Recaps

Xiao Ran recognized that the Free Alliance faced a coordinated assault from Earth’s other factions, which aimed to exploit its conflict with the Earth Alliance and weaken its forces. He prepared to meet the coming battle with Free, ZAFT, and Orb’s hidden strength behind him, eager for powerful enemies to emerge.

• Xiao Ran saw that Doctor Hell, the Glast Army, and other factions were coordinating attacks to tie down Free’s forces and pick off isolated units.
• Free relied on its Time-stop devices and developing Knight Mobile Suits to counter the conspiracy, while ZAFT held back N-Jammer Cancellers, Nuclear Weapons, and Genesis as trump cards.
• Orb began deploying its stored mobile suits and drawing on the many skilled soldiers and personnel it had recruited from the Earth Force.
• Xiao Ran set out from ZAFT’s carrier in Dawn with the Falcon and the Giant Whale, hoping to confront strong enemy pilots and eliminate A-Class Pilots.

Xiao Ran left the Moon Base to confront the Alien Beasts in Earth orbit, while ordering Toda and the Apocalypse to defend the Moon Base and the Moon. After arriving with Flying Eagle and Giant Whale, Xiao Ran unleashed the Dawn Tactical Armor’s full power against tens of thousands of Alien Beasts.

• Xiao Ran decided to take Flying Eagle and Giant Whale with him to investigate threats while avoiding sending the two Super AI Robots into danger alone.
• Xiao Ran told Toda that the Apocalypse must defend the Moon Base and the Moon against the Glatters Army.
• Xiao Ran equipped Dawn with its Tactical Armor, transforming it into a warship-sized special MA.
• Xiao Ran, Flying Eagle, and Giant Whale jumped into Earth orbit and were immediately attacked by tens of thousands of Alien Beasts.
• Xiao Ran amplified the Solar Furnaces’ output, and the three units dodged the attacks while firing massively strengthened weapons at the Alien Beasts.

Xiao Ran and his forces annihilated an Alien Beast swarm in space, then he checked the wider situation and decided to send Giant Whale and Falcon back to guard the allied gathering point. He continued alone, hoping to draw out any enemies plotting against him.

• Dawn Tactical Armor, Giant Whale, and Falcon attacked the Alien Beasts, destroying the swarm in less than ten minutes.
• Xiao Ran reviewed the real-time status display and saw at least a dozen Alien Beast gathering points around Earth.
• Xiao Ran worried that the Earth Force might clash with Frie and ZAFT while the Glatters Army watched for an opportunity to attack.
• Xiao Ran decided to send Giant Whale and Falcon back to protect the gathering point and continue the operation alone.

Xiao Ran destroyed Alien Beast swarms at five gathering points before the Iron Men appeared in full force at the sixth, intending to kill him and intimidate Earth. He scanned the Iron Men and identified their ranks as the confrontation began.

• Xiao Ran used Dawn’s Split Cannons and GN Dragoons to destroy the Alien Beasts at the first five gathering points.
• Xiao Ran traveled to the sixth gathering point and found the Iron Men waiting among the Alien Beasts in organized formations.
• Xiao Ran realized the Iron Men had deduced his route, though he had deliberately chosen nearby targets to draw them out.
• The Iron Men assembled to eliminate Xiao Ran and demonstrate their power to the Earth Sphere.
• Xiao Ran scanned Iron Man Daga, Iron Man Axe, Iron Man Lance, Iron Man Sudo, Iron Man Ibill, and Iron Man Omega, identifying Ibill and Omega as Epic-level threats.

Xiao Ran faced Iron Man Omega and the other Iron Men, valuing them as both powerful opponents and prizes whose transformation technology he wanted to obtain. To ensure none escaped and to eliminate the threats around him before his week-long post-skill weakness, he activated Quantum Assimilation and prepared to end the battles decisively.

• Xiao Ran assessed Iron Man Omega and Iron Man Ibill as possible A-class opponents and became determined to capture the Iron Men and acquire their transformation technology.
• A spear-wielding Iron Man flew from the Omega Warship, showed off its weapon, and challenged Xiao Ran over the radio.
• Xiao Ran activated Seed of Spirit, Potential Burst, Quantum Burst, Brainwave, and his ultimate move, Quantum Assimilation.
• Xiao Ran resolved to destroy Radam, the Alliance, Glast, and, if possible, the Mechanical Beast Legion and Devil Gundam before Quantum Assimilation ended and left him weakened for a week.

