Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ran learned Naza’s view of the gap between A-Class and S-class Pilots, including their rank suppression, control of presence, and conceptual abilities. He then arranged a group training battle against Naza, where six A-Class Pilots began attacking her together.

• Naza explained that S-class Pilots surpassed A-Class Pilots through rank-based suppression, personal qualities, and a higher state of attainment.
• Xiao Ran considered Naza’s explanation and recalled the overwhelming presence of the Native Species BOSS, gaining a faint insight into rules and conceptual power.
• Xiao Ran asked Naza to spar against the group, and she agreed despite her limited freedom to refuse.
• Cruze, Basak, Luo, Naluo, and Graham joined Xiao Ran in the training space and prepared to fight Naza.
• Naluo opened with a sniper shot as Basak, Luo, and Graham charged, while Cruze controlled the battlefield and Xiao Ran prepared his attack.
• Naza found the six-Pilot assault troublesome and felt the greatest pressure from Naluo’s sniping, Xiao Ran’s bombardment, and Cruze’s battlefield control.

Naza used her S-class Knight Mobile Suit’s space-distorting fields to separate and threaten the six A-Class Pilots, but Xiao Ran and Cruze found ways to disrupt her abilities. The chapter ended with Naza admitting that the six could force her to flee, while Xiao Ran declared they could counter her field and leave unharmed.

• Naza expanded her distorted fields across a vast area, cutting Basak, Luo, and Graham off from Xiao Ran’s perception and destroying several of Cruze’s GN Dragoons.
• Cruze detonated a Large MED Warhead, whose black hole swallowed Naza’s fields and exposed the mecha caught inside them.
• Luo shoved Basak out of danger and charged Naza, while Xiao Ran fired; their attacks clashed with Naza’s field, severing Luo’s arm but barely damaging Naza’s mecha.
• Naza used distorted space to evade Xiao Ran’s sword and redirect his beams back at him, then explained the limits of her field and acknowledged the threat posed by the six Pilots.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the six could interfere with Naza’s distortion and force her to retreat without suffering losses.

Xiao Ran used Dawn’s T-LINK system and psychokinesis to prepare an attack capable of interfering with Naza’s Space Distortion. Naza fought through his allies’ defenses and nearly struck Dawn’s charging cannon, but a precisely timed shot knocked her sword aside.

• Xiao Ran explained that psychokinesis could interfere with Naza’s field distortion and told Cruze, Luo, Basak, and Graham to create an opening.
• Xiao Ran concentrated GN Particles and psychokinesis into Dawn’s weapons as Naza charged and launched a crescent-shaped distorted field at him.
• Graham attacked the field head-on while Cruze used a Reaction Warhead to delay Naza, but her Knight Mobile Suit emerged through its defensive field.
• Naza broke through Luo and Basak’s combined attack and used Space Distortion to send her Golden Sword toward Dawn’s cannon.
• An unidentified shot struck the Golden Sword and deflected it just before impact, and Xiao Ran shouted, “Now!”

Xiao Ran and his allies defeated Naza in a training exercise, then spent the final week preparing for the Legion War. With the mission about to begin, the Eshe Squad was assigned to receive the newcomers while Xiao Ran’s team prepared to deploy with Renard as technical support.

• Xiao Ran used his psychic power and his allies’ support to break through Naza’s field distortion and damage her Knight Mobile Suit, ending their training fight.
• Xiao Ran and Naza agreed to stop the exercise and continue training together before the mission.
• The Overlord Legion’s mobile suits were returned, and Xiao Ran postponed taking valuable items from its warehouse until after the Legion War.
• Xiao Ran kept his distance from the Overlord Legion while both sides made their final preparations for the mission.
• The Eshe Squad was assigned to receive newcomers, while Renard joined Xiao Ran’s team as technical support.

Xiao Ran arrived in Mecha Wars V with his faction forcibly locked to the Earth Federation and learned that his team could not contact either the Overlord Legion or the Federation. The team began identifying their scattered world-specific affiliations, leaving Xiao Ran to investigate their location and the situation in this unfamiliar world.

• Xiao Ran reviewed his Mission World briefing, which identified him as an Earth Federation colonel and warned him not to reveal anything about Prometheus Fortress.
• Xiao Ran considered how the Mars War, Newtypes, and Coordinators might connect this world to familiar settings and decided to learn more about it.
• Moses reported that the team could reach neither the Overlord Legion nor the Earth Federation, while Billy said they appeared to be near the Solar System.
• Cruze revealed that he was an unaffiliated person wanted by the Federation, and Graham said he was an A-Laws ace temporarily assigned to Xiao Ran.
• Mwu identified himself as an Orb Akatsuki Works technician, Renard as a Mithril wanted criminal, and Zechs said his identity had no special features.

