Chapter Summaries

Long Fei reviewed Skywing Group’s expanding influence and its exploitation of the Metadeng Nation, then watched the newly elected Wanluo Federation president threaten to arrest him over stolen technology. Long Fei and the mercenaries laughed at the speech, and Long Fei dismissed the president as a lunatic elected by fools.

• Skywing Group expanded its investments across the Earth Sphere while the Metadeng Nation suffered from exploitation and the misconduct of Sky Wing Mercenaries.
• Taoxiang brought Long Fei lunch and continued helping him with his work between MS pilot training sessions.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang watched a video of Purvi Usukhbatel accusing Long Fei of stealing Wanluo Federation technology and demanding his surrender.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries and people across the cafeteria laughed at Purvi Usukhbatel’s speech.
• Long Fei called Purvi Usukhbatel a lunatic and blamed his election on foolish voters.

Wanluo Federation President Purvi accused Long Fei of stealing future technology, while Skywing Group mocked him. At the mother base and Asteroid Residential Zone One, the Coordinators settled into their new lives as Long Fei approved a specialized school for gifted Coordinator children, and his singing video spread worldwide.

• President Purvi accused Long Fei of stealing Wanluo Federation technology, prompting condemnation from media and experts and a mocking response from Skywing Group.
• Britney met Angelica, Yue Yangchun, and Lixiang as the children headed to school in Asteroid Residential Zone One.
• The Coordinators settled into homes and school, while administrators asked Long Fei about creating specialized classes for the highly intelligent children; he approved establishing a dedicated school.
• Lixiang grew jealous when Angelica spent time with Yue Yangchun, while Alonso remained frustrated that he could not pilot a Gundam because of his sister.
• Lixiang shared a video of Long Fei singing "BEYOND THE TIME," and the performance spread through Skywing Group and across the world, surpassing two billion views in under two hours.

After “BEYOND THE TIME” became an international hit, Long Fei learned that Lixiang had helped it spread and showed no anger. When a Skywing Group cargo ship was hijacked in the District 7 Colony, Long Fei suspected the Wanluo Federation and ordered an investigation, with retaliation through guerrilla warfare rather than full-scale war if it was responsible.

• Taoxiang told Long Fei that Lixiang had shared “BEYOND THE TIME” on social media, helping the song spread around the world, and Long Fei said he was not angry.
• A mysterious force attacked a Skywing Group cargo ship in the District 7 Colony, killed its crew, and hijacked the vessel.
• Li Jiaming questioned the District 7 Colony sub-base generals, and the head of the Eighth sub-base said the attackers were likely outsiders using advanced signal jamming.
• Long Fei suspected the Wanluo Federation, while Li Jiaming warned that a full-scale war could leave Skywing vulnerable to other powers.
• Long Fei ordered an investigation and said that if the Wanluo Federation was responsible, Skywing should retaliate through guerrilla warfare rather than start a full-scale confrontation.

Long Fei responded to the Wanluo Federation’s accusations by exposing the outdated technology behind its claims, then expanded the Skywing Group’s weapons development and planned a unit targeting the federation. After reviewing new mobile suit plans and the retirement of the Z II, Long Fei considered preserving the group’s past equipment as a museum of its development.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group captured the pirates behind the cargo ship hijackings and traced the attacks to special departments of the Wanluo Federation.
• The Skywing Group published details of the intercepted products’ technology, and Long Fei’s official website revealed that the technology was outdated, leaving the Wanluo Federation facing public ridicule.
• Long Fei expanded Gundam development, commissioned the Cross Vanguard, and established the Cross Pirate unit to raid the Wanluo Federation.
• Long Fei moved the Mass-produced Gundams toward ordinary units, improved the Mk III and Gundam Delta Plus for future mass production, and replaced the underperforming Z II with the Z Plus for testing.
• Li Jiaming suggested preserving the Skywing Group’s past equipment as a record of its development, and Long Fei agreed that the idea could work.

Long Fei built up the Cross Vanguard while the Sky Wing Mercenaries continued expanding, and Wanluo Federation President Purvi ordered a covert raid to capture Steel Ball Work Ships. The raid was exposed by a retired Sky Wing mercenary, and the battle escalated as the work ship armed its Steel Balls to help defend the escort.

