Recaps

Fadis and the Skywing Mercenary Group assessed the destruction of the Dion Army’s Destroyer Battleship while remaining wary of the Super Nuclear Explosion. In the 13th combat zone, Amanda’s fleet withdrew under pursuit and unknowingly entered an ambush, where the Black Rabbit Unit prepared to fire its newly improved weapons.

• Fadis and the Dion Army’s generals watched recordings of the Black Rabbit Unit’s combat capabilities and debated whether to deploy the Super Nuclear Explosion.
• Aixisi and Shlaik warned the Skywing Mercenary Group’s generals not to become complacent and ordered them to intercept incoming missiles, using a newly developed weapon against any Super Nuclear Explosion that got close to the fleet.
• Amanda received orders to withdraw from the 13th combat zone and led her fleet out, while the Killing Force pursued under orders from its command center.
• Amanda ordered her fleet to accelerate its retreat, unaware that an enemy unit was waiting in ambush along its route.
• Mother Rabbit confirmed that the retreating fleet was within range and locked on, preparing to test the Black Rabbit Unit’s improved equipment.

The Decisive Battle Force’s 1st Army, 7th Corps, 1st Brigade Fleet was ambushed by Hazel Oslar Final Editions and other hidden Gundams as it retreated through the 13th combat zone. The Hazel-Rah Cruise Forms and Woundworts devastated the Dion Army’s units, and a second beam attack pierced Brigadier General Amanda’s warship.

• Five Hazel Oslar Final Editions fired Ultra-Long Range Beam Cannons through Floating Amplifiers, destroying five warships in the 1st Brigade Fleet.
• Brigadier General Amanda ordered a missile counterattack and sent MS and Mobile Armors toward the disguised asteroids, but eight Woundworts intercepted the incoming missiles.
• Twenty Hazel-Rah Cruise Forms and eight Woundworts charged the fleet and inflicted heavy losses on the Dion Army’s forces.
• Brigadier General Amanda ordered the remaining warships to retreat at maximum speed as the Gundams threw more than three hundred enemy units into disarray.
• The five Hazel Oslar Final Editions fired another coordinated beam attack, piercing Brigadier General Amanda’s warship and splitting it apart.

Brigadier General Amanda’s fleet suffered catastrophic losses in an attack by the Skywing Mercenary Group, and she surrendered to save her remaining forces. Mother Rabbit reviewed the battle report and considered replacing older units with the costly TR Series.

• Amanda ordered the crew to abandon ship, but explosions killed crew members and Lieutenant Colonel Lu sacrificed himself so the others could escape.
• Amanda and two field officers fled in an escape pod as enemy forces attacked the fleet, disabled escape pods, and captured theirs.
• An enemy commander let Amanda use a communications channel to order her remaining forces to surrender, and the warships began firing surrender flares.
• A war correspondent reported the fleet’s surrender, which quickly spread through the international community.
• Mother Rabbit reviewed the battle report, praised the results of the new technologies while noting the ambush’s advantages, and considered making the TR Series standard equipment.

After learning that her youngest son Miroslav had survived, captured general Amanda reunited with him by video call and decided to leave the military after the war to live with him. The chapter left her waiting to meet him in person and start over as a family.

• After more than seven days of fighting at Site 3, Sky Wing Mercenaries general questioned captured Brigadier General Amanda but did not seek military intelligence from her.
• The general showed Amanda a video of her son Miroslav and explained that children would be reunited with their captured parents and sent to school rather than put to work.
• Amanda watched Miroslav cry over his twelfth-birthday cake and agreed to a video call with him.
• Amanda and Miroslav spoke for about twenty minutes, and the general promised to arrange their in-person reunion before sending her to a holding facility.
• After the call, Amanda wept over the family she had lost and resolved to leave the military after the war to live with Miroslav.

Long Fei questioned whether his Gundams could end the war and worried about the fate of the Newtypes if he defeated Fadis. He activated Wing Gundam Zero’s Type-0 System and asked it what he should do.

• Long Fei reflected on the suffering caused by Fadis’s war and questioned whether his own use of Gundams had been right.
• Taoxiang let Gao Weide interview Long Fei, and Long Feide asked whether the Gundams he created could end war.
• Long Fei explained that Gundams should use overwhelming power to deter meaningless wars and, if necessary, end war through war.
• Long Fei went to the hangar, asked Avina to let him use Wing Gundam Zero, and activated the Type-0 System to ask whether he should kill Fadis or drive him back to the Mars Sphere.

