Chapter Summaries

After returning from their honeymoon, Long Fei and Taoxiang discussed names for their unborn child, while Li Xiucheng reported on the former Longsog forces and Salamander’s exceptional abilities. Long Fei arranged for Salamander to test other Gundams as the Dion Empire responded to the international diplomatic team.

• On April 20, Cosmic Year 119, Long Fei returned to the main base with five-months-pregnant Taoxiang, where Lixiang welcomed them.
• Long Fei explained that he planned to name a son Long Quan and a daughter Long Guofu, and he supported Taoxiang as they left the ship.
• Li Xiucheng told Long Fei that former Longsog civilians and Rebel Army members had joined factories, and that Salamander had excelled as a pilot and commander.
• Li Xiucheng reported that Salamander had defeated a much larger force in exercises and traded several rounds of close combat with Teacher Dongfang, though he lost.
• Long Fei asked Li Xiucheng to arrange tests for Salamander in other Gundams, and the Dion Empire responded to the international diplomatic team's request signal.

The Dion Empire agreed to receive diplomatic teams from five superpowers, while Long Fei approved Dongfang Wudi’s request to bring his martial uncle Gouki and junior cousin Chun-Li. In a simulated battle on an abandoned Colony Satellite, Salamander’s Hathaway II and black Jegan squad helped the Blue force defeat the Red force before receiving new orders.

• The Wanluo Federation, Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic, Gas Empire, Hanxia Empire, and Russo-Soviet Republic sent diplomatic teams to the Mars Sphere after the Dion Empire agreed to receive them under its instructions.
• Dongfang Wudi asked Long Fei to bring his martial uncle Gouki and junior cousin Chun-Li, and Long Fei approved the request before learning that his master was Gouken.
• Salamander used Hathaway II to scout an abandoned Colony Satellite and coordinated black Jegan units that eliminated Red force patrol squads with simulated sniper fire.
• Salamander sniped Red force Escort Ships and outflanking MS units while Blue forces gained the upper hand in the battle.
• Two Delta Plus units attacked the Red force warships, but Salamander shot down one and let the other retreat after the Red fleet withdrew.
• Salamander and his black Jegan squad received orders to follow the command of the Blue force warship fleet stationed at the battlefield.

Salamander led a blue-side infiltration into an abandoned Colony Satellite to scout the red side's positions and disrupt its operations. After destroying a temporary supply base and alerting the red side to the infiltration, he moved toward a more important base as a Psycho Gundam Mk II departed.

• Salamander and Hathaway II's Black Jegan squad infiltrated the abandoned Colony Satellite and concealed themselves in its mountainous region.
• Salamander entered the nearby abandoned city alone and evaded red-side drones while finding a route into an underground subway station.
• Salamander avoided a red-side patrol, eliminated two cloaked soldiers, and destroyed drones and additional patrol soldiers as he advanced.
• Salamander used stealth drones to scout a temporary red-side supply base, planted explosives there, and remotely detonated them.
• The red side began a carpet search after realizing blue-side forces had infiltrated the Colony Satellite.
• Salamander spotted a Psycho Gundam Mk II leaving a more important red-side base, issued instructions to his subordinates, and began infiltrating it.

Salamander helped the Blue forces defeat the Red forces at the abandoned Colony Satellite by sabotaging their base and taking control of Hathaway II to destroy the Psycho Gundam Mk II. After the battle, he returned to the mothership, where Relina welcomed him and pulled him off to eat.

• Salamander detonated explosives he had planted in Red MS cockpits, while Blue forces ambushed the Red units outside the abandoned Colony Satellite and cut off their reinforcements.
• Salamander used his mental power to connect with Hathaway II, then entered its cockpit as his black Jegan subordinates covered him against the Red forces.
• Salamander charged Hathaway II's Sniper Beam Rifle to maximum power and hit the Psycho Gundam Mk II, forcing its pilot to detach its damaged head.
• Salamander joined the fight inside the abandoned Colony Satellite, and the Blue forces defeated the Red forces after fierce battles inside and outside.
• Salamander returned to the mothership, where Relina gave him a drink, wiped his sweat, and led him toward a meal as their comrades teased them.

In June of Cosmic Year 119, delegations from the International Sphere arrived in the Dion Empire and saw how much Mars had changed. At a diplomatic meeting, the two sides discussed relations, a past military incident, and the Dion Empire’s beliefs about Newtypes, Coordinators, and ordinary humans.

