Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran destroyed the Librarians’ bases and dealt with their Photocopy Persons, but the Side Mission remained incomplete, forcing him to seek a way to neutralize the related clones. After the mission deadline passed, Orb and ZAFT launched their assault on the United Forces’ LOGOS headquarters, where the fighting caused heavy losses.

• After accepting Prayer’s surrender, Xiao Ran ordered the Librarians’ space base destroyed, had its Technicians executed, and arranged for the Photocopy Persons to be searched and detained under joint Orb and ZAFT custody.
• Orb and ZAFT led a global campaign that dismantled the Librarians’ remaining bases, equipment, and cloning facilities, but Xiao Ran received no Side Mission completion notice.
• Xiao Ran ordered Photocopy Persons made from alien genes dealt with and began forcibly applying Enhanced Human Technology to the human-based clones, hoping genetic changes would remove the threat they posed.
• After Xiao Ran’s deadline for the United Forces passed, Orb and ZAFT joined other powers to attack the United Forces’ coastal headquarters, where LOGOS members had gathered.
• Xiao Ran piloted Justice Gundam into the battle while Mayu piloted Midnight Gundam, and the attackers suffered heavy losses against eight Destroy Gundams before all eight were destroyed.

Xiao Ran destroyed Gabriel’s escape shuttle and killed the LOGOS leader, prompting the Earth Force base to surrender. With LOGOS defeated on Earth, Xiao Ran warned that the conflict was not over and prepared Orb for a coming struggle over the Moon Base and Requiem as Durandal traveled to meet him.

• Xiao Ran pursued and destroyed a decoy Shuttlecraft, then used the Justice Gundam’s GN Particle perception to locate Gabriel aboard a second shuttle.
• Xiao Ran fired the Phantom Energy Cannon into the shuttle’s launch passage, killing Gabriel and other LOGOS members; he refused the mission prompt to end the mission at 80% completion.
• The Earth Force base surrendered, its remaining LOGOS members were captured, and Orb, ZAFT, and other factions began occupying the base and rescuing the wounded.
• Xiao Ran told Bargyll that the next conflict would involve both ZAFT and the Earth Force Moon Base, and ordered Orb to take supplies before handing the base to ZAFT.
• The Minerva requested a meeting, and Bargyll relayed that Durandal was coming to meet Xiao Ran aboard the Second Archangel.

After the Earth Force base fell, Xiao Ran outlined a path to peace when Durandal asked about the world’s future. Durandal’s questions about the Martian system exposed the flaws in his own plan, and he left the conversation unsettled.

• Orb, ZAFT, and the cooperative factions secured the surrendered Earth Force base and guarded its prisoners and equipment.
• Durandal boarded the Second Archangel with Talia, Athrun, and Heine, then met with Xiao Ran, Bargyll, and Mu.
• Durandal asked Xiao Ran how the world could achieve lasting peace after the Earth Force was defeated.
• Xiao Ran proposed resolving Natural-Coordinator tensions, forming a joint international force, and eventually directing humanity toward deep-space development.
• Durandal raised Mars’s genetically assigned occupations and questioned how a shared organization could prevent officials from favoring their own nations.
• Xiao Ran challenged the Martian system’s fairness and feasibility, leaving Durandal silent and uncertain about imposing his Destiny Plan.

Durandal abandoned the Destiny Plan after recognizing that opposing Xiao Ran and Orb would lead to defeat, and he supported creating a new organization to replace the Earth Alliance. He disclosed the Alliance’s Requiem superweapon and asked whether Shinn and Ray would side with Orb if ZAFT fought it, leaving Xiao Ran to answer.

• Durandal agreed that the Martian social structure would not suit Earth and proposed that Xiao Ran lead a new organization to replace the Earth Alliance.
• Durandal warned Xiao Ran that the Alliance had completed Requiem and proposed an immediate assault on the Moon Base to destroy it; Xiao Ran agreed.
• Durandal asked to meet Cruze, and Xiao Ran arranged for Bargyll to contact him at Heaven’s Pillar.
• Durandal asked whether Shinn and Ray would choose Orb if ZAFT came into conflict with it, and Xiao Ran inferred that Durandal had abandoned the Destiny Plan.
• Durandal confirmed that he had given up the plan, saying ZAFT could not defeat Orb and that humanity’s future should not be limited by genes.

