Chapter Summaries

Alexandre and Manius discussed why the Annihilation Army was holding its position and why Colony Satellite 100 and Skywing Mercenary Group Base 12 were strategically important. Manius explained the mercenary group’s reliance on rapid strikes to preserve its highly trained personnel, then said he already had a plan if Colony Satellite 100 was taken.

• Alexandre asked why the Annihilation Army had stopped advancing, and Manius said it was wearing down the enemy and preparing for the Skywing Mercenary Group’s redeployment.
• Manius explained that the Skywing Mercenary Group would likely take Colony Satellite 100 and could use nearby Base 12 to threaten the Annihilation Army and launch attacks into Colony Region 5.
• Manius warned Alexandre not to let his desire for revenge against Long Fei override his mission, since Long Fei could kill him.
• Manius explained why both sides needed Base 12: controlling it would disrupt the Skywing Mercenary Group’s supply routes and provide a launch point for attacks into Colony Region 5.
• After Alexandre reviewed past battles, Manius explained that the Skywing Mercenary Group used rapid strikes because replacing its highly trained mercenaries took time.
• Manius reassured Alexandre that he had a plan in case Colony Satellite 100 was taken.

The Skywing Mercenary Group fought the Annihilation Army’s 3rd Corps, which deployed Anti-Minov Particle Devices to keep its units communicating and operating amid Minov Particle interference. A Delta Plus pilot discovered that the devices could restart paralyzed units, leaving the Skywing forces to contend with the Dion Army’s new countermeasure.

• On February 12, Cosmic Year 125, the Skywing Mercenary Group’s 1st Army Group, Annihilation, exchanged missile barrages with the Annihilation Army’s 3rd Corps, damaging several enemy warships before both sides sent out their MS and Mobile Armor formations.
• The Annihilation Army deployed oval-shaped Anti-Minov Particle Devices, which provided nearby units with limited communications and radar while reducing Minov Particle interference.
• Major General Dan Wenwu ordered his frontline forces to destroy the devices, while Sky Wing Mercenary pilots found that their armor resisted ordinary Beam Guns and 135mm machine guns.
• A Ganon Jesta and a Delta Plus each destroyed an Anti-Minov Particle Device with a Cannon Beam Cannon, but the Delta Plus pilot observed that some nearby Warheads and unmanned MS slowed or stopped.
• The Delta Plus pilot kicked a paralyzed Scorpion Tiger into a Wing Bird, and the Scorpion Tiger restarted; he reported that units within the devices’ range could recover and that Warheads and unmanned MS stayed within that range.

The Skywing Mercenary Group exploited weaknesses in the Anti-Minov Particle Devices, and Dan Wenwu’s forces gained the advantage with MD Taurus and Birgo II units. The Dion Army retreated, but Dan Wenwu suspected a trap and ordered reconnaissance instead of pursuit.

• The Dion Army countered the Skywing Mercenary Group’s long-range attacks with unmanned Warheads, Koukai, and salamanders, while Dan Wenwu deployed MD Taurus and Birgo II units.
• Birgo IIs used their Planet Defensers and Beam Cannons to threaten Dion units, though salamander laser cannons and Warhead explosions could defeat them.
• Dan Wenwu ordered frontline units to destroy motionless unmanned units after Anti-Minov Particle Devices were destroyed, and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s advantage grew.
• The Third Extermination Army suffered heavier losses and ordered its remaining Anti-Minov Particle Devices and frontline units to withdraw.
• Dan Wenwu rejected a pursuit, suspected the retreat might be a trap, and ordered reconnaissance units to investigate.

Dan Wenwu and Danma coordinated their forces to attack Colony Satellite 100 after suspecting that many stealthy Dion warships were decoys. Their cautious advance uncovered both hollow warship shells and real enemy units, while the United Army pressured the Skywing Mercenary Group to move faster.

