Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran exposed Ingram and Giliam as non-Earthlings, explained that Earth was under attack, and offered them mechs and a choice of sides. He left them to decide whether to aid Satellite Integration, return to the Earth Federation, or depart, while viewing both as useful but potentially dangerous allies.

• Xiao Ran revealed Ingram and Giliam were not Earthlings, shocking Elsam and putting Giliam on guard.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Void Envoy had attacked Earth and warned that he would eliminate threats to Earth and Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran offered Ingram and Giliam one mech each and the choice to join Satellite Integration, aid the Earth Federation, or leave.
• Ingram and Giliam remained silent as Xiao Ran laid out his understanding of their backgrounds and motives.
• Xiao Ran judged Giliam a dependable asset and Ingram a useful but dangerous double-edged sword.

Xiao Ran offered Elsam a specialized mecha and support computer while asking Giliam and Ingram to choose whether to cooperate with him. Elsam agreed to fight for Earth, and Giliam began to separate his position from Ingram’s before asking Xiao Ran a decisive question.

• Xiao Ran asked Elsam about his combat style and presented him with a high-speed assault mecha suited to mobile shooting.
• Elsam accepted the mecha and promised to fight for Earth and humanity, while Xiao Ran told him to prioritize his own safety and introduced him to Haro.
• Luo explained Haro’s support functions and sent Elsam with the maintenance captain to configure and test his machine.
• Xiao Ran asked Ingram and Giliam for their decision, and Ingram questioned whether they could steal the mecha and military technology.
• Xiao Ran said he would honor his offer and described his willingness to exchange technology with DC, while Giliam told Ingram their origins differed and asked Xiao Ran a question before deciding to stay.

Xiao Ran recruited Giliam to help defend Earth and imprisoned Ingram at his request. As the Steel fought the Void Envoys under Satellite Integration's control, the Federation's demands and inability to command the ship deepened tensions between them.

• Giliam agreed to join Xiao Ran's team to fight threats, but refused to fight the Federation and asked for help when he deemed it appropriate.
• Ingram asked Xiao Ran to imprison him, and Xiao Ran confined him somewhere no one could reach or contact him.
• Xiao Ran gave Giliam a versatile B-class Mecha and a Haro, while Giliam and Elsam spent the next day learning their new machines.
• After joining forces with Cruze, DC destroyed a Void Envoy assault force and began reinforcing other attacked areas.
• The Federation repeatedly questioned the Steel's crew and ordered them to seize Satellite Integration's mecha, while the Steel's reinforcements ignored the demands and focused on defending cities.
• After failing to contact the Steel, the Federation stopped trying to issue orders and chose to ignore the ship.

Xiao Ran received word that the Void Envoys were preparing a large-scale second attack on Earth, potentially striking the Federal Army, the DC, and Satellite Integration at once. He informed Bian, withheld the warning from the Federation, and ordered Mwu's group to wait near Mars for new orders.

• Zenga, Shin, Mayu, and W Team stayed silent about the Federation's attempts to contact Captain Daitetsu as the Steel and Black Gold destroyed Void Envoys across Earth.
• Xiao Ran learned that Captain Mwu would arrive within hours and that Sheryl wanted him to prepare a grand welcome.
• Kane reported that Mao Heavy Industries, the Taurus Research Institute, Ishido Heavy Industries, Mogami Heavy Industries, and Kruse were considering cooperation with Satellite Integration.
• Elsam and Giliam warned Xiao Ran that the Void Envoys' first attacks had tested Earth's defenses and that a larger assault might target the Federal Army headquarters, the DC headquarters on Hades Island, and Satellite Integration.
• Giliam reported that the Void Envoys had deployed a massive planetary weapon, though its location and attack timing were unknown.
• Xiao Ran ordered Jeffrey to inform Bian but not the Federation, and told Mwu to change her jump coordinates to a location near Mars and await further orders.

Xiao Ran ordered reinforcements to strengthen Satellite Integration and explained pilot rankings to Giliam and Elsam. As the Void Envoy held off its attack, the concealed fleet reached Mars and two Small Macross-class ships arrived near Satellite Integration.

• Xiao Ran ordered Kira, Athrun, Amuro, A-Class and B-class Pilots, and two Small Macross-class ships to reinforce Satellite Integration, while Kane and Luo headed to Earth.
• Xiao Ran explained the pilot rating system to Elsam and Giliam, describing the power of A-Class Pilots and the hypothetical threat of S-Class beings.
• Elsam reported that he and Giliam could operate their new mechs, and Xiao Ran told them to train and rest for the coming battle.
• The Void Envoy did not attack, while 'Homeland' and the fleet concealed themselves near Mars with Mirage Colloid.
• Two Small Macross-class ships entered the Jump Channel, emerged behind the moon, and headed toward Satellite Integration under concealment.
• Xiao Ran learned that the two ships had arrived and left the bridge with Captain Jeffrey.

