Recaps

The Skywing Mercenary Group crushed the Anglusa Army fleet after Wing Gundam and the Junior Ace Team struck from behind, forcing the army to surrender. Long Fei then returned to the main base, leaving a small force at the nineteenth branch base and treating the battle as a warning rather than the start of an invasion.

• Wing Gundam destroyed nearly a third of the Anglusa Army fleet, while two Skywing brigade fleets arrived and trapped it with the Sky Wing Mercenaries fleet.
• Yue Yangchun, Alonso, Angelica, and Lixiang piloted the four Angel Gundams in Trans-Am and destroyed enemy MS units, drawing the pursuing Apollos into a trap.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group attacked from both sides, and the Anglusa Army commander ordered a surrender.
• The former president of Wayne Nation returned to the presidential palace under Skywing protection, restored his position, and pardoned the ministers imprisoned after the coup.
• Billy learned that the military wanted improved Space Turtles and Isogards from Begas Military Industry, while Purvi abandoned plans to attack the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Long Fei returned to the main base and left a small fleet at the nineteenth branch base, rejecting calls to invade the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic.

After rescuing a media ship, Long Fei discovered that reporter Gao Dewei was his old high school classmate and agreed to an interview in exchange for repaying one of two favors. Gao Dilan rushed to prepare, with only forty-eight hours to conduct the interview.

• Long Fei and Li Xiucheng agreed to meet Gao Dewei after learning he had been Long Fei’s high school classmate.
• Gao Dewei, his sister Gao Dilan, and a cameraman visited Long Fei, but Sky Wing Mercenaries barred the cameraman from filming.
• Long Fei refused Gao Dewei’s interview request until Gao recalled two occasions when Long Fei had said he owed him favors.
• Gao Dewei spent one favor to secure an interview, and Long Fei gave him forty-eight hours to prepare.
• Gao Dilan excitedly contacted her superiors to discuss interview topics before the deadline.

Gao Dilan interviewed Long Fei live about his decision to build Skywing Group, his ambitions, and the differences between Newtypes and Coordinators. Long Fei said he would promote equality through anti-discrimination laws if he led a country, and the interview continued with other topics.

• Gao Dilan asked why Long Fei left his family business, and he said domestic restrictions would have prevented him from building Skywing Group and its military forces.
• Long Fei denied wanting to dominate the world and confirmed that he had introduced the idea of Newtypes.
• Long Fei explained that Newtypes were an evolved human branch and that he himself was a Newtype, while not all Skywing Mercenary Group members were.
• Long Fei distinguished Newtypes from artificially created Coordinators, comparing their strengths in intelligence, physical ability, perception, and battlefield survival.
• Long Fei discussed Newtype discovery, reproduction, and the possibility of conflict, then said he would establish equal-rights and anti-discrimination laws and distribute resources according to work.

After Long Fei’s interview prompted nations to investigate Newtypes, he continued testing new MS systems and researching ways to give ordinary people Newtype-like abilities. He shared some Newtype information with Emperor Xu Weiran in exchange for a promise of future help.

• The Hanxia Empire and other nations examined ace pilots’ combat records and found some had detected and evaded attacks before they struck, but the authorities lacked ways to identify or develop more Newtypes.
• Long Fei improved the MD System and tested TR Series units, concluding trials for the TR-1 Gundam Hazel and Hazel II while other machines continued testing.
• Long Fei researched combining the New Generation Neuro-Feedback Operating System with the EXAM System to give ordinary humans abilities similar to Newtypes.
• Long Kui told Long Fei that the Emperor wished to meet him about his interview, and Long Fei said he did not know whether she was an unawakened Newtype or an ordinary human.
• Long Fei spoke with Xu Weiran through a secret video call and agreed to share some Newtype information in exchange for Xu Weiran’s promise to personally help him when needed.

Long Fei investigated a surprise attack on the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and denied that the Skywing Mercenary Group was responsible. As the Cross Vanguard Army searched near the border for the mysterious attackers, its F90 reconnaissance team received a distress signal.

• Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming informed Long Fei that the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic had suffered a surprise attack and suspected the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Long Fei checked the news, assessed the scale of the attack, and concluded that his group had no reason to strike the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group publicly denied responsibility, while footage showed the attackers used powerful transforming MS unlike those of known forces.
• Colonel Marisa redeployed the Cross Vanguard and sent four F90 units to scout the nearby border.
• The F90O received a distress signal and reported it to its superiors.

Viklas’s damaged warship and its four remaining Battle Armors were overwhelmed by thirty Scorpion Tigers until three Cross Vanguard F90s arrived and began rescuing them. As Gu Chaoqi learned that the survivors belonged to the Dion Empire Resistance Army from the Mars Sphere, the F90s fought off the attackers and Jimmy’s Battle Armor joined the defense.