Xiao Ran and Durandal openly discussed their plans, the loyalties of Shinn, Ray, and Athrun, and the creation of a new Earth Sphere alliance. After Cruze arrived, Xiao Ran left Durandal to speak with him privately while forces began dismantling LOGOS and Blue Cosmos.

• Xiao Ran warned Durandal that Cruze and Ray would oppose the Destiny Plan and explained that he had sent Shinn to ZAFT as a precaution.
• Xiao Ran clarified that Shinn, Ray, and Athrun had not betrayed ZAFT and said their choices in a war with Orb would be their own.
• Durandal agreed to let the three decide their roles, and Xiao Ran assigned Athrun to lead Orb's deployed forces.
• Xiao Ran and Durandal discussed forming an independent military alliance for the Earth Sphere, while Xiao Ran remained focused on securing Orb and completing Main Mission Three.
• Cruze arrived aboard the Second Archangel, and Xiao Ran left Durandal and Cruze alone to talk.
• Xiao Ran went to the bridge as forces used intelligence from captured LOGOS members to target LOGOS and Blue Cosmos.

After Cruze persuaded Durandal to abandon the Destiny Plan, Xiao Ran and Cruze arranged a new international institution to replace the Earth Force and considered Durandal as its head and Lacus as PLANT’s next chairman. Orb and ZAFT withdrew from the former Earth Force base as the new organization took shape, while Xiao Ran completed Side Mission One and received an A-Class skill and a backpack component; Side Mission Two then tasked him with sending the Photocopy Person corps to Mars.

• Durandal apologized to Athrun for leaving ZAFT, and Durandal accepted his explanation before agreeing to promote Xiao Ran’s proposal to other factions.
• Cruze revealed that he had discussed the Destiny Plan and Junius 7 with Durandal, who had chosen to abandon his plan and avoid conflict with Orb.
• Xiao Ran and Cruze proposed making Durandal head of the new institution and having Lacus take over PLANT.
• Xiao Ran ordered Orb to withdraw from the former Earth Force base after securing its research materials and technicians, while ZAFT also withdrew and promoted the new institution as the base’s future headquarters.
• Side Mission One completed, granting Xiao Ran fifty thousand Merit Points, ten attribute points, the A-Class skill Instant Burst, and the B-Class Light Wheel Thruster component.
• Prometheus assigned Xiao Ran Side Mission Two: provide a Colony Satellite for the Photocopy Person corps and send it to the Mars colony.

After Orb completed its campaign against LOGOS, Xiao Ran learned that Requiem would fire in twenty-four hours and rushed to mobilize forces for an assault on the Earth Force Moon Base. The chapter ended with Durandal agreeing to help Orb get the Second Archangel and the scattered Silver Hand into space within three hours.

• Xiao Ran piloted Justice Gundam through Earth battles as Orb wiped out LOGOS and the Earth Force remnants, while Orb and ZAFT prepared for the Moon Base assault.
• The Archangel rendezvoused with Cruze's fleet at Heaven's Pillar, joined by Orb pilots, Lacus, and the Eternal; Dearka, Miriallia, and Prea also joined the force.
• After the final LOGOS factory was destroyed, Xiao Ran received an S-rank mission reward and learned that Requiem would fire in twenty-four hours unless the Earth Force was eliminated and its Moon Base captured.
• Xiao Ran hurried to the Second Archangel and ordered Bargyll to send Orb's remaining forces, the Silver Hand, and the ship into space as quickly as possible.
• Xiao Ran informed Durandal that Requiem might target PLANT or Orb and asked him to coordinate support to get the Second Archangel and Silver Hand into space within three hours.
• Durandal saw the countdown, agreed to act immediately, and asked whether Orb needed further assistance.

With Requiem set to fire within twenty-four hours, Xiao Ran and Durandal rushed to get their forces into space and stop the attack. Xiao Ran left the Second Archangel’s crew to prepare the ship for launch and headed toward space aboard a Shuttlecraft carrying the Justice Gundam.

