and Shanamia worried about the danger he faced.
• Shanamia explained that Xiao Ran wanted Furi to integrate peacefully with Earth and protect its civilians, unlike Glandon, who had wanted to wipe out humanity.
• Knight Furu questioned why Xiao Ran had chosen to oppose the Alliance, and Shanamia said he could not accept the Earth Federation’s corrupt World Government or the deaths of civilians.
• Shanamia told Knight Furu that Xiao Ran was an Earthling and Furi’s prince consort, then clarified that he was married to another Shanamia from another world.
• Shanamia explained that Xiao Ran had crossed over from a world similar to theirs, where the Alliance, Orb, PLANT, and Furi existed but several of their current forces did not.

Fulu learned that Xiao Ran came from a Parallel World where he had been Furi’s prince consort and a powerful Earth leader. Meanwhile, Xiao Ran fought his way toward Nigal Heavy Industries, and the chapter left him facing Copernicus’s massed defenses.

• Fulu learned from Shanamia that another Furi existed in a Parallel World, where Xiao Ran had been its prince consort and Great President.
• The Union commander ordered the 307th and 308th Fleets to capture Xiao Ran as he headed for Nigal Heavy Industries.
• Nigal Heavy Industries deployed Summer Flowers to defend its facilities against Xiao Ran’s approaching machine.
• Xiao Ran destroyed MAs and crippled warships along his route, then crossed Lunar City Copernicus to demonstrate his strength.
• Copernicus’s defensive forces gathered and attacked Xiao Ran’s Clan Raft with hundreds of MAs and warships, and Xiao Ran chose to fight conventionally.

Xiao Ran piloted the Clan Raft to destroy Copernicus City's Earth Force defenses in under ten minutes, then reached Nigal Heavy Industries and carved a warning into the lunar surface. He left without attacking the facility, while its people understood the reason Free and the Moon People had come.

• Xiao Ran evaded the Earth Force fleet's barrage and destroyed two leading warships with Ougang Energy beams.
• He transformed the Clan Raft's weapons into Ship-cutting Swords, cut through the Earth Force formation, and disabled the fleet's warships while defeating its MAs.
• Xiao Ran wiped out Copernicus City's Defense Force in under ten minutes, and the arriving 307th and 308th fleets found the destroyed vessels and MAs.
• Orb, PLANT, the Earth Force commander, Free, and Nigal Heavy Industries learned of the battle, while some observers identified Xiao Ran as the pilot.
• Xiao Ran stopped before Nigal Heavy Industries, carved a long mark into the lunar surface with the Clan Raft's energy weapon, and departed without attacking the facility.

After Xiao Ran destroyed an Earth Force fleet, the Earth Force failed to secure meaningful allies and concentrated its forces near the Moon Base. Back on Furry, Xiao Ran ordered an advance and gave the Earth Force one final warning to withdraw before an attack.

• The Earth Force sought help from Orb, ZAFT, Nigal Heavy Industries, and the Photon Power Research Institute, but they refused or offered no effective support.
• Asaha rejected the Earth Force's order, Patrick refused its request, Nigal Heavy Industries withdrew its units, and Doctor Yumi kept Great Mazinger out of the conflict.
• The Earth Force pulled its forces back near the Moon Base but continued to hold it, while its leaders blamed the factions that had refused to help.
• Xiao Ran returned to Furry, where Fulle reported the Earth Force's movements and the withdrawal of Nigal Heavy Industries' units.
• Xiao Ran ordered Fulle to arrange Princess Shanamia's Defense Force, warned other factions to stay out, and directed Furry's army to advance and demand the Earth Force leave the Moon.

Xiao Ran rejected Fleur’s plan for a conventional assault on the Earth Force base and charged ahead in the Clan Raft, intending to use his own strength to change the battle. Fleur ordered Free’s forces to advance after him, leaving them racing toward the Earth Force defenses.

• Fleur reported that Free’s forces were ready and sent Xiao Ran a diagram showing the Earth Force’s deployment around the Moon Base.
• Xiao Ran recognized that Fleur planned a frontal assault supported by the Time Stop Device and ambushes against the Earth Force headquarters.
• Xiao Ran warned that Fleur’s plan could cause unnecessary losses among ordinary pilots, despite Free’s superior technology and shields.
• Xiao Ran declared that the Earth Force’s formation suited his intentions and launched the Clan Raft toward its position at full power.
• Fleur pursued Xiao Ran and ordered all Free forces to advance, leading hundreds of MS toward the Earth Force base.