After the Burning Legion appeared near the Solar System, Xiao Ran’s group intercepted the arriving Yamato and its seven machines. Xiao Ran identified himself as a commander of the Earth Federation Independent Operations Force, but the Yamato’s captain suspected he came from another world and requested a discussion.

• Moses detected a powerful gravitational wave nearby, so Xiao Ran canceled the order to head for Earth and sent the team to investigate.
• Sheryl reported that a warship and seven machines had arrived; Xiao Ran and his allies recognized the Yamato and several familiar machines among them.
• Xiao Ran led five companions out in their machines and ordered them not to attack first as they faced the Yamato’s force.
• A woman speaking for the Yamato demanded their identities and affiliation, and Xiao Ran identified himself as Colonel Commander of the Earth Federation Independent Operations Force.
• The Yamato’s crew opened video communication, and a bearded old man in a white naval cap said he suspected Xiao Ran was from another world and asked to talk.

Xiao Ran and Mwu boarded the Yamato to speak with Captain Juzo Okita and learn more about the Federation in this world. After Tactical Officer Kodai Susumu welcomed them, he asked to conduct a brief inspection before escorting them to Okita.

• Xiao Ran accepted Juzo Okita’s invitation, and Mwu accompanied him to the Yamato while El-Elf took command of the bridge and Cruze and Graham stayed alert.
• Xiao Ran and Mwu entered the Yamato in their units, where Xiao Ran noticed its interior was far more spacious than its exterior suggested.
• Kodai Susumu greeted Xiao Ran and Mwu on the hangar deck with armed soldiers standing by, and Xiao Ran challenged the need for such a guarded welcome.
• Xiao Ran introduced himself as a colonel and commander of the Independent Special Operations Unit, while Mwu identified herself as captain of the Burning Legion.
• Kodai Susumu welcomed them on behalf of the Yamato and its Federation, then requested a brief inspection before their meeting with Juzo Okita.

Xiao Ran and Mwu met Captain Juzo Okita aboard the Yamato and learned that a Space Jump had brought them to another world. Okita showed them Earth, devastated by Gamillas a year earlier, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ran condemning the defenders for failing to protect it.

• Juzo Okita welcomed Xiao Ran and Mwu to the Yamato's Captain's Room and apologized for his subordinates' inspection.
• Xiao Ran explained that the Burning Legion had arrived after a Space Jump and could no longer contact its own Federation headquarters.
• Juzo Okita showed Xiao Ran and Mwu an image of the devastated Earth and Moon, explaining that Earth had been normal a year earlier.
• Juzo Okita said Gamillas had attacked Earth with Planet Bombs that devastated its environment and killed countless people.
• Xiao Ran called the defenders trash for allowing Gamillas to destroy their home and kill civilians.

Xiao Ran confronted Juzo Okita and Kodai Susumu over Earth's defeat, then learned that humanity had one year left and that the Space Battleship Yamato planned to travel 160,000 light-years to find a way to save Earth. After Mwu confirmed the Burning Legion could make the round trip in about half a year, Xiao Ran appeared ready to join their mission.

• Xiao Ran called the soldiers useless for failing to protect Earth, and Kodai Susumu angrily challenged him.
• Juzo Okita defended the fallen soldiers as heroes, and Xiao Ran apologized for insulting them while maintaining his anger at the leaders who had failed.
• Xiao Ran asked about Earth's condition and Gamillas, and Juzo Okita explained that Earth would become uninhabitable within a year.
• Juzo Okita revealed that the Space Battleship Yamato was heading 160,000 light-years away to find a way to save Earth.
• Mwu contacted the Burning Legion and reported that a round trip to the Great Magellan Galaxy would take about half a year, astonishing Juzo Okita and Kodai Susumu.

Xiao Ran showed Juzo Okita how the Burning Legion had been upgraded with Zovok technology and agreed to fight alongside the Yamato on its mission. He stayed aboard as a guest to reassure the crew and awaited El-Elf while Mwu returned to the Burning Legion.

• The Burning Legion’s new Black Hole Engine array, Black Hole Cannon, Quantum Fluctuation Engine, and Zovok Space Jump equipment greatly increased its firepower and mobility.
• Xiao Ran told Juzo Okita that his unit’s capabilities were exceptional and asked for intelligence about the Federation, Earth, and Gamillas.
• Xiao Ran said he would accompany the Yamato’s journey as a battle, arguing that its crew lacked enough fighting strength to complete the mission alone.
• Xiao Ran stayed aboard the Yamato as a guest while Mwu returned to the Burning Legion and arranged for El-Elf to join him.
• Juzo Okita invited Xiao Ran and Mwu to tour the Yamato and attend its departure ceremony.