Xiao Ran welcomed Sheryl, Char, and more than fifty elite pilots who arrived with powerful warships as reinforcements. After introducing them to Elsam and Giliam, he joined them in assessing the Earth Sphere crisis and planning how to fight the Void Envoy.

• Xiao Ran and Jeffrey reached the hangar as two transport ships arrived carrying Sheryl, Char, and a group of experienced pilots and guards.
• Sheryl greeted Xiao Ran, while Char reported that more than fifty pilots and two warships had come to reinforce him, with additional forces waiting near Mars.
• Xiao Ran brought the reinforcements, Elsam, and Giliam to the conference room and introduced the two local leaders to his commanders, pilots, and ship captains.
• Char and Xiao Ran revealed the scale of their forces, including hundreds of B-class pilots, nearly thirty A-Class pilots, and numerous powerful warships.
• Giliam and Elsam explained the Earth Sphere's predicament and its enemies, and the group planned their response to the Void Envoy.

Xiao Ran assigned defenses for the expected Final Assault by the Void Envoy, warning that the fleet would have to hold Satellite Integration for thirty minutes before reinforcements arrived. Captain Jeffrey took charge of detailed deployments, and Giliam began briefing the pilots on known enemy units.

• Elsam considered the Immigrant Fleet's combat strength and resolved to fight on the front line against the Void Envoy.
• Xiao Ran warned that the coming battle could decide control of the Earth Sphere and ordered everyone to destroy enemies quickly while protecting Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran assigned Kira, Athrun, and the New Jior to the front line, with Zechs leading Stella, Auel, and Sting in the second line, and placed other pilots across the fleet's remaining defenses.
• Captain Jeffrey took responsibility for unified command and outlined plans for the Colony Satellites, Homeland, and Earth.
• Giliam described the insect-like Void Envoy drones, explaining their ring-shaped energy attacks, suppressive gunfire, and dangerous grappling self-destruction attack.

Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion studied intelligence on the Void Envoys and prepared to seize their White Star headquarters while defending Earth. As repeated attacks continued, they anticipated the enemy’s Final Assault and learned to predict its jumps from gravitational anomalies.

• Giliam briefed Xiao Ran and the meeting on the Bugs, Fighters, Knights, and White Star, including the enemy’s capabilities and the danger of its hidden special units.
• Xiao Ran assigned the Burning Legion to defend against the Void Envoys and capture White Star for its technology and drone production lines.
• The teams departed New Jior to make preparations, and Nalo took El-Elf’s place in Sheryl’s protection detail aboard Galaxy Diva.
• The Void Envoys launched repeated attacks across Earth and space, while Satellite Integration stayed on alert and Guardians and Windrunner remained cloaked.
• Xiao Ran’s people identified gravitational anomalies as signs of incoming jumps and learned that the Void Envoys would appear within two minutes.

Xiao Ran and Satellite Integration responded to the Void Envoys’ Final Assault, which struck Earth and concentrated its main force in the L5 Sector. Xiao Ran sent the fleet toward the battle and launched in the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor to test the enemy, while reinforcements prepared to arrive.

• Multiple gravitational anomalies appeared across Earth and in space, triggering alarms throughout Satellite Integration.
• Jeffrey reported that the Federal Army fleet was heading to L5, DC requested the promised support, and the Void Envoys’ strongest force was gathering in space.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the Void Envoys planned to attack the Federal Army, DC, and Satellite Integration simultaneously, and ordered the New Jior to L5 while the Galaxy Diva stayed to defend Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran arranged for Cruze’s fleet to stand by and ordered Elsam to coordinate with Jeffrey before launching.
• Xiao Ran linked up with the Galaxy Diva’s Tactical Armor, merged with it, and accelerated to catch up with the New Jior.

Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak launched an armed reconnaissance mission against the Void Envoys’ overwhelming forces. Xiao Ran pierced the enemy vanguard with the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor as the others joined the attack, and the battle began with the four machines outnumbered.

• The Darkness Sky, Strike Freedom, and Infinite Justice reached the target area with Basak’s Savage clinging to Athrun’s Tactical Armor.
• Athrun, Kira, Basak, and Xiao Ran discussed their mission to hold off the Void Envoys, and Xiao Ran ordered New Jior to broadcast the battle footage across all available channels.
• Xiao Ran charged into the enemy vanguard with all four Solar Furnaces synchronized and used the Darkness Sky’s GN Dragoons to tear through the formation.
• Basak leapt from Athrun’s machine as Athrun and Kira released their GN Dragoons, sending another wave of beams into the Void Envoys’ forces.

Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak destroyed Void Envoy’s interception force while the New Jior crew analyzed the enemy mecha. Xiao Ran then attacked again, aiming to kill pilots while preserving intact Fighters and Knights for study.

• Athrun and Kira’s Rainbow Cannons, followed by Basak’s fiery assault, wiped out most of Void Envoy’s interception force.
• Personnel aboard the New Jior analyzed the enemy mecha and discussed collecting intact samples, prompting Jeffrey to ask Xiao Ran for several.
• Xiao Ran agreed and charged back toward the interception force as Void Envoy’s main army fired beams and missiles to interfere.
• Xiao Ran targeted Fighter and Knight cockpits to kill their pilots while leaving the mecha intact for recovery.
• Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak swept through the remaining bugs and withstood the Fighters’ and Knights’ attacks.

Xiao Ran's forces had overwhelming advantages over the Void Envoys in ships, mecha, and pilots, while Xiao Ran used the engagement to gather data on the Knights' powerful cannons. Xiao Ran and his allies wiped out the interception force, and Jeffrey prepared to face the approaching main fleet and White Star.

• Xiao Ran assessed the Void Envoys' Fighters, Knights, Bugs, and warships against the strength of his own forces, concluding that his side could overpower them.
• Xiao Ran captured a Knight and a Fighter, then deliberately took a hit from two purple Energy Cannons to measure their power before destroying the Knight that fired them.
• The New Jior crew reported that the cannons could destroy units below B-class and sink a Guardian-class Warship after several hits, and Jeffrey ordered the combat data sent to every unit.
• Xiao Ran, Basak, Kira, and Athrun wiped out the Void Envoys' interception force, while Variable Fighters moved to retrieve the captured mecha.
• Jeffrey asked for a situation report as the Void Envoys' main fleet and White Star approached.

Captain Jeffrey prepared the fleet to confront the Void Envoys while attacks spread across Earth, and Xiao Ran’s group held the line against the enemy’s main force. A broadcast revealed the battle and the Federation’s response to humanity as the Void Envoys unleashed a massive assault on Xiao Ran and the others.

• Jeffrey learned that the Void Envoys had gathered more than forty thousand Bugs, around one thousand Fighters, and fewer than eighty Knight Mobile Suits, and estimated contact in twenty minutes.
• Jeffrey ordered the fighter formations to launch and assemble defensively, while the Blitz Special Unit deployed under the Mirage System to investigate the White Star.
• The Void Envoys reorganized their forces and concentrated a dense barrage on Xiao Ran, Basak, Kira, and Athrun.
• Xiao Ran had Jeffrey and Elsam broadcast the space battle to humanity, revealing the alien invasion and the Federation’s deployment to defend Federal Headquarters.
• People around the world watched the attack and questioned why the Federation fleet had not yet reached the battle, while the Void Envoys’ fire engulfed the four defenders.

As Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak fought off the Void Envoys’ swarming bugs, Satellite Integration’s reinforcements arrived through purple portals. Homecoming emerged with Xiao Ran’s powerful fleet, and Captain Jeffrey ordered the first wave to attack.

• Xiao Ran’s broadcasts drew public attention to Satellite Integration as the Federation struggled to rebuild its depleted forces.
• Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak battled the Void Envoys’ bugs while Athrun warned that their attacks were increasingly coordinated and Kira urged Basak not to separate from the group.
• Hundreds of warships and numerous mecha emerged from purple portals near the front lines.
• Homecoming passed through a colossal portal with Xiao Ran’s fleet and appeared before Earth and the Void Envoys.
• Captain Jeffrey ordered the first wave to attack, and hundreds of warships fired missiles at the Void Envoy fleet.

The Burning Legion arrived in space as Earth’s defenders fought to hold Hades Island against the Void Envoys. Xiao Ran ordered Kira, Athrun, and Basak to withdraw through the opening he carved in the enemy encirclement.

• People on Earth and the Federation and DC watched the Immigrant Fleet arrive and recognized it as powerful reinforcement.
• Cruze, Shirakawa Shuu, and Zeng Jia saw the fleet’s arrival while fighting the Void Envoys around Hades Island.
• Bian recognized Home as a mobile residential Dyson Sphere and welcomed the Burning Legion’s arrival.
• After the New Jior issued an attack warning, Xiao Ran ordered Kira, Athrun, and Basak to withdraw.
• Xiao Ran tore open a path through the Void Envoys, and Kira, Athrun, and Basak followed, with Kira carrying Basak’s mecha using a Mechanical Arm.

