Recaps

Long Fei explained that Oya Cross Nation could not manufacture a more advanced MS with its outdated equipment and proposed that Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company open a factory there. Saintess Aina reviewed the Cyclops Series designs with John and Yuffie and considered which models to choose.

• Yuffie objected when Long Fei criticized Oya Cross Nation's military technology, but Saintess Aina rebuked her and acknowledged the country's weaknesses.
• Long Fei assessed the Saintess Aina MS as better than the Strike Dagger and GM Mobile Suit, but said Oya Cross Nation could not mass-produce it.
• Long Fei proposed building a Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company branch and factory in Oya Cross Nation to produce more advanced MS.
• Long Fei showed Saintess Aina, John, and Yuffie Cyclops Series MS designs, then left Sakchi to arrange their accommodations.
• John reviewed the designs, recorded several models with technology at least ten years ahead of the Saintess Aina MS, and recommended choosing separate standard and elite MS units.

Saintess Aina and Oya Cross Nation’s delegation selected the High Zaku and Malasai as their next-generation MS units and negotiated modifications and prices with Long Fei’s company. The chapter ended with Long Fei reminding them that their country lacked the ability to develop comparable machines, leaving them with little leverage in the negotiations.

• Bishop William and Bishop Matthew arrived with specialists, who evaluated the Cyclops-series units and chose the High Zaku for ordinary pilots and the Malasai for elite pilots.
• Matthew admitted Oya Cross Nation could not manufacture at least half the parts needed for either MS, and William suggested bringing Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company into the country to build factories.
• Saintess Aina named the Sparta Battle Suit as her preferred individual weapon and handed the delegation her other weapon selections for evaluation.
• Matthew asked Long Fei to upgrade the High Zaku to support more Energy Type weapons and give its captain unit stronger performance, a distinctive antenna, and improved communications; Long Fei agreed and approved the same captain-unit modifications for the Malasai.
• Sakchi rejected the bishops’ request for lower prices by criticizing the outdated Saint Seiya MS, and Long Fei told Aina’s group they could seek another supplier if they could not accept the company’s terms.

Saintess Aina negotiated with Long Fei and Sakchi over weapons prices, factory construction, and technology transfers for the Oya Cross Nation. They reached provisional terms, pending the Pope’s approval.

• Saintess Aina offered Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company factories and facilities in exchange for lower prices, but Sakchi initially proposed only a 5% discount.
• Saintess Aina argued that the High Zaku price was excessive, and Sakchi defended the company’s prices by citing the high demand and auction value of Strike Dagger MS units.
• Saintess Aina offered mining rights, tax exemptions, and land for a Skywing Mercenary Group base in exchange for a 30% discount, while Sakchi insisted the arms company also receive benefits.
• Saintess Aina and Sakchi agreed on a 20% discount, restrictions on external sales and copying, and a High Zaku technology transfer three years after the branch began production.
• Long Fei rejected Aina’s offer to swear an oath as assurance, and Aina accepted the terms provisionally while seeking the Pope’s approval before signing a contract with the group.

Pope David used evidence of corruption to secure approval for Saintess Aina’s contract with Skywing Group, and Long Fei’s companies began investing in Oya Cross Nation. After the contract leaked and Hanxia media branded Long Fei a traitor, Long Kui and Long Xuan exposed how the Long Family had seized his childhood MS design, shifting public scrutiny onto the family.

• Pope David confronted officials who opposed Aina’s contract with evidence of their corruption, and they unanimously approved it after he defended the deal’s benefits to Oya Cross Nation.
• Long Fei instructed Li Jiaming and other company presidents to begin work in Oya Cross Nation, where Skywing Group planned a sub-base, factories, and investments while retaining 51 percent of each subsidiary.
• Major powers and media investigated Skywing Group’s investments, and a leaked contract revealed Oya Cross Nation had secured local production and sales of High Zaku and Malasai units along with a future technology transfer.
• Hanxia Empire media attacked Long Fei as a traitor, and online users blamed his three older sisters for failing to control him.
• Long Kui showed footage of Long Dingkun’s people trying to seize Long Fei’s belongings, while Long Xuan revealed that Long Fei had designed the Xi’en MS as a child and the Long Family had taken his design.
• Public attention shifted toward the Long Family as media and netizens debated Long Fei’s childhood role in designing the Xi’en MS.

