Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ya and the others fought fanatical believers until the Cross Vanguard Army arrived to extract them and the Lanna Family. As the group began returning to base, Rebecca and the other pilots deployed their Pirate Gundams to clear the streets of pursuing MSs.

• Zhou Ya and her teammates used their remaining weapons and shields to hold off the believers until missiles and the Cross Vanguard Army arrived.
• The ground unit commander told Zhou Ya that her Gundams would arrive shortly and arranged to evacuate the group to a United Army base.
• Believer-piloted MSs attacked, and the F90s and Electromagnetic Cannon Tanks fought them while Zhou Ya, Zena Ni, and Rogova joined the defense.
• Pirate Gundam X1, X2, X3, and Dark Hound arrived, and Zena Ni and Rogova discovered that Rebecca was an Ace Pilot piloting one of the specialized Gundams.
• The Lanna Family and civilians boarded the armored vehicles, which departed for base under Gundam protection as the Pirate Gundams cut through MSs blocking the streets.

Pirate Gundam X1 and X2 escorted the convoy through attacks by Dion Believers, but fleeing civilians blocked their route and sought protection. Zhou Ya's forces began organizing civilian evacuations and screening crowds for infiltrators as they moved toward a safe location arranged by the police.

• Pirate Gundam X1 and X2 blocked rocket attacks and fought enemy MS, while Captain Zhou Na was denied authorization to attack a building where civilians were held hostage.
• The convoy was stopped by fleeing civilians, and Zhou Ya ordered the Lanna Family evacuated in F90s while the police commissioner arranged a safe handover point.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries and drones searched the crowd, subdued armed believers carrying bombs, and prepared civilians for an escorted evacuation.
• The commander arranged for elderly people, women, and children to ride in vehicles while able-bodied civilians walked alongside the mercenaries.
• Zhou Ya's group advanced cautiously toward the designated location, sending scouts and drones ahead to check for ambushes.

The Skywing Mercenary Group’s convoy encountered armed Dion Believers, and Zena Ni confronted her former colleague Hawk, who defended the organization’s calls to surrender to the Dion Empire. The chapter explained how the Dion Believers Organization grew from a surrender movement into an armed extremist group that targeted the Skywing Mercenary Group.

• Pirate Gundam X3 held off advancing MS units while the convoy continued onward, and the captured believers cursed the Skywing Mercenary Group and urged civilians to surrender to the Dion Empire.
• Zena Ni recognized Hawk among the captured believers, slapped him, and demanded to know why he had joined the organization.
• Hawk argued that the Dion Empire had shown restraint and that continued resistance would cause meaningless deaths, prompting Zena Ni to shove him away in disgust.
• The Dion Believers Organization grew from demonstrations by defeated soldiers into a movement that gained soldiers and civilians, then turned violent after government crackdowns and acquired weapons through members inside institutions.
• The organization blamed the Skywing Mercenary Group for refusing to protect it and made the group a target, leading the mercenaries to capture or hunt its members.
• The governments of various nations secretly passed intelligence about the Dion Believers Organization to third parties, who delivered it to the Skywing Mercenary Group.

Zhou Ya’s forces delivered civilians safely, then joined the campaign against Dion Believers Organization strongholds as the organization’s violence continued to destabilize nations. After a suppression fleet destroyed a hidden site, Yue Yangchun spoke with Lixiang, while Long Fei’s personal anger over threats to his family drove the Skywing Mercenary Group’s effort to eliminate the organization.

• Zhou Ya learned that intelligence had located a Dion Believers Organization headquarters and received orders to destroy it after the escort forces finished their mission.
• The Dion Believers Organization’s attacks and retaliation against informants deepened public fear and economic disruption, though the United Army’s strategy remained viable.
• Yue Yangchun and the Gundam pilots fought alongside the suppression fleet, which invaded and subdued a hidden site in an abandoned meteorite ore processing plant.
• Yue Yangchun asked Lixiang about Hamudada and agreed to accompany her, Taoxiang, and her nieces to visit orphans when they returned to the main base.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group continued destroying Dion Believers Organization sites, acting on Long Fei’s order after the organization targeted him and his family.

