Recaps

Xiao Ran tried to persuade Mwu to join the Frie, revealing that he was an Earthling who now held great authority among them. He showed her evidence of Earth Force’s crimes, leaving her shaken by what she had read.

• Mwu questioned whether she had Frie blood, and Xiao Ran invited her to join the Frie because he trusted her and believed they needed capable leaders.
• Mwu refused to betray Earth Force, but Xiao Ran argued that it was corrupt and claimed he could replace it with a new government alongside Orb and PLANT.
• Xiao Ran revealed that he was an Earthling and removed his mask, then asked Mwu to trust him as he showed her a tablet of evidence.
• Mwu read evidence tying Earth Force’s leaders to violence against Coordinators, wars for profit, and experiments on children, as well as the influence of Blue Cosmos and LOGOS.
• Xiao Ran told Mwu that Blue Cosmos controlled Earth Force’s upper ranks and that Earth Force supported its secret crimes.

Xiao Ran persuaded Kira to stay in Fury for another week and arranged for him to begin training with a Knight Mobile Suit. As Ovan and Kavina arrived at the Moon Base, they encountered each other outside Xiao Ran’s office.

• Xiao Ran sent the shaken Mwu back after their conversation, then asked Kira whether he had settled in and offered to arrange his return to Orb.
• Xiao Ran persuaded Kira to stay in Fury for a week so he could test his piloting talent, and Kira agreed.
• Xiao Ran told Fulu to have Kira learn to use the Knight Mobile Suit he had once piloted, then planned to teach him personally.
• Xiao Ran considered the people he hoped to gather for Fury and thought Cruze could be useful, though he remained wary of trusting him.
• Ovan returned to Fury, and Kavina arrived at the Moon Base; the two encountered each other outside Xiao Ran’s office.

Xiao Ran brought Kavina and Ovan together, then encouraged them to resolve their past and invited Kavina to join Free as a knight. Kavina had not yet accepted, as Xiao Ran explained Free’s need for trustworthy talent and its unresolved problems.

• Kavina attacked Ovan outside Xiao Ran’s office, while Ovan endured the beating without fighting back.
• Xiao Ran ordered Ovan to have his injuries examined and brought Kavina into his office.
• Xiao Ran urged Kavina to hear Ovan’s explanation and clear up their misunderstanding by speaking with him directly.
• Xiao Ran offered Kavina membership in Free and a position as one of its knights, which surprised her.
• Xiao Ran explained that Free needed capable, trustworthy people because its rapid growth had exposed a shortage of talent and its former ruler had left unresolved problems.

Xiao Ran hired Kavina as a Frie Force pilot while she considered whether to join, then discussed the shortage of commanders with Ofan. He ordered military restructuring and training, and asked Ofan to clear up Kavina’s doubts about the Frie Force.

• Xiao Ran hired Kavina as a Frie Force pilot, and she accepted the arrangement without committing to join permanently.
• Ofan reported the shortage of mid-level commanders and said fewer than one-third of the imprisoned supporters of Glandon could eventually be used.
• Xiao Ran ordered Ofan and Fulu to promote and train commanders from the existing ranks, while knights mentored them and Orb and ZAFT instructors assisted.
• Xiao Ran told Ofan to slow the offensive against the Alliance, continue exterminating Alien Beasts, and ask ZAFT to consolidate its newly occupied territory.
• Xiao Ran said he wanted Kavina to become a knight and asked Ofan to speak with her and explain the Frie Force’s intentions.

Xiao Ran watched Kira rapidly learn to pilot a Knight Mobile Suit and offered him the chance to become one of Frie's Formal Knights. He proposed expanding the Knights Order to twelve members, leaving Kira and Yaqi to prove themselves before its formation.

• After Ofan and Kavina left, Xiao Ran expected Kavina to join Frie once she and Ofan resolved their misunderstanding.
• Xiao Ran visited the hangar and learned from Yaqi that Kira had quickly mastered basic control of the Knight Mobile Suit and adjusted its systems himself.
• Kira said he could not use the machine's full performance, so Xiao Ran told him to train with a more suitable mobile suit and offered him a place aboard the Apocalypse to fight the Alien Beasts.
• Xiao Ran told Kira that the Knight Mobile Suit represented Frie's highest honor and said he wanted Kira to pilot it as a Guardian of Earth.
• Xiao Ran proposed establishing twelve Formal Knights and promised that Kira and Yaqi could become knights if both reached the required level before the Knights Order's formation was complete.