Xiao Ran unleashed the Dawn Tactical Armor’s full power and entered the Quantum Field, blanketing space with GN Particles and striking all six Iron Men with Quantum Shock. Four Iron Men were incapacitated, and Xiao Ran followed by destroying every Alien Beast in the particle-covered space.

• Xiao Ran activated every skill, causing the Dawn Tactical Armor to flood the surrounding space with GN Particles and enter the Quantum Field.
• Omega warned the Iron Men that the particles enhanced Xiao Ran’s combat ability and interfered with them.
• Xiao Ran used Quantum Shock to overwhelm all six Iron Men with chaotic information, killing Iron Man Lance and Iron Man Daga and leaving Iron Man Axe and Iron Man Sudo incapacitated.
• Iron Man Ibilu and the Omega Warship also suffered under Xiao Ran’s Quantum Assimilation attack.
• Xiao Ran sent countless beams of light across the GN Particle field, erasing every Alien Beast in the area.

Xiao Ran defeated the Alien Beasts and confronted Ibilu and Iron Man Omega, learning more about the Radam parasites inside the Iron Men. After deciding the Iron Men were valuable research subjects, he changed his plan and chose to let more of them appear on Earth.

• Xiao Ran erased the Alien Beasts, leaving Ibilu and four incapacitated Iron Men behind.
• Xiao Ran urged Ibilu to prove his strength, and Ibilu roared as a red glow burst from his chest.
• Xiao Ran appeared inside the Omega Warship’s core and confronted Iron Man Omega.
• Xiao Ran examined the Iron Men’s Radam parasites and considered how the hosts and parasites might merge into new individuals.
• Xiao Ran abandoned his plan to threaten the Radam Civilization into leaving Earth and decided he wanted more Iron Men to appear there.

Xiao Ran provoked Omega into attacking, then destroyed its mind with Quantum Shock and used Scrap Dealer on its body and the battleship. As the ship began to collapse, a small bug escaped Omega while the battle outside continued.

• Xiao Ran decided to provoke Radam into sending more forces so he could capture and recycle additional Iron Man and take Omega's battleship.
• Xiao Ran told Omega that he intended to study the Iron Man and offered to hand over the captured Iron Man and Aiba BOY if Omega defeated him.
• Omega attacked Xiao Ran, but his light projection reappeared after each strike and unleashed a full-strength Quantum Shock that destroyed Omega's mind.
• Xiao Ran used Scrap Dealer on Omega, causing its armor and internal structures to collapse, then targeted the battleship with the same skill.
• A small bug escaped from Omega's body as the battleship shook, while the Dawn Tactical Armor and Iron Man Ibilu continued fighting outside.

Xiao Ran overwhelmed Ibilu in battle, drawing Radam’s true body out of him and capturing it. With Ibilu defeated and unconscious, Xiao Ran reflected that he was not fated to be the protagonist.

• Ibilu powered up and charged at Xiao Ran, but Xiao Ran casually evaded his attacks and taunted him.
• Xiao Ran struck Ibilu from behind while explaining that strength and awareness mattered more than brute force.
• Ibilu contained his energy and launched a faster attack, but Xiao Ran’s combined beam blasted him away and left his armor cracked.
• Xiao Ran sensed Radam’s true body fleeing Ibilu and restrained it inside a containment space in the Tactical Armor.
• Xiao Ran considered how his provocation had forced Radam out of Ibilu and called Ibilu a guy not fated to be the protagonist.

Xiao Ran used his Innovator state to destroy hostile forces across space and Earth, enabling the Frie ZAFT Allied Forces to take control with little resistance. Back at Moon Base, Lacus and Shanamia discovered that his consciousness had entered the Quantum Field and that he could not return to normal until Earth was stable.

• Xiao Ran destroyed the weapons and engines of three Earth Force fleets, then eliminated the Alien Beasts remaining in orbit around Earth.
• Xiao Ran devastated Earth Force bases and other hostile forces across the planet while the Frie ZAFT Allied Forces began landing and accepting surrenders.
• Xiao Ran intercepted and crippled the hidden Glatters Army force headed for the moon, then returned to Moon Base.
• Frie's Technicians took away the dead-eyed Iron Men and the captured Radam true body, while Ibilu was sent to the medical room.
• Lacus and Shanamia found Xiao Ran in his office and removed his mask, revealing his cold, expressionless state.
• Xiao Ran told Lacus and Shanamia that he had entered the Quantum Field and could not leave it until Earth's situation stabilized, since doing so would leave him weak for at least a week.