Long Fei’s public release of stolen designs led the Hanxia Empire to end its contracts with Feichi Military Science Company and replace the Xi’en with Yuedian’s Yuelu MS. Lin Ruidar resented his victory because he saw the Yuelu’s success as no real achievement compared with Long Fei’s creations, and his longstanding jealousy intensified.

• Long Dingkun and Long Yingxuan were mobbed by reporters after Long Fei accused the Long Family of stealing his designs and released the related technology internationally.
• The Ministry of Defense terminated its contracts with Feichi Military Science Company, while Yuedian’s Yuelu MS defeated the improved Xi’en in ten test battles and secured a large order.
• Lin Fengluan congratulated Lin Ruidar for winning the order, but Lin Ruidar said the Yuelu was inferior to Long Fei’s Gundam, GM II, and Dagger models.
• Lin Fengluan recalled that Lin Ruidar had repeatedly lost to Long Fei in competitions since high school.
• Lin Ruidar blamed Long Fei for his repeated failures and said Zhao Xinlin would have been his if Long Fei did not exist.

Long Fei refused to help the Long Family and threatened consequences if his sisters were harmed, while Shu Tielong warned Long Dingkun to protect them. Long Fei chose the Jegan MS to replace the GM II, and its first units were prepared for testing as the colonies remained engulfed in war.

• Long Dingkun's attempts to reach Long Kui and her sisters failed, and Long Fei rejected Long Huijuan's request to help the Long Family, warning Long Dingkun not to harm his sisters.
• Shu Tielong warned Long Dingkun that the Emperor wanted Long Fei brought back and that the Long Family would be held responsible if anything went wrong; Long Dingkun ordered his people to protect Long Kui and her sisters.
• Long Fei compared the GM III and Jegan MS designs, ran production and combat simulations, and decided the Jegan MS should replace the GM II as the standard-issue MS.
• Long Fei modified the Jegan MS blueprints and gave them to Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming, who designated a production line for advance production and testing before combat deployment.
• The Exia Gundam neared completion as civilians fled wars across the Sixth District colonies or remained behind, hoping for victory or humane treatment under occupation.

Taoxiang tested Exia Gundam’s combat capabilities, then urged Long Fei to eat and rest while they discussed the Gundam development program. Long Fei learned that democratic-camp countries were preparing to pressure and possibly attack the nations around his main base, and he ordered his forces to ready themselves for war.

• Taoxiang piloted Exia Gundam through a live-combat test, destroying most of the Specialized GMs and Strike Daggers without activating Trans-Am.
• Taoxiang took Long Fei to eat, where they discussed Kyrios Gundam and the remaining Angel-series Gundams that would replace Goddess-series Gundams.
• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that democratic-camp countries, including the Wanluo Federation, were targeting the nations around his main base because they feared his technology.
• Long Fei learned that the neighboring nations had requested protection and that the countries might act within a month, so he prepared his forces for war.

The democratic camp accused Long Fei and the Skywing Group of being a threat and prepared to move against them, while rival powers assembled to defend them. As war loomed, the Skywing Mercenary Group prepared its forces, and Long Fei’s commanders used intelligence from a two-week scouting mission to plan their response.

