Recaps

Salamander and the Skywing Mercenary Group captured key Dion strongholds, liberated the former Longsog Kingdom, and brought its territory under Salamander’s administration. As the campaign advanced, Salamander’s efforts to win over civilians and encourage conscripts to surrender weakened Dion resistance, while the war shifted toward blockades and fighting around besieged cities.

• Roaina met Salamander at Shinoshud Base and offered the Anti-Dion Longsog Army’s secret passages and informants, helping the Skywing forces capture Emasina Base and uncover its Ink Shadow Saint Machine factory.
• Li Xiucheng and the Big Mad Dog Unit led the assault on Goloya Fortress through hidden tunnels, while allied forces disabled its defenses and forced Lieutenant General Gustavo to surrender.
• Salamander’s forces captured Poseidon City, and Flano Serac fled before Salamander intercepted him and left him to be killed by the citizens.
• Salamander encountered Boske’s spirit in the royal palace, and Long Fei placed the former Longsog lands under Salamander’s administration and promised to restore the local economy.
• The Skywing forces breached Titan’s Wall and captured more territory as Salamander and Shlaik planned a three-pronged campaign against the Dion Empire.
• Salamander’s strategy of treating civilians fairly and reconnecting families with captured relatives won local support, while Skywing forces defeated Dion troops who abused villagers.
• Salamander urged forcibly conscripted Dion soldiers to surrender, and families’ reunions encouraged many conscripts to flee their garrisons and join the Mieweng Unit.
• Yelishao De released eligible conscripts and relocated civilians, while Skywing forces surrounded Dion-held cities and cut off supplies as fighting began in some locations.

The Skywing Mercenary Group captured Dion bases, rescued civilians, and drove the Dion Army into a prolonged retreat while defections and internal divisions weakened it. The fighting continued toward Markus Fortress as the Nebula Thunderbolt Regiment began striking Dion forces from hiding.

• Salamander defeated Veronica at Glaison Base, but she shot herself rather than abandon the Dion Empire, and he saluted her body.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group broke through Glaison Base’s defenses, captured its power plant, and helped civilians and surrendered female soldiers reach safety.
• Lieutenant General Reigendrey fought the invading forces in Gudrian, but Zhou Ya and three other women killed him in a coordinated attack.
• The Mieweng Unit captured bases and disrupted Dion supply lines as guerrilla warfare and internal mistrust weakened the empire’s forces.
• Skywing forces defeated Royal Knights commanders Wenselas and Gandalf, while former Colony Sphere soldiers revealed they had been abducted and began surrendering or defecting.
• After nearly one hundred hours of fighting, the Dion Army retreated to a front line about eight hundred kilometers from Markus Fortress, with casualties five times those of the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• The thirty-six Nebula Thunderbolt Gundams ambushed Dion Army units across a burning forest and regrouped for new orders.

The Skywing Mercenary Group broke the Dion Empire’s defenses at Markus Fortress, then advanced on the capital as Fadis returned to lead the empire’s final resistance. The final battle began with Long Fei facing Fadis while allied forces breached the Crimson Palace and fought toward its engine.

• Nali and the allied Gundams destroyed Dion machines as coordinated attacks by the Blizzard Providence Gundam and its allies broke the enemy’s resolve and ended the prolonged fighting.
• Yelishao De uncovered Sky Wing Mercenary infiltrators, but Doxil, Cui Jie, Mashiyuan, Meilan, and other survivors evaded capture, rescued their teammates, and organized sabotage inside Markus Fortress.
• Long Fei and Shlaik rejected nuclear strikes against Titan’s Wall, while the Living Dead Unit and other forces continued fighting and the Dion Army’s frontline began to collapse.
• The Sky Wing Mercenaries expanded their underground resistance network and sabotaged Markus Fortress’s power controls as Yelishao De’s forces grew demoralized.
• Shlaik’s Gungnir volleys destroyed Titan’s Wall and devastated Markus Fortress, after which Yelishao De fought Long Fei in the Sacred Crimson Child and was killed.
• Fadis awoke, rallied the Dion Empire, and prepared to face Long Fei as the Final Battle began on October 7.
• The allied forces battered the Crimson Palace’s defenses, breached its Titan’s Wall and Zeus Armor, and forced the Crimson Emperor and Crimson Princess into battle.
• Long Fei fought Fadis while Yue Yangchun led a team into the Crimson Palace, where the allies battled Sacred Palace Guardians and pushed deeper toward the palace’s engine.

Long Fei defeated Fadis, founded the Skywing Empire, and set about rebuilding the Mars Sphere while investigating Noah technology and the origins of the Dion Empire’s power. As a mysterious fleet appeared near the empire, Long Fei chose vigilance and reconstruction over starting another war.

• Cross Vanguard forces destroyed the Golden Dawn launcher and crippled the Crimson Palace, which crashed outside the capital as Dion forces surrendered.
• Long Fei defeated Fadis, executed him, spared Grisina, and declared himself Emperor of the Skywing Empire.
• Long Fei established the new empire, secured international recognition, and introduced reforms to its government, military, education, healthcare, and economy.
• Long Fei was crowned on December 1, Cosmic Year 126, as the empire presented its Machine Gunners to the world.
• Long Fei investigated Noah history and learned that the Noah and Yama people had destroyed each other in a war that devastated Mars.
• Long Fei directed major reconstruction projects, including Electromagnetic Orbital Elevators and Star Gates, while his interview revealed the Noah people’s history and stirred international demands for their technology.
• Five flying-saucer warships appeared near the Skywing Empire, and Long Fei suspected they were linked to Kuroda Seiya and the Dongyang Empire.
• Long Fei ordered the military to monitor the mysterious fleet and declared that Gundams should protect peace rather than provoke war.