The Burning Legion launched a massive missile and beam assault on White Star while Xiao Ran’s forces escaped the encirclement. As the Void Envoy prepared to withdraw, enemy units appeared inside White Star, and the Guardians and Windrunner revealed themselves to begin the final attack.

• Xiao Ran and the other Tactical Armor units broke through the Void Envoy encirclement, and the Burning Fleet’s missiles struck the pursuing forces.
• Revil’s, Char’s, Jeffrey’s, and Mwu’s fleets spread out and attacked White Star with missiles, Variable Fighters, and warship guns.
• The woman on the throne ordered a withdrawal and preparations for Judica and the Final Judgment after learning the enemy fleet came from a Parallel World.
• A soldier reported that enemies had infiltrated White Star’s harbor and that giant robots had appeared beside the fleet.
• The blue-haired woman and the proud woman left to confront the intruders, while the Guardians and Windrunner emerged from cloaking and joined the assault.

The Windrunner and the Guardians shattered the White Star’s shield with a spatial distortion attack, while Jeffrey launched Burning Legion forces against the Void Envoys. The battle escalated as drones, MS units, fighters, and other units engaged the enemy fleet.

• The Windrunner and the Guardians fired on the White Star, but its shield initially blocked their beams.
• The ships’ attacks distorted space, destroyed the White Star’s shield, and damaged the Void Envoy fleet caught in the affected area.
• The White Star’s forces sent units, including Haba kook artillery platforms, to confront the Windrunner, the Guardians, and their MS.
• Jeffrey ordered all forces to sortie, deploying GHOST-V9 drones, launching a third missile wave, and sending out MS teams.
• Burning Legion fighters unleashed missiles as other units charged from multiple directions into the Void Envoy forces.

The Final Assault began as Xiao Ran and the Burning Legion’s pilots tore through the Void Envoy forces while the Federal Army joined the battle. When Judica, an A-class fire-support mecha, emerged from White Star, Xiao Ran attacked it before it could fully appear.

• Xiao Ran, Kira, Athrun, and Basak led separate assaults against the Void Envoys, with Kira and Athrun using multi-lock attacks and Basak charging through the bugs.
• Xiao Ran enveloped the battlefield in GN Particles and drove toward White Star as the Federal Army fleet arrived and advanced toward the enemy.
• Alarms sounded across the fleets as an immense energy reaction appeared at White Star’s north pole, where Judica emerged.
• Xiao Ran scanned Judica, identified it as an A-class fire-support mecha, and ordered the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor to attack.
• Xiao Ran appeared above Judica and sent GN Dragoons and two Mechanical Arms wielding Beam Sabers down toward its head.

Xiao Ran attacked Judica while sensing the battle and the mental force controlling the Void Envoy pilots, and accepted two A-Class missions. After realizing that Judica’s pilot and the other White Star pilots were humans controlled by Yuzes, he retreated and sent a message to New Jior’s bridge.

• Xiao Ran concentrated Darkness Sky’s beams and missiles on Judica’s head, striking its defensive shield through a cloud of smoke.
• Xiao Ran sensed the battlefield and a mental force surrounding White Star and the Void Envoy MS pilots.
• Xiao Ran accepted a personal mission to defeat Judica and destroy White Star Core’s relay, along with a legion mission against the Inspector Army’s Seventh Fleet and Yuzes.
• Xiao Ran realized that the White Star pilots, including Judica’s pilot, were humans controlled by Yuzes.
• Xiao Ran pulled Darkness Sky back, attacked Judica’s head again with the GN Dragoons, and transmitted a message to New Jior’s bridge.

Xiao Ran pinned Judica down with the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor, destroying its Floating Weapons and preventing it from using its devastating beams. As Jeffrey mobilized reinforcements and recovery teams, Judica remained trapped behind its shield, unable to advance or meaningfully threaten the fleet.

• Xiao Ran found that ordinary attacks could not break Judica’s powerful shield, while Judica’s beams could threaten the Darkness Sky Tactical Armor if they hit.
• Judica launched dozens of Floating Weapons, but Xiao Ran used his GN Dragoons to destroy them all.
• Jeffrey ordered special units to attack the White Star Core’s psychic-medium device, summoned the Galaxy Diva and Sheryl, directed Kira, Athrun, and other A-Class Pilots to break the enemy formation, and dispatched recovery teams and MED Missiles.
• Xiao Ran kept attacking Judica to prevent it from lowering its shield and firing its high-powered blue beams at the fleet.
• Judica’s pilot grew frustrated as Xiao Ran’s attacks kept the mecha confined and unable to advance.