Chapter Summaries

The Skywing Mercenary Group held firm during negotiations with the United Army and the Wanluo Federation, securing agreement to its conditions for joining the war. The approval sparked political turmoil in Wanluo as Purvi tried to turn public opinion against the president.

• Aixisi defended the condition that the United Army take responsibility for the mercenaries’ actions, while the Wanluo Federation representative objected to handing over asteroid and Colony Satellite schematics.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group agreed to share intelligence about detained civilians, provided the Wanluo Federation accepted responsibility for any leak, and said the Alpha Unit would be a last resort.
• Duras Vegas said his side needed to discuss the terms, and Li Jiaming and the commanders saw the delegation off after the negotiations ended without changes to the mercenary group’s conditions.
• On December 8, Cosmic Year 124, the Wanluo Federation approved the conditions after an emergency presidential order.
• Purvi urged civilians to protest and seek a recall referendum, while government-aligned media defended the president and recalled Purvi’s military failures.
• Purvi blamed generals for his past decisions, but commanders released records disputing his claims as government and opposition supporters clashed.

The Skywing Mercenary Group prepared a hostage rescue operation in the Wanluo Federation while Muswati tried to understand its reconnaissance tactics and arranged to evacuate more civilians. By December 18, Skywing units had covertly positioned themselves around the asteroid where Wanluo civilians were held, ready to act.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group obtained blueprints of modified asteroids and began simulating rescue operations as Muswati learned that its Alpha Unit might launch Operation Alpha.
• Muswati’s forces discovered Skywing scouts probing their positions, while pursuing Dion Army units were ambushed; she prepared to withdraw her troops and move more Wanluo civilians to the Mars Sphere.
• Fadis agreed to Muswati’s proposal to use civilians’ relatives to force people into military service as Dion forces faced growing manpower shortages.
• On December 11, Skywing’s rescue unit practiced extracting hostages from a simulated asteroid as quickly and quietly as possible.
• On December 18, Hummingbird units covertly watched Asteroid No. 0, where civilians from Colony Satellite No. 53 were held, using concealed MS units and Stealth Devices to gather intelligence.
• A Hummingbird squad captain received a subordinate’s report, ordered the squad to stay ready, and said they could move at any time.

The Hummingbird Special Forces launched a carefully prepared assault on Asteroid No. 0, using electronic warfare and compromised unmanned Ms to disable its defenses and isolate its command room. Their ground forces seized ports and key facilities, and squads advanced toward the command room as the commander struggled to understand the attack.

• After five days of reconnaissance, Major Ma Jian ordered the operation to begin, and Hummingbird units hacked and infected patrol Ms across the asteroids.
• A compromised Koukai attacked a patrolling Crimson Saint Machine, and an ink-black Jesta destroyed it and concealed the wreck.
• Major Ma Jian ordered the Hummingbird forces to block Asteroid No. 0's communications and seize it within twenty minutes, as compromised unmanned Ms turned on the defenders.
• Hummingbird Ms and Combat Airships attacked Asteroid No. 0, while Sky Wing Mercenaries landed and seized several ports despite the commander's efforts to mobilize the guards.
• A Hummingbird squad detained Dion Army soldiers who claimed to be from the Wanluo Federation, shut down power equipment, and the Sky Wing Mercenaries destroyed the internal Manufacturing Plant.
• As Sky Wing Mercenaries suppressed locations across Asteroid No. 0, several squads advanced toward the command room.

Major Ma Jian’s Sky Wing Mercenaries seized Meteorite No. 0’s command room, found the detonator for the hostages’ implanted bombs, and evacuated the captives and prisoners. During the evacuation, Wanluo Federation hostages attacked compatriots who had collaborated with the Dion Army, while the mission’s larger purpose was to cover the Hummingbird Special Forces’ withdrawal from Colony Satellite No. 61.