Xiao Ran’s Clan Raft tore through the Earth Force defensive line with a massive energy attack, leaving the enemy divided and reeling. Fu’s forces and the ambushers joined the assault as Flying Eagle and the Giant Whale attacked the fleet in lunar orbit.

• Fu hurried to support Xiao Ran, but found his Clan Raft already charging ahead through concentrated enemy fire.
• Xiao Ran unleashed a sweeping attack that destroyed countless Earth Force warships and mecha, clearing more than a quarter of the defensive line.
• Fu snapped out of her stunned silence and ordered all units to accelerate and charge.
• Xiao Ran recognized that the Clan Raft and its weapons could not sustain another attack of that scale without recharging and risking damage.
• Fu’s units advanced through the breach as artillery mecha and flank ambushers joined the battle, while Flying Eagle and the Giant Whale attacked the Earth Force fleet in lunar orbit.

Xiao Ran used Flying Eagle and Giant Whale to help Frey defeat the Earth Force fleet and seize control of the Moon. With Frey short on personnel and facing the work of governing its new territory, Xiao Ran put Frey’s long-delayed awakening plan on the agenda.

• Flying Eagle and Giant Whale ambushed the Earth Force fleet in space, attacking from within and behind its formation.
• Frey defeated the Earth Force on the lunar surface and in orbit, forcing the remaining Earth Force troops to retreat and making Frey the Moon’s de facto ruler.
• The battle drew the attention of forces around the world, including the Glatters Army, while the Alien Beasts’ hidden controllers remained out of sight.
• Xiao Ran had Fulu send four hundred combat personnel to Earth to reinforce Aofan, leaving Frey with half its remaining military strength.
• Xiao Ran faced the tasks of governing the Moon and dealing with a shortage of manpower, so he placed Frey’s awakening plan on the agenda.

The Frie consolidated their hold on the Moon while remaining in a tense standoff with the weakened Earth Force, and their aid against Alien Beasts brought them into tentative contact with ZAFT and PLANT. As millions of Frie awakened and joined the workforce, their strength grew, while Xiao Ran considered transferring Giga-Thine’s time-stop device to Dawn.

• The Earth Force withdrew to space bases such as Artemis after losing the Moon and half its Space Force, while PLANT refused its request for support and Orb limited its aid to assistance through Heaven's Pillar.
• Furu and the Frie accepted an uneasy arrangement with Nigal Heavy Industries and the Moon's other factories, which recognized Frie rule but refused to provide assistance.
• The Frie stayed on the Moon while forces led by Aofan and Juyam fought Alien Beasts on Earth and won more than ten clashes with the Earth Force, prompting tentative contact with ZAFT and PLANT.
• Xiao Ran found that this world's Frie had been preserved by Time Stop Devices rather than cryogenic hibernation, and that the devices could maintain stasis indefinitely with enough energy.
• As hundreds of thousands of Frie awakened and returned to work, production increased and more units were deployed to Earth and the Moon.
• Xiao Ran considered moving Giga-Thine's time-stop device to Dawn, but postponed the decision while weighing the effect on Giga-Thine.

Frie strengthened its forces and position while Xiao Ran waited for it to prepare for a larger war, then left the Moon after receiving a message from Orb and returned to the Apocalypse. He learned that the ship was operating smoothly, but the Earth Force had ambushed the War during an Alien Beast mission.

• Frie expanded its manpower and military strength, while Aofan consolidated occupied territory and maintained better relations with local people.
• Xiao Ran waited for Frie to establish itself and build up its industry as Siegel and Patrick sought support within the Earth Force.
• A message from Orb interrupted Xiao Ran's farming, and he left the Moon aboard the Flying Eagle, leaving Fulu with the work.
• The Flying Eagle joined the Apocalypse, which had completed its modifications and could travel between Earth and space.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Apocalypse and learned from Huga that its departments and pilot training had continued normally.
• Xiao Ran learned that the Earth Force had ambushed the War during an Alien Beast mission, but the War escaped and the ambushing troops were annihilated.

Xiao Ran returned to the Apocalypse and prepared to enter Heliopolis, where the Earth Force was due to collect the GAT Series units and the Nadeshiko. He arrived secretly with Athrun’s team and landing squads, leaving the Apocalypse outside under Toda’s command.

