Chapter Summaries

Britney was assigned to pilot the Flying Fish MA after learning that all her comrades had died, and she launched it into the battle to avenge them. After destroying many enemy units, she drew the attention of three Gundams, and the Forbidden Gundam blocked her counterattack with its Mirage Colloid.

• Major General Batlan told Britney that she was the only surviving pilot and asked her to fly the Flying Fish MA.
• Britney inspected the Flying Fish MA, suited up, and launched from Barcelo Fortress Base.
• Britney used the Flying Fish MA’s weapons to destroy more than thirty Jegans and Murasames.
• The Plague God Gundam, Forbidden Gundam, and Invasion Gundam targeted the Flying Fish MA.
• The Forbidden Gundam’s Induction Plasma Cannon Vulture pierced the Flying Fish MA’s upper armor, and its Mirage Colloid refracted Britney’s return fire.

Britney’s Flying Fish Ma fought the Plague God Gundam, Forbidden Gundam, Invasion Gundam, and Warrior Gundam H before the allied Gundams destroyed it. Angelica captured Britney, who discovered that the Warrior Gundam H’s pilot was a twelve-year-old girl.

• The Flying Fish Ma dodged and counterattacked the Plague God Gundam, Forbidden Gundam, and Invasion Gundam, using its speed and Anti-Beam Missiles to hold them off.
• The Flying Fish Ma’s Doomsday cannon nearly hit the Plague God Gundam, but the Super Hyperion Gundam blocked the blast with its barrier.
• Angelica and the Invasion Gundam coordinated an attack while the Warrior Gundam H distracted the Flying Fish Ma, and the Forbidden Gundam damaged its rear thrusters.
• The Invasion Gundam struck the Flying Fish Ma with Thor's Hammer, the Forbidden Gundam severed its claws, and the Warrior Gundam H pierced its hull with both Beam Spears.
• Britney escaped in a pod, spoke with the Warrior Gundam H’s pilot, and learned that Angelica was twelve years old.
• The Warrior Gundam H brought Britney to the ground forces, who took her prisoner.

Skywing Mercenary Group captured Barcelo Fortress Base after Major General Batlan fled, and Britney and her fellow soldiers became prisoners. As they faced transfer to local guerrillas, Britney and Rand reflected on how frontline troops bore the consequences of decisions made by their superiors.

• Major General Batlan ordered a retreat from Barcelo Fortress Base, leaving forces behind to resist while he escaped with his fleet.
• Britney reunited with Rand in a prisoner tent, where he told her that Skywing Mercenary Group had also taken Bagen Fortress.
• Skywing Mercenary Group seized Barcelo Fortress Base, announced Batlan's flight, and forced the remaining defenders to surrender.
• Britney and the other prisoners were brought into the base, where she recognized Angelica and told Rand that the young girl was a Gundam pilot.
• A mercenary major announced that the prisoners would be handed over to local guerrillas and showed them footage of the Metadeng Nation military's atrocities.
• Britney and Rand concluded that frontline soldiers were left to bear the anger and suffering caused by decisions made by their superiors.

The Skywing Mercenary Group captured Bagen Fortress and Barcelo Fortress Base, while reports of Metadeng Nation atrocities and reprisals against its soldiers spread across the world. At Barcelo, Brigadier General Andre refused to save the prisoners, and Britney, Lan, and the other Specialized Fierce Raptor pilots were led away blindfolded and restrained.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group announced that it had taken Bagen Fortress and Barcelo Fortress Base, and guerrillas executed surrendered Metadeng Nation soldiers, including Major General Alisha.
• Footage of Metadeng Nation soldiers massacring civilians and deploying Nuclear Missiles at Bagen Fortress surfaced, prompting Miroslav to defend the South American Allied Nations' reprisals.
• The Metadeng Nation authorities suppressed domestic protests and arrested demonstration leaders, while residents in liberated towns beat and executed Metadeng Nation prisoners as Skywing Mercenaries looked on.
• Brigadier General Andre refused Metadeng Nation reporters' request to return the prisoners and said their country was responsible for their fate because it had invaded and mistreated local people.
• Britney, Lan, and the other Specialized Fierce Raptor pilots were blindfolded, restrained, and led away.