As Long Fei considered the possible outcomes of his coming battle with Fadis, the Type-0 System showed him the suffering caused by war and a childhood memory with his father. Remembering that Gundams stood for opposing and ending war, Long Fei found clarity about the path ahead.

• The Type-0 System calculated possible futures involving Long Fei and Fadis, including the consequences for Newtypes and the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• The Type-0 System sent Long Fei the song "Tomorrow," bringing back memories of his family, orphans, and people harmed by the war.
• Long Fei saw the wreckage of war and the suffering of children, then demanded that the Type-0 System explain what it was showing him.
• Long Fei witnessed a childhood memory in which he told Long Yingxuan that Gundams were created to oppose meaningless wars and end war.
• Long Fei remembered Gundams' true meaning and resolved that they were symbols of anti-war and ending war, not of his personal might.

Ke Jie Xiong and the Skywing Mercenary Group used thirteen Satellite Microwave Cannons to devastate the Dion Army in Combat Zone 17. The attack left the Dion forces retreating and governments secretly discussing how to deal with the Skywing Mercenary Group.

• Fadis and his generals watched footage of the Black Rabbit Unit’s powerful weapons and considered using their trump card as reports of enemy withdrawals arrived.
• Ke Jie Xiong charged the GX-9900 X Gundam and twelve MS GX Bits with energy from the Ra Cailum, then advanced as Skywing Mercenary Group units retreated behind them.
• The Dion commander spotted the thirteen GX units moving into the battle and ordered an urgent retreat, but dense Minov Particles prevented many frontline units from receiving the order.
• Ke Jie Xiong ordered the GX-9900 X Gundam and MS GX Bits to fire their Satellite Microwave Cannons in a synchronized sweeping attack, destroying most Dion units in Combat Zone 17.
• The Dion commander ordered a retreat after confirming the attack was real, while battlefield footage shocked observers and prompted governments to discuss the Skywing Mercenary Group’s weapons and future threat.

Fadis ordered the Dion Army to launch its Super Nuclear Explosion Missiles as the battle turned increasingly desperate. A missile detonated near the Skywing Mercenary Group’s slaughter forces, unleashing a vast field of destructive energy and leaving the outcome uncertain.

• After watching the GX-9900 X Gundam and MS GX Bits fire the Satellite Microwave Cannon, Fadis asked Julius about their Super Nuclear Explosion Missiles and ordered their launch.
• Lieutenant General Shlaik and Lieutenant General Aixisi saw the Dion Army’s victories as a sign that it might deploy a trump card, while Shlaik issued orders.
• The Dion Army pushed Anti-Minov Particle Devices and unmanned MS toward the front, and Skywing forces fought to destroy the devices while protecting their fleet.
• In the eighth combat zone, Skywing units destroyed some Anti-Minov Particle Devices, but connected devices kept the unmanned MS advancing as missile swarms joined the battle.
• Mobile Drill Missiles intercepted many of the Dion Army’s missiles, while some missiles carrying Small Anti-Minov Particle Devices continued toward the slaughter forces.
• A pearl-colored special missile swarm prepared to launch as a missile exploded roughly 850 kilometers from the slaughter forces, generating destructive energy within a 200-kilometer radius and violent fluctuations extending farther outward.

The Dion Empire’s Super Nuclear Explosion Missiles devastated fleets in Combat Zones 5 and 8, while Shlaik learned that Quincy had undermined his orders to use Neutron Interference Missiles. When those missiles were deployed elsewhere, they weakened Dion forces but left Skywing’s Minov-powered units unaffected, giving the mercenaries a decisive advantage.

• A Super Nuclear Explosion Missile detonated in Combat Zone 8, shocking Shlaik, other generals, and viewers around the world with its destructive power.
• A second missile destroyed more than half of two Dion brigade-level fleets in Combat Zone 5, and Shlaik blamed Quincy for disobeying orders to use Neutron Interference Missiles.
• Aixisi offered to report Quincy herself so Shlaik would not appear to be using the crisis to target a rival.
• Neutron Interference Missiles weakened Dion engines and equipment across other combat zones, reducing the power of Super Nuclear Explosion warheads and impairing Dion units.
• Dion commanders realized the ripples did not disable Skywing’s Minov-powered machines, while Long Fei explained that Minov Particles resisted neutron interference.
• With Dion forces weakened and Skywing units still fighting at full strength, the Skywing Mercenary Group gained an overwhelming advantage.