• The International Sphere delegations and their reporters observed Mars’s oceans, green plains, Earthlike gravity, orbital facilities, and advanced technology before landing in Aguxis.
• Minister of Foreign Affairs Sigmund welcomed the delegations and hosted a closed-door meeting with Li Rubin, Sergei, Wolfgang, Dimitri, and Raf Lauren.
• Li Rubin said the International Sphere wanted the Dion Empire to join it and establish diplomatic relations, and Sigmund agreed that their differing systems and cultures posed no barrier.
• Wolfgang demanded an explanation for the Dion Empire’s attack on Anglo-Saxon forces, and Sigmund apologized, blamed a mistaken automated force, and offered compensation.
• Dimitri asked about Newtype ideology, and Sigmund explained that the Dion Empire regarded Newtypes as humanity’s future leaders and Coordinators as assistants to them.
• Sergei and Raf Lauren challenged the Dion Empire’s views on ordinary humans and Coordinators, while Dimitri questioned its ranking of the three groups; Sigmund defended it as the empire’s cultural system.

The international delegation negotiated with the Dion Empire over the governments-in-exile of the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom, while Li Rubin proposed relocating their resistance groups. Long Fei later considered giving the two nations land within territories he had received, but offered them two remote ruined areas under his rules.

• Sigmund told the foreign ministers that ordinary humans in the Dion Empire could rise through hard work, and the delegation apologized for its misunderstanding.
• The Dion Empire agreed to allow humanitarian aid to the governments-in-exile, and Li Rubin proposed settling their underground resistance groups elsewhere; Sigmund said he needed the Emperor’s approval.
• In June of Cosmic Year 119, the delegation’s reporters announced that the five major nations and the Dion Empire had opened channels of communication, prompting protests from the governments-in-exile.
• Long Fei accompanied seven-months-pregnant Taoxiang to a checkup, where they learned she was carrying twin girls, and he reduced her workload.
• Raf Lauren, Dimitri, and Li Rubin asked Long Fei to provide land for the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom to reestablish themselves.
• Long Fei marked two distant ruined locations on a map and said the nations could settle there only if they accepted his rules.

The Dion Empire joined the International Circle after the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom began rebuilding in the Earth Sphere, while Emperor Samulas III took an interest in Long Fei. Separately, Salamander’s exceptional performance in simulated battles earned him a rapid promotion and a summons to Long Fei’s office.

• The Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom accepted the International Circle’s terms, and the Dion Empire offered the underground resistance relocation if they disbanded.
• After negotiations and a livestream reassured the resistance, the underground organizations ended their resistance, and the Dion Empire pursued membership in the International Circle.
• In August of Cosmic Year 119, the Dion Empire joined the International Circle, while the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom began rebuilding with international aid and Skywing Group contractors.
• Princess Youyou regretted choosing Barbaros over Long Fei as she prepared housing and work for Longsog citizens arriving in the Earth Sphere.
• Samulas III reviewed information about Long Fei and judged the International Circle harshly, while Salamander’s tactical skill earned him a promotion to lieutenant colonel and a summons to Long Fei’s office.

Long Fei appointed Salamander to lead the covert Black Rabbit Unit and established the Sword Shield Unit under Salamander’s public command to investigate misconduct within the growing Skywing Mercenary Group. Salamander and Relina set out in their public roles as the chapter left the unit beginning its inspections of branch bases.

• Long Fei promoted Salamander to special colonel, named him Black Rabbit, and assigned him command of the covert Black Rabbit Unit.
• Long Fei appointed Relina as Mother Rabbit, Salamander’s trusted aide, and gave them documents with their public identities.
• Long Fei equipped the Black Rabbit Unit with mobile suits and tightened the standards for earning ace status while diverting funds away from new Gundam production.
• Salamander and Relina joined the Sword Shield Unit as its commander and adjutant, with authority to inspect bases and punish misconduct among lower-ranking personnel.
• Long Fei established the fifty-thousand-member Sword Shield Unit to curb factional dealings and procurement fraud, and Salamander began public investigations at branch bases.

The Sword Shield Unit investigated corruption across Skywing Mercenary Group bases while the Black Rabbit Unit dealt with officers who had sold secrets to hostile forces. Long Fei reviewed the expanding investigations as Skywing Group subsidiaries began internal audits.