• The democratic camp demanded that Long Fei surrender the Skywing Group and its technology, while non-democratic nations rejected its accusations and defended the group.
• The Skywing Group withdrew its investments and relocated mercenary bases from democratic nations, prompting panic among civilians who had relied on those bases for safety.
• The Mika'ang Kingdom and neighboring nations refused to let democratic forces cross their territory, while the democratic camp announced sanctions and military deployments; Gas and Long Fei’s homeland pledged support for the threatened countries and Long Fei.
• Brigadier General Shrek was ordered by Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming to remain at the Ninth Branch Base and coordinate reinforcements as both camps assembled forces.
• Long Fei’s main base completed defense upgrades, began testing its first Quasi-Argama MS Carrier, and produced four n Dagger n units for a stealth reconnaissance mission alongside the Obsidian Thunderbolt Gundam and Strike Gundam.
• After two weeks of scouting, Avina and the other pilots returned with intelligence, and Li Jiaming and his officers planned operations as both sides prepared for war.

Colonel Tado’s Anglus fleet and a key Solani logistics base were devastated by a Skywing Mercenary Group strike force while three of its fleets drew the Democratic Alliance Army into battle at the front. The chapter ended with the Democratic Alliance Army realizing the apparent victory had been a feint and the Skywing Mercenary Group had achieved its real objective.

• Colonel Tado explained that the Democratic Alliance Army could not attack the Skywing Mercenary Group’s outlying bases without risking intervention by the Imperial Alliance Army.
• A surprise assault struck the logistics base, and the cloaked n Daggers killed Colonel Tado and the base commander.
• The n Daggers and the Obsidian Thunderbolt Gundam destroyed warships, MS units, and supplies while jamming distress calls.
• After nearly twenty minutes, the Obsidian Thunderbolt Gundam, Strike Gundam, and ten n Daggers withdrew, and the three Skywing Mercenary Group fleets retreated from the front.
• The Democratic Alliance Army celebrated its supposed victory before learning that the attack on the logistics base had been the Skywing Mercenary Group’s real objective.

Lieutenant General Milady’s Democratic Alliance Army attacked the Mika'ang Kingdom but was thrown into disarray when the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Taurus and Birgo units entered the battle. The Imperial Alliance Army seized the chance to counterattack, and a destroyer was destroyed after its weapons failed against the Birgos’ linked defenses.

• The Democratic Alliance Army deployed three major forces against small nations, while Mika'ang Kingdom forces and Imperial Alliance Army reinforcements fought to defend the kingdom.
• Lieutenant General Milady watched the battle as her forces gained a slight advantage, then requested reinforcements after a Skywing Mercenary Group fleet appeared on radar.
• Fifteen Md Taurus units and fifteen Birgo units joined the fighting, with the Taurus units shooting down enemy MS units and the Birgos shielding their allies behind Planet Defense Systems.
• The new units’ attacks and defenses disrupted the Democratic Alliance Army, allowing the Imperial Alliance Army to launch a fierce counterattack.
• A Democratic Alliance Army destroyer fired on the MD Birgo units, but their linked Planet Defense Systems blocked its weapons before GM II units destroyed the ship with Long-Range Laser Cannons.

The Skywing Mercenary Group’s arrival turned the battle into a rout, and Democratic Alliance Army reinforcements only slightly eased their losses. Lieutenant General Miledi and Lieutenant General Dannimo learned more about the Wing Gundam’s power as the fighting continued, but the reinforcements suffered heavy casualties and the enemy’s advantage worsened.

• Long Fei used the Codex Seraphim’s GN Prototype Bits to destroy six enemy MS as the Skywing Mercenary Group overwhelmed the Democratic Alliance Army.
• Lieutenant General Miledi received Lieutenant General Dannimo’s reinforcements and learned that the Wing Gundam had fired its Annihilation Cannon repeatedly, possibly using nuclear fusion technology.
• The reinforcements improved the battle’s balance only slightly, while Anton’s Barbatos Gundam destroyed multiple enemy MS at close range.
• Li Xiucheng’s Strike Gundam destroyed several warships, and allied Dagger units protected it from enemy attacks.
• After about half an hour of support, Lieutenant General Dannimo’s fleet had lost nearly one-tenth of its warships and over a fifth of its MS, worsening the enemy’s advantage toward eight to two.