• Xiao Ran handed responsibility for the Apocalypse to Toda and learned that Lacus had taken Stella while Sting and Auel had joined the MS training unit.
• Xiao Ran and Toda discussed the Earth Force’s plans to collect the GAT Series units and bring the Nadeshiko to Heliopolis, which threatened their plans to win over Nigal Heavy Industries.
• Xiao Ran ordered Athrun’s team and several landing squads to accompany him into Heliopolis while the rest of the Apocalypse’s forces remained outside, ready for battle.
• Xiao Ran’s group entered Heliopolis covertly in two landing craft, where three people sent by Lord Asaha greeted him.

Xiao Ran’s group infiltrated Heliopolis ahead of the Earth Force and Nadeshiko, while the Landing Force moved to seize the GAT factory. He went to the Industrial Academy to find Kira and Cagalli, then confronted Cagalli about Orb’s involvement in producing mobile suits.

• The Landing Force infiltrated the GAT factory as Xiao Ran and Athrun’s group entered Heliopolis under cover of Orb’s limited cooperation.
• Athrun reported that the Earth Force receiving unit and Nadeshiko had arrived, and that Cruze’s squad was nearby; Xiao Ran told the Revelation to warn them not to interfere.
• Xiao Ran led Athrun, Rusty, Yzak, Dearka, and Nicol to the Industrial Academy to find Kira and bring Cagalli aboard the Revelation.
• Xiao Ran found Kira, Miriallia, Tolle, Sai, and Cagalli in a classroom, and Cagalli demanded to know what Orb was hiding.
• Xiao Ran told Cagalli that Orb was helping the Earth Force manufacture mobile suits while also cooperating with ZAFT and making its own, then scolded her for acting recklessly.
• Cagalli shouted that even her father had never yelled at her, and Xiao Ran called Athrun into the classroom.

Xiao Ran forced Kira and his classmates to join the Apocalypse after they overheard military secrets, while Athrun reassured Kira that they would not be harmed. The group reached the Gundam hangar, where Xiao Ran prepared his team to attack the colony and create an evacuation route.

• Kira recognized Athrun, and Cagalli realized Athrun was Patrick Zala’s son; Xiao Ran ordered Kira and his classmates placed under supervision.
• Yzak and Dearka threatened the students, but Athrun stopped them and persuaded Kira to cooperate.
• Xiao Ran led the group toward the Gundam hangar, with Athrun comforting the students as the others guarded them.
• A Landing Force squad reported that the monitoring room was secured and gave Athrun and the others Combat Suits and weapons.
• Xiao Ran outlined the plan to attack the colony with five units, open an evacuation route, and draw out enemy units.

Xiao Ran and his allies launched a coordinated attack on Heliopolis as Katia's team drew the Nadeshiko and other forces into battle outside. Inside the satellite, Xiao Ran led an assault on the Earth Force transport carrying mobile suits, and Athrun prepared to join him.

• Xiao Ran told Rusty to prepare for Katia's imminent attack, shocking Cagalli with the news that Katia's team was targeting Heliopolis.
• Katia's team approached Heliopolis, and the chief defense commander ordered a response while secretly arranging to draw the Nadeshiko out of the satellite.
• Todaka ordered the Apocalypse and its escort ships to reveal themselves, deploy Ed's and Heine's teams, and surround the Nadeshiko as it sortied.
• Katia's team attacked a chosen section of Heliopolis's outer wall while Ed's and Heine's teams blocked the Nadeshiko, and a battle began under Cruze and Feiying's watch.
• Xiao Ran's group attacked the Earth Force personnel emerging with a mobile-suit transport, and Xiao Ran charged ahead and leaped onto the vehicle's roof.
• Athrun told Yzak, Dearka, Nicol, and Rusty to go with him while the Landing Force squad leader watched over the others.

Xiao Ran led the Apocalypse Landing Force in capturing Mwu and the Earth Force guards at Akatsuki Works, then withdrew with Kira and Cagalli. He contacted the Nadeshiko and demanded that Yurika Mitotsudaira surrender, threatening to destroy Nigal Heavy Industries in thirty minutes.