The Skywing Mercenary Group overwhelmed Metadeng Nation forces at the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station while cutting off retreating troops in South America. With the station under siege and reinforcements blocked, President Nikola and his ministers faced an escalating crisis.

• On the fourth day of battle, Skywing Mercenary Group Gundams destroyed the last three Flying Fish MAs, and Anton praised Mellis for his progress as an ace pilot.
• Lieutenant General Max received orders to hold the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station for twenty-four hours, though he doubted Metadeng Nation had spare forces to send.
• At Barcelo Fortress Base, Major General Fix ordered Brigadier General Andre and Brigadier Aixisi to intercept Metadeng Nation troops retreating from South America and prevent them from reinforcing the station.
• Skywing Mercenary Group forces continued their advance across the South American Continent, and Metadeng Nation troops began retreating toward home.
• President Nikola and his ministers learned that the Skywing Mercenary Group had intercepted the retreating Metadeng Nation troops.

The Skywing Mercenary Group began its final encirclement offensive against Lieutenant General Max’s forces, whose depleted weapons and dwindling fleet could not stop the enemy’s MS units. As Metadeng Nation media broadcast the losses from the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station, an enemy suppression force charged toward it under cover of MS units.

• Nikola learned that Metadeng Nation troops could not reinforce the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station and realized his political career was over.
• Lieutenant General Max ordered his forces to hold their ground as the Skywing Mercenary Group launched successive missile barrages and then deployed its MS units.
• Mellis, piloting Astaroth (Rebirth Type), and Anton, piloting the Barbatos Gundam, led attacks that broke through the defenders and struck their Guardian Fleet.
• Lieutenant General Max watched friendly units and warships disappear from the battlefield display while commanders pleaded for reinforcements.
• Metadeng Nation reporters broadcast the wounded pilots returning to the station as an announcer reported an enemy suppression force charging toward the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator.

The Skywing Mercenary Group broke into the Metadeng Nation’s Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station and overwhelmed its defenders with cloaking technology and advanced weapons. Sky Wing Mercenaries deployed War God Armor to smash through automated defenses and blast open the defenders’ barricaded corridors.

• Skywing Mercenaries attacked the checkpoint under cover of Jegans and Murasames, while cloaked troops killed Metadeng Nation soldiers with advanced weapons.
• A reporter and cameraman filmed the attackers; Sky Wing Mercenaries spared them and continued toward a corridor as the two journalists followed.
• Metadeng Nation defenders used automated defense machines and vehicles to resist, but Sky Wing Mercenaries destroyed them with cloaking and heavy weapons.
• Three Sky Wing Mercenaries wearing War God Armor charged through 30mm gunfire, smashed the defense machines, and repelled rocket attacks with War Shields.
• A War God Armor unit broke through a blast door with the War God Hammer, and the mercenaries threw bombs into the corridor beyond.

The Skywing Mercenary Group seized the Metadeng Nation’s Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station, leaving the nation’s economy and homeland exposed as its forces pressed toward Mofo City. Long Fei and his pilots led the assault in the south, where Lixiang rejected Angelica’s offer to work together.

• Lieutenant General Max advised President Nikola to withdraw the remaining Guardian Fleet, but Sky Wing Mercenaries captured the station command center and forced Max to order its defenders to surrender.
• Nikola’s government sought negotiations with Long Fei while three Skywing Mercenary Group Army-level Fleets advanced across the homeland.
• Long Fei piloted Gundam Dynames in Seven Swords configuration, destroyed three Raptor MS units, and pierced a destroyer’s bow during the attack on Mofo City.
• Angelica piloted the Warrior Gundam H and destroyed Major General Batlan’s ground warship and several MS units.
• Lixiang piloted the Seraphim Gundam and destroyed hidden and outdated MS units with its GN Prototype Bits and GN Beam spray gun.
• Angelica asked Lixiang to work together, but Lixiang refused and flew away.