Xiao Ran arranged for Yaqi to train Kira before learning that Lacus had arrived in Furry with PLANT officials to discuss cooperation. After welcoming her and the delegation, he took Lacus to his office to talk privately.

• Xiao Ran arranged for Yaqi to train Kira, expecting her ambition to become a knight to keep them working together.
• Xiao Ran learned that Lacus and PLANT officials had arrived in Furry after traveling through the night.
• Xiao Ran welcomed Lacus with an embrace, then arranged for the officials and their guards to rest at the base.
• Xiao Ran invited Lacus to his office, where she asked about his recent activities and settled onto his sofa.

Xiao Ran asked Lacus to help manage Free, and she agreed while making clear that she wanted to stay close to him. The next day, he brought her and the PLANT envoys to meet Shanamia in Free’s council hall.

• Lacus inspected Xiao Ran’s lavish office, and he explained that it had been inherited from the Earth Force base.
• Xiao Ran asked Lacus to help manage Free because its growing responsibilities had overwhelmed him.
• Lacus tested Xiao Ran about their relationship, and he said he would return to his own world but had little confidence he could return to hers.
• Lacus agreed to stay, requested changes to the office, and asked for her room to be next to Xiao Ran’s.
• Xiao Ran gave Lacus his office, moved into a smaller one, and brought her and the PLANT envoys to meet Shanamia in Free’s council hall.

Xiao Ran left Lacus to manage work at the Moon Base and visited Shanamia, who asked to go with him. Their conversation was interrupted by an urgent report requesting Xiao Ran’s immediate return to the Moon Base.

• Lacus and Shanamia formally signed cooperation agreements between PLANT and Frey after three days of negotiations.
• Xiao Ran left Lacus at the Moon Base to handle affairs and traveled to Shanamia’s private chambers.
• Xiao Ran reassured Shanamia that Lacus was trustworthy and explained his uncertainty about relationships carried over from another world.
• Shanamia asked Xiao Ran to take her to the Moon Base, and he agreed.
• Shanamia’s maid and bodyguard brought an urgent report from the Moon Base and asked Xiao Ran to return quickly.

After learning that the Devil Legion had appeared on Earth, Xiao Ran decided to investigate the new threat in person. He left the Moon Base and reached the Nadeshiko and Mithril's Danner's Son near the East China Sea.

• Lacus told Xiao Ran that the Apocalypse Unit and the Nadeshiko had encountered the same one-eyed enemy in Africa and the Far East.
• Xiao Ran recognized the machines as the Devil Legion and concluded that Devil Gundam had begun operating on Earth.
• Xiao Ran left Lacus and Shanamia in charge of the Moon Base and asked Lacus to notify Fulu and the Nadeshiko.
• Xiao Ran declined Lacus's offer to meet Kira Yamato and told her to have Fulu's disciple and Kira prepare to descend to Earth.
• Xiao Ran piloted Dawn from the Moon Base and found the Nadeshiko and Mithril's Danner's Son floating side by side near the East China Sea.

Xiao Ran met with Teresa Testarossa and Yurika Mitotsudaira to discuss the unknown enemy and reorganized the Nadeshiko and Apocalypse as an independent special fleet. Teresa then bluntly asked how Frye would treat Earth after eliminating the Alliance.

• Xiao Ran arrived aboard the Nadeshiko and learned that Yurika Mitotsudaira and Ruri Hoshino were meeting with Teresa Testarossa.
• Xiao Ran met Teresa and Melissa Mao, then discussed Mithril and the Nadeshiko's limited intelligence about the unknown enemy.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira said she and Teresa had agreed to cooperate and investigate the force behind the enemy units.
• Xiao Ran assigned Todaka as supreme commander and Yurika Mitotsudaira as second-in-command of a new independent fleet formed from the Nadeshiko and Apocalypse.
• Teresa asked Xiao Ran how Frye would treat Earth after eliminating the Alliance, while Melissa Mao prepared to protect her.

Tessa asked how the Frie would treat Earth after defeating the Earth Alliance, and Xiao Ran clarified that the Frie were part of Earth and that the real question was how the Frie, PLANT, and Orb would rebuild the world. He urged Mithril to cooperate with them, then left to contact their leaders while Yurika arranged for the groups' combat personnel to meet.

