Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran forced Char to join his plan to overthrow the Zabi family and make Zeon independent, then arranged a staged attack and a later meeting on the Moon. After returning to White Base, Xiao Ran reviewed El-Elf’s preparations and the list of people who had chosen to stay aboard.

• Char rejected Xiao Ran’s plan because he feared the Earth Federation would use him and leave Zeon dependent, but Xiao Ran threatened to destroy his machine and hand him over unless he agreed.
• Xiao Ran promised that advanced MS technology would give Zeon the strength to defeat the Earth Federation, and Char agreed to join his plan.
• Xiao Ran and Char arranged a staged attack on the satellite in two hours, agreed to meet on the Moon, and discussed dealing with a pilot and the development data for the three Prototype Machines.
• Xiao Ran released Char’s Zaku II and returned to White Base, where the sight of Gundam Unit 1 reassured people at the spaceport.
• El-Elf assigned Captain Jeffrey to Warship Command and the Bridge Trio to the bridge, organized the remaining hundred-plus people into groups, and gave Xiao Ran the personnel list, which he examined and nodded at.

Xiao Ran organized White Base’s crew and salvage efforts while planning to use Sayla Mass, Fraw Bow, and Mirai Yashima on the bridge. He recognized the ship’s weaknesses and intended to modify it, then called the team together to assign pilots.

• Xiao Ran reviewed the roster, noted the motives and identities of the people aboard, and told El-Elf to salvage supplies, weapons, equipment, and three Zakus within two hours.
• Xiao Ran assigned Sayla Mass, Fraw Bow, and Mirai Yashima to work on the bridge, while El-Elf distributed duties and promised that passengers could disembark in a neutral region after the mission.
• Captain Jeffrey raised the lack of a Helm Officer, and Xiao Ran said he had a promising candidate in mind and asked El-Elf and Nalo to train another person for the role.
• Xiao Ran explained that the new bridge workers could help build alliances and ensure cooperation, and Captain Jeffrey agreed to help them settle in.
• Captain Jeffrey criticized White Base’s weak weapons, defenses, and mobility, while Xiao Ran said he planned to modify the ship with technology from other worlds.
• Xiao Ran asked Captain Jeffrey to summon Nalo, Zechs, and Skull Squadron to the bridge so they could assign pilots.

Alex gathered the new bridge crew and revealed that his organization sought to end the war between the Earth Federation and Zeon. He claimed the group held evidence and a constitution capable of overturning the Federation leadership, and Artesia joined after learning that her brother Char was alive.

• El-Elf led a salvage operation on the satellite while the crew gathered on White Base's bridge.
• Alex introduced himself to Sayla Mass, Fraw Bow, and Mirai Yashima, then described his anti-war organization and the devastation caused by the war.
• Alex claimed the organization inherited the true Earth Federation's legacy and possessed evidence and an original constitution that could undermine the current leadership.
• Alex revealed that Sayla was Artesia Daiken and said her brother Char had joined the organization; Artesia agreed to join and asked to meet him.
• Alex urged Fraw to persuade Amuro and his father to join, and Fraw agreed to try.
• Mirai realized that Alex's revelations left her little chance of refusing the organization or leaving White Base.

Xiao Ran assigned the available mecha and bridge duties as the crew prepared for battle, while Milia and Artesia discussed the revelations that had brought them aboard. The chapter ended with El-Elf returning with three Zakus, a Guncannon, and a Guntank, though White Base's supplies remained incomplete when Char's deadline arrived.

• Xiao Ran assigned himself, Alto, Brera, and Ozma to the available mecha, planned later assignments for Zechs, Nalu, and Michel, and kept Luca on bridge firepower and reconnaissance duties.
• Xiao Ran told Nalu to choose a candidate to learn helmsman duties from Milia, then went to the hangar to inspect the black Gundam.
• Milia and Artesia discussed whether to trust Alex's revelations, Artesia's past, and her hope of finding her brother Char by joining the organization.
• El-Elf returned with three Zakus, a Guncannon, and an Earth Force Guntank, while only half of White Base's full supplies and ammunition had arrived by Char's deadline.
• A Zaku II charged through the Spaceport entrance as the agreed time with Char arrived.