• Sky Wing Mercenaries discussed Colonel Wen’s apparent drug-overdose death and the Sword Shield Unit’s crackdown on corrupt officers.
• Salamander heard that the Black Rabbit Unit had dealt with Colonel Wen, then questioned Brigadier General Doma about his embezzled money and properties.
• Salamander let Brigadier General Doma keep two properties and two bank cards as rewards for his military achievements, warning him through the arrangement not to skim excessively.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang reviewed reports of widespread embezzlement and procurement fraud, prompting Skywing Group subsidiaries to begin internal investigations.
• Long Fei reassured his second sister after she apologized for procurement fraud at Skywing Metal, telling her to leave the matter to her staff.

Wanluo Federation President Purvi tried to frame the Sky Wing Mercenaries for an attack so he could avoid a direct war while protecting his reelection prospects. The Sky Wing Mercenaries exposed the plot with help from the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and announced retaliatory operations against the Wanluo Federation.

• Dion citizens discovered that Skywing Group's technologies surpassed those in their country, and the Dion Empire sent diplomatic delegations abroad.
• Purvi threatened Long Fei over the Sky Wing Mercenaries' blockade of routes between Colony District 7 and the Wanluo Federation, and the mercenaries declared combat readiness.
• With Wanluo Federation forces still adapting to new Flying Thunder MS units and Ganghail Mobile Armors, Purvi secretly arranged for agents to attack the Sky Wing Mercenaries using black-market equipment.
• After the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic alerted them to the plot, the Sky Wing Mercenaries ambushed and captured Purvi's agents as they prepared to attack an escort fleet.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries published evidence and video of the plot, prompting the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic to confirm its role in providing intelligence.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries condemned the Wanluo Federation's deception and announced retaliatory operations.

The Skywing Mercenary Group overwhelmed Wanluo Federation forces in fierce border battles, exposing weaknesses in the Ganghail and demonstrating new weapons and support systems. As the Dion Empire and other nations studied the fighting, observers concluded that revenge was only a pretext for the Skywing Mercenary Group to test its capabilities.

• The Qubeley destroyed a Ganghail with its funnels, Beam Sabers, and High-energy Mega Particle Cannons, while a Val. Valo also disabled and destroyed another Ganghail.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group's Jegans, Murasames, and Delta Plus units suppressed Wanluo forces, and pilots discovered that solid-ammunition weapons could penetrate Ganghail defenses.
• Big Rang units repaired and resupplied damaged MS near the fleet, while mass-produced Big-W units used Long-range Mega Beam Cannons to destroy distant Wanluo warships.
• The Dion Empire investigated the Skywing Mercenary Group's advanced technology, and Emperor Samulas III decided to keep watching Long Fei and seek a chance to meet him.
• Authorities and experts around the world watched the battles and suspected the Skywing Mercenary Group had attacked Wanluo partly to field-test its new weapons.

The Wanluo Federation suffered a crushing defeat as Skywing Mercenary Group forces advanced into its territory, while President Purvi tried to rally the public and delay a national emergency decree. The chapter ended with Wanluo Federation troops demoralized and convinced they could not defeat the invaders.

• Emperor Samulas III and his ministers noticed that many Skywing Mercenary Group pilots evaded attacks early and considered whether Long Fei and his Newtypes might be worth recruiting, but Samulas chose to observe the war first.
• Skywing Mercenary Group and Cross Vanguard Army forces routed Wanluo Federation fleets, intercepted retreating ships, and advanced into Wanluo Federation territory.
• After around thirty thousand civilians demanded his resignation, Purvi ignored them and urged citizens to fight, claiming the Wanluo Federation stood for justice and democracy.
• Purvi's supporters praised his message, while opponents, the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic, and other countries mocked him and blamed him for the crisis.
• Ministers and legislators prevented Purvi from issuing an emergency decree until the capitalists backing them could flee, while clashes between supporters and opponents spread across Colony Satellites.
• Skywing Mercenary Group forces and their affiliated units continued entering Wanluo Federation territory as arms factories worked at full capacity and soldiers' morale collapsed.