• Sky Wing Mercenaries used a captured Wanluo Federation man’s information to find and eliminate Dion soldiers hidden in a passage, then stormed Meteorite No. 0’s command room and captured its wounded commander.
• Major Ma Jian learned the command room had been taken in nineteen minutes and fifty-eight seconds, ordered the hostages rescued, and had his troops find the detonator for the civilians’ implanted bombs.
• As Sky Wing Mercenaries released the hostages, Wanluo Federation civilians attacked compatriots who had collaborated with the Dion Army, including people accused of abusing their own families for the enemy’s benefit.
• A commander stopped the beatings and ordered everyone aboard the airship; Sky Wing Mercenaries also loaded the restrained prisoners and rebuked a prisoner who objected to being placed with Wanluo Federation captives.
• Major Ma Jian reviewed reports after the Sky Wing Mercenary Group attacked Colony Satellite No. 61 to cover the Hummingbird Special Forces’ withdrawal, and allowed prisoner conflicts to continue unless they became serious or caused deaths.

Muswati realized the Skywing Mercenary Group had deceived her and ordered her forces to guard the occupied zones. At Colony Satellite No. 53, Sky Wing Mercenaries reunited residents with rescued family members and removed implanted bombs, while Wanluo Federation soldiers and politicians faced public scorn.

• Muswati learned that occupied Colony Satellites were under attack and that the Skywing Mercenary Group had rescued Wanluo Federation citizens, then ordered her forces to defend the occupied zones without pursuing escaping enemies.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries broadcast messages from rescued residents and brought them back to Colony Satellite No. 53, prompting local civilians to head to the port and reunite with their families.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries demonstrated that they controlled the bomb detonators and began surgically removing the explosives implanted in residents' bodies.
• Wanluo Federation soldiers entered the port to confiscate weapons as reunited residents thanked the Sky Wing Mercenaries and ignored the soldiers.
• Wanluo Federation politicians arrived to offer staged condolences, but civilians cursed them and threw stones until soldiers moved them to safety.

The Skywing Mercenary Group rescued citizens from Dion-occupied Colony Satellites while the Wanluo Federation government faced public anger and reports of betrayal. Long Fei learned that the Dion forces might be turning hostages into Augmented Humans, and discussed using the Alaya-Vijnana System to help paralyzed people instead; he approved offering the surgery to volunteers who joined the group for five years.

• Wanluo citizens cursed their politicians, mourned relatives killed in the fighting, and watched the Sky Wing Mercenaries hand order duties to the army before departing.
• Wanluo citizens learned that the Skywing Mercenary Group had rescued hostages and removed their implanted bombs, while protests erupted over citizens who had defected to the Dion Empire.
• Black Rabbit reported to Long Fei that his unit had assassinated one of Muswati’s aides, kidnapped another, and identified the Howling Wolf Knights as her force.
• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that the Dion 2nd Expeditionary Army was moving hostages to the Mars Sphere for brainwashing and possible use as cannon fodder or experimental Augmented Humans.
• Long Fei explained that he had rejected Augmented Human experiments as inhumane, and Li Jiaming proposed offering Alaya-Vijnana System surgery to paralyzed volunteers who agreed to serve the Skywing Mercenary Group for five years.
• Long Fei approved Li Jiaming’s proposal.

Muswati prepared to use Colony Satellites 79, 82, and 84 as weapons while the Skywing Mercenary Group warned the United Army and focused on the Dion 2nd Expeditionary Army. At Colony Satellite No. 87, Osmane and the Howling Wolf Knights were placed on alert when an enemy attack began.

• Muswati ordered preparations to withdraw and approved using three captured rocket boosters to ram reclaimed Colony Satellites, while cautioning her forces about the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Skywing Mercenary Group infiltrators discovered the plan for Colony Satellites 79, 82, and 84, and the group informed the United Army and threatened to launch Operation Alpha if the hostages were not rescued.
• Osmane surveyed the spacecraft carrying Wanluo residents from Colony Satellite No. 87 and discussed the threat posed by Long Fei with his subordinates.
• An enemy attack alarm sounded, and Osmane hurried toward his Holy War Wolf as the Howling Wolf Knights prepared for battle and missiles converged on their targets.

The Skywing Mercenary Group fought the Dion Army as the Howling Wolf Knights clashed with the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group. Both sides suffered heavy losses, and Osmane and Lamiel recognized that their forces fought with similar wolf-like tactics.

