Recaps

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.

The Skywing Mercenary Group continued driving back Dion Empire forces as the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group used coordinated wolf-pack tactics to devastate enemy units around Colony Satellite No. 65. Lamiel’s team destroyed a lance-wielding Special Saint Machine, then resumed its attacks while staying wary of the enemy’s strength.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group fought Dion Empire forces outside Colony Satellite No. 65 while the United Army followed behind to restore order on captured satellites.
• Long Fei deployed in the Moon Gundam, Li Xiucheng led the Shadow Mad Dog Squad in the EX-S Gundam, and Lamiel led the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group in F91s.
• Lamiel and the Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group surrounded enemy Azure and Crimson Saint Machines, using coordinated attacks and ambushes to overwhelm them.
• The Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group lured a lance-wielding Special Saint Machine into an ambush and surrounded it with several F91 squads.
• Lamiel rejected the enemy pilot’s demand for a fair duel, and her team dismembered the Special Saint Machine.
• Lamiel warned her subordinates not to get carried away because the Dion Empire had already destroyed several of their special Gundams, then ordered them to continue their tactics.

Long Fei’s Moon Gundam overwhelmed the Dion Empire’s twin-piloted Special Saint Machines and helped drive the battle at Colony Satellite No. 65 decisively in his forces’ favor. After the Empire completed its evacuation and destruction of key facilities, its commander ordered a retreat, and Long Fei’s side began recovery operations.

• Long Fei arrived in the Moon Gundam and rescued the Shield Gundam’s pilot from Li and Lan’s black and white Special Saint Machines.
• Li and Lan combined their weapons, but the Moon Gundam blocked their attacks and outmatched them in both ranged and close combat.
• Long Fei destroyed Li’s black Saint Machine with the Psycho-Plates, then defeated Lan’s white Saint Machine when she attacked in a rage.
• The Moon Gundam and Li Xiucheng’s Gundam S, fighting alongside the Shadow Mad Dog Squad, inflicted heavy losses on the Dion Empire forces.
• After learning that the facilities had been destroyed and the Newtypes and their families had evacuated, the Dion commander ordered a retreat.
• Long Fei called off the pursuit, and his forces cleared the battlefield, reported casualties, repaired their machines, and rested.

Long Fei and the Skywing Mercenary Group protected wealthy clients during the Colony Satellite recoveries while billing the United Army heavily for their services and losses. Long Fei ordered operations slowed if payments were late and imposed steep compound interest on overdue bills.

• The Sky Wing Mercenaries rescued wealthy people who paid for protection and shot civilians who tried to attack their clients.
• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic protested the mercenaries’ killings, but the United Army avoided confronting them and instead kept civilians away from their employers.
• Aixisi told Long Fei that reclaiming the lost Colony Satellites would take about two more months and reported that the United Army was delaying payments.
• Long Fei ordered the Skywing Mercenary Group to halt operations until it was paid and to charge ten percent interest, compounded every five days, on overdue bills.
• Li Xiucheng and Lamiel reflected on the United Army’s costly contract and the inflated reimbursement claims their own units submitted.

Long Fei fed a stray puppy and decided to take her back to see whether his daughters wanted to keep her. At the Dongyang Emperor’s funeral, Kuroda Seiya planned to make his wife a puppet and eventually place their children on the throne.

• Long Fei fed the hungry puppy sausages, then decided to take her back and see whether his daughters liked her.
• The wealthy clients escorted by the Sky Wing Mercenaries continued on to other countries to begin new lives.
• Princess Mami Mi presided over her father’s funeral while Kuroda Seiya stood beside her, concealing his abilities and ambition.
• Kuroda Seiya recalled arranging the deaths of his brothers-in-law and their children so that his wife became the sole heir.
• Kuroda Seiya prepared to eliminate opponents, control his wife, and make their children rulers of the Dongyang Empire.
• Kuroda Seiya vowed revenge against Fadis and hoped to weaken the Dion Empire if he had the chance.

Long Fei returned home with Big Gray Wolf, the Moss Wolfdog he had adopted, and introduced it to Taoxiang and their twin daughters. Taoxiang reluctantly agreed to let the girls keep the dog after seeing how much they liked it.

• Long Fei returned to the villa with Big Gray Wolf while Taoxiang prepared pastries for their daughters.
• Taoxiang worried the dog might bite the girls, but Long Fei showed that Big Gray Wolf could follow commands.
• Long Guo and Long Fu happily played with Big Gray Wolf and shared their treats with it.
• Taoxiang let her daughters keep Big Gray Wolf, but set rules against letting it into her room or sleeping with it.

The Colony Sphere celebrated the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic’s recovery while struggling against the Dion Empire’s superior technology and suffering enormous casualties. At a border battle, Wanluo Team retreated under missile cover, and a Dion Empire pilot compared the Colony Sphere forces to cockroaches.