• Long Fei established the Cross Vanguard, equipped it with black-painted carriers and MS units, and trained selected mercenaries while delaying other projects because funds were scarce.
• Purvi ordered special forces to capture Steel Ball Work Ships and study their Haro systems after other groups refused to challenge the Sky Wing Mercenaries.
• The Bureau of Special Intelligence Operations disguised a cruise ship, hired a local mercenary group, and used a staged pirate attack to conceal eight Phantom MS units approaching a Steel Ball Work Ship.
• A retired Sky Wing mercenary spotted the approaching Phantom MS units with his GM II’s thermal Scanner and alerted the other pilots.
• The GM II pilots destroyed the three attacking Phantom MS units, while five more Phantom MS units arrived to support their comrades.
• The Escort Ship detected the reinforcements, and the Steel Ball Work Ship armed eight Steel Balls to support the GM II units.

The Skywing Group captured Wanluo Federation agents aboard a modified cruise ship and publicly accused the Federation of trying to steal its technology. Rebecca then led a raid on Wanluo Federation border forces and merchants, capturing a merchant fleet for the black Ireland-class MS Carrier.

• The black Haro’s Balls disabled one Phantom MS while the old mercenary and his teammates fought the others, and Skywing forces arrived to destroy two Phantoms and capture the remaining pilots.
• Skywing’s command center traced the cruise ship to the Wanluo Federation’s Special Intelligence Operations Bureau, and the Skywing Group publicized the evidence and threatened retaliation.
• Six cloaked MSs attacked four Flying Eagles and two Wanluo Federation patrol ships, overwhelming the defenders and forcing the patrol fleet to retreat.
• The cloaked MSs defeated the mercenary group escorting a merchant fleet and forced the ships to follow them toward a black Ireland-class MS Carrier.
• Rebecca returned her F90 to the carrier and reflected that its combat performance and protective cloak had exceeded her expectations.

Cross Vanguard's attacks escalated as Rebecca and her F90 fought Wanluo Federation forces near an academy cruise ship. Rebecca saved the ship from a Beam Cannon, revealing her Gundam to the watching students.

• Cross Vanguard hijacked ships, executed captured Wanluo Federation soldiers, destroyed a military base, and demanded ransom for prisoners.
• Students aboard an academy cruise ship speculated about Cross Vanguard as a battle erupted nearby and the ship turned away from the fighting.
• Wanluo Federation warships and MS engaged Cross Vanguard, while Rebecca shot down enemy MS in her F90.
• Rebecca and two other F90 Gundams charged the enemy fleet, and Rebecca noticed a Beam Cannon shot was on course to hit the cruise ship.
• Rebecca blocked the shot with her beam-resistant cloak, then released the damaged cloak and revealed her black-and-white F90 with a skull emblem to the students.

Rebecca and the Cross Vanguard Army captured an academy tour ship after destroying the pursuing fleet, then fled Wanluo Federation territory under pursuit. Rebecca used her F90L to snipe enemy units from long range as the convoy’s defenders fought back against the Federation forces.

• Rebecca combined her F90 with B Heavy Bombardment Equipment and helped destroy most of the fleet pursuing the academy tour ship, while other F90s attacked with A Assault Equipment.
• Rebecca warned the tour ship’s passengers to surrender, and the ship joined the Cross Vanguard Army’s convoy of three Irish Class MS Carriers and ten hijacked merchant ships.
• The Wanluo Federation ordered its forces to pursue the Cross Vanguard Army after learning that it possessed Gundams, and Rebecca later awoke to a level-one combat alert.
• Rebecca deployed in an F90L fitted with L Long-Range Equipment and sniped pursuing Wanluo Federation MS units from about sixty kilometers away.
• The Cross Vanguard Army threatened to destroy any merchant ship that slowed down, then used its F90s and missile barrages to reduce the pursuing MS force to fewer than two hundred units.

The Cross Vanguard Army repelled one Wanluo Federation pursuit force, but a much larger fleet returned to attack its carriers. As Rebecca and the F90 units fought through an encirclement, another brigade-level fleet appeared ahead, trapping the Cross Vanguard Army between two forces.