Skywing Mercenary Group routed Metadeng Nation’s forces in Mofo City, then destroyed the city with bunker-buster missiles after its troops returned to their motherships. Long Fei defended the decision to Taoxiang, while President Nikola called for international sanctions as Metadeng Nation remained under attack.

• Skywing Mercenary Group ground forces used stealth suits, drones, unmanned vehicles, and Machine Hounds to hunt Metadeng Nation troops in Mofo City and gather intelligence through captured soldiers and MS.
• Taoxiang piloted Kyrios Gundam and helped clear the skies as Skywing Mercenary Group drove Metadeng Nation and Border Defense Force units back through the city, capturing commanders and enemy MS.
• Some Metadeng Nation commanders secretly attempted to flee, but Sky Wing Mercenaries intercepted their communications and captured them along their escape route.
• Aixisi ordered the forces not to pursue National Army troops into the sewers, and the three fleets later fired bunker-buster missiles that destroyed Mofo City and killed the soldiers hiding underground.
• Taoxiang questioned whether the destruction had gone too far, and Long Fei defended the attack by citing Metadeng Nation’s past atrocities and the civilian evacuation warning.
• President Nikola ordered a press conference condemning Skywing Mercenary Group and calling for international sanctions, then slumped under the pressure of the ongoing invasion.

The Skywing Mercenary Group attacked the Metadeng Nation’s Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator Station, bombarding its ground forces and sending in Sweeper Fleets to clear the battlefield. Anton and Barbatos helped destroy the defenders, and the remaining Metadeng Nation forces at the station were eliminated within two hours.

• Azinca City residents fled as the Skywing Mercenary Group’s forces approached, while other nations watched the coming battle over Metadeng Nation.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group launched seven waves of Vertical Missiles, devastating Metadeng Nation’s ground fleets and defenses around the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator.
• Sweeper Fleet 2 deployed the Heavenly Soldier Unit, and mercenaries began eliminating surviving Metadeng Nation soldiers as the fleets cleared the area.
• Anton piloted Barbatos through the enemy formation, destroying more than twenty Metadeng Nation MS units in less than two minutes.
• Mellis praised Anton over the cockpit communication, and Anton encouraged him to work harder.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group cleared the remaining ground fleets in less than two hours and eliminated the Metadeng Nation forces at the station.

After Metadeng Nation sought ceasefire negotiations, Long Fei agreed to negotiate for strategic concessions rather than occupy the country. He persuaded Michael, Britney, and the other Coordinators to reveal their origins and testify, leaving their cooperation as leverage in the coming talks.

• Nikola consulted his ministers after the Sky Wing Mercenaries captured Metadeng Nation's domestic Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator station and demonstrated superior technology.
• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that Nikola wanted ceasefire negotiations, and Long Fei agreed to talks in Azinca City while ordering his team to seek favorable terms.
• Metadeng Nation and the Sky Wing Mercenaries declared a temporary ceasefire ahead of negotiations scheduled for fifteen days later.
• Long Fei questioned Michael, Britney, and the other Coordinators aboard the Archangel, assuring them that he had removed their explosive chips and describing his vision of equal treatment.
• Long Fei offered the Coordinators a place in his territory and asked them to disclose their facilities and testify at the negotiations; Michael agreed to cooperate.

Long Fei arrived at the negotiations in Azinca City and publicly humiliated President Nikola while countering a reporter’s accusations with questions about the Metadeng Nation’s actions abroad. Nikola swallowed his anger and entered the convention hall, where Long Fei demanded that negotiations begin.

• Long Fei arrived at the convention hall with Li Jiaming and the Skywing Mercenary Group as reporters gathered to question him.
• Alice accused Long Fei of killing captured soldiers and causing deaths in the Metadeng Nation, and Long Fei countered by asking whether its leaders had felt guilt for their invasions and massacres.
• Long Fei slapped Nikola outside the convention hall, then had Sky Wing Mercenaries execute domestic reporters and declared that his group’s actions represented democracy, freedom, and fairness.
• Long Fei grabbed Alice by the throat until she agreed that his version of fairness was fair, then entered the convention hall with Li Jiaming and the other commanders.
• Long Fei slapped Nikola again inside the hall and told him to know the difference between master and servant; Nikola apologized and agreed to negotiate.