• The Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic drove Dion Empire forces from its territory but had lost millions of soldiers and civilians and seen its economy shrink by half.
• Long Fei and the others reviewed recent battles as the Dion Empire’s Warheads and Mass-Produced Saint Machines continued to exploit the Colony Sphere’s technological weaknesses.
• The Colony Sphere United Army’s military deaths reached eighty million while the Dion Empire suffered around three million military deaths, most of them among surrendered troops.
• Dion Empire forces overwhelmed Wanluo Team’s units with Saint Machines and Warheads after reinforcements were intercepted.
• Wanluo Team’s commander ordered a retreat to the carriers under Ballistic Missile cover, and the Dion Empire did not pursue.
• The dark blue Saint Machine’s pilot called the Colony Sphere forces impossible to exterminate, like cockroaches.

As the Dion Empire attacked the Gas Team’s bases and the Wanluo Team’s main base, General Avis and his officers debated whether the enemy was stretched thin or setting a trap. General Ren remained uncertain, leaving the Wanluo Team weighing its next move as the attacks continued.

• General Paliston ordered Camp 3’s forces to reinforce the Gas Team’s main base and sent Team 4 to Camp 2 as the Dion Empire attacked all three bases.
• General Avis’s officers argued over whether the Wanluo Team should attack Dion territory or avoid a possible trap.
• General Avis weighed the risks of reinforcing the Gas Team against striking the Dion Empire’s homeland, but an alarm reported an attack on the Wanluo Team’s main base.
• General Ren speculated that the attack might mean Dion forces were stretched thin, then cautioned that it could also be a ruse to lure the Wanluo Team into an ambush.
• General Tang urged an attack after the Wanluo Team repelled the assault, while General Ren’s warning left the generals considering the danger.

General Avis led Wanluo Team into a planned advance against Dion Empire territory despite General Ren’s warning that the enemy was luring them into a trap. General Paliston realized the Dion Empire might have developed a Wing Gundam-like weapon, but the warning to Wanluo Team could not be sent because their communications had been intercepted.

• General Avis and General Ren discussed a cautious, step-by-step invasion strategy after Wanluo Team defeated the Dion Empire forces attacking its headquarters.
• General Ren warned that the enemy’s suspicious retreat was a trap, but most commanders urged General Avis to seize the opportunity and invade.
• After confirming Dion Empire main forces were attacking Gas Team, General Avis left an Army-level Fleet to guard headquarters and led thirteen Army-level Fleets toward enemy territory.
• General Luba suggested the Dion Empire was drawing Wanluo Team in to test a newly developed MS like the Wing Gundam, prompting General Paliston to warn Wanluo Team.
• General Paliston learned that a mole had enabled the Dion Empire to intercept their secret communications and realized Gas Team’s prolonged battles had served as weapons testing.

The Wanluo Team invaded Dion Empire territory and advanced toward Mars, while Long Fei and Li Jiaming suspected the Dion Empire had lured them into a trap with a superweapon. Outside Mars, the weapon destroyed thirty percent of the Wanluo Team in a single shot, leaving General Avis and the surviving forces shaken.

• The Wanluo Team overwhelmed Dion Empire forces and General Avis ordered a rapid advance toward Mars after learning that only three main forces remained in the empire.
• Long Fei and Li Jiaming suspected the Dion Empire had deliberately drawn the Wanluo Team in with a superweapon and discussed the Skywing Mercenary Group's likely role in the war.
• The Wanluo Team continued advancing as the Dion Empire cut off the Gas Team's communications, raising suspicions that the enemy had prepared a trap.
• On the ninth day of the invasion, General Avis found three moons outside Mars, including an oval satellite armed with a giant crystal cone.
• General Avis ordered the Wanluo Team to activate its Rhombus Shields, but the satellite's beam pierced the defenses and destroyed thirty percent of the force in twenty seconds.

The Dion Empire’s satellite cannon shattered the Wanluo Team, leaving its scattered forces trapped and hunted inside Dion Empire territory. General Ren tried to rescue the survivors, but by the fourteenth day he concluded the remaining allied forces had been wiped out and returned to headquarters.

• Admiral Avis’s retreat fell into chaos as allied nations rejected his command, and the Dion Empire’s forces slaughtered the scattered Wanluo Team.
• The satellite cannon struck again, reducing the Wanluo Federation forces to less than half and scattering the Wanluo Team beyond its range.
• Dion Empire guerrilla units surrounded and destroyed isolated fleeing fleets, while General Ren deployed his forces to help survivors escape.
• General Ren regrouped at the border and learned that Admiral Avis had died covering the retreat and the Wanluo Federation forces had dwindled to a brigade-level fleet.
• After no allied forces escaped for three days, General Ren led his forces back to headquarters, believing the remaining troops had died inside Dion Empire territory.