Taoxiang gave birth to twin daughters, and Long Fei named them Long Guo and Long Fu after discovering they responded to their names. The newborns showed signs of awakened Newtype abilities, and their family celebrated their arrival while Taoxiang began receiving infant-care instructions.

• Long Fei waited anxiously with Lixiang for Taoxiang to finish a difficult delivery, and Li Xiucheng came to reassure him.
• Taoxiang safely gave birth to twin daughters, and Long Fei hurried in to see his wife and newborns.
• Long Fei first named the older twin Long Fu and the younger twin Long Guo, but the babies cried until he switched their names to Long Guo and Long Fu.
• Long Guo and Long Fu stopped crying when their parents called their names, and the family sensed that the twins' Newtype abilities had awakened at birth.
• Long Fei video-called his sisters, Long Huijuan, and Yang Ruoxi to introduce the babies, and they celebrated before promising to attend the twins' one-month celebration.
• Caregivers brought in cribs and explained infant care to Long Fei and Taoxiang, then showed Taoxiang how to breastfeed the babies.

The Black Rabbit Unit attacked a Wanluo Federation logistics base to capture it, using mobile suits, a special assault squad, and the newly enhanced Sparta Battle Suit II. The base commander lost control of the main computer and ordered guards to destroy the technology under development.

• Black Rabbit watched the Unit’s missiles and point-defense fire overwhelm the base’s defenders, with nearly ten Ghiladcas and Ghilad Zurus shot down in the exchange.
• La led thirty MS out of anti-radar concealment, as Gundam Hazel Osh units sniped harbor warships and Ghiladcas and Ghilad Zurus bombarded the base’s defenses.
• Gundam Hecates and Rose Zuru units led a special assault into the base, where they suppressed its MS and damaged facilities.
• The base commander ordered water sprayed through the corridors, revealing the infiltrating Black Rabbit special squad and forcing its members to deactivate their stealth systems.
• The Black Rabbit special squad used Sparta Battle Suit II shields and weapons to sweep through the base despite the guards’ attacks.
• The base commander discovered he had lost access to the main control computer and ordered guards to destroy the new technology under development.

The Black Rabbit Unit captured a Wanluo Federation logistics base and uncovered secret research, prompting Long Fei to plan attacks on other research sites and delay the Federation’s technological progress. As the war escalated into full national mobilization, Skywing forces overwhelmed the defenders near Colony Satellite No. 76, and its commander ordered a retreat.

• The Black Rabbit Unit occupied the logistics base, captured its commander and researchers, and seized or destroyed the secret development materials and experimental units.
• The Shadow Group reviewed the captured technology and reported to Long Fei, who judged the Wanluo Federation’s technology to be near a bottleneck and decided to prolong the war and target its research bases.
• The Wanluo Federation’s capitalists fled, the government issued an emergency decree and began full national mobilization, and the Skywing Mercenary Group warned civilians and the military against using weapons or civilians as shields in Colony Satellites.
• At Colony Satellite No. 76, the F90F and F90G destroyed Federation MS units while a war correspondent livestreamed the battle.
• The defense commander, fearing further casualties and the threat of Operation Alpha, ordered his forces to retreat and abandon Colony Satellite No. 76.

The Skywing Mercenary Group and Cross Vanguard Army looted and occupied Wanluo Federation Colony Satellites while the federation’s leaders considered how to secure a victory. As the Cross Vanguard Army’s actions drew attention abroad, Purvi approved a plan to attack scattered enemy forces despite projected heavy casualties.

• The Cross Vanguard Army looted Colony Satellite No. 76 while Sky Wing Mercenaries confiscated weapons, searched government offices, and tried to restore order.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries found that the Cross Vanguard Army had taken most valuables in wealthy districts, though banks still offered them loot.
• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic considered a surprise attack on the Skywing Mercenary Group, fearing it might be targeted after the Wanluo Federation fell.
• Five-Star General Powell told Purvi and the ministers that defeating scattered Skywing Mercenary Group units would require a casualty ratio of four to one against ordinary troops and more than six to one against regular elite units.
• Purvi said the Wanluo Federation needed a victory to raise morale, and Powell confirmed that a battle could be won at a heavy cost.

Major General Shlaik ordered the Skywing Mercenary Group to retreat rather than face the Wanluo Federation’s much larger forces, drawing the Federation into reclaiming territory while Skywing consolidated its strength. The Wanluo commanders eventually recognized the retreat’s purpose after their supply lines and logistics bases came under attack.