Long Fei’s team exposed the Metadeng Nation’s treatment of the Coordinators and forced the negotiations into public view, then presented harsh conditions that Nikola refused to accept. Long Fei ended the talks and gave Nikola twenty-four hours to withdraw before the Skywing Mercenary Group resumed its advance.

• Former Metadeng Nation soldiers calling themselves Coordinators accused the nation of creating, abusing, and attempting to exterminate them, while Long Fei’s team presented supporting evidence.
• Long Fei demanded open negotiations and threatened to resume the war if Nikola refused; Nikola’s side agreed to the public talks.
• Nikola and Long Fei presented opposing demands, with Long Fei’s conditions requiring extensive payments, concessions, bases, and the handover of the Coordinators.
• Nikola and several ministers protested Long Fei’s terms, but Long Fei defended them by accusing the Metadeng Nation of having bullied weaker nations and said the war would continue.
• After Nikola rejected the conditions, Long Fei left the conference and gave him twenty-four hours to withdraw from the city, warning that civilians in several named cities should evacuate before the Skywing Mercenary Group attacked.

Freelance war correspondent Malok filmed the Skywing Mercenary Group launching its assault on Azinca City after the Metadeng Nation rejected its terms. The defenders were overwhelmed by missile strikes and superior troops, and a Sky Wing Mercenary seized a Falcon MS as the battle continued.

• Malok reported on Azinca City's evacuation and the Metadeng Nation's preparations as the twenty-four-hour deadline approached.
• At the deadline, the Skywing Mercenary Group attacked Metadeng forces with missiles, destroying or disabling much of their equipment and blocking further missile launches.
• Skywing Mercenaries descended on Azinca City and overwhelmed its defenders while Malok filmed the fighting.
• A Sky Wing Mercenary destroyed a tank with an electric grenade and then used stealth to move to another battlefield.
• A Sky Wing Mercenary climbed onto a Falcon MS, killed its pilot, and took control of the machine.

Skywing Mercenary Group forces captured Azinca City and several other Metadeng Nation cities in a swift campaign, while Long Fei secretly negotiated with Pope David. The Metadeng leadership rejected nuclear retaliation and faced the loss of its major cities.

• Malok watched a Sky Wing Mercenary fight through defending troops, then saw her enter an empty Mk-II G cockpit and pilot the machine against enemy MS units.
• Long Fei secretly spoke with Pope David, who explained why he no longer wanted to continue the Goddess of Vengeance Plan and agreed to Long Fei’s requested compensation.
• Skywing Mercenary Group forces overwhelmed Metadeng Nation’s defenders in Azinca City, and the city surrendered after six hours; other targeted cities fell soon afterward.
• Nikola and his ministers considered their dwindling options, rejected proposals to launch nuclear missiles, and Nikola regretted not accepting Long Fei’s demands earlier.
• Malok interviewed captured soldiers and Sky Wing Mercenaries, who treated their victory as the expected result of fighting a much weaker opponent.

As the Metadeng Nation’s war effort and government collapsed, Nikola faced public exposure of its secret Coordinator facilities and rejected Long Fei’s expanded terms. He woke from a stroke to learn that Kendi had signed the terms and that the Skywing Mercenary Group had forced the nation’s elites to surrender industries and support the agreement.

• Nikola learned that cities were falling, citizens were resisting emergency orders and conscription, and Congress was preparing to force him to accept Long Fei’s terms.
• A Skywing Mercenary Group special forces unit exposed a Coordinator training facility, and Nikola ordered the public announcement that he accepted Long Fei’s original terms.
• Long Fei demanded additional terms, including control of occupied territories, Metadeng disarmament, Skywing control of its defense force and procurement, and sweeping trade and legal privileges.
• After learning that the Skywing Mercenary Group had seized banks in occupied cities, Nikola suffered a cerebral infarction and collapsed.
• Two days later, George told Nikola that the war was over, Kendi had signed the terms in Nikola’s place, and the Skywing Mercenary Group had forced captured capitalists to transfer industries and lobby for the agreement.