Long Fei and the Skywing Mercenary Group fought through the Democratic Alliance Army’s forces as reinforcements from both alliances and the mercenary group arrived. The battle became a major international spectacle, and Taoxiang discovered that Imperial Alliance Army units were covering the Gundams’ retreat.

• Long Fei used Blue Haro to control Codex Seraphim’s eight GN Prototype Bits as the Gundam destroyed Vice Admiral Milady’s flagship and killed her.
• Vice Admiral Dannimo took command of Milady’s remaining forces, but Vice Admiral Laura arrived with a Gas Empire fleet and joined the battle.
• Four Democratic Alliance Army reinforcement fleets arrived, restoring the battlefield to an even standoff, while Laura redirected forces to support the Skywing Mercenary Group’s Gundams.
• The Gundams returned to their MS Carriers to recharge as Codex Seraphim and its GN Prototype Bits covered them, destroying enemy units and warships.
• Lixiang returned in the ZZ Gundam, and Long Fei learned from Colonel Isis that another Skywing Mercenary Group fleet had arrived.
• Taoxiang led seven Gundams and the new fleet’s MS into battle, then discovered that Imperial Alliance Army units were covering the retreating Gundams.

Long Fei and Taoxiang fought the Democratic Alliance Army’s Ace Unit, whose twelve Modified Phantom Gale MS targeted their Gundams. Long Fei destroyed one enemy machine and raced to help Taoxiang as the newly recharged GN Prototype Bits prepared to rejoin the fight.

• Taoxiang and Long Fei noticed that the Imperial Alliance Army had helped their Gundams retreat, while Lieutenant General Fulin ordered Captain Max’s Ace Unit to capture Codex Seraphim.
• Twelve Modified Phantom Gale MS attacked Codex Seraphim and Exia Gundam, and the Ace Unit’s teamwork forced Taoxiang to fight several opponents at once.
• Long Fei recalled Codex Seraphim’s GN Prototype Bits to recharge, then used the Gundam’s fifth form to outrun and surprise six pursuers.
• Long Fei used the GN Prototype Bits to distract five Modified Phantom Gale MS and cut a damaged enemy machine in half with his GN Beam Saber.
• Taoxiang’s Exia Gundam crippled all six opponents engaging it, and Long Fei rushed to her position while the recharged GN Prototype Bits prepared to deploy again.

The Democratic Alliance Army’s first planned campaign ended in crushing defeat after Skywing Mercenary Group forces helped the Imperial Alliance Army prevail across the battlefields. Back at the main base, Long Fei reviewed the spy arrests and kept his own secret counterintelligence force hidden from Li Jiaming.

• Eight GN Prototype Bits and the Exia Gundam destroyed several Phantom Gale Custom MS, forcing Max to order a retreat as Democratic Alliance Army ace units failed across the battlefields.
• After three hours of fighting, the Democratic Alliance Army withdrew, and the Imperial Alliance Army celebrated victory while the Skywing Mercenary Group assessed its losses.
• The Democratic Alliance Army’s operations across three small nations failed, and its forces also lost the logistics base they had retaken when a Skywing Mercenary Group sub-base destroyed the fleet guarding it.
• International reports and word among soldiers spread news of the defeats and another destroyed logistics base, further damaging Democratic Alliance Army morale until Metadeng Nation donated supplies.
• Long Fei reviewed Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming’s report on captured spies and kept his separately controlled counterintelligence force secret, while allowing identified imperial spies to remain at large.

The Skywing Mercenary Group intensified guerrilla attacks on Democratic Alliance Army forces while Long Fei reviewed reports praising the Jegan MS and ordered more produced for testing. As the United States of America stayed out of the war and imperial leaders planned to support Long Fei for their own gain, he recognized that the Skywing Mercenary Group could not withstand the Democratic Alliance Army indefinitely.