The White Base crew detected a Zaku II hiding in the spaceport and launched Alto, Brera, Xiao Ran, and another pilot to respond. After the Zaku’s mines nearly endangered civilians and the station, Xiao Ran destroyed it and confronted Char’s warship, suspecting Char had broken their agreement.

• Captain Jeffrey ordered Alto and Brera to sortie, warned them the Zaku II could cause a nuclear explosion if destroyed, and told the crew to return to the White Base.
• The Zaku II threw a box that released mines, and Brera fired on them as they spread, triggering explosions that cracked the spaceport’s barrier and panicked civilians.
• Xiao Ran rushed into the spaceport, passed Brera, and saw Alto struggling to attack the Zaku without hitting its reactor.
• Xiao Ran pierced the Zaku II’s cockpit with his Beam Saber, then urged Captain Jeffrey to hurry the remaining personnel aboard.
• Xiao Ran led the four machines out of the spaceport toward Char’s warship, while Char prepared to contact him and explain that he had not ordered the premature attack.

Xiao Ran let Char’s warship catch up after White Base escaped the satellite, and used a barrage of near-miss shots to vent his anger without striking the ship. Char then joined Xiao Ran in space, leaving their next meeting poised to begin face to face.

• Char sent Xiao Ran the message that the Zaku II pilot’s attack had been an accident, and Xiao Ran believed him but fired more than a dozen beams past Char’s warship to frighten its crew.
• Char ordered his warship to attack the Spaceport entrance while Captain Jeffrey ordered White Base to depart for the moon under Mirai Yashima’s steady piloting.
• After White Base cleared the Spaceport, Char ordered his crew to bombard it and then pursue White Base, reflecting on how the Zabi family had twisted Zeon.
• Xiao Ran slowed White Base after about an hour and waited for Char’s warship to catch up before launching with Brera and Alto to meet it.
• Char flew out in a Shuttlecraft, showed that he was unarmed, and floated before Xiao Ran’s black Gundam.

Xiao Ran and Char staged a tense negotiation to cover up their disrupted plan, while Xiao Ran explained the colony attacks to Mirai and the others. White Base left for the Moon, and Char secretly ordered his warship to follow at a distance as he waited for his superiors to reconsider the deal.

• Xiao Ran refused to provide Char with Gundam data, imposed a one-hour deadline, and used Ozma's Zaku II to block the exchange from the Zeon warship's view.
• Xiao Ran returned to White Base and explained to Mirai, Fraw, and Artesia that the Zaku attacks had been caused by pilots acting against Char's intentions.
• White Base waited an hour without hearing from Char, then departed as Captain Jeffrey and Xiao Ran discussed hiding the ship and finding another vessel for the Moon.
• The Zeon warship's captain questioned why Lieutenant General Deguzuru had rejected the deal, and Char said he expected Deguzuru might reconsider after learning about the Gundams' performance.
• Char ordered his warship to trail White Base from a safe distance, contact reinforcements, and confirm a rendezvous point.

Char examined Xiao Ran’s advanced communicator and began to believe his claims about ending the war, while White Base evaded its Zeon pursuers and hid in a debris belt. Xiao Ran then organized his team’s response to Main Mission Two and asked El-Elf to assess the new Participants and civilians aboard the ship.

• Char read and memorized the note attached to Xiao Ran’s communicator, destroyed it, and studied the device before concluding that Xiao Ran’s claims might be credible.
• Captain Jeffrey led White Base away from the Zeon warships and hid it in a debris belt, while Char’s ships received supplies and reinforcements and continued tracking the wrong route.
• Xiao Ran told the team that Main Mission Two required them to join a faction within a month and reach D-rank Piloting Skill, then assigned Nalo and Saki Maski to train those who lacked it.
• Xiao Ran told Asa and Nalo to keep their people calm while he planned how to meet the faction requirement and manage the civilians and new Participants aboard White Base.
• El-Elf reported that he had identified fifty-eight likely Participants among the people aboard and advised keeping suitable Native inhabitants as a buffer while removing those who wished to leave and any Earth Federation agents.