Neutron Interference Missiles crippled most of the Dion Army’s nuclear-powered forces, giving the Skywing Mercenary Group control of most combat zones and frightening the world’s leaders into studying its Minovsky reactors. As Fadis prepared a final assault, Long Fei resolved to address his own forces’ losses and plan the next move.

• War correspondents recorded Neutron Interference Missiles paralyzing Dion units, while Steel Ball Work Ships inspected disabled missiles for Super Nuclear Explosion warheads.
• The major powers formed teams to study Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactors, and Fadis ordered his remaining troops to rest and reorganize before advancing on the enemy command center.
• Taoxiang briefed Long Fei on the situation, and he ordered two brigadier generals who had disobeyed Shlaik to be executed under military law.
• Long Fei replaced the two brigadier generals and warned Quincy about recommending them, then joined the generals to discuss their next course of action.

Long Fei and his commanders prepared their forces for a likely decisive battle against the Dion Army at the Third Location, expected within days. He brought Mother Rabbit, commander of the secretive Black Rabbit Unit, into the planning and told her to decide how her unit would support the battle.

• Aixisi and Shlaik briefed Long Fei on the enemy buildup, captured disabled units, and the expected final offensive, while Long Fei ordered his forces to rest and prepare.
• The eight directly subordinate unit commanders discussed the likely battle date and chose Royal Knights to face, with Anton, Pan Zhenhua, and Li Xiucheng naming their units' opponents.
• Long Fei entered the office with Taoxiang and introduced Mother Rabbit of the Black Rabbit Unit to the other commanders.
• Long Fei told the commanders to coordinate with General Shlaik and instructed Mother Rabbit to decide how her unit would provide support.
• Long Fei kept Mother Rabbit and Salamander behind for further discussion, then joined the others for hotpot, where Mother Rabbit kept her mask on.

The Skywing Mercenary Group and the Dion Empire began a decisive battle at the Third Location, while world leaders watched and worried about the consequences of either side gaining too much power. The chapter left both fleets fighting across a vast front, with key rival pilots and units locked in combat.

• World leaders considered the likely outcomes of the battle and feared the Skywing Mercenary Group might capture the Mars Sphere and combine its technology with Dion's.
• At midnight on May 24, the Skywing Mercenary Group and Dion Empire launched missiles and deployed their forces across a three-thousand-kilometer battle line.
• Lieutenant General Shlaik chose a decisive battle because the continuing war's costs threatened to overwhelm the Skywing Mercenary Group's resources.
• Salamander piloted the Koshi Gundam against Veronica's Great Guard as their forces fought around them.
• Li Xiucheng's Deep Strike and its Z Plus Hummingbird escorts attacked Commander Wenselas's Evil Fiend and its guards, damaging the Cyclops units' shields with electromagnetic rounds.

The Mirror Royal Knights, Cross Vanguard Army, and Bloodthirsty Wolf Strike Group battled their opponents as Zhou Ya struggled against Lishman until Zhou Na joined her in Pirate Gundam X2. After completing Bull Gundam’s final adjustments, Long Fei sensed Fadis and launched into battle.

• The Mirror Royal Knights and Iron Blossom Group fought with solid-projectile and physical weapons, while the Cross Vanguard Army clashed with the Crimson Shadow Royal Knights.
• Lishman’s Blood Fang damaged Zhou Ya’s Pirate Gundam X1, but Zhou Na arrived in Pirate Gundam X2 and teamed up with her sister against him.
• Pamuzhuba faced Lamiel again and shut off their comm line when she taunted him.
• Long Fei and Taoxiang completed final adjustments to Bull Gundam and Freedom Gundam while Colonel Pan Zhenhua prepared Reborn Gundam and his Harute Angel Squad.
• Long Fei sensed Fadis, gave the sortie order, and launched Bull Gundam.

