Recaps

Xiao Ran tested the Soul Reaver in battle, destroyed enemy strongholds, and forced Cornelia into an alliance while revealing his plans to overthrow Charles. The arc left Xiao Ran preparing a major Area 19 offensive with Cornelia and the Crimson Knights, as he warned Lelouch that a major change in the EU was approaching.

• Xiao Ran received the Soul Reaver from Koji, rewrote its systems, and proved its power in flight before the Empire’s technicians learned to maintain it.
• Xiao Ran traveled to Area 19 with Luciano and Monica, assessed Cornelia’s worsening position, and proposed striking the Rebel Army’s headquarters while she attacked the encirclement.
• Xiao Ran launched the Soul Reaver alone, destroyed an enemy stronghold and several participant mecha, and returned after easing pressure on Area 19.
• Xiao Ran revealed his alliance with Lelouch and their plan to overthrow Charles to Cornelia, then used GEASS to secure her submission and spent the night with her.
• Xiao Ran and Cornelia faced a coordinated EU and Rebel Army campaign that damaged Area 19’s defenses and injured Monica, while Charles appointed Xiao Ran Deputy Governor at Cornelia’s request.
• Xiao Ran judged the enemy legions a grave threat, took control of Area 19’s military planning, and ordered Cornelia to prepare a campaign against them.
• Xiao Ran secured Cornelia’s help gathering Sakura Stone and Koji’s promise to bring the Crimson Knights’ strongest forces to Area 19 in return for a share of future supplies.
• Xiao Ran told Lelouch that a major change in the EU was approaching and urged him to prepare to destroy its military strength in Area 19 with Cornelia’s cooperation.

Xiao Ran brought the Crimson Knights into Area 19, defeated the Rebel Army, and arranged for it to join the Black Knights. As the EU intensified its assault, Xiao Ran returned with Lloyd’s completed mecha and led a counterattack against the EU’s powerful combined machine.

• Xiao Ran brought Koji and the Crimson Knights into Area 19, promised them a separate base, and laid out a plan to breach the enemy defensive line.
• Xiao Ran assigned the Crimson Knights to pressure the EU while he led Cornelia’s forces against the Rebel Army, and the allies secretly completed their preparations.
• Xiao Ran piloted Mazinger Kaiser SKL against the Rebel Army, defeated its participants, and forced Selucius to surrender the army to him.
• Xiao Ran directed Lelouch to bring the Rebel Army into the Black Knights, and Selucius agreed to join as an independent force under Lelouch’s leadership.
• As the EU war intensified and casualties mounted, Xiao Ran secretly left Area 19 to see Lloyd’s completed mecha in Area 11.
• Xiao Ran and Lloyd’s staff repaired and tested the new mecha, then Xiao Ran returned to Area 19 and reorganized the defenses against the EU advance.
• Xiao Ran joined Koji and the Crimson Knights in an attack on the EU vanguard, where he defeated a phasing Grim Reaper Mecha and faced Seven Gods Combination.

Xiao Ran helped Lelouch seize Britannia, then recruited the Crimson Knights and Roaring Lion Legion into the Burning Legion as a European Federation formed. He led their combined forces toward the Federation’s Parliament, where Ron prepared to use a secret weapon.

• Xiao Ran destroyed the Grim Reaper Mecha, then restrained Seven Gods Combination while his forces recovered Area 19 and captured EU troops.
• Xiao Ran revealed Pendragon on the battlefield, disabled forces on both sides, and helped bring about a temporary ceasefire.
• Xiao Ran returned to the capital, revealed his coup plans to Schneizel, and confronted Charles as Lelouch’s forces took control of the city.
• Lelouch used GEASS on Charles and his captured guards, declared himself Britannia’s ninety-ninth Emperor, and appointed Schneizel and Cornelia to lead his government and military.
• Xiao Ran reunited with Euphemia, then revealed his identity and the Burning Legion’s strength to Corgi and Selucius and invited their Legions to join.
• Corgi accepted the invitation, and Selucius later agreed to merge the Roaring Lion Legion into the Burning Legion.
• After the European Federation formed, Xiao Ran ordered Britannia to prepare for war and led the allied forces toward its Parliament.
• Ron recognized the approaching force and accused Selucius and Korgi of deceiving him, then revealed to Jiuchang that he had a secret weapon.

Xiao Ran brought the European Federation under Britannia’s control, absorbed two legions into the Burning Legion, and prepared for a dangerous mission in the Full Metal Panic world. There, the Legion confronted the Dimensional Beast crisis, protected Chidori Kaname, and began investigating the unknown enemy while Xiao Ran settled near her school.

• Xiao Ran defeated Ron’s forces with GN Particles and Mental Shock, captured Ron, and secured the European Federation for Britannia while negotiating for the release of Ron’s legion members.
• Xiao Ran used V.V’s death to give Saki Maski a CODE, then placed the Blood Legion and Roaring Lion Legion under the Burning Legion and named Korgi and Selucius joint leaders of its Super Zone branch.
• Xiao Ran learned that Ron’s backers were testing and trying to recruit the Burning Legion, returned the Time Bombs for fifteen million Merit Points, and prepared the Legion to demonstrate its strength.
• Xiao Ran arranged a women-only Singer Academy with Valkyrie as instructors, then activated a mission requiring the Burning Legion to protect the Full Metal Panic world and eliminate its World Intruders.
• Xiao Ran’s fleet entered the Full Metal Panic world, rescued Mithril from Dimensional Beasts, and brought Tessa aboard while promising support against the growing crisis.
• Xiao Ran assigned Saki Maski and Miyoshi Meiya to protect Chidori Kaname, while Durandal found signs that the Dimensional Beasts had been artificially modified and Xiao Ran ordered further research.
• Xiao Ran sent Char and Zengar to help Renard reorganize Amalgam, asked Luo to build units capable of investigating across dimensions, and took a group to Tokyo to investigate Jindai High School’s unusual gatekeeper.
• Xiao Ran’s group settled into residences near Chidori Kaname’s home, with Xiao Ran and Sheryl choosing houses next door to the Valkyrie girls.