The Metadeng Nation accepted harsh peace terms, while the Skywing Mercenary Group expanded its bases and influence. Long Fei returned toward the main base as Li Jiaming worked to settle two hundred thousand Coordinators and secure identification documents for them.

• The Skywing Mercenary Group arranged for the Metadeng Nation to pay reparations and cede territory to the Oya Cross Nation and the South American Allied Nations, ending opposition to the treaty terms.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group established its sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth sub-bases, while Long Fei prepared to leave the Earth Sphere and return to the main base.
• Long Xuan told Long Fei that imperial officials were trying to curry favor with his family, and Taoxiang agreed to make sure he rested.
• Li Jiaming secured identification documents for the two hundred thousand Coordinators from the Mika'ang Kingdom, the Kingdom of Zoik, and the Kingdom of Nicron in return for Skywing Group investments.
• Li Jiaming arranged housing, work, and schooling for the Coordinators and ordered Skywing Group employees to treat them equally, while Long Fei rested during the journey home.

Long Fei tested the God Gundam’s motion-control cockpit with Dongfang Wudi and found that their movements synchronized exceptionally well, though damage to the Gundam caused Dongfang Wudi pain. After a researcher suggested designing Gundams for specialists from other fields, Long Fei considered expanding his search for pilots and noticed Alonso’s high ranking in the simulation battles.

• Long Fei showed Dongfang Wudi the God Gundam and explained that its motion-control cockpit was designed for him.
• Dongfang Wudi trained in the simulation cockpit, demonstrating martial arts and completing movement and flight tests with flawless synchronization.
• Long Fei guided Dongfang Wudi through simulated combat, where he learned to use the God Gundam’s weapons and felt pain whenever it was hit.
• Long Fei reviewed the combat data and worried that finding another pilot with Dongfang Wudi’s physical abilities would be difficult.
• Brice suggested designing Gundams for experts such as boxers and strongmen, and Long Fei praised his idea.
• Long Fei checked the simulation rankings, saw Alonso in fourth place, and decided to speak with Alonso’s older sister if he got the chance.

Dongfang Wudi tested the God Gundam against several Ace Pilots, demonstrating its overwhelming combat ability and devastating finishing move. Long Fei explained the motion-sensing cockpit’s limits and speculated that humanity might be powerless against a more advanced alien civilization.

• Dongfang Wudi defeated Avina, the Zhou Ya Sisters, Mellis, and other Ace Pilots in brief combat tests with the God Gundam.
• Taoxiang fought Dongfang Wudi more evenly with Gundam Dynames, but the God Gundam disabled its arms and defeated it.
• At Long Fei’s request, Dongfang Wudi used the God Gundam’s Flash Hand to shatter a meteorite into dust.
• Long Fei told the Ace Pilots that the motion-sensing cockpit suited Dongfang Wudi and advised them to keep improving with their own piloting system.
• Long Fei discussed ancient myths and possible alien civilizations with Li Xiucheng and Taoxiang, admitting that humanity might not be able to stop a powerful alien invasion.

Long Fei and Skywing Mercenary Group’s generals reviewed the war against the Metadeng Nation and considered new armor, weapons, and Mobile Armor development. They also discussed the abilities and severe lifespan defects of Advanced and Elite Coordinators.

• Long Fei and the generals reviewed their battlefield casualties, weaknesses in their equipment, and tactical failures against the Metadeng Nation.
• Long Fei presented Wolf-type, Elephant-type, Bird-type, and other outer armor designs, and the generals judged them sufficient for varied battlefields without a new Sparta Battle Suit generation.
• The generals discussed ground-combat limitations for MS units and losses caused by the Flying Fish MA, so Long Fei ordered an evaluation of Mobile Armor designs.
• The group reviewed Coordinators’ rapid learning and the heightened combat abilities of Advanced Coordinators, who could emerge after surviving life-threatening battles.
• The generals learned that Elite Coordinators could switch into a supercomputing combat state but suffered genetic defects and short lifespans, leading the Metadeng Nation to stop creating them.