Xiao Ran and his allies agreed to let trustworthy newcomers join their Legion while keeping others under control, but they needed a ship before they could handle the people aboard White Base. With ordinary travel and a cautious civilian-vessel seizure ruled out, Xiao Ran ordered patrols to find and capture a usable vessel by force if necessary.

• El-Elf proposed assessing newcomers, revealing the rebels’ identity to suitable Native inhabitants, and recruiting trustworthy participants; Xiao Ran assigned him to oversee the newcomers with Ozma’s help.
• Xiao Ran and the others agreed that securing another ship was their priority, but they lacked a shuttlecraft and could not safely seize a civilian ship with only one Zaku II.
• Captain Jeffrey ruled out reaching the moon by MS, and Xiao Ran learned that military communications could reach it but would not solve their immediate need for a vessel.
• El-Elf suggested prioritizing the ship personnel problem and using all three Gundams in a seizure if necessary, giving them more possible targets.
• Xiao Ran ordered the four machines to patrol for civilian vessels, assigned Brera, Alto, Michel, and Glan Glan to the first patrol, and began driving training.

Xiao Ran arranged for White Base to use an Anaheim Company transport ship to carry him and a selected group to the Moon, where he planned to meet Char and pursue his plans involving Anaheim and the Bist Family. The transport ship was surrounded and ordered to take aboard White Base’s refugees, but its crew questioned whether they could trust the request.

• After a day of fruitless patrols in the debris belt, Xiao Ran ordered White Base to resume its course toward the Moon.
• Alto spotted a cargo ship bound for the Moon, and Xiao Ran decided to suppress it and use it to transport the refugees and his chosen companions.
• Xiao Ran told Artesia she would accompany him to meet her brother Char, and selected Zechs, Saki Maski, Glan Glan, and Luca to travel with them.
• White Base’s four MS surrounded the transport ship, which Xiao Ran recognized as belonging to Anaheim Company, a faction central to his plans.
• Alto demanded that the transport ship take aboard White Base’s war refugees, and its crew asked how they could verify the group’s identity and ensure their safety.

Xiao Ran and his companions entered Brown City as refugees, secured temporary identities, and investigated Anaheim Company and the Bist Family. After learning the branch manager’s residence, Xiao Ran began an infiltration operation to meet him and present his MS technology.

• Xiao Ran and Zechs gave the Federal Army interrogators fabricated identities and obtained certificates to apply for temporary identification in Brown City.
• Xiao Ran and Zechs investigated Brown City and learned that Anaheim Company was still a growing corporation whose branch manager belonged to the Bist Family.
• Xiao Ran decided to use his MS technology to gain influence at Anaheim and planned an infiltration of the branch manager’s home.
• Luca hacked the city network, found the mansion, and took control of its surveillance systems and nearby power supply.
• Xiao Ran assigned Luca to intelligence support, Saki Maski to protect Luca, and Zechs and Glan Glan to accompany him into the mansion.
• Xiao Ran, Zechs, and Glan Glan equipped themselves and raced toward the mansion under cover of night.

Xiao Ran infiltrated Cardias's villa and revealed that he knew about the Box of Laplace, presenting himself as the leader of the Earth Federation Resistance Organization. After showing Cardias advanced technical documents as proof, Xiao Ran explained the capabilities of the GN Solar Furnace, leaving Cardias to assess his claims.

• Xiao Ran, Zechs, and Glan Glan bypassed the villa's security with Luca's help and reached the third-floor suite, knocking out two guards along the way.
• Xiao Ran found Cardias asleep beside his pregnant wife and realized the unborn child could be Banagher.
• Xiao Ran woke Cardias and persuaded him to speak outside the bedroom without disturbing his wife.
• Xiao Ran identified himself as Alex Xiao, leader of the Earth Federation Resistance Organization, and said the Box of Laplace belonged to his cause.
• Cardias examined a data device containing M1 Astray technical documents and information about the GN Solar Furnace, and reacted with shock.
• Xiao Ran described the Solar Furnace's potential to enhance Newtype abilities and enable communication through GN Particles.