• Tessa asked Xiao Ran what attitude the Frie would take toward Earth after eliminating the Earth Alliance, and Melissa Mao and Yurika Mitotsudaira worried that her question sounded hostile.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Frie had always been part of Earth and said the Frie, PLANT, and Orb would focus on rebuilding the world after the conflict.
• Xiao Ran suggested Mithril's superiors contact the Frie, PLANT, or Orb and warned that they would eliminate uncontrolled armed forces in the Earth Sphere.
• Yurika Mitotsudaira interrupted Tessa and proposed gathering the combat personnel to build familiarity and coordination.
• Xiao Ran asked for the Apocalypse Unit to be notified, then left with Ruri Hoshino to contact Orb, PLANT, and the Frie while Yurika showed Tessa and Melissa Mao around the Nadeshiko.

Xiao Ran welcomed the Danner's Son pilots aboard the Nadeshiko and encouraged both crews to relax together. After the banquet brought the two sides closer, he went to Master Asia's quarters, leaving their meeting to come.

• Xiao Ran contacted Free, PLANT, and Orb to coordinate efforts to investigate and reach Mithril.
• The Danner's Son AS squadron arrived aboard the Nadeshiko, and Xiao Ran joined the gathered crews in the dining hall.
• Xiao Ran welcomed everyone and told them to relax, while Yurika Mitotsudaira reassured Tessa that they would be safe with him there.
• Xiao Ran spotted Domon, Master Asia, and Tinia among the guests, but left the banquet without approaching them.
• The crews feasted and drank together until Yurika Mitotsudaira ended the banquet, and the two groups grew more familiar.
• Xiao Ran went to Master Asia's quarters and knocked on his door.

Xiao Ran visited Master Asia to discuss the mysterious yellow machines and outline Free’s plans for a unified Earth government and humanity’s future. He asked Master Asia to join the effort, leaving his response unstated.

• Xiao Ran met Master Asia in his room and asked about the yellow machines, which Master Asia said he had encountered while rescuing civilians.
• Xiao Ran suggested the machines had appeared suddenly on Earth and asked Master Asia about the planet’s political situation.
• Master Asia said he was not a politician but believed Earth would benefit from unity under a powerful force, and he trusted Free’s intentions.
• Xiao Ran described Free’s plans for a New Government, reorganized military forces, environmental restoration, space colonies, and galactic exploration.
• Xiao Ran invited Master Asia to join Free’s effort and help guide and supervise humanity.

Xiao Ran tried to recruit Master Asia by describing Free’s advanced technology and its plans to restore Earth and explore space. He revealed that he came from another world where Devil Gundam had been destroyed, but Master Asia’s true reaction to his claims remained unclear.

• Master Asia asked whether Free had the technology and capability to carry out the Galaxy Exploration Plan, and Xiao Ran described its space travel, colony, energy, and environmental restoration technologies.
• Master Asia praised the environmental restoration technology but declined to join Xiao Ran, calling himself an old man.
• Xiao Ran offered Free’s medical technology and a Time Stop Device as ways to address Master Asia’s physical condition, prompting Master Asia to unleash his aura and demand to know how Xiao Ran knew so much.
• Xiao Ran removed his mask, explained that he came from another world, and said that world had destroyed Devil Gundam and restored its environment.
• Xiao Ran mentioned that Rising Wind from his world was an extraordinary but troublesome animal, and Master Asia relaxed and agreed that Rising Wind was impressive.

Xiao Ran secured Master Asia’s agreement to act alongside the Nadeshiko and began treating his illness, while building the independent fleet and preparing to move against the Alliance. After returning from the Moon Base, he discussed the Alliance takeover with Lacus and Shanamia, deciding Furi would not claim additional territory.

• Xiao Ran and Master Asia agreed that Master Asia would act alongside the Nadeshiko, while Xiao Ran promised to keep his illness and Devil Gundam connection secret.
• Xiao Ran and Master Asia publicly met as apparent strangers, and Xiao Ran reassured the amnesiac Takaya Aiba; Kira and Yaqi also boarded the Nadeshiko with the Savior Gundam.
• The Apocalypse joined the Nadeshiko, and Xiao Ran formed the independent fleet before sending Master Asia to Orb for treatment and leaving for the Moon Base.
• Xiao Ran returned about three days later and asked Lacus about Siegel and Patrick’s infiltration of the Alliance.
• Xiao Ran and Shanamia agreed that Furi would not help take over Alliance territory, leaving the remaining regions for PLANT and Orb to discuss.

Xiao Ran prepared to establish Furry on Earth and coordinated with Orb and PLANT to launch a final campaign against the Earth Alliance. The allies set a tentative date for the assault, while the Apocalypse and Nadeshiko were assigned a separate investigation.