• Viklas ordered the four remaining Battle Armors to sortie as Scorpion Tigers pursued the warship and its crew sent distress signals.
• Salamander destroyed two Scorpion Tigers, but Jimmy and Amy struggled to survive, and one of their companions was killed.
• Three F90s bearing pirate emblems arrived, destroyed Scorpion Tigers near the warship, and contacted Viklas.
• Viklas told Gu Chaoqi that the survivors were from the Dion Empire Resistance Army in the Mars Sphere.
• The F90A rescued Jimmy from a Scorpion Tiger attack, and Jimmy’s Battle Armor fired a cyan beam to destroy an enemy MS threatening the F90A.

The Cross Vanguard forces rescued Lieutenant Colonel Viklas and his companions from a pursuit force, then learned that they were rebels from the Mars Sphere seeking help against the Dion Empire. Colonel Marisa agreed to escort them and arrange assistance.

• Relina's damaged Battle Armor was saved when the F90D destroyed the Scorpion Tigers attacking her.
• The F90O, Salamander's Battle Armor, the F90A, and the F90L helped eliminate the Scorpion Tigers and destroy two of the pursuit force's three MS Carriers.
• Colonel Marisa contacted Lieutenant Colonel Viklas, who identified his group as rebels from the Mars Sphere opposing the Dion Empire.
• Viklas explained that the Dion Empire had destroyed the Reink Nation and the Longsog Kingdom, imposing a hierarchy that favored Saint Humans and Coordinators over ordinary humans.
• Viklas told Marisa that his group had fled the Mars Sphere to seek help and that two other ships had become separated from them.
• Marisa told Viklas to follow her forces so her companions could make arrangements for his group.

Salamander confronted his lingering pain over his former lover, and Relina and Jimmy urged him to move on. Meanwhile, the Cross Vanguard encountered another Reink Nation resistance carrier, and Long Fei’s officers discussed the Dion Empire and the possibility of conflict before their meeting ended in laughter.

• Salamander collapsed when his unhealed injuries flared, and Relina slapped him before tearfully telling him to stop pining for the woman who had used him.
• Jimmy encouraged Salamander to focus on the people who cared about him, and Salamander said he had decided to let the past go and start over.
• The Cross Vanguard team escorting Viklas’s group met a Reink Nation resistance carrier and learned that another allied carrier had gone missing.
• Long Fei told Li Jiaming and the senior officers that they would shelter the Mars Sphere refugees and share the battle footage with the international community.
• Long Fei said the Skywing Mercenary Group would reject Dion Empire recruitment and joked that he might take over the Mars Sphere, prompting Taoxiang to playfully strike him as the officers laughed.

Long Fei learned that Taoxiang was three months pregnant and arranged for her care while planning a grand wedding in one month. After receiving congratulations, he reviewed information on the Mars Sphere Rebel Army’s three MS Carriers and was shocked by what he read.

• Long Fei ordered the rescued Longsog Kingdom crew to be questioned and brought to their destination, along with the other two MS Carriers.
• Taoxiang became nauseated in the cafeteria, and a female mercenary suggested that she might be pregnant.
• A doctor confirmed Taoxiang was three months pregnant, and Long Fei celebrated becoming a father.
• Long Fei told his sisters about the pregnancy and announced that he would marry Taoxiang in a month; Long Xuan agreed to help organize the wedding.
• Long Fei arranged for nannies to care for Taoxiang, then reviewed information about the three MS Carriers and nearly spat out his coffee in shock.

Long Fei read about Princess Youyou, Barbaros, and Salamander and decided to intervene in their melodramatic story by helping Salamander. Seven days later, the Rebel Army representatives arrived at the Sky Wing Mercenaries' main base and were astonished by its technology and military strength.

• Long Fei learned that Princess Youyou had married Barbaros, her former kingdom's enemy, and that many rebels had left her faction in anger.
• Long Fei recognized similarities to a game from his past life and considered helping Salamander and changing the story's outcome.
• Long Fei ordered his subordinates to bring the three Rebel Army MS Carriers to the main base at the same time.
• Princess Youyou and Barbaros arrived with the representatives of the former Reink Nation and the independent Rebel Army, and Youyou declared her plans to become queen with Barbaros as her prince consort.
• The representatives toured the Sky Wing Mercenaries' main base and were amazed by its advanced facilities, weapons, and MS units.

Long Fei rejected Youyou’s request to hire the Sky Wing Mercenaries to restore her country, offering only temporary shelter. He privately proposed that Viklas and his independent Rebel Army join the mercenaries or settle near their base, and Viklas asked for one or two days to decide.