At the Yamato’s farewell festival, Xiao Ran promised to help its crew save Earth and humanity while warning that their forces were weak. He offered to upgrade several of their mecha and asked to meet Tetsuya and Ryoma, while expressing particular curiosity about the black machine.

• Xiao Ran and his companions joined the Yamato crew’s festival, where Juzo Okita introduced the Burning Legion as their new ally.
• Xiao Ran told the gathered crew that his team would support their 160,000-light-year journey and help defeat the threat Gamillas posed to Earth.
• Xiao Ran explained that only fifteen people operated the much larger Burning Legion, thanks to its artificial intelligence and specialized modifications.
• Xiao Ran offered to have two Technicians improve the Yamato’s Gundams, Huckebein, and Guren Gishin, and asked Okita to arrange a meeting with Tetsuya and Ryoma.
• Okita agreed to the meeting and welcomed the prospect of stronger mecha, while Xiao Ran noted the machines’ upgrade potential and singled out the black machine as mysterious.

After the festival, Xiao Ran and his companions reviewed information about the Yamato and its world while Juzo Okita’s crew analyzed their visitors and machines. Juzo Okita told the Yamato’s pilots that Xiao Ran’s group offered technical help and claimed they could defeat everyone aboard, leaving the pilots to consider cooperation with the newcomers.

• Xiao Ran stayed aboard the Yamato as a link between the ships and tasked El-Elf with gathering information while Saki Maski took care of him.
• Kaoru Niimi reported that Xiao Ran’s group seemed unusually calm in an unfamiliar world and described Xiao Ran as their imposing central figure.
• Yuki Mori assessed that the visitors’ machines were more advanced than the Yamato’s and could disrupt communications with green particles.
• Juzo Okita told the pilots that Xiao Ran could provide technical adjustments to several of their machines and wanted to exchange information with Ryoma and Tetsuya.
• Juzo Okita said Xiao Ran’s group claimed that any two of them could defeat everyone aboard the Yamato, and he believed them.

The Yamato prepared to leave the Solar System and completed its first test jump with the Burning Legion alongside it. Afterward, Ryoma, Tetsuya, Kim Kido, and Wilt visited Xiao Ran, leaving the group gathered in his room.

• Ryoma objected to Juzo Okita's warning about two people defeating them, but Kim Kido and Juzo argued that Xiao Ran's knowledge and advanced technology deserved caution.
• Juzo declared that the Yamato would depart the Solar System the next day and instructed everyone to contact their families while remaining vigilant around the Burning Legion.
• The Yamato began its first test jump, and Xiao Ran chose not to interfere with its journey or alter its route.
• The Yamato and the Burning Legion completed an uneventful, synchronized jump eight light-years beyond the Solar System.
• Ryoma, Tetsuya, Kim Kido, and Wilt visited Xiao Ran after the jump, joining Saki and El-Elf in his room.

Xiao Ran met with Kim Kido, Wilt, Ryoma, and Tetsuya and explained how Newtypes and Psychokineticists could use advanced mecha such as Gundams, Huckebein, and Guren Gishin. He offered to upgrade their machines and suggested that Kim Kido and the other Gundam pilot might possess Psychokinetic potential.

• Xiao Ran welcomed Kim Kido, Wilt, Ryoma, and Tetsuya and invited them to ask their questions.
• Xiao Ran explained that his world had several kinds of Gundams and said he recognized Huckebein because he possessed the technology behind it and Guren Gishin.
• Xiao Ran realized that Wilt was not a Psychokinetist and concluded that the Huckebein and Guren Gishin in this world were incomplete.
• Kim Kido told Xiao Ran that Mental Power Frames had disappeared and that Tobia might have Newtype potential.
• Xiao Ran estimated that advanced mecha and suitable Newtype pilots could have helped prevent Planet Bombs from reaching Earth.
• Xiao Ran offered to upgrade Huckebein, Guren Gishin, and the Gundams, and said Kim Kido and the other Gundam pilot might have Psychokinetic potential.

Xiao Ran explained Newtypes and Psychokinetists to the Yamato crew and revealed that his world had once obtained and sealed a white Getter prototype and its Getter Rays. Ryoma recognized the machine as a training Getter and urgently warned that its power was uncontrollable, while Xiao Ran said it could not currently be destroyed.

• Xiao Ran described how Newtypes and Psychokinetists used Mental Power and offered to modify the crew’s machines and teach them their abilities.
• Ryoma revealed that Mental Power technology and Gundams existed in his world, though he and Tetsuya did not know whether they came from the same world.
• Xiao Ran suggested that the gathering of people from three worlds might signal a great disaster, and Ryoma confirmed that monsters from his world had already appeared.
• Xiao Ran told Ryoma that his people had found and sealed a white, three-part Getter prototype and its dangerous energy source, which they called Getter Rays.
• Ryoma identified the white machine as a training Getter and urged Xiao Ran to destroy it, but Xiao Ran said the seal could not be opened with their current technology.