Xiao Ran remained in his special state while waiting for news, then went to question the awakened Aiba Shinyo about his transformation and the Alien Beasts. He refused Aiba Shinyo’s request to die and told him he would have to help deal with the Alien Beasts.

• Lacus asked whether Xiao Ran’s special state was safe to maintain, and he said he would leave it once the Alliance and Glatters Army no longer posed an immediate threat.
• Xiao Ran received word that the captive had awakened and the experimental materials had been secured, then ordered the materials sent to PLANT.
• Xiao Ran told Lacus and Shanamia that the materials were humans modified by Radam and that he was going to the Moon Base’s treatment room.
• Xiao Ran read Aiba Shinyo’s examination results and said his altered body was no longer fully human, but he was still too weak.
• Aiba Shinyo asked Xiao Ran to kill him after learning the others were dead, but Xiao Ran refused and said Aiba would need to help deal with the Alien Beasts.

Xiao Ran brought Aiba Shinyo back to normal and took him to Earth, where he reunited with the Nadeshiko crew. He discussed his changed state with Master Asia and revealed that his body was only a construct maintained through the Quantum Field.

• Xiao Ran removed Aiba Shinyo’s restraints, gave him a transformation crystal, and urged him to protect Earth as he followed Xiao Ran from the hospital.
• Xiao Ran departed Moon Base with Aiba Shinyo, who transformed into a red Iron Man and rode inside Tactical Armor Dawn.
• Xiao Ran arrived at the Nadeshiko, left Haro to control Tactical Armor Dawn, and ordered the crew to find D-BOY clothes.
• Xiao Ran asked Master Asia to leave Devil Gundam’s side, and Master Asia agreed to help Earth and train his disciple.
• Xiao Ran asked Master Asia to fight him after Devil Gundam was dealt with, then explained that his consciousness and body had merged into the Quantum Field and demonstrated his body dissolving into green particles.

Xiao Ran received Master Asia’s warning about the dangerous nature of his power and later learned that Aiba Takano and Aiba Shinyo’s younger sister Miyuki had survived and was missing. The Nadeshiko’s crew agreed to help the brothers find her.

• Master Asia warned Xiao Ran that his body and spirit had merged with a dangerous domain, and Xiao Ran asked him for guidance.
• Xiao Ran found Aiba Takano and Aiba Shinyo in the Nadeshiko’s dining hall and learned that their sister Miyuki had survived Radam’s control but was missing.
• Xiao Ran told Aiba Takano that he had killed the other members of the Aiba family’s group, but Aiba Takano accepted that they had been enemies while controlled by Radam.
• Aiba Takano asked to leave the Nadeshiko with Aiba Shinyo to search for Miyuki, and Domon offered the crew’s help.
• Xiao Ran agreed that they should search together and said the Apocalypse could provide treatment if needed.

Xiao Ran and Master Asia traveled to HK, where they met Rising Wind and learned that Wong Yun Fat’s control over the Death Legion and influence on the Devil Gundam made him a key threat. Master Asia planned to confront Wong Yun Fat while Xiao Ran prepared to protect the city from the Death Legion.

• Xiao Ran left the Nadeshiko with Master Asia and headed for HK, which the Salf Alliance managed and protected.
• Xiao Ran arrived at the Salf Alliance base and met Rising Wind, a white horse-shaped robot that was still undergoing final adjustments.
• Master Asia told Xiao Ran that Wong Yun Fat had been infected by DG Cells and could command the Death Legion and influence the Devil Gundam.
• Xiao Ran agreed to destroy any Death Legion units that appeared in the city while Master Asia dealt with Wong Yun Fat.
• Xiao Ran sensed approaching guests, vanished in a burst of light to prepare, and Master Asia sent Rising Wind to finish its battle adjustments.

Master Asia fought Wong Yun Fat, who had transformed himself with DG Cells to gain an apparently immortal body and pursue his ambition of ruling Earth. Xiao Ran watched as Master Asia unleashed his ultimate techniques against Wong Yun Fat.

• Wong Yun Fat arrived to confront Master Asia, and the two exchanged accusations before fighting.
• Master Asia overwhelmed Wong Yun Fat with a powerful strike, but Wong Yun Fat rose with a body covered in metallic DG Cells and regenerated his injuries.
• Wong Yun Fat claimed that his transformation gave him perfect power and accused Master Asia of betraying Earth by working with the Frie.
• Master Asia declared Wong Yun Fat evil and attacked with his golden School of Master Asia techniques while Xiao Ran watched through the base's GN Particles.
• Master Asia bound Wong Yun Fat with his waist cloth, struck him with the First, Darkness Finger, and followed with a barrage of named attacks.