• Long Fei questioned Youyou and her group about their plan to restore their country, then refused their commission and warned them not to press him.
• Long Fei had the others escorted out and asked Viklas whether the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom would grant his independent Rebel Army land and autonomy.
• Long Fei and his officers criticized Viklas’s allies for abandoning his troops and civilians, while Viklas admitted his group still hoped to return to the Mars Sphere.
• Li Jiaming offered Viklas’s group jobs and a place to settle near the mercenary base, and Long Fei explained the Colony Sphere’s position relative to the Dion Empire.
• Viklas asked why Long Fei wanted to help, then requested one or two days to decide whether his group would join; Long Fei told him to keep the offer from his current allies.

Viklas and the former Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom troops chose to settle at the Skywing Mercenary Group’s base after learning about the wider conflict. Long Fei confronted Princess Youyou over her treatment of Salamander, then found Salamander drinking and lashing out at Relina.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group announced that it had taken in the former Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom troops as the Dion Empire’s Rebel Army and presented their leaders and records to the international community.
• Viklas and the MS Carrier’s citizens learned about the past decade’s wars and decided to remain at the Skywing Mercenary Group’s main base.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang encountered Princess Youyou arguing with Relina and asking Salamander to help her again.
• Salamander condemned Youyou for using and abandoning him, while Youyou invoked his former vow to restore the Longsog Kingdom and tried to embrace him.
• Long Fei slapped Youyou, ordered her removed from the base, and explained her past to Taoxiang.
• At a restaurant, Salamander angrily threw off Relina’s hand, and Long Fei caught Relina before she fell and went over to Salamander.

Long Fei confronted Salamander about his despair over Youyou, and Salamander and Relina joined the Sky Wing Mercenary Group. At Modified Meteorite Shelter No. 1, Barbaros was assassinated by citizens who condemned Youyou for loving him, and Long Fei arrived to take control of the situation.

• Long Fei reprimanded Salamander for taking his pain out on those who cared about him and urged him to rebuild his life.
• Salamander asked to join Long Fei's mercenary group, and Relina joined as well.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang learned that Youyou's husband, Barbaros, was visiting citizens at Modified Meteorite Shelter No. 1.
• Citizens stabbed Barbaros while some guards failed to stop the attack or let the assailants escape.
• Youyou arrived to find Barbaros dead, and the citizens berated her for loving an enemy of the Longsog Kingdom.
• Long Fei arrived with Taoxiang and Sky Wing Mercenaries, told Youyou the incident would be handled on his territory, and declared that he called the shots.

After Youyou’s husband died, she quickly pursued Salamander and then married another man, while Long Fei encouraged Salamander to move on and succeed. Once Youyou reached the Wanluo Federation and learned more about Long Fei and the world, she regretted her choices; meanwhile, reports of the Dion Empire’s Saint Human doctrine made world leaders fear Long Fei might join Mars.

• Long Fei ordered Youyou to arrange Barbaros’s funeral within 48 hours and then leave his base with her troops.
• Youyou tried to reconcile with Salamander less than twelve hours after Barbaros’s death, but Salamander rejected her, so she chose a young Earl as her new husband and asked Salamander to command her Knight Order.
• Long Fei urged Salamander to face his heartbreak, succeed, and recognize Relina’s sincere affection for him.
• After the Reink Nation and Longsog Kingdom ships reached Wanluo Federation territory, Youyou learned about Long Fei’s advanced technology and regretted not choosing him.
• Youyou and Manros told international leaders that the Dion Empire had unified the Mars Sphere and followed Samulas III’s Saint Human doctrine, prompting fears that Mars might recruit Long Fei.

Long Fei and Taoxiang married in a lavish ceremony before guests and viewers around the world. During their honeymoon, nations investigated the Dion Empire’s military strength and debated how to respond, leaving the major powers poised to test the empire’s intentions through diplomacy.

• Long Fei and Taoxiang exchanged vows and rings at their wedding, officiated by Saintess Aina, while Long Kui held portraits of their parents.
• Zhou Ya caught the flower basket, and Cordelia watched the newlyweds with jealousy as they celebrated at the banquet.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang departed for a month-long honeymoon while international nations monitored the Mars Sphere.
• Dion Empire patrol forces attacked foreign reconnaissance units, and military experts judged the empire’s mobile suits highly advanced.
• Major powers worried about the Dion Empire’s ambitions and its Newtypes but hesitated to risk war or provoke it.
• The leaders of the major powers agreed to send a diplomatic delegation to gauge the Dion Empire’s response.

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.