• Brigadier General Shrek directed the Skywing Mercenary Group's branch forces to ambush Democratic Alliance Army troops, raid facilities, and seize or destroy supplies, while the Democratic Alliance Army struggled to retaliate.
• Skywing Mercenary Group pilots and maintenance staff praised the Jegan MS for its performance and ease of repair, and Long Fei ordered more units produced for further battlefield evaluation.
• The presidents of the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and the Wanluo Federation urged the United States of America to join the war, but its president refused and said he would reconsider after the upcoming election.
• Emperor Xu Weiran and Gas Empire Emperor Taksgas VI agreed to seek help from more imperial nations, hoping to protect Long Fei and gain access to his advanced technology.
• Long Fei understood that the Skywing Mercenary Group could not hold out against the Democratic Alliance Army and expected representatives from the Imperial Alliance Army nations to approach him.

Long Fei expanded wreckage processing by building Decomposition and Restoration Metal Furnace factories and Steel Ball work facilities, while the Steel Ball Work Ship drew media attention and complaints. As the alliance armies remained in a tense standoff, Long Fei agreed to let media delegations from the Gas Empire and Hanxia Empire film during their ministers’ visit, which he assigned to Li Jiaming.

• Long Fei brought all six Decomposition and Restoration Metal Furnaces into full operation and established three factories to process the battle’s wreckage into raw materials.
• Long Fei modified the Steel Ball blueprints for human and MD control, designed work tools and a transport ship, and completed the first Steel Ball Work Ship.
• International media reporters followed the ship as it dismantled wreckage, but Steel Balls drove away approaching airships, and the Skywing Mercenary Group told the Gas Empire and Hanxia Empire that reporters needed permission to film.
• The Democratic Alliance Army remained unable to attack Skywing branch bases without risking an Imperial Alliance Army offensive, while Skywing forces and non-Democratic-aligned countries obstructed Democratic-aligned reinforcements.
• The Gas Empire and Hanxia Empire announced visits by their foreign and defense ministers, and Long Fei agreed to allow one media delegation from each empire to film during the visits.
• Long Fei entrusted the ministers’ visit to Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming.

Ministers and scientists from the Hanxia and Gas Empires toured the Skywing Mercenary Group’s main base, where they witnessed its advanced facilities and technology. The visit ended with the group revealing ten stored Gundams, leaving viewers and foreign observers astonished and envious.

• Shu Tielong, Li Rubin, Thomas, and Raf Lauren arrived with reporters and scientists, and Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming welcomed them to the main base.
• Li Jiaming showed the visitors the base’s automated equipment and a training simulator that created realistic, touchable environments, which he said Long Fei had developed.
• Li Jiaming explained that the Moon Goddess Gundam was being stored because it could no longer cope with the current battlefield.
• Li Jiaming led the visitors to the storage chamber, where they saw ten Gundams, including the Proto Series units and several Goddess Series Gundams.
• Amaterasu’s senior officials watched the broadcast and resented that the Skywing Mercenary Group had stored Gundams that they considered superior to their Black Hannya MS.

During a tour of the Skywing Group mother base, Lin Ruidar was shaken by the scale of Long Fei’s achievements and watched him test the Nadleeh Gundam. After Long Fei brushed off the visiting ministers’ attempts to negotiate, Lin Ruidar approached him and claimed they had met before, but Long Fei did not recognize him.

• Lin Ruidar felt devastated when Li Jiaming explained that Long Fei had developed the sealed Gundams and much of the group’s other technology on his own.
• Li Jiaming showed the visitors the Nadleeh Gundam testing its Fighter Mode and transforming into MS mode, while Shu Qianxue suspected Long Fei was piloting it.
• The ministers and reporters recognized Long Fei when he emerged from the Nadleeh Gundam, then followed him to the cafeteria after Shu Tielong suggested they eat there.
• Long Fei greeted the ministers but declined their attempts to discuss business, leaving with Taoxiang after his meal.
• Lin Ruidar slipped out, found Long Fei with Taoxiang and Li Xiucheng, and told him they had met before; Long Fei asked if they had.