• Durandal agreed to mobilize nearby units and seek help from other powers to send Orb’s Silver Hand and the Second Archangel into space.
• Mina Lund proposed using modules from an Izumo-class Warship to launch the Second Archangel, and Xiao Ran approved the plan and requested Luo and additional personnel.
• Xiao Ran told Bargyll to coordinate assistance with Durandal, then launched in the Justice Gundam to rendezvous with Cruze and join the battle.
• Haro piloted the Justice Gundam to Doria Base, where ZAFT personnel loaded it into a Shuttlecraft.
• The Shuttlecraft departed with Xiao Ran aboard and broke through Earth’s gravity toward space.

Xiao Ran joined Durandal aboard ZAFT’s carrier as the fleets assembled for an attack on the Earth Force Moon Base. After reviewing the plan and the threats posed by Requiem and nuclear weapons, he approved the operation and ordered the forces to follow Mina’s arrangements.

• Xiao Ran arrived at Durandal’s carrier and learned that ZAFT and Orb had extended fleet assembly to eight hours, leaving sixteen hours before the attack.
• A ZAFT commander briefed Xiao Ran on the planned assault, including a second assembly point and a force intended to destroy Requiem while the main fleet engaged the Moon Base.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Second Archangel and Orb Fleet at Heaven’s Pillar to attack the Earth Force fortress, and directed the Second Archangel’s captain to exchange duties with Captain Bargyll’s after joining the fleet.
• Durandal told Xiao Ran that ZAFT had found only two Requiem relay points, while the enemy fleets might carry nuclear warheads and the Moon Base could fire Requiem early.
• Xiao Ran judged that neither Requiem nor Genesis would be usable at the start of battle and approved the existing battle plan, saying he would accompany the carrier as it changed course.

Xiao Ran told Durandal about his ultimate weapons and proposed making him the leader of a new independent organization after the war, then joined the Orb-ZAFT forces preparing to fight the Alliance. The chapter ended as the Minerva sounded an alarm, signaling the battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Ran left the command center with Durandal and warned him that Orb could not sustain a prolonged war, while revealing weapons capable of destroying Requiem and Messiah.
• Xiao Ran proposed that Durandal lead a new organization after the Alliance was defeated, and Durandal agreed to consider the position.
• Xiao Ran explained that Lacus should remain in PLANT so that her influence could be balanced, and he said he would support Durandal's leadership.
• Xiao Ran piloted Justice Gundam to the rendezvous point where ZAFT's Earth-orbit fleet and the Minerva were assembled for the coming battle.
• Xiao Ran boarded the Minerva, and an alarm sounded shortly after Captain Talia arranged for him to rest.

Xiao Ran watched ZAFT’s restrained battle against the Earth Force until an enemy fleet carrying nuclear weapons attacked the Minerva’s flank, forcing him to sortie in the Justice Gundam. He identified the scattered nuclear weapons and began targeting them, leaving the battle against the fleet underway.

• Xiao Ran stayed aboard the Minerva while Shin, Ray, Heine, and Lunamaria launched their Gundams and fought the Earth Force fleet.
• After an hour of fighting, Captain Talia reported that twelve Earth Force warships had attacked ZAFT’s right flank, and Xiao Ran launched the Justice Gundam to intercept them.
• Xiao Ran destroyed more than fifteen enemy mobile suits near the Minerva in under ten seconds, then accelerated toward the assault fleet.
• Xiao Ran spotted nuclear weapons among the fleet, unleashed the Justice Gundam’s green particle wings, and used the GN Particles to locate every nuclear-armed ship and mobile suit.
• Xiao Ran sent the GN Dragoons after the nuclear-armed mobile suits and piloted the Justice Gundam toward the Earth Force warships.

Xiao Ran’s attack on the Earth Force nuclear fleet triggered a panicked launch of missiles in every direction, and the ensuing explosions destroyed most of the fleet. After returning to the main battlefield, he joined ZAFT’s assault and pursued the retreating Earth Force ships.

• Justice Gundam and its GN Dragoons attacked the Earth Force fleet, and the terrified nuclear-weapon pilots launched their missiles chaotically.
• Xiao Ran ordered the GN Dragoons to destroy the missiles, whose explosions wiped out twelve warships and numerous MS, leaving him dumbfounded.
• Xiao Ran returned with the ZAFT squad, then joined the battle without the GN Dragoons and began destroying Earth Force MS with Justice Gundam and its Sword-type BITs.
• Ray, Shin, and Heine fought effectively with their Destiny Gundams while Lunamaria’s Impulse Gundam protected the Minerva.
• As the Earth Force fleet began retreating, Xiao Ran charged after it, abandoning the plan to keep ZAFT’s strength hidden.