• The Cross Vanguard Army fought a retreat, and the Wanluo Federation commander ordered his damaged MS force to withdraw.
• Rebecca rested after shooting down nearly forty enemy MS units, then prepared for another battle after learning a brigade-level fleet was approaching.
• Lieutenant Colonel Mai launched six hundred MS units against twenty-four F90 Gundams, but the F90d units’ opening salvo destroyed around fifty enemy units.
• Lieutenant Colonel Mai sent another three hundred MS units toward the Cross Vanguard Army’s warships while the F90b units fired their remaining missiles and grenades before retreating to re-equip.
• Rebecca’s F90d covered the retreat and fought through the enemy encirclement as some F90b units returned to battle with replacement equipment.
• A second Wanluo Federation brigade-level fleet appeared ahead, pincering the Cross Vanguard Army from front and rear.

The Cross Vanguard Army ambushed Lieutenant Colonel Code’s fleet, and the newly deployed Pirate Gundam X1 and X2 led a devastating counterattack alongside the F90 and Flint Gundams. The Wanluo Federation fleet suffered heavy losses, while the students aboard the tourist ship watched the battle unfold.

• Lieutenant Colonel Code’s fleet was ambushed by a Cross Vanguard force, and thirty F90 Gundams forced him to redirect his MS units.
• Zhou Ya and Zhou Na launched Pirate Gundam X1 and X2; the sisters’ newly awakened Newtype abilities let them coordinate without words.
• Six Flint Gundams joined the fight as the Pirate Gundams and F90s destroyed enemy MS, while Code’s fleet lost two hundred units in under three minutes.
• Six F90b units broke through under Flint cover and fired their missile pods, leaving many of Code’s warships crippled.
• Lieutenant Colonel Mai’s pincer tactic collapsed, with the two Wanluo Federation fleets losing over five hundred MS and no Cross Vanguard Gundams shot down.
• Students aboard the tourist ship filmed two Gundams charging into the enemy formation as another Cross Vanguard force arrived.

Colonel Marisa led the Cross Vanguard Army’s successful diversionary raid into Wanluo Federation territory, where they defeated enemy forces and captured ships, mobile suits, and hostages. After returning to their hidden base, the army prepared for its next operation while Marisa awaited orders from Long Fei.

• Rebecca equipped her F90 with A equipment and used its Beam Rocket Launcher as the fleets clashed, while Colonel Mai’s request to retreat was repeatedly denied.
• Skywing Mercenary Group forces intercepted the reinforcements, Colonel Ke was killed, and his troops surrendered; Colonel Mai then ordered his fleet to retreat as Rebecca’s unit returned to its carrier.
• Colonel Marisa ordered the Cross Vanguard Army to collect surrendered troops, mobile suits, and warships before withdrawing from Wanluo Federation territory.
• Marisa’s soldiers brought captured students and merchant ship crews to the army’s base on an abandoned mining asteroid, where a soldier struck a wealthy young man who protested.
• The Zhou Ya Sisters praised the Pirate Gundam after destroying nearly two hundred enemy mobile suits, then went to take a hot bath.
• Marisa reviewed Long Fei’s diversionary operation, planned to sell captured equipment and divide the proceeds, and ordered her troops to rest and refit while awaiting further orders.

The Wanluo Federation and the Skywing Mercenary Group traded accusations and assembled fleets, but neither side wanted to risk a full-scale war. While the border standoff continued, Skywing auctioned off three captured colony satellites and distributed the proceeds, and Long Fei recognized that rival powers hoped the conflict would weaken both sides.

• Purvi accused Skywing of attacking Wanluo territory and claimed its cargo ships had been taken as Wanluo property, while Skywing said the Federation had declared war first.
• Skywing acknowledged that the Cross Vanguard Army belonged to it and said the army would seize Wanluo’s belongings in retaliation; both sides gathered fleets near the 7th District Colony without firing.
• Purvi called on democratic nations to join Wanluo against Skywing, but only the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and a few others offered verbal support.
• Skywing barred people from Wanluo and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic from bidding on three captured colony satellites, which the Hanxia Empire and Gas Empire bought for an average of 20 trillion Colony Circle Currency each.
• Long Fei distributed the auction proceeds among the mercenaries, fallen soldiers’ families, the main base, and participating branch bases.
• After a month of drills and posturing, both sides maintained the standoff, while Long Fei understood that other nations hoped a war would weaken Wanluo and Skywing.

Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company’s cheaper warships and Skywing Group’s high-tech investments won business across democratic countries, provoking anger from Wanluo Federation arms and technology companies. The chapter ended with Purvi publicly cursing Long Fei.

• Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company sold its Fuji-class Transport Ship, Nelson-class Light Space Carrier, and Saramis Kai-class Space Light Cruiser at prices that attracted buyers across the Colony Sphere.
• Purvi pressured democratic countries to cancel their orders, but they instead demanded competitive prices from Wanluo Federation arms companies.
• Arms companies from the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic secured some subcontracting work from Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company, while Wanluo Federation companies were refused orders.
• Fila Nation invited Skywing Group to invest, and Wanluo Federation technology companies tried to smear Skywing Group’s subsidiaries before the subsidiaries exposed bribed media outlets.
• More democratic countries invited Skywing Group to invest, and Skywing Group opened subsidiary offices across them, especially expanding in Colony District No. 7.
• Purvi roared online, “Damn Long Fei!!!”

The Cross Vanguard Army infiltrated the Wanluo Federation and secretly observed the failed test of Begas Military Industry’s new Terror Bird MS. The chapter ended with the Terror Bird’s designer, Cordelia Gallo, examining the machine’s problems.

• The F90r and F90e disrupted radar as the Cross Vanguard fleet entered the Wanluo Federation, while the Skywing Mercenary Group’s drills drew attention away.
• Rebecca was selected to pilot Pirate Gundam X3, while Britney received the Dark Hound; Zhou Ya gathered the three women to assign them tasks.
• At Colony Satellite No. 19, Begas Military Industry tested its oversized Terror Bird MS, which proved extremely fast but sluggish to evade and slow to transform.
• The Terror Bird’s frame fractured after its transformation test, forcing the team to end the trial and return the machine to base.
• Cross Vanguard members in Sparta Battle Suits recorded the test and sent their findings to their superiors.
• Cordelia Gallo, the Terror Bird’s designer, examined the test data and the machine’s faults.

Cordelia struggled to fix the Terror Bird MS’s transformation failures while wondering how Long Fei would solve them. Meanwhile, Colonel Marisa’s forces launched a coordinated assault on Colony Satellite No. 19 and captured Cordelia and other Wanluo Federation scientists.

• Cordelia reviewed tests showing that one transformation cycle had fractured the Terror Bird’s frame and caused metal fatigue, then wondered how Long Fei would address its flaws.
• Colonel Marisa assessed the Terror Bird’s competing demands for defense, power, and speed, and learned that her infiltration teams were ready to act.
• Fifteen minutes later, Cross Vanguard agents attacked Colony Satellite No. 19 and two nearby Meteorite Military Bases, while friendly-looking Fierce Hawk MS units joined the assault.
• Rebecca led Pirate Gundam X3 and allied units into the colony as the attacking forces overwhelmed its defenses.
• An F90d blocked Cordelia’s convoy in a secret passage, and the infiltration team captured her and the other scientists.
• Colonel Marisa arranged an airship to transport the captured Wanluo Federation scientists.

The Cross Vanguard Army attacked Colony Satellite No. 19, destroying military facilities and abducting scientists and designers before escaping the Wanluo Federation. Colonel Marisa then asked captured academicians to renounce their citizenship and serve the Skywing Group, and they agreed to consider the offer.

• Pirate Gundam X3, Dark Hound, Pirate X1, and Pirate X2 destroyed enemy machines while Flint and F90d units sabotaged bases and factories and stole data.
• The Cross Vanguard Army abducted scientists, designers, and residents, then withdrew under the Mirage System as Colony Satellite No. 19’s defenses failed to summon help.
• Rescue forces arrived to find the colony’s facilities devastated, and news of the attack spread until Purvi cursed Long Fei and the Wanluo Federation began a carpet search.
• Cordelia and other captured scientists discussed the enemy’s technological superiority while being held aboard the Cross Vanguard Army fleet.
• Colonel Marisa offered five Wanluo Federation academicians a chance to serve the Skywing Group and showed them that their families had also been brought aboard.
• The academicians agreed to consider the offer, and Colonel Marisa ordered suitable rooms arranged for them.