Long Fei visited Happy Paradise Meteorite Orphanage with his family and saw how Taoxiang had provided the children with a caring home. After Duo asked to join the Skywing Mercenary Group early to repay their kindness, Long Fei reassured him that he could choose his future after high school and later taught the children the song “Tomorrow.”

• Long Fei visited the orphanage with his family and saw the children playing with Taoxiang, Lixiang, and Yue Yangchun.
• Long Fei inspected the children's meals and shared snacks with Duo, who asked to join the Skywing Mercenary Group immediately to repay Long Fei and Taoxiang.
• Long Fei told Duo that he could receive basic training but would decide whether to join the group after graduating from high school.
• Duo brought Taoxiang, the children, and the others to the music room after learning that Long Fei could play piano.
• Long Fei sang “Tomorrow” while playing the piano, then taught the song to the children and joined them and the staff in a recorded chorus.

A video of Long Fei and the orphans singing “Tomorrow” moved people across the international community, and Long Fei condemned Emperor Fadis for praising the song while continuing the war. Later, Long Fei discussed covert operations, staffing, and family favoritism with his three subordinates over hotpot and barbecue.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group’s video of Long Fei and the orphans singing “Tomorrow” spread widely, and Fadis praised the song while vowing to unite the Colony Sphere.
• Long Fei rebuked Fadis, saying the war he started had orphaned the children in the video, and many people supported Long Fei.
• Li Jiaming passed a guarded room and returned to his office while Long Fei, Salamander, Li Xiucheng, and Marisa ate and discussed business inside.
• Long Fei ordered Salamander to infiltrate and monitor the Longsog Kingdom’s self-defense forces and Youyou’s government.
• Long Fei asked Li Xiucheng to warn his uncle Li Jiaming against favoring relatives in company matters.
• Li Xiucheng proposed expanding the Shadow Mad Dog Squad by recruiting and training suitable pilots, and Long Fei asked him to submit a budget.

Long Fei discussed intelligence on the Dion Believers Organization and corruption within Skywing Group while sharing a meal with his subordinates and family. After spending the evening with Taoxiang, he went to his office the next morning to study.

• Marisa told Long Fei that Mishler, a presumed-dead lieutenant general who had surrendered to the Dion Empire, was a senior member of the Dion Believers Organization, and Long Fei ordered continued surveillance.
• Li Xiucheng reported that some Skywing Group subsidiary presidents were conspiring with rivals or substituting inferior materials, and Long Fei directed him to warn the connected forces and submit evidence to the relevant companies.
• Long Fei held his twin daughters while they asked him for a story, then Taoxiang took them to bed and promised to tell them one.
• Marisa, Salamander, and Li Xiucheng teased each other about Marisa's high standards for a partner, and Long Fei redirected the conversation.
• Long Fei checked on his sleeping daughters, then joined Taoxiang in their room, where they discussed his dinner choices before spending the night together.
• The next morning, Taoxiang cheerfully cared for the children while Long Fei went to his office to study.

Long Fei reviewed the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Gundam and warship development plans while keeping new weapons and stored units hidden from the Dion Empire. As the group prepared for an increasingly likely war with the empire, Long Fei continued expanding its forces and testing equipment in secret.

• Long Fei planned to develop the Impulse, Chaos, Abyss, Gaia, and Destiny Gundams, along with the Minerva MS Carrier and its deuterion beam systems.
• Long Fei reviewed the Gundams in storage and recalled the concealed tests of the GX-9900 X Gundam, its GX Bits, the Diva, and the enlarged La Kai Ram.
• Long Fei decided to build the King of Astray, God of Astray, and an improved Dragon of Astray using Beryllium Rhenium Gold and Kappo Silver.
• Long Fei planned additional mobile suits and equipment, including eighty Doom units, the Thrones, and upgrades for active-service Gundams, while worrying that war with the Dion Empire might come soon.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group analyzed Dion forces, developed and tested new weapons, and trained through Red and Blue Army simulations to prepare for a major war.

