Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran used Teleportation to escape an attack on Darkness Sky and surprise Silver Wind, which he disabled and drove to the ground. He left Silver Wind in the custody of two Darkness Skies as the yellow dragon-shaped unit pursued them and Xiao Ran turned his attention to its pilot.

• Xiao Ran concluded that the Small MACROSS-class Battleship's heavy particle cannon could distort the Space Channel but could not destroy it, while Darkness Sky's shot destroyed more than half the units descending through it.
• A yellow dragon-shaped unit fired a barrage of advanced spherical missiles at Darkness Sky while Silver Wind attacked, and the unit appeared to fall after being hit.
• Xiao Ran revealed that he had used Teleportation to move into another Darkness Sky, then rushed toward Silver Wind piloted by a female pilot.
• Xiao Ran's Darkness Sky evaded Silver Wind and used a rapid series of attacks to destroy its arms, damage its back armor, and cut through its thrusters.
• Two Darkness Skies intercepted the Rest drones, carried the disabled Silver Wind away, and guarded it after landing.
• The yellow dragon-shaped unit's pilot, Yajihha, chased after Silver Wind, but Xiao Ran warned him to worry about himself instead.

Xiao Ran defeated the attackers at the South American Base and captured the Silver Wind and dragon-shaped units. After returning to the Burning Legion, he learned that Char's fleet had suffered severe equipment damage after firing its MACROSS Cannon at the Zovok Space Channel, leaving White Star in need of reinforcements.

• Xiao Ran evaded the yellow dragon-shaped unit's missiles, then cut off its tail and head and claimed its severed head as a trophy.
• Xiao Ran's forces cleared the area, and support crews evacuated the wounded from the damaged South American Base.
• Xiao Ran brought the captured Silver Wind and dragon-shaped units aboard a warship and returned to the Burning Legion near Satellite Integration.
• Mwu told Xiao Ran that personnel losses were low, but Char's fleet had lost many units and warships when its MACROSS Cannon triggered electromagnetic shockwaves at the Space Channel.
• Xiao Ran decided to transfer forces from other fleets to rebuild White Star's defenses.

Xiao Ran convened Earth’s leaders to assess the Zovok assault and the many other threats facing the planet. He warned that Earth could not be abandoned and that its people had to confront each enemy in turn.

• Reports revealed that the Zovok had destroyed the North and South American Bases, damaged White Star, and been repelled at the Moon and Satellite Integration.
• Xiao Ran called a video conference with Earth’s military and political leaders and described the Zovok attack and the failure of Earth’s defenses against their technology.
• Xiao Ran warned that Shadow-Mirror, Lone Wolf and the Federation behind it, the Native Species, and the Super Robots all posed serious threats.
• Xiao Ran also cited Furi’s warning about a sealed enemy and the Balmar Empire behind the Void Envoys.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Earth could not escape its dangers by leaving and that its people had to defeat each threat through battle.

Xiao Ran assessed Earth's many threats and declared a state of war, assigning forces to defend the planet and prepare for future battles. He secretly sent the Steel Dragon Squad to White Star to deal with the dangerous Native Species sealed inside its core.

• Xiao Ran told the conference that Zovok could be negotiated with, ordered the Rebel Army to choose a side within three days, and called for Shadow Mirror to be investigated and Lone Wolf eliminated.
• Xiao Ran declared Earth in a state of war and ordered warships repaired, captured Zovok forces incorporated into the White Star Defense Force, and military industries to mass-produce new units.
• Xiao Ran put General Revil in charge of Earth's military operations, assigned Cruze to support stability in Handong, and placed the Steel Dragon Squad under his direct command as the offensive core.
• After the conference, the Steel Dragon Squad prepared for new missions and its units headed into space while personnel withdrew from White Star for an inspection.
• Xiao Ran secretly sent the Steel Dragon Squad to White Star because he knew the White Star Core sealed the Native Species, whose release could derail Zovok's plans.

Xiao Ran welcomed the returning Steel Dragon Squad and checked on the injured Graham, who insisted on keeping his scars as a reminder to grow stronger. After Graham and Basak left to rest, Xiao Ran sent Luo, Liuli, and the other unofficial squad members to inspect the EX Wild Bird and Valcione aboard the Home.