• A staff officer warned Dan Wenwu that the Dion forces reported in Colony Satellite 100 might include decoys, and most officers agreed that the numbers were suspicious.
• Danma proposed that her 2nd Annihilation Army Group clear scattered targets while Dan Wenwu's 1st Annihilation Army Group advanced on Colony Satellite 100, and they agreed to act after two days.
• Danma's forces attacked stealthy targets and found that some were hollow warship shells, while Suliwen's force encountered a real Dion unit.
• Danma warned Mijia to stay alert, then sent her findings to Dan Wenwu, who chose a cautious, step-by-step advance.
• The United Army protested to the Skywing Mercenary Group and demanded that its frontline forces accelerate their advance because allied troops were dying across other battlefields.

The 1st Annihilation Army Group drove the Dion Army from Colony Satellite 100, but Dan Wenwu’s ominous premonition kept him from occupying it. As Alexandre and Manius realized the enemy had found their hidden trap, they activated it.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group ignored the United Army’s demands to advance faster and warned them to be on guard for a trap.
• The 1st Annihilation Army Group defeated the local Dion Army garrison, which abandoned Colony Satellite 100 less than an hour into the battle.
• Dan Wenwu sent a reconnaissance unit to search the evacuated satellite and found that its residents and most factory equipment had been removed.
• Dan Wenwu ordered the reconnaissance unit to withdraw after Newtypes warned that the satellite might explode, leaving its drones behind to investigate.
• Alexandre and Manius discussed the enemy’s withdrawal and learned that the drones had discovered their hidden trap, so Alexandre activated it.

The Dion Empire detonated a Super Nuclear Explosion that destroyed a colony and stunned Dan Wenwu’s forces, while its rulers discussed how Alien Technology had helped them gain power. After Long Fei identified the weapon as possibly alien in origin, his allies considered the threat and prepared to strengthen their defenses.

• A purple sphere containing radioactive and unknown elements exploded, reducing a ten-kilometer colony to dust and triggering energy alarms aboard warships more than five hundred kilometers away.
• Dan Wenwu ordered his subordinates to calculate the blast’s data and send the footage and estimates to headquarters; the instruments put its power at more than a hundred times that of the most powerful known nuclear weapon.
• Manius told Alexandre that the Dion Empire’s Alien Technology had driven its rise and that their father might be paving the way for Yelishao De to inherit the throne; Alexandre vowed to win the war and claim it himself.
• At an emergency meeting, Long Fei judged that the Super Nuclear Explosion might be Alien Technology, and Salamander explained that the Dion Empire had reportedly reverse-engineered alien devices.
• Long Fei and his allies speculated that the weapon was immature or limited to fixed locations, and Li Jiaming, Lieutenant General Shlaik, and Aixisi urged careful inspections and heightened alerts around threatened bases.

Former citizens of the Wanluo Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic pledged allegiance to the Dion Empire, while the Dion Army used coerced civilians as reinforcements against the Skywing Mercenary Group. As fierce fighting continued, the mercenaries killed their terrified opponents without mercy.

• On February 20, former Wanluo Federation citizens publicly swore allegiance to the Dion Empire, and Purvi urged his compatriots to punish them with death.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group tracked Dion reinforcements and small Annihilation Army fleets as its leaders prepared for prolonged fighting and struggled to replace casualties.
• On February 22, former Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic citizens also pledged allegiance to the Dion Empire, and their country's people reacted with shock.
• Major General Dan Wenwu questioned whether his troops were fighting Dion citizens or former citizens of the Wanluo Federation and Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic as the Annihilation Army's 4th Army received reinforcements.
• Former citizens forced to fight blamed the Skywing Mercenary Group and cried out that the Dion Army had threatened their families; Sky Wing Mercenaries killed them anyway.

Nali’s husband Weiss died when a remote bomb destroyed his delivery truck, and the Sky Wing Mercenaries later identified and captured the Dion Empire agent responsible. Nali confronted the restrained suspect at the 19th branch base and asked him why he had killed Weiss.

• Nali told her supervisor that she and Weiss were grateful for their peaceful life but would not reveal what they knew.
• Nali learned that Weiss’s delivery truck had exploded, then learned at the hospital that he had died.
• The company helped Nali arrange Weiss’s funeral, and an investigation found that a remote bomb had been planted on his truck.
• Lieutenant Mai told Nali that the Sky Wing Mercenaries had captured her husband’s killer, and agents showed her video evidence of the bomber planting the device and changing his appearance.
• Nali went to the 19th branch base, was sedated, and later saw the restrained flat-top man before asking him why he had killed Weiss.