The United Army advanced against Dion Empire forces near Colony Satellite No. 47, where Sergio and Zoshan Taro distinguished themselves as ace pilots. Zoshan Taro engaged two customized Saint Machines, and the blue unit fired a Beam Cannon at Demon Asura.

• The United Army deployed improved and unmanned Mobile Suits as it pushed to reclaim territory from the Dion Empire.
• Sergio piloted Heavenly Fei Lei and destroyed numerous enemy units, including Azure and Blood Red.
• Zoshan Taro piloted Demon Asura and cut through enemy forces, earning the title Blade Emperor and recognition as one of the top ten MS aces.
• The Dion Empire commander faced overwhelming enemy numbers and ordered two ace pilots to deploy after receiving no response from headquarters.
• Zoshan Taro fought a red customized Saint Machine in close combat, then the blue Saint Machine fired a Beam Cannon at him.

Zoshan Taro and Sergio fought Dion Empire aces Fick and Li in a high-stakes battle between their mobile suits. The United Army held a numerical advantage elsewhere, while neither ace duel had yet produced a decisive victory.

• Zoshan Taro and Sergio agreed to face Fick and Li, with Zoshan Taro taking on Fick’s Red Star and Sergio facing Li’s Azure Cloud.
• Demon Asura and Red Star clashed with close-combat weapons as the armies pulled back and their commanders watched the outcome anxiously.
• Zoshan Taro used a cockpit kick and an arena-style throw to gain an edge over Fick, then both pilots activated Efficiency Boost Mode.
• Fick used dual Beam Sabers, a Beam Boomerang, and a Beam Spear to defend Red Star after Demon Asura knocked away its first Beam Saber.
• Sergio’s Heavenly Fei Lei damaged Azure Cloud’s Beam Rifle and gained a slight advantage, but both pilots continued trading fire without defeating the other.
• The United Army gained the advantage across the wider battlefield through its numerical superiority.

The United Army defeated the Dion Empire’s forces on Colony Satellite No. 47, reclaiming its first lost territory as local civilians celebrated and settled accounts with collaborators. The defeated Dion commander was questioned, and an investigation found that his request for reinforcements had been transmitted but never reached headquarters, suggesting it had been intercepted.

• Demon Asura destroyed Red Star and killed Fike, then Sergio exploited Li’s distraction to destroy Azure Cloud and kill her.
• The United Army commander announced the aces’ victory, raising morale, while the Dion commander ordered a retreat from Colony Satellite No. 47 and evacuated the Special Citizens and Upper Citizens.
• Local civilians welcomed the United Army, celebrated their liberation, and turned against former slave owners and suspected collaborators; the United Army negotiated the police department’s disarmament and reviewed its officers.
• The Dion commander’s superiors questioned his retreat and said they had not received his distress signal; specialists confirmed that he had transmitted it, prompting an investigation into possible interception.
• The Dion commander was transferred to the rear to await the committee’s findings and a decision on whether he would be punished.

At a meeting about the United Army’s first victory, Salamander and the commanders speculated that Fadis was prolonging the war to lure the Wanluo Federation and Gas Empire into a trap, possibly using a powerful strategic weapon. Aixisi warned that a Dion Empire victory could enslave ordinary humans and fuel conflict between them and Newtypes, leaving Long Fei to acknowledge the Skywing Mercenary Group might have to oppose the empire.

• Shlaik asked Salamander why the Dion Empire had lost territory, and Salamander argued that Fadis’s willingness to prolong the war suggested he had another objective.
• Salamander pointed out that the Wanluo Federation and Gas Empire were gathering forces to attack Mars and speculated that Fadis was waiting to lure them out before using an undisclosed countermeasure.
• Long Fei and Li Jiaming considered whether the Dion Empire had developed a strategic weapon, while Salamander questioned why the empire had once let him and his comrades escape Mars.
• Aixisi proposed that Fadis wanted to spare Newtypes and intended to enslave ordinary humans if the Dion Empire conquered the Colony Sphere, while a defeat could lead to Newtype persecution.
• Aixisi warned that a Dion Empire victory could provoke human resistance and civil war, and Long Fei agreed the Skywing Mercenary Group might eventually fight the empire to defend equality.

