Chapter Summaries

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.

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.