The Wanluo Federation condemned the Skywing Mercenary Group after it seized scientists and classified technologies, but Long Fei expected the Federation would not dare to start a war. He had used tolls, trade restrictions, and the sale of Colony Satellites in District 9 to leave the Federation facing economic and strategic pressure.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group released videos showing Cordelia and other captured Wanluo Federation scientists renouncing their citizenship and joining the group, provoking outrage and street protests.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group announced plans to auction seized technologies, and it publicly mocked Purvi’s threat to sue and challenged the Federation to fight.
• Long Fei’s group imposed tolls and inspections on shipping routes, while merchants rejected the Federation’s demand to reroute through District 9.
• Long Fei sold three Colony Satellites in District 9 to the two great empires, giving them a foothold in the Wanluo Federation’s backyard and potentially exposing its exports to a blockade.
• Business dynasties prepared to flee if war began, and Wanluo Federation politicians heeded their advisers and avoided fighting despite public demands.
• Long Fei discussed the Federation’s adverse factors with Li Jiaming.

Long Fei used the Wanluo Federation’s fabricated kidnapping story as a pretext to test Skywing’s new mobile suits in repeated attacks, then answered the Federation’s demand for compensation by invoking its own past conduct. After the Wanluo Federation was left isolated, Long Fei turned his attention to the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic while continuing to strengthen Skywing’s forces.

• The Cross Vanguard Army and Skywing units repeatedly attacked Wanluo Federation bases and forces, using new Mk III and Delta Plus units in live-combat tests.
• Purvi faced public anger and political constraints as attacks continued and resource shortages drove prices higher in the Wanluo Federation.
• The Wanluo Federation held a press conference in which the editor who fabricated the claim about Long Fei’s sisters admitted the story was false.
• Long Fei apologized for the attacks while refusing compensation, citing the Wanluo Federation’s past use of apologies to settle similar harm.
• The Wanluo Federation protested as Skywing ignored its demands, withdrew part of its border fleet, and kept monitoring the Federation while collecting tolls.
• Long Fei shifted his attention to the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and chose to monitor it while building up Skywing’s strength.

Cordelia studied Long Fei’s alloy designs while he tested the Bull Gundam and oversaw the Gundam S, which he had developed for Li Xiucheng. The Gundam S was nearing completion, and Li Xiucheng eagerly awaited his chance to pilot it.

• Cordelia reviewed Long Fei’s new alloy research and learned that the researchers were tasked with refining its technologies while reducing production time and costs.
• Long Fei tested the Bull Gundam’s Psycho-frame funnels, rechargeable weapons, defensive barrier, acceleration, and mobility before returning it to the hangar.
• Long Fei examined the Gundam S under construction, which used ZZ Gundam components and featured the self-learning AI ALICE.
• Long Fei had designated Li Xiucheng to pilot the Gundam S after learning that his discouragement over the Zhou Ya Sisters’ progress was affecting his relationships and work.
• Li Xiucheng pressed Long Fei to let him test the Gundam S immediately, but Long Fei said he would have to wait a few days and teased him about Lin Yuehua.

Li Xiucheng tested the S Gundam with ALICE, whose assistance and simulations improved his piloting skills despite his lack of Newtype traits. After Long Fei invited him to spar with the Zhou Ya Sisters, Long Fei reviewed the F91 plans and agreed to meet Cordelia about her improved armor material.

• ALICE introduced herself to Li Xiucheng in the S Gundam, while Long Fei and Taoxiang watched and laughed at their prank from his office.
• During the S Gundam test, ALICE took control when Li Xiucheng agreed, guiding the Gundam through beam fire with striking skill.
• ALICE designed simulated training for Li Xiucheng, and after several days his piloting skills had improved even though a test found no Newtype traits.
• Long Fei told Li Xiucheng that the Cross Vanguard Army would return the next day, giving him a chance to spar with the Zhou Ya Sisters.
• Long Fei reviewed the F91 development plans and a report on improved armor material, then agreed to meet its improver, Cordelia.