Nali learned that Flat-top Man had killed her husband for defying the Dion Empire’s Newtype doctrine, and she decided to join the Skywing Mercenary Group to seek revenge. Her letter to Najedah reached the detention center as news of Dion Empire attacks on people who had married ordinary humans deepened divisions among the prisoners.

• Nali beat and tried to strangle Flat-top Man, but Sunglasses Bearded Man had her subdued because the mercenaries still needed to question him.
• After waking, Nali told Sunglasses Bearded Man she wanted to join the Skywing Mercenary Group, then asked him to deliver a letter to Najedah.
• On March 1, Cosmic Year 125, Najedah received Nali’s letter while Osmane watched news reporting that the Skywing Mercenary Group had captured Colony Satellite 99 and fighting continued at Colony Satellite 95.
• Osmane and Najedah realized from Nali’s letter that Dion Empire agents had targeted people who married ordinary humans and renounced their citizenship.
• Prisoners cheered the attacks, while Osmane, Najedah, and some colleagues mourned the victims and recognized that the violence was driving people to turn against one another.
• Nali’s letter ended by saying she would join the Skywing Mercenary Group and avenge her husband.

Major Amelia received a mysterious message and altered an order so her battalion would kill captured Dion soldiers, claiming the Third Prince had commanded it. After soldiers who refused were executed, the rest accepted the order and prepared to carry it out.

• The 1st and 2nd Annihilation Army Groups planned a guerrilla war of attrition while the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic took over Colony Satellite 99.
• Major Amelia received a mysterious email while commanding a stealthing battalion-level fleet in the Meteoroid Zone.
• Major Amelia tampered with her superiors’ order document and presented it to her staff as an order from the Third Prince to kill captured Dion soldiers.
• Several Dion soldiers refused to attack their compatriots, so the superiors executed some of the most outspoken resisters for defying orders.
• Major Amelia urged the remaining soldiers to obey, and they accepted the order to kill the captured soldiers.

Dion forces attacked the Meteorite Zone holding facilities, killing prisoners and staff while disguised as a rescue force. Arthurwick survived with Kos and learned the massacre was happening across the area; he sent Kos with a staff member to seek help from their company.

• Dion agents killed the radar station employees and enabled an assault on the holding facilities.
• Dion troops overpowered the guards, then shot the prisoners they had seemed to rescue and searched for survivors to kill.
• Arthurwick and Kos hid in a cornfield until the soldiers left, then Kos carried Arthurwick, feverish from his wound, to the clinic.
• Kos and other surviving prisoners gathered at the clinic, where Arthurwick said his spiritual sense had heard the deaths of compatriots at other facilities.
• Arthurwick persuaded a captured staff member to send a distress call to his company, and ordered Kos to accompany him to the control station.

As Dion forces attacked the detention center and slaughtered prisoners, Osmane and Najedah armed themselves and led resistance ambushes. A dying Dion soldier revealed that their commanders had ordered them to kill prisoners because Dion soldiers were forbidden to surrender, leaving Osmane and Najedah determined to survive and learn why this had happened.

• Osmane and Najedah sensed danger as the detention center sounded an alarm, and the director showed footage of Dion forces attacking other detention centers.
• Osmane and Najedah joined the staff and prisoners who chose to fight, while General Kalong and others refused to believe the footage.
• The staff armed the prisoners and shared the detention center's layout, and Osmane organized traps and ambushes as Dion troops broke into their sector.
• Osmane's group ambushed Dion troops in a maintenance workshop, then he asked the survivors whether anyone had seen Kalong.
• Najedah led an ambush at a crossroads and learned from a dying Dion soldier that commanders had ordered the troops to kill their countrymen rather than let them live as prisoners.
• Najedah granted the dying soldier's request to end his suffering, and she and her companions resolved to survive and discover why the massacre had begun.

Osmane, Najedah, and their allies fought Dion ground troops attacking the detention center, but Geman died while saving Najedah from an invisible attacker. Sky Wing Mercenaries arrived to help drive the Dion forces back, and Najedah vowed to avenge Geman.