Master Asia destroyed Wong Yun Fat, the Nine Dragon Gundam, and the base before agreeing to join Xiao Ran after settling matters in HK. Xiao Ran headed to the Sahara Desert to find the Devil Gundam and discovered that it had produced copies of machines from many factions.

• Master Asia destroyed Wong Yun Fat and the base, ensuring the Nine Dragon Gundam and the DG Cells were burned with it.
• Xiao Ran told Master Asia that he had eliminated more than five hundred Death Legion units in HK, then said their battle could not be avoided and promised to have Frie build him a new machine.
• Master Asia agreed to join the Independent Fleet once he had resolved the upheaval in HK and told Xiao Ran that the Devil Gundam was likely in the Sahara Desert.
• Xiao Ran flew the Dawn Tactical Armor to the Sahara Desert while Master Asia stayed in HK to eradicate Wong Yun Fat's forces, deal with the destroyed Death Legion units, and answer to the Salf Alliance.
• Xiao Ran detected countless machine wrecks and defective copies buried beneath the desert, including machines from ZAFT, Mithril, Amalgam, and Frie.

Xiao Ran reached a desert corrupted by the Devil Gundam and fought off its Gundam serpents before the colossal Devil Gundam emerged. His Scout Skill revealed a presence inside its cockpit so shocking that even his quantum-state body nearly dissipated.

• Xiao Ran detected unusual air and countless buried machines as his Dawn Tactical Armor crossed the desert toward a massive pit.
• A steel vine with a Gundam head attacked Dawn, and hundreds of Gundam serpents emerged and fired beams at Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran shielded Dawn from the beams and destroyed the exposed serpents with a sweeping attack.
• Countless defective machines rose from the sand, and the Devil Gundam emerged from the pit in a form far larger than Dawn.
• Xiao Ran used his Scout Skill on the Devil Gundam and nearly lost his physical form after sensing the presence inside its cockpit.

Xiao Ran discovered that Aiba Miyuki was trapped inside the Devil Gundam, forcing him to destroy the A-class unit without harming her. After wiping out its minions, he charged toward the Devil Gundam to attack its body.

• Xiao Ran used his Scout Skill and found Aiba Miyuki inside the Devil Gundam’s cockpit.
• Xiao Ran realized he would have to destroy the Devil Gundam while rescuing Aiba Miyuki.
• The Devil Gundam unleashed swarms of units and a dense barrage beneath dark clouds and lightning.
• Xiao Ran’s Dawn Tactical Armor wiped out the Devil Gundam’s minions and cleared the storm.
• The Devil Gundam created new Gundam Snakes and steel vines, and Xiao Ran charged in and swung his Beam Sabers at the joint between its bodies.

Xiao Ran overwhelmed the Devil Gundam, cut it apart, and entered its cockpit to rescue Aiba Miyuki. He freed her from the DG Cell-infested machine and teleported with her back to Dawn.

• Xiao Ran used GN Dragoons to strike the Devil Gundam from behind, then severed its upper and lower halves with Dawn’s Beam Saber.
• Xiao Ran captured the Devil Gundam’s upper half and cut open its cockpit hatch.
• Xiao Ran teleported into the Devil Gundam’s cockpit and found Aiba Miyuki trapped by steel vines, with her armor showing signs of DG Cell infection.
• Xiao Ran cut away the vines, caught Aiba Miyuki with his telekinetic power, and teleported her back into Dawn’s cockpit.

Xiao Ran protected the unconscious Aiba Miyuki and unleashed Dawn Tactical Armor’s full firepower against Devil Gundam. After destroying its smaller half, he pursued the crippled main body, which was still trying to escape.

• Aiba Miyuki collapsed after leaving Devil Gundam, and her Iron Man Armor vanished, leaving a crystal that Xiao Ran stored before covering her with his jacket.
• Xiao Ran turned Dawn Tactical Armor back toward Devil Gundam and charged its cannons, black hole weapons, and missile launchers.
• Dawn Tactical Armor blasted Devil Gundam with beam attacks and four Black Hole Cannons, then struck it with two massive energy beams.
• Xiao Ran used Dawn Tactical Armor’s swords to destroy Devil Gundam’s smaller half and sever the limbs of its larger half.
• As the larger half tried to burrow into the desert, Dawn Tactical Armor drove its greatsword into the damaged spot where Devil Gundam’s large Beam Cannon had been.