• Xiao Ran and Mwu watched the returning warship arrive and discussed Graham’s injuries and the unusual EX Wild Bird and Valcione.
• Luo eagerly asked Liuli to let him examine her mecha, and Xiao Ran noticed that Liuli had become romantically interested in Luo.
• Xiao Ran found Graham out of the treatment pod with bandages and learned that he wanted to keep his scars as a reminder of the battle.
• Graham asked to help build a faster, more agile, more powerful mecha, and Xiao Ran agreed.
• Xiao Ran sent Luo, Liuli, Lada, Murong Liu, and Hishikawa Ryoto to the Home to inspect the EX Wild Bird and Valcione, including the EX Wild Bird’s Black Hole Engine.

Xiao Ran woke Ingram to confirm the nature of the Native Species sealed within White Star and ask him to locate Yuzes. Ingram recognized Xiao Ran’s new psychokinetic abilities, and Xiao Ran proposed working together to free him from Yuzes’s control.

• Xiao Ran ordered Mwu to prepare fighter formations with Heavy Armor Backpacks and small MED Warheads, including weapons for Darkness Sky.
• Xiao Ran opened Ingram’s chamber and used psychokinesis and GN Particles to sever Yuzes’s influence over the warehouse.
• Ingram identified the Native Species as extradimensional biological mechanical lifeforms and Yuzes’s final safeguard.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Native Species had already appeared on Earth and that White Star might need to be opened to destroy those sealed inside.
• Xiao Ran asked Ingram to find Yuzes, and Ingram reacted with astonishment to Xiao Ran’s psychokinetic abilities.
• Xiao Ran proposed that they work together to free Ingram completely from Yuzes’s control.

Xiao Ran prepared to help Ingram resist Yuzes’s control by using his Innovator abilities to separate their consciousnesses and enlist the SRX Squad. After entering the Mental World with Ingram, Xiao Ran launched Quantum Shock and called on him to break free.

• Ingram said he needed the SRX Squad’s help to challenge Yuzes, and Xiao Ran agreed to arrange it.
• Xiao Ran used his Innovator ability and GN Particles to connect with Ingram and detect the nanobots and Yuzes’s Mental Power in his brain.
• Yuzes took control of Ingram’s body and communicated with Xiao Ran, while Xiao Ran concealed Ingram’s consciousness in a separate Mental World.
• In the Mental World, Ingram joined palms with Xiao Ran and asked to share their power.
• Xiao Ran poured his Mental Power into Ingram’s mind with Quantum Shock and urged him to act.

Xiao Ran used Quantum Shock against Yuzes, who was possessing Ingram, but the attack injured all three and left Xiao Ran mentally drained. After recovering with Sheryl’s help, Xiao Ran headed for White Star and reassured Shanamia that she was part of their family.

• Xiao Ran’s Quantum Shock struck Yuzes through Ingram, causing Yuzes and Ingram to suffer pain while Ingram’s Psychokinesis blasted Xiao Ran across the hangar.
• Xiao Ran ordered the crew to care for Ingram, then was taken to a room where Sheryl sang to restore his mental strength.
• Xiao Ran stopped Sheryl from exhausting herself, let her fall asleep, and asked Saki to have Basak watch over Ingram.
• Xiao Ran said he needed to go to White Star and promised Shanamia that she was family and would learn what she wanted to know later.
• Saki reassured Shanamia that she belonged with them, despite their current reasons for keeping some things from her.

After Ingram awakened, Xiao Ran learned that the nanomachines controlling him had been destroyed and welcomed him back into the Earth Defense Force. Ingram became the Platinum's combat captain and took command of the SRX Squad, though Xiao Ran remained uncertain whether he had escaped every lingering influence.

• Xiao Ran returned to the warehouse and found Ingram awake, calm, and feeling better than ever after breaking free from Yuzes's control.
• Ingram saluted Xiao Ran and reported for duty, and Xiao Ran welcomed him back as the Platinum's combat captain and commander of the SRX Squad.
• Ingram agreed that he needed new clothes and a new machine, and Basak took him away to change.
• A researcher reported that Ingram's brain contained no active nanomachines or signs they had ever been there, though the researcher could not rule out other lingering issues.
• Xiao Ran ended the Ingram project while directing the researchers to study whether they could reproduce the nanomachines, and he judged Ingram trustworthy for now.

Xiao Ran assigned Ingram a temporary mecha and brought him toward White Star as the Steel Dragon Squad gathered for a new mission. Captain Daitetsu revealed that the squad would fight inside White Star while also protecting it, and would have to avoid causing excessive damage.