• After spotting the Wanluo Federation’s overwhelming fleet, the Skywing commander withdrew from Colony Satellite No. 71 to Colony Satellite No. 72 on orders from above.
• Powell assembled the First Vengeful Eagle Small Group Army under Major General Yoni, but it found Colony Satellites No. 71 through 74 abandoned as Skywing forces retreated in separate directions.
• Powell ordered Federation forces to reclaim the abandoned satellites and form additional small group armies, while Purvi celebrated the recoveries and Federation media portrayed them as victories.
• Major General Shlaik ordered Skywing forces to abandon Colony Satellites No. 75, 76, and 77, concentrate near Colony Satellites No. 78 through 80, and shorten their supply lines as Federation leaders celebrated.
• Powell and his staff realized Skywing was gathering strength and preparing for battle, then learned that their supply lines and logistics bases had been ambushed and raided.

Powell was forced by the president to order an attack on the remaining Colony Satellites despite the military’s vulnerable logistics and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s advantage. As the 3rd Vengeful Eagle Small Group Army advanced, Skywing’s Fierce Hound Squad ambushed its rear with stealth-equipped warships while the frontline came under heavy fire.

• Powell warned the president that the Federation’s scattered logistics and concentrated forces made an attack dangerous, but the president issued a forced order to retake the remaining Colony Satellites.
• Powell showed the forced-order document to his generals and staff, then ordered the troops to attack, leaving responsibility for a possible defeat with the president.
• The 1st through 3rd Vengeful Eagle Small Group Armies advanced toward Colony Satellites No. 75 through No. 77.
• The Fierce Hound Squad ambushed the rear of the 3rd Vengeful Eagle Small Group Army, while Z Plus and Ling Ge Si units used mass-production Big-W units to snipe approaching Ganghail units.
• The Fierce Hound Squad withdrew its Z Plus and Ling Ge Si units and activated the Mirage System, making its regiment-level fleet vanish from enemy detection.
• The 3rd Vengeful Eagle Small Group Army’s frontline came under intense attacks from Skywing’s mobile suits and weapons.

Major General Yoni's Vengeful Eagle 1st Small Army Group suffered heavy losses against the Skywing Mercenary Group, whose Mobile Armors and elite units overwhelmed its forces. Long Fei led Moon Gundam and a major force into battle, where the Psycho-Plates destroyed Ganghails and enemy MS as the assault continued.

• Major General Yoni saw his forces lose ground against the Skywing Mercenary Group's Mobile Armors and elite MS, with the battle loss ratio climbing to 13.5:1.
• A powerful Particle Cannon from the Skywing Mercenary Group's main base force struck near Yoni's flagship and destroyed numerous warships.
• Long Fei rallied the Sky Wing Mercenaries, then launched Moon Gundam alongside EX-S Gundam, God Gundam, Barbatos Lupus, and their supporting forces.
• Yoni ordered his forces to stop Long Fei's advance and designated the four Gundams as priority targets.
• Long Fei used Moon Gundam's Psycho-Plates to reflect Ganghail Beam Cannons, destroy two Ganghails, and repel attacks from Flying Thunders and other MS.

Anton and Sergio fought a fierce MS duel during the Skywing Mercenary Group’s battle against the 1st Vengeful Eagle Sub-Army Fleet, which ended in the Federation forces’ retreat. After the defeat spread across the Wanluo Federation, Purvi and Commander-in-Chief Powell publicly blamed each other for the disastrous war.

• Anton’s Barbatos Lupus battled Sergio’s custom Bomber Fei Lei, and Anton overwhelmed Sergio by tearing apart the machine’s armor and weapons.
• Sergio escaped aboard his mothership after dozens of comrades sacrificed their MS to block Anton, while Anton vowed to capture him in a future fight.
• Major General Yoni ordered the 1st Vengeful Eagle Sub-Army Fleet to retreat after its forces suffered devastating losses, while the Skywing Mercenary Group lost less than five percent of its forces.
• Reports of defeats by the second and third forces spread through the Wanluo Federation, leaving the nation in shock.
• Purvi blamed Commander-in-Chief Powell’s command at a press conference, and Powell countered by releasing Purvi’s compulsory orders and assigning responsibility for the defeat to the President.