Xiao Ran destroyed the Devil Gundam, recovered its wreckage and DG Cells, and left the desert as forces across the Outside World recorded the battle. Renard and Kowloon watched the footage, discussed Xiao Ran’s power, and prepared to carry out their next operation while serving him.

• Xiao Ran split the Devil Gundam apart with Dawn, then spent Merit Points to recover its wreckage, DG Cells, and a DG Cell Regeneration Furnace.
• Xiao Ran guided Dawn into the air and departed as the Devil Gundam’s remains vanished and starlight spread across the desert.
• Satellites belonging to various forces recorded the battle, including Dawn Tactical Armor’s attacks and Xiao Ran’s final strike.
• Renard and Kowloon watched the footage at an Amalgam base, and Kowloon said he would obey Xiao Ran rather than oppose him.
• Kowloon said he would handle the Federation’s scheme, while Renard said he would deal with Blue Cosmos.

Renard and Kowloon prepared to turn the Federation and Blue Cosmos over to Xiao Ran, while Xiao Ran brought the critically ill Aiba Miyuki to the Apocalypse for treatment. Her DG Cells were dormant and her organs were failing, leaving her survival uncertain.

• Renard and Kowloon learned of the Federation’s plans and prepared to capture its leaders and Blue Cosmos’s backers for Xiao Ran, each pursuing his own goals.
• Xiao Ran flew to the Apocalypse, the Nadeshiko, and Danner’s Son with the unconscious Aiba Miyuki, then placed her in a medical pod.
• Xiao Ran told Togo to summon the Aiba Brothers and ordered ZAFT to watch the desert so the Federation could not recover anything from the Devil Gundam’s wreckage.
• Xiao Ran examined Aiba Miyuki and found her vital signs dangerously weak, her organs failing, and her DG Cells dormant for unknown reasons.

Aiba Shinyo pledged to become Xiao Ran’s follower after Xiao Ran brought back Aiba Miyuki and promised to seek treatment for her and Aiba Takano. Toda then reported that earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and ocean waves had grown more severe, suggesting Earth’s geological changes were unrelated to Xiao Ran’s battle.

• Aiba Takano recognized Miyuki in the treatment pod, and Xiao Ran explained that her incomplete Iron Man modification and devouring-cell infection had left her dangerously weak.
• Aiba Shinyo knelt and asked to become Xiao Ran’s knight in exchange for his promise to treat Miyuki and Takano.
• Xiao Ran accepted Shinyo’s pledge and told the brothers to stay with Miyuki while he left the medical bay with Toda.
• Toda reported a recent increase in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and ocean waves across Earth.
• Xiao Ran and Toda concluded that the geological changes were not caused by the giant unit Xiao Ran had destroyed.

Xiao Ran investigated reports of geological disasters and learned from Aiba Miyuki that Radam Flowers could turn humans into Iron Man base bodies. After returning to the Moon Base, he called Lacus and asked her to bring Shanamia to his room.

• Xiao Ran told Todaka to investigate the volcanic eruption site and arrange for the Aiba Brothers to stay aboard the Apocalypse while Miyuki received maintenance treatment.
• Aiba Miyuki warned Xiao Ran that Radam Flowers in areas ravaged by Alien Beasts could transform humans into Iron Man base bodies, and Xiao Ran promised to arrange their destruction.
• Xiao Ran left Earth in Dawn Tactical Armor and returned to the Moon Base because he had kept Quantum Assimilation active for a long time and feared its side effects.
• Xiao Ran went to his room and called Lacus, telling her to bring Shanamia over.

Xiao Ran warned Lacus and Shanamia that he would become weak and unconscious after leaving Quantum Assimilation, and instructed them to keep his condition secret and protect the Moon Base. After he deactivated the state, he suffered severe pain and lost awareness, leaving the two women to care for him.

• Lacus locked Xiao Ran's room before she and Shanamia listened to his warning that his weakness must remain secret and that the Apocalypse must not return to the Moon.
• Xiao Ran asked Lacus to contact Master Asia and, if needed, the Aiba Brothers, while Lacus and Shanamia agreed to manage the Moon Base together.
• Xiao Ran lay down and deactivated Quantum Assimilation, then endured intense pain and gradually lost awareness.
• Lacus told Shanamia to remove Xiao Ran's clothes while she fetched water so they could clean him and change the bedding.