• Osmane learned that General Kalong had died and led his group to answer a distress call.
• Najedah's group came under fire at the cafeteria, and Geman and Osmane's forces joined them to defeat several Dion squads.
• Geman shoved Najedah out of the path of a Beam Ray, was fatally wounded, and died despite Najedah's efforts to treat him.
• Osmane's group retreated into the kitchen as more Dion troops attacked, then Sky Wing Mercenaries blasted through a wall and opened fire.
• The Annihilation Army ordered its ground troops to withdraw after the Skywing Mercenary Group joined the battle in space.
• Najedah touched Geman's lifeless face and promised, "Auntie will avenge you."

The Skywing Mercenary Group publicized evidence that the Dion Empire’s forces had massacred their own prisoners, provoking widespread outrage and protests. Fadis blamed Colonel Tanggui and had him executed, but conflicting revelations left Dion Empire society divided, while Kuroda Seiya recognized that the Third Prince had redirected much of the blame.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group released footage of the Meteoroid Zone detention-facility massacre, and international media broadcast it after verifying its authenticity.
• Fadis demanded an explanation from Alexandre, then questioned Colonel Tanggui, who denied ordering the massacre and claimed the communications had been tampered with.
• Fadis ordered Tanggui’s live execution and told Alexandre to investigate for surviving supporters of the former emperor.
• Kuroda Seiya watched the news and celebrated the damage to his third brother’s reputation.
• Major Amelia’s recorded testimony confirmed that her rescue order had changed to an order to kill the prisoners, and the Dion Empire blamed Tanggui for altering the order.
• After Tanggui was executed, reports that he had served Fadis for years reignited suspicion and divided Dion Empire citizens over who was responsible; Kuroda Seiya praised the Third Prince’s handling of public opinion.

Long Fei exposed Major Amelia’s connection to Fahedina and forced her to choose between confessing and several punishments. As she agreed to reveal what she knew, reports showed that the massacre had eroded trust in Dion Army orders while the Skywing Mercenary Group expanded its forces and showcased its prosthetic technology.

• Osmane and Najedah watched Major Amelia’s video and Colonel Tanggui’s execution, suspected Tanggui had been framed, and decided they would not return to the Dion Empire.
• Long Fei and Salamander confronted Major Amelia, identified Fahedina as the mastermind behind her, and used Mental Memory Projection to show her Fahedina shooting Christopher.
• Long Fei offered Amelia four choices, warned that lie-detection equipment would catch false information, and she chose to confess before Salamander took charge of her.
• Long Fei reviewed a report that the massacre and tampered orders had made Annihilation Army units repeatedly verify commands before acting.
• Long Fei read that the Iron Blossom Group planned to field three thousand personnel by April but needed fifty thousand, while Multi-functional Prosthetic Limb Technology helped disabled comrades return to service.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group refused to share its prosthetic technology as war correspondents broadcast battles that showcased its capabilities.

Long Fei established the Mobile Assault Shell Unit for prosthetic-equipped veterans, whose unconventional tactics helped the Skywing Mercenary Group capture Shangrila. As the war continued, Long Fei confirmed that the Dion Empire had made fewer than five Super Nuclear Explosions, while Osmane and Najedah resolved to seek revenge on Fahedina.

• Long Fei reviewed the Multi-functional Prosthetic Limb Technology report and selected outstanding prosthetic-equipped mercenaries for his eighth directly commanded unit, the Mobile Assault Shell Unit.
• On March 18, Cosmic Year 125, the 1st Annihilation Army Group attacked Shangrila, where prosthetic-equipped Sky Wing Mercenaries used transformed limbs and hijacked a Delta to devastate Dion forces.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group captured Shangrila, counted the surrendered Dion soldiers, and ordered selected prosthetic-equipped mercenaries to report to Long Fei's new unit.
• Amelia and detained officials including Najedah and Osmane confirmed that the Dion Empire had produced fewer than five Super Nuclear Explosions, allowing the 1st and 2nd Annihilation Army Groups to advance.
• Osmane and Najedah reflected on their past role in the purge and agreed that they wanted revenge on Fahedina.