• The Dion Army sent Wanluo Federation people to pilot Scorpions and other units as Minov Particles disrupted its unmanned forces, while the Skywing Mercenary Group attacked across the battlefield.
• The Howling Wolf Knights used coordinated attacks to destroy Mk IVs and engage Mass Production Type F91s, but the F91s also destroyed Wolf Hunters and called in reinforcements.
• The fighting spread across several fronts, with both forces setting traps, surrounding opponents, and suffering substantial losses.
• Osmane learned that more than sixty Howling Wolf Knights units had been shot down and over one hundred damaged, and he remarked that the enemy were wolves like his own forces.
• Lamiel learned that more than thirty Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group units had been shot down and over sixty damaged, with ten repaired units returning to battle.

Lamiel and the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group fought the Howling Wolf Knights on Colony Satellite No. 87 as the Skywing Mercenary Group’s forces gradually gained the advantage. Lamiel took on Osmane in F91, and their duel intensified as both pilots activated their enhancements.

• Lamiel reviewed the casualty report and decided that the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group needed more elite pilots and a larger force.
• The Howling Wolf Knights’ Wolf Hunters were suppressed by the Skywing Mercenary Group’s elite units, and Lamiel’s F91 replaced Warrior Gundam against Holy War Wolf.
• Lamiel and Osmane exchanged attacks while the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group and the Howling Wolf Knights began a full-scale battle.
• F91’s VSBR damaged Holy War Wolf’s forces, while Osmane’s pulse Electromagnetic Cannons crippled a Mass Production Type F91.
• Lamiel assessed Osmane’s close-combat skill as the duel continued, then activated F91’s Bio-Computer with her Newtype abilities after Osmane engaged Efficiency Boost Mode.

Lamiel’s F91 overwhelmed Osmane’s Holy War Wolf and pursued it through the battlefield despite the Howling Wolf Knights’ attempts to help their commander escape. The chase ended with Holy War Wolf disabled and Osmane captured.

• Lamiel used F91’s afterimages and beam sabers to defeat Osmane and destroy his left arm-mounted cannon, but Osmane damaged one of her VSBRs with his final shot.
• Osmane retreated toward his mothership as the Howling Wolf Knights tried to protect him, while Lamiel and her allies fought through the Wolf Hunters.
• Lamiel used F91’s Psycommu System and other sensors to track Osmane, repeatedly attacking Holy War Wolf as it fled.
• F91 disabled Holy War Wolf’s right leg, severed its right arm, cut off its other leg, and destroyed its rear thrusters.
• Lamiel captured Osmane after disabling his machine.

After Osmane’s capture, the Sky Wing Mercenaries rescued hostages and took control of Colony Satellite No. 87, while the Dion Army’s coerced fighters turned against them. The Dion Army retreated after suffering heavy losses, and Lamiel considered using the victory and another captured commander to request more resources.

• Footage of Osmane’s defeat and capture damaged the Dion Army’s morale, and Muswati worried about explaining the loss of three Royal Knights to the emperor.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries entered spacecraft on Colony Satellite No. 87, defeated Dion Army defenders, and rescued hostages using electric guns to neutralize hostage-takers.
• Amanda livestreamed the fighting as drones broadcast that hostages had been rescued, prompting Wanluo Federation citizens to surrender or fight back against the Dion Army.
• Wanluo Federation pilots in Scorpion Tigers, Winged Birds, and Koukai turned against the Dion Army after seeing footage of their rescued families, forcing the Dion Army to retreat.
• Lamiel learned that the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group had lost nearly five hundred Mass Production Type F91s and considered asking the boss for more funding and Newtype pilots after capturing another Knight Order commander.

The Skywing Mercenary Group used its newly formed Alpha Unit to break the Dion 2nd Expeditionary Army’s hostage threats, attacking the troops and spacecraft trying to escape Wanluo Federation territory. The Dion forces fled toward the Mars Sphere, while Muswati regretted staying too long and losing more of her army’s people and resources.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group and United Army recaptured occupied colony satellites, rescued many civilians, and destroyed satellites 79, 82, and 84 after confirming they held no hostages.
• As the Dion 2nd Expeditionary Army fled toward the Mars Sphere with civilians and supplies, it threatened to detonate bombs aboard spacecraft to deter interception.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group deployed the Alpha Unit, which attacked the Dion forces and bomb-laden spacecraft despite the hostages, then rejected protests from the Wanluo Federation authorities.
• The Alpha Unit’s attacks and battle cry became public spectacles, while the United Army struggled to stop Dion troops from escaping through its positions under threat to civilians.
• The final Dion forces abandoned their spacecraft and cargo ships and fled after hearing the Alpha Unit’s cry, while the United Army scattered and the Alpha Unit pursued the retreating troops.
• Muswati regretted not withdrawing earlier, realizing that her greed and overconfidence had cost her more than a timely retreat would have.