Xiao Ran presented Mr. Cardias with advanced M1 Astray and Solar Furnace technology, then demanded Anaheim Company's comprehensive support in exchange for cooperation and future political and commercial rewards. When Mr. Cardias questioned the value of the deal, Xiao Ran offered technology as investment capital and placed another set of technical documents before him.

• Mr. Cardias examined the M1 Astray blueprints and Solar Furnace information, judging the technology far beyond anything held by the Earth Federation or Zeon.
• Xiao Ran argued that the documents proved he belonged to neither side and warned Mr. Cardias of his force's power while offering further cooperation.
• Mr. Cardias asked what Xiao Ran wanted, and Xiao Ran demanded Anaheim Company's unconditional support in exchange for joining the company and promising it a major role after the Federation's overthrow.
• Xiao Ran promised Mr. Cardias power in the future regime and said his unborn son had great potential to become a Newtype.
• Mr. Cardias said he needed a concrete profit, so Xiao Ran offered to invest technology in Anaheim's military-industrial division and help it acquire rival companies.
• Xiao Ran warned that the technology could bring enormous profits and pushed another set of technical documents across the table to Mr. Cardias.

Xiao Ran showed Cardias advanced technologies, including the Space Jump Engine, to prove his sincerity and establish their value. He demanded control of most Anaheim Company shares and the Bist Family’s support, but Cardias hesitated because the deal required approval from other stakeholders and threatened his family’s position.

• Cardias reluctantly opened Xiao Ran’s second data storage device and examined technologies such as PS Armor, VF fighters, GN-X, and GN-T Solar Furnaces.
• Cardias discovered the Space Jump Engine and was stunned by its potential value.
• Xiao Ran explained that the technologies were genuine, described how they could advance humanity, and said neither the Earth Federation nor Zeon could have developed them.
• Xiao Ran demanded eighty percent of Anaheim Company’s shares, forty percent of the shares in the Bist Family’s holding companies, the Box of Laplace, and the family’s support in overthrowing the Earth Federation’s leaders.
• Cardias recognized the technologies’ immense value but hesitated because he could not decide alone and the proposed share distribution threatened the Bist Family’s standing.

Xiao Ran secured Cardias's agreement to his plan to reshape Zeon and the Earth Federation, while reducing his Anaheim Company stake to 65%. Anaheim recognized Xiao Ran, Zechs, and Glan Glan as faction members, and the company prepared to secretly produce M1 Astrays as Xiao Ran arranged a trip to Earth.

• Xiao Ran and Cardias agreed on a plan to overthrow the Zabi family, build a covert military force, and eventually expose the Box of Laplace to reshape the Earth Federation.
• Xiao Ran reduced his Anaheim Company stake to 65%, while Cardias arranged a trip to Earth to report to Saiyam Bist and gather the company's interested parties.
• Xiao Ran officially joined Anaheim Company as a partner, and Zechs and Glan Glan joined as MS test pilots.
• Xiao Ran told Cardias to begin secret M1 Astray production and postpone the Earth trip until he had handled other matters.
• Cardias left Glan Glan behind as his guard, while Luca and Saki Maski joined Anaheim Company and Zechs led a supply ship toward White Base's hiding place.

Xiao Ran oversaw Anaheim Company's secret M1 Astray development and the refitting of the Gundams while White Base received supplies and training support. After Char arrived in Brown City, Xiao Ran went to meet him, planning to show him the AE-0 before they traveled to Earth with Cardias and El-Elf.

• A transport ship replenished White Base, brought technicians and Zaku IIs, and returned to Brown City with the three Gundams for refitting.
• El-Elf recruited White Base's participants into the Rebel Army—Anaheim Company faction, while Artesia joined Anaheim Company as an apprentice medic.
• Cardias's secret team built the AE-0 prototype from the M1 Astray data, confirming its production feasibility and preparing to manufacture combat-ready units.
• Xiao Ran received reports assuring him that White Base was secure and that its participants were training for their mission.
• Char contacted Xiao Ran from Brown City's Spaceport, and Xiao Ran arranged to meet him and show him the AE-0.