Long Fei failed to recognize Lin Ruidar, who claimed to have been his strongest Mecha Competition rival, and their confrontation was captured on Weiyang Radio Station’s live broadcast. After viewers uncovered their competition records, Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming led the group, including Lin Ruidar, to inspect the modified asteroid.

• Lin Ruidar confronted Long Fei about their past Mecha Competitions, but Long Fei and Li Xiucheng could barely remember him.
• Long Fei challenged Lin Ruidar to name a match in which he had lasted thirty seconds or come within one hundred points, and Lin Ruidar stormed away after Li Xiucheng mocked his claim.
• A Weiyang Radio Station reporter filmed the confrontation, and viewers found records showing that Lin Ruidar had repeatedly lost to Long Fei.
• Shu Tielong and Li Rubin received reports about the incident and concluded that Lin Ruidar’s ability was far below Long Fei’s.
• Commander-in-Chief Li Jiaming led the group, including Lin Ruidar, aboard a spaceship to inspect the modified asteroid.

Li Jiaming showed the four ministers and their entourages Skywing Group’s asteroid factories, including its automated Steel Ball production and metal restoration technology. The ministers proposed deals to secure restored materials for their countries, while threatened capitalists pushed for an immediate war to seize or destroy Long Fei’s facilities.

• Li Jiaming explained that refugees from fallen nations received low wages and challenged democratic countries and human rights organizations to take them in, introducing Long Fei’s terms “Saintly Bitch” and “Double Standard Dog.”
• Li Jiaming toured the four ministers and their entourages through the automated Steel Ball and Steel Ball Work Ship factory, where he explained that Haro robots usually directed the work.
• Li Jiaming showed everyone how Decomposition and Restoration Metal Furnaces recovered wreckage as high-quality raw materials, prompting the ministers to ask whether the materials were for sale.
• Li Rubin, Thomas, and Raf Lauren each proposed that Skywing Group build factories in their countries in exchange for free wreckage and scrap, with half the restored materials going first to state-owned enterprises.
• Li Jiaming said he needed Long Fei’s approval, while angry capitalists urged parliamentarians to approve war and order the military to capture Skywing Group’s mother base or destroy it.

Long Fei asked Long Kui to have Long Xuan manage a new company handling the Decomposition and Restoration Metal Furnace technology, then discussed the Long Family and his sisters’ feelings about sparing them for Auntie’s sake. After the call, Long Fei reviewed an intelligence report and warned Taoxiang that another great war was about to begin.

• Long Fei called Long Kui and asked her to arrange for Long Xuan to manage the company Skywing Group planned to establish for the Decomposition and Restoration Metal Furnace.
• Long Fei explained that he had left home to manufacture his inventions without letting powerful business families and the government seize them, and told Long Kui he had secretly assigned people to protect his sisters.
• Long Kui told Long Fei that Long Dingkun had apologized and begged the sisters for mercy, and that Auntie had asked them not to harm the Long Family.
• Long Fei agreed not to go after the Long Family for Long Kui and Auntie’s sake, but said he would teach them a lesson and settle his score with Long Dingkun.
• Long Kui reflected on how Skywing Group’s competition had cost Long Family companies market share and caused them heavy losses.
• Long Fei reviewed an intelligence report and told Taoxiang that another great war was about to begin, while she focused on protecting him and her younger sister.

Song Guowei and the MS Shadow Kill Special Forces ambushed Democratic Alliance Army search teams near the Mika'ang Kingdom border, where Minovsky particles disrupted ordinary communications. After their sniping destroyed most of a Phantom Gale search unit, Song pursued the survivor while Mai headed toward a nearby Steel Ball Work Ship.