• Xiao Ran ordered the Landing Force to use tear gas and tranquilizer rounds to subdue the surrounded Earth Force guards.
• Xiao Ran had Mwu taken prisoner, left the other guards behind, and ordered the factory's research materials destroyed before the force withdrew.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Apocalypse with Kira, Cagalli, and the others, while Mwu and the others were placed in separate rooms.
• Todaka reported that the Earth Force warships had been destroyed and that the Nadeshiko remained pinned down by MS.
• Xiao Ran contacted Yurika Mitotsudaira, explained why Heliopolis had been attacked, and demanded the Nadeshiko surrender within thirty minutes or Nigal Heavy Industries would be destroyed.

Xiao Ran threatened the Nadeshiko with the destruction of Nigal Heavy Industries unless they surrendered within thirty minutes. Kouji Kabuto recognized the masked commander and urged the crew to consider surrender, warning that the Hien could wipe them out in minutes.

• Xiao Ran gave Yurika Mitotsudaira thirty minutes to surrender, threatening Nigal Heavy Industries, then ended the call.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira gathered the deployed crew and questioned Kouji Kabuto about the masked man’s claim that he knew Kouji and Sayaka.
• Kouji Kabuto recognized the man from the mentions of the Fury and the moon, but refused to reveal what he had promised to keep secret.
• Kouji Kabuto warned that the Hien could destroy them in five minutes and said the masked man targeted the Federation, not the Nadeshiko unless they sided with it.
• Kouji Kabuto said he would stand with the Nadeshiko whether they surrendered or fought, while Yurika Mitotsudaira clarified that she wanted to understand their choices and the threat.

Xiao Ran demanded the Nadeshiko surrender, while Kouji Kabuto tried to prevent a battle and explain the crew’s uncertainty about Xiao Ran’s aims. Yurika Mitotsudaira requested a face-to-face meeting to learn what Kouji knew, and Xiao Ran agreed.

• Xiao Ran prepared to attack the Nadeshiko after Yurika Mitotsudaira declared that her crew would not surrender.
• Kouji Kabuto urged Xiao Ran to negotiate, but Xiao Ran insisted the Nadeshiko had no choice but to surrender.
• Kouji Kabuto explained that the Nadeshiko’s crew did not understand Xiao Ran’s purpose or why he demanded their surrender.
• Xiao Ran warned Yurika Mitotsudaira that he could follow the Nadeshiko if it jumped and said he could not allow it to remain an uncontrolled factor.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira asked to meet Xiao Ran in person and learn about his identity, Furi, and the Apocalypse Unit, and Xiao Ran agreed.

Yurika Mitotsudaira visited the Apocalypse with Kouji Kabuto and Sayaka, then brought the Nadeshiko under its protection and revealed what she had learned to her crew. She declared that she would stand with the Masked Man against the Earth Force and its abuses.

• Yurika visited the Apocalypse with Kouji and Sayaka, met with Xiao Ran, and returned to the Nadeshiko without explaining their discussions.
• Yurika retook command from Ruri Hoshino and led the Nadeshiko to the Frie-controlled Moon Base behind the Apocalypse.
• Ruri confronted Yurika about her decision, and Yurika revealed that Orb and PLANT had jointly formed the Apocalypse Unit.
• Yurika told the crew that the Frie, Orb, PLANT, and the Apocalypse Unit were fighting threats to Earth, while omitting that the Frie were not Earthlings.
• Yurika admitted that the Nadeshiko could not oppose the united forces and said she feared the Masked Man's power would bring harm to innocent people.
• Yurika condemned the Earth Force for coercion, endangering civilians, and turning children into weapons, and declared that she would join the Masked Man until its crimes were crushed.

After reorganizing his forces, Xiao Ran sent fleets toward Earth and Heaven’s Pillar, where he prepared to confront the Earth Force. As the Earth Force opened fire on the approaching Apocalypse, Xiao Ran’s Dawn and its Tactical Armor had made their first appearance in this world.

• The Earth Force blamed Orb for the Heliopolis intelligence leak and pressured it to join their side, while Asaha watched them grow desperate.
• Xiao Ran reassigned the Nadeshiko’s and Apocalypse’s teams, sending ships to Earth, Orb, Glast Army territory, and Heaven’s Pillar for separate missions.
• After two days of preparations, the Nadeshiko and Death descended to Earth, while the War escorted Cagalli and Athrun’s team toward Orb.
• Xiao Ran brought Dawn and its Tactical Armor aboard the Apocalypse, shocking the crews with the machine’s size.
• The Apocalypse and Plunder approached Heaven’s Pillar and found an Earth Force fleet of over two hundred warships and tens of thousands of MAs, including units built with Nigal Heavy Industries technology.
• The Earth Force launched a long-range barrage at the Apocalypse as Xiao Ran prepared to engage.