• Xiao Ran told Shanamia to lead Furry’s relocation to Earth and represent it in the New Government, and promised that a palace would be built for her there.
• Lacus reported that Furry lacked a substantial intelligence network on Earth, leaving Orb and PLANT to investigate Mithril.
• Xiao Ran met by video conference with Asaha, Siegel, and Patrick and proposed eliminating the Earth Alliance.
• Xiao Ran, Siegel, and Patrick agreed that Furry and ZAFT would attack the Alliance in half a month while Orb stabilized occupied territories and fought extraterrestrial invaders.
• Patrick agreed to travel to the Moon Base, and Xiao Ran said the Apocalypse and Nadeshiko would likely skip the campaign to investigate another matter.

Xiao Ran arranged for the New Government to mobilize against the Apocalypse Units and planned to bring Mithril and Amalgam under its control. After Lacus questioned how much he knew about the organizations, Xiao Ran admitted he was hiding things and showed her and Shanamia visions of other worlds and lives.

• Xiao Ran told Siegel, Patrick, and Asaha that they could begin mobilizing forces against the Apocalypse Units and asked them to arrange contact with Mithril.
• Siegel offered to set up a meeting with Mithril's senior personnel, while Patrick and Asaha agreed to provide intelligence and contacts for Mithril and Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran said he intended to take control of Mithril and Amalgam, while privately focusing on bringing Renard under his control.
• Lacus questioned Xiao Ran's unexplained knowledge of the organizations, and Xiao Ran promised that he would reveal what he had concealed when the time was right.
• Xiao Ran brought Lacus and Shanamia to Dawn and used its system to show them visions of other worlds, battles, and alternate versions of themselves.

Xiao Ran reassured Lacus and Shanamia about the memories they had seen, then coordinated with ZAFT and Orb as they prepared a final assault on the Earth Alliance. He waited in an abandoned town to meet Kowloon and killed Kowloon's late companion, leaving Kowloon facing him.

• Xiao Ran explained that his Innovator abilities had linked his mind with Lacus and Shanamia, and Lacus asked about the three Earths she had seen.
• Patrick arrived at the lunar base, where Xiao Ran, ZAFT, and Orb's representatives discussed their attack plans and scheduled the Final Assault for ten days later.
• Xiao Ran traveled to an abandoned town near the front line and waited with his guards for a convoy to arrive.
• Kowloon and a Blonde Man arrived five hours late, and Xiao Ran shot the Blonde Man dead.
• Xiao Ran called the Blonde Man trash and asked Kowloon whether he objected to having him disposed of.

Xiao Ran met with Gauron after killing Gates and demanded that Amalgam destroy the Cyclops System beneath Alaska base. He offered Amalgam survival in exchange for cooperation, threatened to eradicate it, and demanded that Gauron bring Renard to him.

• Xiao Ran shot Gates dead, and Gauron thanked him before agreeing to discuss business.
• Xiao Ran revealed three stealth-equipped AS units and had Flying Eagle attack them, then stopped the attack at Gauron's request.
• Xiao Ran met Gauron in the tavern and said he wanted to hire Amalgam to destroy the Cyclops System beneath Alaska base.
• Gauron asked what payment Xiao Ran would offer, and Xiao Ran proposed Amalgam's continued existence in exchange for its absorption into the new World Government.
• Xiao Ran threatened to exterminate Amalgam unless Gauron brought Renard to him, claiming he knew most of Amalgam's base locations and that its allies could not protect it.

Xiao Ran captured Renard after Kowloon contacted him, then left Kowloon to take advantage of Renard’s disappearance and expand his influence within Amalgam. Renard woke in a heavily guarded cell on the Moon Base and was escorted to Xiao Ran, still unaware of why he had been taken.

• Xiao Ran waited for Renard to arrive by helicopter, while Kowloon watched him remain untouched by the rotor-driven winds.
• Xiao Ran knocked Renard unconscious and crushed the heads of the two AS units protecting him, then told Kowloon to use Renard’s disappearance to expand his influence.
• Kowloon ordered his subordinates to keep Renard’s obedient followers, kill the disobedient ones, and investigate the Joint Alaska base’s territory.
• Renard regained consciousness in a steel cell, noticed his clothes had been replaced, and suspected he was no longer on Earth.
• Frie's guards shackled Renard and escorted him under heavy guard to Xiao Ran, while Renard stayed quiet and tried to work out his captors’ intentions.