Long Fei learned that the Dion Believers Organization received support from the Mollicet ducal family and that Alexandre had ordered assassinations targeting Long Fei’s family. As tensions with the Dion Empire rose, Long Fei told his five force commanders to prepare for war, and they declared they were ready for anything.

• Marisa reported that the Dion Believers Organization received resources and funding through a company controlled by the Mollicet ducal family, whose granddaughter was Alexandre’s mother.
• Salamander asked to kill Alexandre if war broke out, but Long Fei ordered that Alexandre be captured alive and made to suffer after learning he had ordered assassination attempts against Long Fei’s family.
• Li Xiucheng reported that Dion Believers Organization propaganda had infiltrated Skywing Group companies, while Salamander said his covert forces had destroyed secret bases and passed key members’ identities to the United Army.
• Lamiel and Tols arrived at Long Fei’s office, joining the other commanders of Long Fei’s five directly subordinate forces.
• Long Fei urged the five commanders to keep their forces ready and expand them ahead of possible fighting, and they all said they were ready for anything.

As the Wanluo Team and Gas Team advanced toward Mars, both deliberately slowed down to avoid bearing the brunt of the coming battle, while the Dion Empire used the delay to prepare its defenses. Long Fei condemned their maneuvering despite recognizing that he was pursuing his own advantage, and Fadis welcomed the extra time to ready surprises for the approaching fleets.

• The United Army retook Colony Satellites and advanced toward the Mars Sphere as the Wanluo Federation and Gas Empire assembled forces to attack the Dion Empire homeland.
• The Gas Team slowed its advance, hoping the Wanluo Team would weaken the Dion Empire garrison before it arrived.
• The Wanluo Team also reduced its speed, claiming that ship malfunctions had forced it to stay together, and the Gas Team copied the excuse after learning of its rival's plan.
• After reviewing the fleets' travel speeds, Long Fei cursed their selfish delay, then acknowledged that he too hoped they would weaken the Dion Empire before his forces joined the war.
• Fadis heard that the two fleets were advancing slowly and said the delay would give the Dion Empire more time to prepare surprises.
• Lukman praised Fadis's Newtype ideology, and Fadis warned him against flattery before forgiving him.

In May of Cosmic Year 123, General Avis’s Wanluo Team fought the Dion Empire’s homeland defense forces in the Mars Sphere, where new weapons and machines undermined the United Army’s tactics. The battle left the United Army struggling against Warheads and Emerald Green Saint Machines, with many elite pilots killed.

• General Avis ordered the Wanluo Team to attack the Dion Empire forces with missiles and MS units.
• The two sides exchanged missile and beam barrages as the Dion Empire deployed Koukai, Emerald Green, Warheads, and new Mobile Armors.
• Dion Empire Warheads pierced the Anti-Beam Particle fog and drilled through United Army MS units and Space Turtle Kais.
• United Army Mobile Armors Seigya and Ganghail formed a firepower net and destroyed the Warheads that broke through the fog.
• Emerald Green outmaneuvered Flying Thunder and Apollo units, while its Mental Control System directed allied machines and Warheads against United Army pilots.
• United Army elite pilots struggled to restrain Emerald Green, and many died to machines under its pilots’ mental control.

Admiral Avis ordered the Wanluo Team to retreat after Dion Empire forces overwhelmed them with newly developed weapons and reinforcements. The defeat spread through the Colony Sphere, where accusations and suspicion deepened divisions among the nations allied against Dion.

• Dion Empire Warheads, MS, and Mobile Armor inflicted heavy losses on the Wanluo Team, while the fleet’s defenses destroyed the units that broke through.
• Admiral Avis learned that an Army-level Dion Empire reinforcement fleet had arrived and ordered the Wanluo Team to withdraw.
• The Dion Empire forces stayed within their territory and did not pursue the retreating Wanluo Team.
• Battlefield reports spread news of the defeat, and experts criticized the Wanluo Team’s intelligence, tactics, and suspected motives.
• The Wanluo Federation admitted it had misjudged Dion’s strength, but online accusations and distrust widened rifts among Colony Sphere nations.