Anton launched in the Barbatos Emperor Type as the allied forces battled the Heavenly Might Royal Knights. Tols’s duel with Dimashi was interrupted by the Crimson Princess and then by Taoxiang, who challenged Grisina.

• Anton launched the Barbatos Emperor Type alongside the Bull Gundam while Mellis commanded the Iron Blossom Group.
• Trifer and Museria led the Mobile Assault Shell Unit against the Heavenly Might Royal Knights, where the AGE-1 Assault Armor Type fought the vice-commander’s Custom Zhen Wei and the AGE-2 Double Gun Type battled Balbaldos’s Bao Wei.
• Tols’s Neropé Gundam fought Dimashi’s Earth Sword, using its MEGA Particle Cannons and Homing Missiles to damage Earth Sword’s thrusters.
• The Crimson Princess arrived with six Crimson Guards and saved Dimashi from Tols’s attack, prompting both sides to call in reinforcements.
• The Freedom Gundam, Gundam Dynames R2, and five Harute IIs attacked the Crimson Princess’s position, and Taoxiang challenged Grisina over communications.

Taoxiang piloted the Freedom Gundam against Grisina and the Crimson Princess, outmaneuvering its remote weapons and surviving the Hedgehog shield’s barrage. When Grisina shut down the overheating shield, Taoxiang seized the opening and attacked, leaving their duel in progress.

• Grisina introduced herself as captain of the Dion Empire Imperial Guard and revealed that she was a princess, while Taoxiang identified herself as Long Fei’s wife.
• Taoxiang and Grisina began fighting in their Gundams as the other units engaged across the battlefield.
• Taoxiang destroyed six of Grisina’s eight remote weapons and shot down the missiles launched by the Crimson Princess.
• Grisina detached the Crimson Princess’s missile pods and used its Hedgehog shield to unleash a barrage, but Taoxiang evaded the beams and counterattacked.
• Grisina recalled her remaining remote weapons and shut down the overheating Hedgehog shield, giving Taoxiang a chance to fire a sustained barrage at the Crimson Princess.

Anton’s Barbatos Lupus battled Julius’s Saint Dragon in a close-range fight involving missiles, shotguns, curved blades, and the Floating Dragon Claws. Barbatos Lupus destroyed several of the claws and badly damaged Saint Dragon’s shield, and the duel continued after Julius discarded it.

• Julius and Anton clashed as Saint Dragon’s weapons and Floating Dragon Claws tested Barbatos Lupus’s defenses and Anton’s sharp spatial awareness.
• Barbatos Lupus countered Saint Dragon’s missiles and attacks, then battered the Floating Dragon Claws while Julius used them to trap and crush one of its sword hammers.
• Anton switched Barbatos Lupus to a katana and smoothbore cannon as the machines continued fighting at close range, with Nano-layer Armor resisting Saint Dragon’s shotgun fire.
• Barbatos Lupus destroyed more Floating Dragon Claws and dented Saint Dragon’s shield with a smoothbore cannon shot.
• Anton used Barbatos Lupus to throw Saint Dragon toward a Floating Dragon Claw, then destroyed the claw with another cannon shot.
• Julius discarded Saint Dragon’s badly damaged shield, drew the curved blade mounted inside it, and resumed the duel with Anton.

Pan Zhenhua led the Harute Angel Squad against the Dion Empire’s bodyguard forces, as Solar Furnace Gundams fought the Crimson Knights across space. The battle remained fierce, and Pan Zhenhua’s duel with vice-commander Francina ended with both still facing each other.

• Pan Zhenhua piloted the Reborn Gundam as the Harute Angel Squad’s two thousand mobile suits clashed with three thousand bodyguard forces, including Crimson Guards and Crimson Knights.
• The Justice Goddess Gundam X Dark used its shots to steer Crimson Knight A into the path of fire, while the Possessed Angel Gundam destroyed Crimson Knight B with GN Fangs.
• The Black Codex Module defeated Crimson Knight C, and the Angel Gundam Type IV destroyed Crimson Knight G before cutting down several Crimson Guards.
• The repaired Virtue Gundam and nearby Harute IIs provided sniper cover, while 1.5 Gundams fought Crimson Knights with mixed results.
• Pan Zhenhua and Francina fought evenly, trading remote weapons and swords before introducing themselves and discussing women’s roles as commanders.