Xiao Ran brought Char to Anaheim Company and showed him the Resistance Organization’s advanced MS, arguing that they could work together to reshape Zeon and the Earth Federation and bring peace. Char questioned why he should join, and Xiao Ran began revealing that he possessed information capable of changing the world.

• Xiao Ran and Char exchanged guarded greetings, then Char asked about Artesia, and Xiao Ran told him she was well and hoped to see her brother.
• Xiao Ran drove Char into Anaheim Company’s factory district, where Char realized the organization had powerful backing.
• Xiao Ran showed Char the M1 Astray, codenamed AE-0, and claimed the Resistance Organization could produce MS that surpassed the Zaku II and the Federation’s GM.
• Xiao Ran explained that he was recruiting Char and other allies to challenge the Zabi family and the Earth Federation, but Char asked why he should cooperate.
• Xiao Ran said Char could not bring lasting peace as a pawn of the Federation, then opened a file and claimed he held information that could change the world.

Xiao Ran revealed the Space Jump Engine and the Resistance Organization’s plan to overthrow the current Earth Federation, persuading Char to join and envision an autonomous New Zeon within a united Federation. After they finalized their plans, Xiao Ran, Cardias, El-Elf, and Saki Maski arrived on Earth to meet the Bist Family.

• Xiao Ran told Char that the Resistance Organization had developed the Space Jump Engine and was seeking the Earth Federation’s Original Constitution to challenge the current government’s legitimacy.
• Char accepted Xiao Ran’s invitation and proposed that Zeon become a New Zeon Autonomous Region within the Earth Federation.
• Xiao Ran, Cardias, and their allies refined two plans, while Char reunited with Artesia and then returned to Zeon to recruit overlooked or expendable forces.
• The Earth Federation searched unsuccessfully for Xiao Ran’s group, while its GM program advanced without the combat data from Amuro and the Original Gundam.
• Xiao Ran, Cardias, El-Elf, and Saki Maski traveled to Earth under Anaheim Company and Federal Army escort and arrived at the Bist Family residence in California.

Xiao Ran visited the Bist Family estate with Cardias, Saki Maski, and El-Elf and exposed Martha as a dangerous threat to their cooperation. Cardias had Martha imprisoned and led Xiao Ran inside, leaving the family’s internal danger contained for now.

• Xiao Ran arrived at the heavily fortified Bist Family estate with Cardias, Saki Maski, and El-Elf.
• Martha insulted Xiao Ran and his companions when she came out to meet them, and Cardias rebuked her.
• Xiao Ran warned Cardias that Martha was having an affair with his son and might turn him against Cardias, then advised investigating her ties to Anaheim Company and the family’s partners.
• El-Elf offered to deal with Martha, and Xiao Ran identified him to Cardias as the One-Man Army.
• Cardias ordered the guards to imprison Martha, confiscate her belongings, and kill her if she tried to escape.
• Cardias apologized to Xiao Ran and led him into the main building, agreeing to keep Martha confined during their plans.

Xiao Ran and Cardias prepared to reshape Earth Federation politics and secure support for Char’s future New Zeon, while Cardias entrusted the Bist Family and Anaheim Company to his grandfather’s successor. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran waiting at an Anaheim reception as Earth Federation power brokers gathered, irritated by their delays and privileged manner.

• Cardias settled Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki Maski into guest rooms, then told his grandfather Saiyam that he would stake the Bist Family’s wealth on changing the world.
• Saiyam forgave Cardias, placed the Bist Family and Anaheim Company under his charge, and entered cryogenic sleep.
• At dinner, Cardias told Xiao Ran that Saiyam had frozen himself, then showed him files on influential people whose cooperation they sought.
• Xiao Ran and Cardias planned to secure Earth Federation support for Char’s future New Zeon while placing Xiao Ran in a position to gain an Exclusive Territory.
• Cardias invited Earth Federation power brokers to Anaheim to observe new technology, and more than a hundred gathered for a reception.
• Xiao Ran grew impatient as seven invitees remained absent, while Saki Maski and El-Elf criticized the assembled officials.