• White Raven Five found White Raven Seven's Phantom Gale wreckage, then was killed by Song Guowei, who was concealed in the debris in a black-painted GM II.
• Song Guowei recalled joining the Skywing Mercenary Group and explained that his unit had destroyed sixteen Democratic Alliance Army MS units during its three-day ambush.
• The Democratic Alliance Army sent twelve Phantom Gale MS units to search for its missing team and capture the Steel Ball Work Ship, with Black Haro as the priority target.
• Song Guowei and his comrades opened fire, destroying seven Phantom Gale MS units in their first volley and then eliminating most of the survivors as they scattered among the wreckage.
• Song Guowei pursued the last escaping Phantom Gale in his GM II, while Mai took the sniper rifle's core module and contacted the nearby Steel Ball Work Ship.

Mai and Song Guowei captured the Phantom Gale MS pilot, Rebecca Middleton, after a battle in which they disabled her machine. Under interrogation, Rebecca revealed that her squad had been searching for the Steel Ball Work Ship and its black Haro, and explained her family’s military connections.

• Mai gathered weapons from the Steel Ball Work Ship and joined Song Guowei in hunting the Phantom Gale MS pilot.
• Song Guowei and Mai attacked the Phantom Gale MS with help from three Steel Balls, damaging its leg and arm before it crashed into wreckage.
• The female pilot woke in a Sky Wing Mercenaries medical room with her right hand cuffed and was interrogated by a male officer.
• Rebecca Middleton identified herself as an Anglus Democratic Federation Army second lieutenant in the Sola Bird MS Squad and admitted her squad had orders to capture the black Haro controlling the Steel Ball Work Ship.
• Rebecca disclosed the intelligence she knew and explained that the Middleton Family had influence in the military, then the officer promised her a cell and hot meals in return for cooperating.

Song Guowei learned that Rebecca might be a Newtype after she repeatedly evaded his attacks, and he and Mai escorted her to Skywing Group’s main base for testing. Rebecca watched the mercenaries’ aptitude assessments and wondered whether Newtypes were the ones who piloted Gundams.

• A major told Song Guowei that Rebecca might be a Newtype with sharp danger instincts and ordered him and Mai to escort her to the main base for testing.
• Song Guowei and Mai took the cuffed Rebecca aboard an airship, and they arrived at the main base two days later.
• Rebecca saw the base’s weapons and Gundams as threats if Long Fei joined the imperial system.
• A lieutenant brought Rebecca to a Newtype testing facility, where mercenaries wore helmets and received hypnotic fluid before their aptitude was assessed.
• Song Guowei and Mai requested tests as well, while Rebecca overheard that C-rated mercenaries could train for Gundam pilot assignments.
• After a mercenary received a C rating and was led away for special training, Rebecca wondered whether Gundam pilots were all Newtypes.

Rebecca underwent a Newtype aptitude test and was sent to the prisoner cells after receiving a C+ rating, where she learned that Matthias had defected to the Skywing Mercenary Group. Song Weiguo joined Long Fei's Newtype training program as the looming war left Long Fei rushing to prepare.

• Rebecca's Newtype test showed she had a C+ aptitude rating, while Song Guowei received C.
• Rebecca met fellow prisoners and learned that Matthias had willingly joined the Skywing Mercenary Group after losing hope in his country.
• A red-haired prisoner said the offer of Gundam training had encouraged prisoners to defect, while a blue-haired prisoner condemned Gundams as evil.
• Rebecca ate a surprisingly good meal in the prisoner cells and followed the others' routine.
• Song Weiguo joined Long Fei's Newtype training program, which relied on enhancement drugs and machines because the coming war left little time for deeper training.
• Taoxiang worried about Long Fei's punishing workload and took on tasks to ease his pressure.