After Kim Kido and the others left Xiao Ran’s room, they discussed how little they had learned about him and reported their suspicions to Captain Okita. Xiao Ran pieced together clues about three merged worlds and began planning to strengthen his team, ordering Saki to summon Luo and provide Variable Fighters.

• Wilt asked Kim Kido, Ryoma, and Tetsuya whether Xiao Ran’s claims were true, and Kim Kido said they had no reason to think he had lied.
• Ryoma observed that Xiao Ran had controlled their conversation and recognized their intentions, while Kim Kido decided they should report everything to Captain Okita.
• Xiao Ran concluded that Yamato’s world, Ryoma and Tetsuya’s world, and the world tied to his assigned identity were distinct worlds brought together.
• Xiao Ran wondered about Tetsuya’s feigned amnesia and the identities his group might have in Orb, then considered how to upgrade his team with technology from multiple worlds.
• Xiao Ran told Saki to summon Luo and send a few Variable Fighters for the team to use.

Juzo Okita accepted five Variable Fighters from Xiao Ran and invited him aboard the Yamato to explain their capabilities. Xiao Ran introduced the fighters’ advanced features and offered further support, leaving Okita impressed by how far they surpassed the Yamato’s own aircraft.

• Yuki Mori told Juzo Okita that fighters from the Burning Legion were approaching the Yamato, and Okita agreed to receive them.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki boarded the Yamato’s bridge, where Okita thanked Xiao Ran for the support.
• Xiao Ran sent El-Elf to the hangar to help Luo instruct the Yamato’s personnel.
• Xiao Ran contacted Mwu and began introducing the five Variable Fighters to Okita.
• Xiao Ran explained the fighters’ three forms, armor, engines, and weapons, and Okita listened with growing astonishment.

Xiao Ran explained the Guardian Type-1 and offered to let the Yamato handle manageable battles while his forces supported it. He shared his ambition to unite people and technology from different worlds, then stayed as the Yamato prepared for its second jump.

• Xiao Ran described the Guardian Type-1's capabilities and said his forces could have suppressed Earth more easily than Gamillas had.
• Juzo Okita admitted that he trusted Xiao Ran's goodwill but remained wary of his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Ran said his forces would observe and protect the Yamato when its crew could handle a battle themselves.
• Xiao Ran revealed his hope of gathering pilots and technology from different worlds into a powerful team, and Juzo Okita noticed his words had stirred the bridge crew.
• Juzo Okita asked whether the Yamato might travel to another world, and Xiao Ran said it was possible.
• Yuki Mori reported that the inspection was complete and the equipment was functioning normally, so Juzo Okita invited Xiao Ran to witness the second jump.

After the Yamato and the Burning Legion completed their second jump, Captain Okita’s illness worsened, and an enemy fleet launched a surprise attack. Xiao Ran prepared to sortie alone in a Variable Fighter as the Burning Legion intercepted the enemy torpedoes.

• The Yamato and the Burning Legion arrived at their destination, and Okita excused himself to rest because he was feeling unwell.
• Kaoru Niimi urged Okita to consider colonization, but he told her the Izumo Plan had been canceled and humanity could no longer carry it out.
• An impact rocked the Yamato, and its crew learned the Burning Legion had detected an enemy fleet and moved alongside them with its Energy Shield deployed.
• Sanada attributed the ship’s disturbance to powerful nuclear particle fluctuations, while Yuki Mori detected an enemy fleet emerging from a Space Jump, including the commander they had met on Pluto.
• The enemy launched torpedoes, and the Burning Legion fired thousands of missiles to intercept them as Okita ordered the Yamato to prepare its defenses.
• Xiao Ran announced that he would sortie alone in a Variable Fighter for an instructional battle.

Xiao Ran and the Yamato’s forces prepared to break through the Gamillas fleet while an expanding energy entity threatened to consume them. The chapter ended as Xiao Ran charged into the enemy formation and told Kato that the carnival had begun.

• Yuki Mori reported that an unidentified energy entity was expanding toward the Yamato as the enemy fleet tried to drive them into it, and Captain Okita ordered all units to launch.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Saki boarded three Guardian Type-1s with Saburo Kato, Hiroki Shinohara, and Rei Yamamoto as co-pilots.
• Captain Okita ordered the Yamato to follow the Burning Legion in a frontal breakthrough, and the combat units prepared to deploy.
• Xiao Ran launched Unit 1 at extreme speed, with El-Elf and Saki following in Units 2 and 3.
• Xiao Ran told El-Elf and Saki to cover the flanks as the three Guardian Type-1s raced toward the Gamillas fighters and incoming missiles.
• Xiao Ran smiled at Kato and asked if he was ready, declaring that the carnival had begun.