Xiao Ran confronted Renard on the lunar base and offered to recruit him while revealing that he understood Renard’s plans for the Lambda System and the Whispered. Renard was shocked by Xiao Ran’s knowledge, and Xiao Ran offered to demonstrate a machine equipped with the fully developed Lambda System.

• Xiao Ran asked Renard what he thought of the prosperous lunar base, and Renard described it as prosperity masking preparations for war.
• Renard guessed that Xiao Ran wanted to recruit him to keep Kowloon in check while taking control of Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran questioned Renard about the Lambda System and deduced that he intended to use Amalgam and Whispered technology to reset the world.
• Renard was shocked when Xiao Ran explained how information passed between Parallel Worlds and described the Lambda System’s demands.
• Xiao Ran claimed to possess the complete technical data for the Lambda System’s ultimate form and asked Renard if he wanted to see it installed in a machine.

Renard studied advanced mecha files from a parallel world and questioned Xiao Ran about their connection and the World Reset Plan. He agreed to help Xiao Ran take down Amalgam in exchange for answers, then returned to Earth.

• Renard examined files describing advanced AS technology and the exclusive mecha built for his counterpart in the Burning Legion.
• Xiao Ran confirmed that he and the files came from another world, and explained that Renard's counterpart had abandoned the World Reset Plan because success would mean destroying the world.
• Xiao Ran offered Renard a deal: help take down Amalgam and eliminate uncontrollable factors in exchange for answers and a chance to see what happened in the other world.
• Renard accepted the deal, and Xiao Ran arranged for him to return to Earth with the computer files.
• Renard called for help after landing, and an armed helicopter took him away from the ZAFT base.

Xiao Ran explained why he had released Renard and Kowloon, expecting Amalgam’s turmoil to keep them dependent on his technology and support. As the Earth Force prepared for war, he finalized the operation and strengthened the Moon Base’s defenses before departing.

• Xiao Ran told Lacus that Renard and Kowloon would be occupied dividing Amalgam and would seek his help to develop new AS units.
• Xiao Ran explained that Kowloon’s illness and desire for strength gave him ways to control the mercenary, and that either man’s choices could serve his plans.
• Lacus told Xiao Ran that the Earth Force was preparing for war and assembling its Space Fleet, and Xiao Ran ordered an investigation into how the operation’s intelligence had leaked.
• Xiao Ran warned Lacus about threats to the Moon Base and escorted her and Shanamia back to Furi, leaving his secretary in charge.
• The Apocalypse arrived at the Moon Base to reinforce its defenses, while the Nadeshiko remained on Earth alongside Danner’s Son.

Xiao Ran joined Patrick at ZAFT’s command center to plan the final assault on the Earth Force. He offered to handle the newly developed Dankoku machines and headed toward Artemis to intercept an enemy fleet.

• Xiao Ran returned to the Apocalypse, learned about its crew and recent situation from Todaka, then flew the Dawn to the joint fleet’s rendezvous point.
• Patrick welcomed Xiao Ran aboard ZAFT’s command carrier and explained that the Earth Force had split its remaining fleets into three groups to intercept them.
• Patrick reported that the Earth Force had gathered new transformable fighters and combat vehicles; Xiao Ran recognized the possibility that one was Super Beast Machine God Dankoku.
• Xiao Ran offered to take responsibility for Dankoku and urged Patrick to investigate whether the machines’ personnel were being held under restriction or hostage.
• Xiao Ran identified Artemis as the Earth Force’s fortified space factory and volunteered to intercept a nearby fleet, with plans to deal with the others if time allowed.

Xiao Ran and Patrick learned that Alien Beasts, Jupiter Lizards, the Glatters Army, and other factions had thrown Earth and space into chaos, disrupting their campaign against the Earth Force. Xiao Ran proposed rallying allies and controlling part of the Earth Force before launching a decisive battle that he expected would end the Earth Force within three days.

• A staff officer showed Xiao Ran and Patrick that Alien Beasts were attacking Earth and space, Jupiter Lizards were descending on major cities, and the Glatters Army had appeared in space.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Glatters Army had likely made an agreement with the Earth Force, while the Alien Beasts and other factions were exploiting the chaos to oppose his alliance.
• Xiao Ran told Patrick that their forces on Earth should withdraw temporarily, publicly brand the Earth Force as the Glatters Army's lapdog, and call on others to join them.
• Xiao Ran urged Patrick to recruit the Beast Robot pilots and seek Mithril's support, while he planned to contact Amalgam himself.
• Xiao Ran told Patrick that the decisive battle against the world had arrived early and declared that the Earth Force would cease to exist within three days.