After the Wanluo Federation terminated its contract with the Skywing Mercenary Group, Osmane arrived at a prisoner-of-war detention center and reunited with Najedah. They discussed the war, prison life, and their lack of escape options, then shared coffee and milk tea as old comrades.

• The Wanluo Federation ended its contract with the Skywing Mercenary Group after the group drove out the Dion 2nd Expeditionary Army and reclaimed the Federation's territory.
• Osmane was sent to a detention center in the Meteoroid Zone and discovered that Najedah was imprisoned in the neighboring cell.
• Osmane and Najedah discussed Tobias's death, the First Prince's fate, and rumors that Night Shadow had betrayed him.
• Najedah explained the prison's work, points, food system, and punishments for escape attempts, and Osmane concluded that escape was impossible.
• Najedah gave Osmane a meat bun and brewed coffee for him, and the two old comrades shared a warm drink together.

Osmane and Najedah tried to teach Geman, a Newtype prisoner who looked down on ordinary humans, to behave responsibly in the detention center. After Osmane paid cigarettes to secure Geman’s release from the punishment room, Najedah scolded him while tending his injuries.

• Osmane stopped a staff member from beating Geman and packed up the goods Geman had knocked from another prisoner, then urged him not to look down on ordinary humans.
• Osmane learned that prisoners were treated better in this detention center than under the Dion Army, and he spent his points on supplies and improved meals.
• Najedah warned Osmane that constantly rescuing Geman would keep him from learning, while her subordinates teased her about her close bond with Osmane.
• Osmane exchanged cigarettes for Geman’s release from the punishment room and carried the badly bruised prisoner to the lounge.
• Najedah gave Geman ointment and reprimanded him for abusing his father’s past sacrifice, while Osmane recognized that she scolded him out of concern.

Osmane and Najedah questioned the Dion Empire’s Newtype ideology while supporting Nali and Weiss’s marriage in the detention center. After the wedding, Osmane told Geman that Long Fei might take the couple in if their country rejected them.

• Kalong accused Najedah and Osmane of disloyalty after they defended their disagreement with the Emperor’s Newtype ideology.
• Taoxiang arranged for the detention center to support Nali and Weiss’s wedding, and Long Fei approved her plans.
• Nali and Weiss married before their fellow prisoners and detention center staff, who gave them gifts and three days of wedding leave.
• Osmane and Najedah handed out wedding candy, and Osmane told Geman that Long Fei might shelter the couple if the Dion Empire rejected them.

The Skywing Mercenary Group helped Dion prisoners in Newtype–ordinary human marriages renounce Dion citizenship, find new identities and jobs, and leave detention, while the Dion Empire continued its war against the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic. The chapter ended with the Anglo-Saxons weighing whether to hire the Skywing Mercenary Group despite fearing its Alpha Unit.

• The Wanluo Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic protested the Dion Empire’s mass capture and conscription of civilians, but the protests brought no action.
• After the Dion Empire threatened married prisoners and their families, Long Fei offered to take in anyone the empire rejected.
• Nali, Weiss, and other married couples gave up Dion citizenship, received new identities and jobs from the Skywing Mercenary Group, and were released from prisoner status.
• Nali tearfully asked Najedah to apologize to her parents, while Osmane and Geman discussed the couples’ future and the unfairness of Dion’s Newtype ideology.
• The Dion Empire launched a fierce offensive on January 23, forcing Anglo-Saxon and United Army forces to retreat.
• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic considered hiring the Skywing Mercenary Group but feared that its Alpha Unit might take its leaders hostage.

The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic commissioned the Skywing Mercenary Group to help repel the Dion Army, while Long Fei’s generals discussed the Annihilation Army’s likely targets and the possibility that General Manius commanded it. The chapter ended with Salamander describing Manius’s brutal tactics during the Mars Sphere Unification War.

• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic asked the United Army to help evacuate civilians and commission the Skywing Mercenary Group, and Duras Vegas signed a new contract with the group.
• Long Fei and his generals discussed whether the Annihilation Army planned to attack Colony Region 5 and whether it might use captured civilians as modified soldiers.
• Long Fei agreed to recruit paralyzed volunteers for Alaya-Vijnana System modification surgery and announced that successful recruits would form the Iron Blossom Group under Anton and Mellis.
• Shlaik urged the Skywing Mercenary Group to watch for Dion Army infiltration, and the generals considered who truly commanded the Annihilation Army.
• Salamander identified General Manius as a likely commander and described how he had used poison gas and massacres to force surrender during the Mars Sphere Unification War.

Long Fei visited Research Institute No. 3 to inspect advances in multi-functional prosthetic limbs for soldiers who had lost body parts in battle. The tests succeeded, and he approved recruiting willing former soldiers back into service while the institute continued working on the prosthetics’ risk of sinking in water.

• Long Fei visited Research Institute No. 3, where Yang Jingcheng reported that prosthetic limb research had progressed smoothly and wounded soldiers were eager to participate.
• No. 1 demonstrated a prosthetic right arm that concealed a gun and showed that an ordinary prosthetic hand could feel almost like his original hand, though he remained weaker than physically enhanced soldiers in a Sparta Battle Suit.
• No. 2 demonstrated prosthetic legs that broke through steel, limestone, and glass and enabled him to sprint 100 meters in under seven seconds and make powerful jumps.
• No. 3 demonstrated prosthetic eyes that restored her sight and provided night vision, scanning, and infrared capabilities, while other soldiers tested prosthetics with concealed weapons and repair functions.
• Yang Jingcheng explained that metal prosthetics could make soldiers more likely to sink despite improved artificial skin fibers, and Long Fei told him to keep developing a solution and said willing soldiers could be recruited back.

Doro returned to the Sky Wing Mercenaries with advanced prosthetic hands, while Zoro recovered from Alaya-Vijnana surgery and prepared to join the newly established Iron Blossom Group. As the Annihilation Army remained stalled at Colony Satellite No. 95, Begas Military Industry acquired its rival and combined their technologies to develop the Great Cyclone.

• Doro reunited with the Sky Wing Mercenaries and credited Long Fei’s research project for his Multi-functional Prosthetic Limb.
• Zoro said he would report to the main base for testing before joining the Iron Blossom Group, while Anton told Long Fei the new unit still needed time to become combat-ready.
• Colonel Pan Zhenhua reported that the Harute Angel Squad had mostly switched to Harute IIs and added twenty 1.5 Gundams.
• The Annihilation Army’s First Army Group continued its week-long assault on Colony Satellite No. 95, where the Anglusa and United Armies held it at the outer region despite suffering heavier losses.
• The Dion Army forcibly disabled Hades’ Efficiency Boost Mode, after which the Anglusa Army canceled its Hades contract and ordered Cyclones from Begas Military Industry.
• Billy’s campaign against War God Ares Military Enterprise helped drive down its stock, allowing Begas Military Industry to acquire it and combine its technology with the Cyclone to create the Great Cyclone.

Begas Military Industry’s Great Cyclone and Annihilation joined the battle, giving the Anglusa and United Armies new weapons against the Dion Army. Both sides deployed additional forces and new Mobile Suits, leaving the battlefield in a fierce contest between their latest machines.

• Begas Military Industry developed the Great Cyclone and Annihilation, though the Annihilation lacked the knowledge to use the Psycommu System.
• Two Annihilations destroyed Fenrir, but Typhon pierced another Annihilation and destroyed its head.
• The Annihilation First Army intercepted most of the Anglusa Army’s Mobile Drifting Ballistic Missiles and launched its own Mobile Ballistic Separation High Explosive Missiles, which Anglusa’s home defenses helped stop.
• An Anglusa Army reinforcement arrived with Cannon Cyclones, which attacked the Dion Army’s Mobile Suits with heavy cannons and sniper rifles.
• The Dion Army deployed Salamanders, whose shoulder laser cannons and wing shields destroyed enemy units, while Cannon Cyclones countered them and destroyed many Salamanders.