Xiao Ran led the ZAFT forces to defeat and capture the retreating Earth Force fleet, then set course for the moon to reinforce the stalled assault on the lunar base and Requiem. The chapter left the allied fleet approaching a battle where Earth Force numbers and more than ten Destroy Gundams were holding the line.

• Xiao Ran broke through the Earth Force MS defenses with Justice Gundam while Shinn and Ray attacked the interceptors from either side.
• Xiao Ran destroyed several Earth Force warships, causing the fleet’s battle line to collapse and its forces to surrender.
• Xiao Ran instructed Captain Talia to disarm the surrendered MS, secure the prisoners with one-fifth of their forces, and send the rest toward the lunar battlefield.
• Xiao Ran returned to the Minerva and noted Ray’s exhaustion, resolving to prioritize his treatment after the battle.
• Captain Talia briefed Xiao Ran that the Orb-ZAFT alliance had cut off two relay points but remained stalled at the lunar front against a similarly sized Earth Force fleet and more than ten Destroy Gundams.

Xiao Ran assessed the Orb-ZAFT alliance’s stalled assault on Requiem and ordered the Second Archangel to join the battle from the flank. Facing mounting losses, he authorized preparations for a MED Warhead strike while insisting they first try to break through the Earth Force defenses and evacuate ordinary soldiers from the blast area.

• Captain Talia reported that the alliance had destroyed two relay points but remained pinned down by Earth Force defenses and more than a dozen Destroy Gundams guarding Requiem.
• Xiao Ran ordered the Minerva to advance at full speed, attack from the flank, and have Mwu bring the Second Archangel to rendezvous with the fleet.
• As the battle’s casualties mounted, the Second Archangel joined the Minerva, and Xiao Ran returned to it to have Justice Gundam serviced before going to the bridge.
• Mwu and Luo discussed the MED Warhead’s effects, and Luo explained that careful targeting could limit its expanding devouring range.
• Xiao Ran told Luo to prepare the MED Warhead strike and said they would first work with Kira, Athrun, Cruze, and the Silver Hand to suppress the Earth Force and evacuate ordinary soldiers.

Xiao Ran arranged for missiles from his Storage Slot to be transferred to the Second Archangel and the ZAFT fleet before they reached the battlefield. The fleet opened its attack on the Earth Force with a massive missile barrage, whose explosions lit up the moon’s outer reaches.

• Mwu suggested using small MED Warheads to avoid the uncertain effects of detonating a Large MED Warhead near the moon.
• Xiao Ran asked Luo to find a nearby Scrap Merchant Guild ship, and Luo arranged to borrow a transport vessel.
• Xiao Ran unloaded Micro Missiles from his Storage Slot into the transport ship, then transferred them to the Second Archangel and the ZAFT fleet, keeping the MED Missiles for the Second Archangel.
• The Second Archangel’s crew finished transferring the missiles while repairing the Justice Gundam and replacing its GN Dragoons.
• Shin, Rey, Heine, and Lunamaria launched from the Minerva to intercept Earth Force MS as the fleet approached the battlefield.
• The Second Archangel and the other warships fired a massive missile barrage that broke through the Earth Force formation and erupted in huge explosions.

The Second Archangel and Minerva led a fleet that attacked the United Forces’ flank with high-explosive missiles and warship fire, while Xiao Ran, Shin, Ray, and Heine broke through the enemy MS. Their assault disrupted the United Forces’ defenses and set up further support for the Orb-ZAFT forces on the frontal battlefield.

• The Second Archangel and Minerva’s fleet launched missiles that engulfed the United Forces’ interceptors in bright explosions and boosted allied morale.
• Xiao Ran led the Justice Gundam into the flank assault, shielding Shin, Ray, and Heine as their machines charged through the enemy barrage.
• Shin, Ray, and Heine coordinated their Destiny Gundams’ attacks at close, medium, and long range, destroying numerous United Forces MS.
• Xiao Ran used the Justice Gundam’s GN Dragoons and Sword-type BITs to attack and defend while wondering whether the Destiny Gundam’s bursts of red light came from SEED abilities.
• The four aces disrupted the United Forces’ interception, allowing ZAFT MS to join the fight as the fleet maneuvered toward the frontal battlefield.
• The allied warships fired their main guns and another volley of missiles, forcing United Forces ships and MS to divert their attacks to intercept the incoming missiles.