Long Fei and Fadis met in battle and clashed over their opposing beliefs about ordinary humans and Newtypes. Their psychic currents collided, drawing the attention of Newtypes across the battlefield and beyond as neither gained the upper hand.

• Units from both sides avoided the area where Long Fei's Bull Gundam faced Fadis's Crimson Emperor, and a war correspondent's broadcast drew viewers worldwide.
• Xu Jingyun watched the standoff and silently cheered Long Fei on, while her husband Situ Jun resented Long Fei and wished he were dead.
• Long Fei and Fadis argued over whether Newtypes should rule over ordinary humans and whether Gundams were weapons of war or symbols meant to end war.
• Bull Gundam and Crimson Emperor released blue and red psychic currents that collided, stunning viewers and stopping fighters across the battlefield.
• Newtypes throughout the Mars, Colony, and Earth Spheres sensed the clash and turned toward the two psychic powers, which remained evenly matched.

Long Fei and Fadis fought through wreckage as Long Fei drew the Crimson Emperor toward the battle between their allies. Taoxiang and the Bull Gundam pressed the Crimson Princess, while Julius arrived to help Earth Sword, and Fadis struggled to keep his focus on Long Fei.

• Long Fei maneuvered the Bull Gundam through dense wreckage, limiting the Crimson Emperor’s movement and forcing Fadis to retreat from the debris field.
• Gundam Dynames R2 joined Taoxiang’s fight against the Crimson Princess, then withdrew to help Tols as the battle between the Neropé Gundam and Earth Sword intensified.
• The Bull Gundam drew the Crimson Emperor toward Taoxiang and attacked the Crimson Princess alongside the Freedom Gundam, destroying her Hedgehog Shield.
• Fadis redirected the Crimson Emperor against the Bull Gundam while Long Fei used a missile to interrupt Earth Sword; Julius then arrived and saved it from Gundam Dynames R2 and the Neropé Gundam.
• Fadis lost focus while watching the Crimson Princess struggle, allowing Long Fei to pressure the Crimson Emperor until Fadis forced himself to concentrate on their duel.

Long Fei’s Bull Gundam battled Fadis’s Crimson Emperor and Julius’s Saint Dragon as Grisina and Taoxiang joined the fight in the Crimson Princess and Freedom Gundam. The Bull Gundam helped turn the tide, and the chapter ended with Julius shielding Grisina while she confirmed she was unharmed.

• Long Fei’s Bull Gundam traded fire with Fadis’s Crimson Emperor, then fought Julius’s Saint Dragon while Fadis and Barbatos Lupus clashed nearby.
• The Freedom Gundam and Crimson Princess arrived, and Taoxiang’s attacks disrupted Julius’s shield while Long Fei pressured Grisina.
• The Bull Gundam forced Grisina to retreat from a near-fatal attack and helped the Freedom Gundam fend off the Saint Dragon.
• Fadis used his remote weapons to evade the Freedom Gundam’s assault, while Long Fei deployed the Bull Gundam’s recharged weapons and went to support Taoxiang.
• Long Fei shot down two of Julius’s Floating Dragon Claws and drove back the Crimson Princess; Julius moved in front of Grisina, who told him she was all right.

Fadis and Grisina joined forces against Long Fei and Taoxiang, as Bull Gundam, Freedom Gundam, the Crimson Emperor, and the Crimson Princess fought across the battlefield. The chapter ended with Bull Gundam's rocket destroying the Crimson Emperor's chest-mounted Mega Cannon.

• Fadis rushed to help Grisina, while Barbatos Lupus charged toward Long Fei and Taoxiang.
• Julius tried to reach the princess, but Taoxiang stopped Saint Dragon with Freedom Gundam as Fadis forced Bull Gundam away from the Crimson Princess.
• Grisina shared her remaining funnel with the Crimson Emperor, and Fadis detached its empty missile pods before charging Freedom Gundam.
• Long Fei saw through Grisina's attempt to lure Bull Gundam away and turned back to join Taoxiang against Fadis.
• Long Fei and Fadis shot down each other's funnels, while Grisina attacked Freedom Gundam to protect her father.
• Bull Gundam dodged the Crimson Emperor's fire and launched a rocket that struck and destroyed its chest-mounted Mega Cannon.