As the Dion Empire prepared for a major assault on Skywing Mercenary Group Base 12, Manius sent stealth fleets to attack the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic with poison gas and satellite-collision schemes. The attacks were largely thwarted, and Manius learned that his infiltration plan had failed as reinforcements dwindled.

• On March 24, reconnaissance forces spotted large Mars Sphere fleets moving toward Colony Region 5, and both the Dion Empire and Skywing Mercenary Group assembled major forces near Base 12.
• The 2nd Annihilation Army Group began returning to Sub-base 12 while the United Army prepared to take over its position and coordinate with the 1st Annihilation Army Group.
• Manius used the transfer gap to send stealth fleets carrying poison gas devices into deeper parts of the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic, but the Anglusa Army detected and destroyed many of them.
• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic warned its citizens about the poison gas threat, and Colony Satellites prepared alarms, shelters, and defenses; several satellites were attacked, causing civilian deaths, but many residents escaped.
• The Annihilation Army's infiltrators failed to destroy stabilization systems or cause satellite collisions, and defenders drove off or annihilated the units waiting for them.
• Manius learned that all his infiltration units had failed, while Dion reinforcements dwindled as troops were diverted to accompany the emperor's campaign.

Fadis prepared to confront Long Fei personally, believing the battle was necessary to protect the Dion Empire and secure Yelishao De’s succession. As the forces advanced toward Colony Region 5, scattered battles began, with Dion dominating the United Army while fighting the Skywing Mercenary Group at roughly even cost.

• Fadis resolved to kill Long Fei if necessary and prepared an imperial decree naming Yelishao De as his successor should he fall.
• Fadis rejected Julius’s offer to lead the expedition in his place and agreed to disperse Dion forces to create pressure on multiple fronts.
• On March 29, Cosmic Year 125, battles broke out at several locations beyond Colony Region 5 as the Dion Army advanced.
• At Location A, the Dion advance force defeated a larger United Army fleet but lost half its strength.
• At Location B, the Skywing Mercenary Group destroyed the Dion reconnaissance force at the cost of losses exceeding seventy percent.
• At Location C, the Dion Army defeated a Skywing brigade-level fleet, while Dion forces continued to overpower the United Army in other clashes.

Yue Yangchun and his allies fought the Dion Army’s Saint Machines, while Gundam 00 Raiser faced Daklas in a duel. Lixiang destroyed her opponent, but Yue Yangchun and Daklas were still evenly matched.

• Reinforcements shifted battles between the Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Army, and both sides suffered victories and retreats.
• Yue Yangchun launched in Gundam 00 Raiser with Cyan Haro’s 0 Raiser, while Lixiang, Angelica, and Alonso deployed their Gundams.
• Gundam 00 Raiser destroyed Saint Machines as Seraphim, Cherubim, and Fallen Angel joined the fight.
• Daklas introduced himself and challenged Yue Yangchun to a duel to the death, and their machines fought evenly.
• Lixiang lured the Purple Saint Machine into close combat, cut off its leg with Seraphim’s hidden arms, and destroyed it after pursuing it in Trans-Am.

The Skywing Mercenary Group fought the Dion Army, and Gundam 00 Raiser’s enormous Giant Slash Particle Sword devastated the enemy and forced a retreat. The battle ended with heavy Dion Army losses, while the international community focused on the weapon’s immense power.

• Pani avenged Gaia Gundam’s destruction by defeating the purple-black Saint Machine with Impulse Gundam.
• Yue Yangchun activated Trans-Am in Gundam 00 Raiser and overwhelmed Daklas, whose Duns was gradually suppressed.
• Gundam 00 Raiser cut down a blue Special Saint Machine and unleashed a several-thousand-meter Giant Slash Particle Sword, destroying numerous machines and ships while severing Duns’s left arm.
• Yue Yangchun launched a second Giant Slash Particle Sword, but Gundam 00 Raiser’s performance dropped as its GN Particles ran low.
• Daklas attacked the weakened Gundam 00 Raiser, but Fallen Angel and Seraphim intervened, and the Dion Army retreated after its command battleship fired a retreat flare.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group counted its losses: the Dion Army had lost 40% of its forces, while the Skywing Mercenary Group had lost less than 20%; the giant sword drew international attention.