The Earth Force’s concentrated barrage threatened to stop the Apocalypse and the Raider from reaching Heaven’s Pillar, so Xiao Ran launched Dawn to face the fleet alone. Dawn crossed into firing range at terrifying speed and began charging a devastating attack as the Earth Force commander ordered everyone to take cover.

• Toda slowed the Apocalypse’s advance and asked Xiao Ran whether to deploy the MS Unit to divide the Earth Force’s firepower.
• Xiao Ran ordered all units to protect the Apocalypse and the Raider, saying he would handle the battle alone.
• Xiao Ran launched Dawn from the Apocalypse and accelerated toward the Earth Force fleet.
• The Earth Force failed to lock onto Dawn as it evaded thousands of attacks and rapidly entered the fleet’s effective range.
• The Earth Force commander sent the MAs and Summer Flower Unit to intercept Dawn, fearing a repeat of the Moon Base battle.
• Dawn merged its weapons and charged a powerful green attack, prompting the commander to shout for the fleet to take cover.

Frey’s Dawn disabled the Earth Force fleet at Heaven’s Pillar, allowing Orb to retake the station and seize the surrendered ships. PLANT and Orb then publicly aligned with Frey against alien threats, while Orb maintained that it would remain neutral in the conflict between Frey and the Earth Force.

• Dawn destroyed the Earth Force fleet’s weapons and disabled its Mobile Units without destroying its bridges, leaving the fleet unable to attack.
• The Earth Force commander failed to order a surrender, but many ships launched surrender flares as the Apocalypse passed and Dawn faced the Orb Fleet.
• Orb retook Heaven’s Pillar and took control of the Earth Force troops and more than two hundred surrendered warships.
• Asaha dispatched hundreds of Orb MS and supplies to Heaven’s Pillar to secure the station and manage the prisoners and ships.
• PLANT announced that it would welcome Frey and cooperate with it against threats beyond Earth, drawing support from pro-PLANT forces.
• Orb declared that it would remain neutral between Frey and the Earth Force while cooperating with PLANT and Frey against alien threats.

The Earth Alliance lost the G Series, Heaven’s Pillar, and much of its territory as Free and ZAFT resumed their war against it. Xiao Ran struggled to govern Free while its forces fought across Earth and space, and the Alliance’s defeat deepened.

• The Earth Alliance realized Orb and PLANT had undermined it, seized the G Series, and cut off its forces in space by reclaiming Heaven’s Pillar.
• Patrick launched ZAFT’s forces against the Earth Alliance on Earth and in space, now backed by Free.
• Ovan joined ZAFT’s campaign from Free’s European Peninsula base, and the three factions fought for a month, leaving the Alliance with only a third of its former territory.
• Orb stayed out of the factional war and sent forces, including the Apocalypse Unit and Nadeshiko, to fight Alien Beasts.
• Orb took the Archangel from the Earth Alliance, refurbished it, and deployed it in its Alien Beast campaign.
• Xiao Ran devoted himself to governing Free, leaving Ovan in command on Earth and Fleu to manage military affairs on the Moon.

Xiao Ran sought trustworthy allies and capable people to help govern Fury, then summoned Mwu Lamias and offered her a place in Fury. Mwu questioned his unusual kindness and hinted at a possible connection to Fury, which Xiao Ran confirmed without explaining further.

• Xiao Ran reviewed reports from the Apocalypse, the Nadeshiko, and Ovan, then decided to summon Mwu, Cagalli Clyne, Kira Yamato, Lacus Clyne, and Ovan.
• After waiting nearly forty minutes, Xiao Ran received Mwu in his office and apologized for keeping her confined for over a month.
• Mwu asked why Xiao Ran had treated her like an honored guest despite being a prisoner, and he said he had brought her back because he did not want her to remain with the Earth Force.
• Xiao Ran asked Mwu to formally leave the Earth Force and join Fury, praising her trustworthiness and ability.
• Mwu joked that one of her parents might have been a Moon Person, and Xiao Ran said she did have a deep connection with Fury but that her own qualities mattered more.