Long Fei and Fadis fought to a stalemate until Salamander joined Long Fei in attacking the Crimson Emperor. Their battle was interrupted by a silver-gray Special Saint Machine, and the chapter left the Bull Gundam and Crimson Emperor with their shields destroyed.

• Long Fei led Fadis on a chase through the wreckage before joining forces with the arriving Salamander and Koshi Gundam to attack the Crimson Emperor.
• Salamander and Fadis recognized each other and exchanged taunts as the Bull Gundam and Koshi Gundam pressured the Crimson Emperor.
• Julius sent up a signal flare, and Grisina tried to reach her father, but the Freedom Gundam blocked her.
• The Bull Gundam and Koshi Gundam destroyed the Crimson Guards and forced the Crimson Emperor to use its funnel cannons to defend itself.
• A silver-gray Special Saint Machine attacked the Bull Gundam, prompting Long Fei and Salamander to switch opponents.
• The Crimson Emperor and Bull Gundam traded blows that destroyed both of their shields.

Long Fei and Fadis fought evenly in Bull Gundam and the Crimson Emperor, drawing their forces into the battle as reinforcements arrived. The clash widened into a multilateral melee, with Rebecca facing an orange-red Special Saint Machine after attacking the Crimson Emperor.

• Bull Gundam and the Crimson Emperor traded blows and pursued each other into the battle zone between the Mobile Assault Shell Unit and the Heavenly Might Royal Knights.
• Trifer fired the AGE-1 Assault Armor Type's DODS launchers at Fadis, but a Zhen Wei shielded the Crimson Emperor and took the hit.
• Museria and Trifer joined Long Fei against Fadis, while Balbaldos and Bao Wei headed toward the emperor's location.
• The AGE-2 Double Gun Type and AGE-1 Assault Armor Type pressured the Crimson Emperor, but its remote weapons forced them to retreat.
• Long Fei fought Bao Wei as Lishman attacked Bull Gundam; the Zhou Ya Sisters intervened, and more forces joined the expanding melee.
• Rebecca attacked the Crimson Emperor with Pirate Gundam X3, but an orange-red Special Saint Machine intercepted her.

Long Fei’s forces and the Dion Army reinforced the battlefield as the fighting spread, and Salamander’s damaged Koshi Gundam was nearly destroyed by Fadis’s Crimson Emperor. Long Fei rescued Salamander and returned to face Fadis, while the wider battle continued.

• Britney’s Dark Hound struggled to hold off Fadis, while Long Fei kept Balbaldos on the defensive and Blood Fang remained occupied with Pirate Gundam X1 and X2.
• The Black Rabbit Unit, additional Dion Army forces, and Skywing Mercenary Group reinforcements entered the battlefield, followed by the Imperial Guard and Harute Angel Squad.
• Taoxiang’s Freedom Gundam and Bull Gundam inflicted heavy losses on the Dion Army, and Bull Gundam severed Bawei’s left arm.
• The Crimson Emperor damaged Dark Hound and fought Koshi Gundam after Koshi Gundam forced it back; Fadis ultimately overwhelmed Salamander and destroyed Koshi Gundam’s shield.
• Long Fei’s Bull Gundam drove off the Crimson Emperor just before Fadis could strike Koshi Gundam’s cockpit, and Long Fei told Salamander to help the others.
• Long Fei and Fadis clashed again.

Bull Gundam and the Crimson Emperor fought to a standstill as Long Fei and Fadis attacked each other with their mental force. Both mobile suits were pushed beyond their limits, leaving the two pilots panting and locked in an evenly matched battle.

• Bull Gundam and the Crimson Emperor destroyed each other's Funnels while Saint Dragon and Barbatos Lupus engaged one another.
• Long Fei and Fadis exchanged Beam Saber blows as their mental force affected nearby Newtypes and even ordinary people.
• Kuroda Seiya watched the broadcast with Miyamae Asami and realized Fadis intended to drag Long Fei to his death because Long Fei threatened the Dion Empire.
• Bull Gundam and the Crimson Emperor damaged or exhausted their weapons, then fought hand-to-hand and attacked each other's minds with mental force.
• Long Fei and Fadis broke one another's arms and kicked their mobile suits apart, while the Psycho-frame and mental wave device pushed their units beyond their original limits.