Mwu and Captain Talia used the Second Archangel and the Minerva-led fleet to attack the Earth Force from several directions, while Luo defended the Second Archangel alone in the Red Dragon Gundam. After devastating the Earth Force fleet with Super King of Haro Movie Bullet, Luo escaped its center as the fleet remained under attack.

• Mwu ordered the Second Archangel and the fleet to launch missile barrages that obscured the battlefield, then sent the Second Archangel below the Earth Force fleet while the Minerva-led ships drew its fire.
• Mwu timed another missile assault to hit from below as the Earth Force faced pressure from the front, flank, and rear.
• Luo launched the Red Dragon Gundam against Earth Force MS attacking the Second Archangel and intercepted them with its beam-bladed longswords.
• Luo used Super King of Haro Movie Bullet to destroy the MS intercepting the missiles and plow through several Earth Force warships.
• The Earth Force surrounded the Red Dragon Gundam with attacks, but Luo blocked them with the GN Shield and used Super King of Haro Movie Bullet again to escape the fleet.

Second Archangel’s MED Missiles devastated the Earth Force fleet, prompting Durandal and the Orb-ZAFT alliance to protect the ship and press their attack. As Earth Force resistance faltered and its soldiers began surrendering, Xiao Ran’s forces advanced toward Requiem on the Moon.

• Second Archangel fired MED Missiles that swallowed Earth Force warships and MS in expanding black holes, throwing the fleet into panic and disarray.
• Earth Force commanders sent their MS to destroy Second Archangel, while Durandal ordered it protected and Mina dispatched Strike Freedom Gundam and Infinite Justice Gundam to intercept the attackers.
• Xiao Ran saw the Meteor-equipped Strike Freedom and Infinite Justice repel the Earth Force MS and learned that both machines had reached A-class.
• Durandal demanded the remaining Earth Force forces surrender, and many soldiers abandoned their weapons as the Orb-ZAFT alliance pushed forward.
• Silver Hand, ZAFT’s Ace Unit, and Xiao Ran’s forces advanced through the collapsing Earth Force defense, with Xiao Ran reaching a view of Requiem on the Moon.

The Orb-ZAFT Alliance destroyed Requiem and defeated the Earth Force, completing the Participants’ mission. After the battle, Xiao Ran learned that Participants from Orb and ZAFT wanted to meet him now that his identity had been exposed.

• Mwu felt relieved that the battle no longer required using a Large MED Warhead as the Orb-ZAFT Alliance broke through the Earth Force’s defenses.
• Xiao Ran and the other B-class pilots destroyed four Destroy Gundams, then Akatsuki and Midnight breached Requiem’s beam shield and destroyed the weapon before it could fire.
• The explosion annihilated Requiem’s base, prompting the remaining Earth Force troops to surrender and ending the battle.
• Xiao Ran left the cleanup to Mina, Bargyll, and Mu while the Participants’ time limit disappeared and their mission was effectively complete.
• Eshe told Xiao Ran that Orb and ZAFT Participants were simultaneously requesting meetings with him, and he considered their timing and possible intentions.

Xiao Ran considered how the Orb and ZAFT participants might threaten the Burning Legion by probing him or leaking information, then asked Eshe to identify promising recruits. He left Eshe to arrange recruitment before their meeting and heard her recommend killing everyone else to protect the legion’s secrets.

• Eshe warned Xiao Ran that some participants might be testing him or seeking to sell information about him to other legions.
• Xiao Ran weighed the risks of exposure and decided to strengthen the Burning Legion while keeping its other faction territories secret.
• Eshe assessed the participants and estimated that about twelve could be suitable recruits, while others were already in legions, too ambitious, or untrustworthy.
• Xiao Ran told Eshe to invite suitable candidates to join the legion before arranging a formal meeting with the participants.
• When Xiao Ran asked how to handle the rest, Eshe decisively recommended killing them to prevent the legion’s secrets from leaking.