• Xiao Ran chose a B+-class Assault Type mecha for Ingram because its speed and firepower suited him and its weapons did not depend on T-LINK.
• Ingram accepted the mecha and received a blue Haro before boarding a warship with Xiao Ran bound for White Star.
• The Steel Dragon Squad’s four ships gathered near White Star as its personnel evacuated and reinforcements arrived.
• Captain Daitetsu called the four warship captains together and announced a combat mission at White Star.
• Captain Daitetsu explained that the squad would fight inside White Star, defend it, and limit damage to the facility.

Captain Daitetsu briefed the Steel Dragon Squad on a mission to eliminate the Native Species sealed inside White Star while minimizing damage, and Xiao Ran agreed to take part. The selected pilots gathered at White Star as Xiao Ran and Ingram arrived, where Ingram greeted Ryusei, Aya, and Dance.

• Refina questioned how the squad could fight inside White Star without causing excessive damage, and Daitetsu explained that Xiao Ran would join the operation and follow its restrictions.
• Daitetsu ordered the squad to prioritize close-combat pilots, psychokinesis users, Super Robots, agile units, and skilled personnel, then sent the captains to select combat teams.
• Elsam, Refina, and Tetsuya chose eleven pilots, including Kyosuke, Elsam, Giliam, Kitamura Kai, Zeng Jia, Kusunoha, Bullet, Ryusei, Lamia, Aya, Mai, and Dance.
• Xiao Ran arrived at White Star in Darkness Sky with three drones, while Ingram landed nearby and greeted Ryusei, Aya, and Dance.

Xiao Ran briefed the forces on White Star’s dangers and assigned them positions for the mission to confront the sealed Native Species. The squads prepared to move out, with Ingram appointed captain of the SRX Squad and battle commander of the Platinum.

• Ingram apologized for his past actions, and Idarong Sheng reassured him that he had been controlled.
• Xiao Ran announced Ingram’s appointment and asked him to explain White Star’s layout and mission risks.
• Ingram identified the sealed Native Species’ chamber, critical system zones, and energy core, warning that combat must be carefully contained.
• Xiao Ran assigned Zengar and Elsam to guard the routes, Kitamura Kai and Giliam to protect the energy core, and Aya, Kusunoha, and Brande to support them.
• Xiao Ran ordered the remaining forces to enter the core with him and Ingram, then told everyone to move out.

Xiao Ran opened the seal and attacked the Native Species massed inside, but the central monster summoned more creatures through a vortex of black mist. As green vines surged through the doorway toward Darkness Sky and the Gutsy, the fight escalated.

• Xiao Ran positioned Darkness Sky before the sealed door while Ingram prepared the controls and Kyosuke guarded the other side.
• Ingram opened the seal, and Xiao Ran sent GN Dragoons into the chamber before firing a barrage at the Native Species and the giant creature at its center.
• The central creature formed a vortex of black mist that summoned Native Species, and one attacked Darkness Sky as its shield was destroyed.
• Xiao Ran identified the giant creature as the source of the summoning and warned the others to be careful.
• Green vines shot through the doorway toward Darkness Sky and Kyosuke's Gutsy.

Xiao Ran and Ingram fought off the Native Species pouring into the Seal Space while vines threatened to spread across White Star. Xiao Ran created an opening to the giant Native Species and sent a Micro Missile through it, leaving the decisive attack unresolved.

• Native Species vines overwhelmed Gutsy until Ingram and Xiao Ran freed it, and Xiao Ran told Kyosuke to retreat because the creatures were targeting him.
• Xiao Ran used GN Fangs and GN Dragoons to suppress the Native Species as vines spread throughout the Seal Space and threatened to corrode White Star.
• Ingram warned that they needed to deal with the giant Native Species, while Xiao Ran held back to avoid worsening the breach in the seal.
• Xiao Ran struck through the gate with a massive Beam Saber and used linked GN Dragoons to guide a Micro Missile through a gap toward the giant Native Species.

Xiao Ran used a MED Micro Missile to kill the giant Native Species and helped wipe out most of the creatures inside White Star. When a Native Species and Zovok fleet appeared outside, he left Ingram to finish the cleanup and flew out with Sanger and Elsam to confront them.

• Xiao Ran sent a MED Micro Missile through a passage formed by GN Dragoons, and it devoured half of the giant Native Species, killing it and closing the Space Channel.
• Ingram attacked the gate, helping Darkness Sky escape, while Xiao Ran's remaining GN Dragoons blasted the advancing Native Species.
• Xiao Ran and Ingram retreated through separate passages as their allies fired into them, destroying more than half the Native Species inside White Star.
• Xiao Ran led a charge through the ruined passage, cutting down the Native Species that remained.
• A fleet of Native Species and Zovok appeared outside White Star, so Xiao Ran left Ingram to eliminate the remaining creatures and departed with Sanger and Elsam.