Long Fei and his generals discussed how to handle the United Army’s commissions while preparing the Skywing Mercenary Group for a possible war with the Dion Empire. The chapter ended with the generals weighing how either side’s victory could turn the Colony Sphere against the Skywing Mercenary Group.

• After Wanluo Team’s defeat, General Avis switched to a prolonged war and guerrilla tactics, while General Paliston divided Gas Team into four units and sent S3 and S4 to reconnoiter Dion Empire territory.
• Dion Imperial forces kept advancing in the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic, revealing that their earlier withdrawal had been a ruse, and they recaptured some Colony Satellites.
• Li Jiaming and Shlaik advised Long Fei to keep refusing combat commissions in the Dion Empire’s homeland but wait for the United Army’s losses to worsen before hinting that they would accept commissions in the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic.
• Long Fei considered adapting remote weapons and the Gaga Cannon type to counter the Dion Empire’s weapons, then questioned his generals about the capabilities of the Verdant, Koukai, and Typhon.
• Long Fei and the generals considered possible outcomes of the coming war and concluded that the Skywing Mercenary Group might face an attack from whichever side won.

The Wanluo Team and Gas Team held off the Dion Empire military while Long Fei prepared a powerful weapon and discussed plans with his subordinates. The chapter ended with Taoxiang and their daughters teasing Long Fei that he seemed gentler when wearing glasses.

• The Wanluo Team defended its asteroid base while the Gas Team's guerrilla units disrupted Dion Empire operations and supply lines.
• Li Jiaming learned that Long Fei had already begun manufacturing a powerful weapon intended for whichever side won.
• Li Xiucheng told Long Fei that he spoke more gently when wearing glasses, and Long Fei asked him to arrange for ALICE's completed body to be brought over.
• Long Fei put out his cigar and rinsed his mouth before holding his twin daughters, Long Guo and Long Fu.
• Taoxiang asked whether Long Fei planned to attack the Dion Empire, and he said he was preparing to defeat or eliminate its military in the Colony Sphere.
• Taoxiang and the twins told Long Fei that he seemed gentler in glasses, though he said he had not noticed the change.

The Skywing Mercenary Group ambushed a Dion Empire fleet that was overpowering the United Army near Colony Satellites No. 40 and No. 41. The attack crippled the Dion forces’ systems and let the United Army seize the chance to counterattack.

• The United Army commander prepared to retreat when an unknown force began destroying Dion Empire warships from behind.
• The radar operator identified the attackers as the Skywing Mercenary Group, whose Shieldbreaker Destroyers struck from roughly eight hundred kilometers away.
• The Dion Empire commander ordered evasive maneuvers and an interception, but the Sky Rocket Battleship was destroyed and special-particle missiles disrupted Dion electronic systems.
• Skywing MS and Mobile Armor units advanced under missile cover, engaging the Dion escorts while the Dion frontline units turned to assist their fleet.
• The United Army commander ordered his forces to intercept the retreating Dion units as Murasame units launched Magnetic Wave Resonance Missiles and Skywing forces attacked the warships’ hangars.

The Skywing Mercenary Group fought Dion Empire forces near Colony Satellite No. 42, where GN Armor Type-D destroyed Fenrir and GN Armor Type-E battled Major Lei’s Haya Saint Machine. Yue Yangchun continued the fight as Gundam Dynames after GN Armor Type-E’s fighter was destroyed, but Major Lei escaped when the Dion fleet retreated.

• Yue Yangchun and Lixiang combined their Gundams with GN Fighters Type-D and Type-E to form GN Armor Type-D and Type-E.
• GN Armor Type-D activated Trans-Am, overwhelmed Fenrir, and destroyed it with a Beam Cannon.
• GN Armor Type-E fought Major Lei and five crimson units, destroyed the five units, then detached Gundam Dynames before its GN Fighter exploded.
• Yue Yangchun and Major Lei dueled as Gundam Dynames and the Haya Saint Machine, with Yue Yangchun destroying the Haya Saint Machine’s weapons and severing its right arm.
• The Dion Empire fleet signaled a retreat, and Major Lei escaped to his mothership while Yue Yangchun fought off the units blocking his pursuit.