Xiao Ran arrived at White Star as the Steel Dragon Squad, Zovok, and the Native Species fought in a three-sided battle. When enemy forces converged on Darkness Sky, Xiao Ran realized he might be their real target and unleashed its GN Particle light dragons across the battlefield.

• Xiao Ran arrived outside White Star with Sanger and Elsam while the Steel Dragon Squad battled Zovok and the Native Species.
• Xiao Ran noticed Exeline and Kyosuke Nanbu receiving special attention from the Native Species, and identified the Grey Antelope, a Zovok commander unit, and Alphimi's Soul Throne among the enemy forces.
• The Native Species and Zovok drones abandoned nearby targets and rushed toward Darkness Sky, followed by Soul Throne and Grey Antelope.
• Captain Daitetsu moved the Hagwane and the other Steel Dragon Squad warships to protect Darkness Sky, but Xiao Ran ordered them to stop and reform their defensive formation.
• Xiao Ran evaded the incoming attacks and used Darkness Sky and its remote units to spread GN Particles across the battlefield, suspecting that he was the enemies' primary target.

Xiao Ran ordered Daitetsu to hold the defensive formation while he and his allies engaged the advancing Zovok and Native Species forces. He fought the Grey Antelope pilot and steadily suppressed him, leaving the battle ongoing as the two mechas continued to clash.

• Xiao Ran told Daitetsu to maintain formation and focus on eliminating the enemy forces rather than protecting him.
• Sanger and Elsam moved ahead of Xiao Ran to meet the attackers as Xiao Ran charged the Grey Antelope and his remote units destroyed enemy grunts.
• The Grey Antelope pilot unleashed a rapid barrage, but Xiao Ran evaded it and used accurately timed shots to disrupt his attack rhythm.
• Xiao Ran and the Grey Antelope pilot repeatedly collided and exchanged fire, though the Grey Antelope pilot struggled to keep pace.
• Xiao Ran assessed the Grey Antelope pilot as a capable fighter but far below his own level.

Xiao Ran defeated Grey Antelope and confronted Alphimi in Soul Throne, intending to bring her into the Steel Dragon Squad. Alphimi questioned whether Xiao Ran was truly human, and he insisted that he was.

• Grey Antelope unleashed a barrage of drone attacks, but Xiao Ran made Darkness Sky vanish and reappear behind it.
• Xiao Ran severed Grey Antelope’s left arm, struck its side, and used the GN Dragoons to leave it unable to fight.
• Xiao Ran picked up Haro, transferred his control to another Darkness Sky, and cleared away the nearby Native Species.
• Alphimi used Soul Throne’s ghost-flame passage to disappear and reappear in front of Xiao Ran.
• Alphimi asked Xiao Ran why he seemed so pure if he was human, and Xiao Ran replied that he was human.

Alphimi tried to persuade Xiao Ran to join the Native Species, but he rejected her and suggested she join humanity instead. She declared that humanity would soon be destroyed and attacked Darkness Sky with the Soul Throne, beginning a fierce battle that ended with both machines charging toward each other.

• Alphimi sensed Xiao Ran's purity and invited him to join the Native Species, but Xiao Ran insisted he was human and urged her to protect Earth with humanity.
• Alphimi declared that humanity must be destroyed, then used the Soul Throne's Space Transfer to attack Darkness Sky from behind.
• Darkness Sky evaded and counterattacked, but the Soul Throne's demon masks blocked its Beam Saber and forced it to dodge.
• Xiao Ran pressed the Soul Throne with repeated Beam Saber strikes, while Alphimi used Space Transfer to escape and reposition.
• The Soul Throne charged Darkness Sky head-on, but Xiao Ran turned aside and fired at it to avoid being caught in a collision.

Xiao Ran fought Alphimi and used Quantum Shock to disrupt her and the Native Species linked to her. He then seized the Soul Throne and forcibly established a link with Alphimi, leaving their connection in progress.

• Xiao Ran evaded the Soul Throne's attacks and fired through a Space Gate as it prepared to fight back with its blade.
• The Soul Throne sent crescent blade lights at Darkness Sky, while its ghost masks transformed into towering monsters and attacked from both sides.
• Xiao Ran used Quantum Shock on Alphimi, and the Native Species across the battlefield briefly stiffened as they shared its effects through their connection.
• Xiao Ran entered quantization, grabbed the Soul Throne, and forced a link with Alphimi using his Pure Innovator abilities.