Chapter Summaries

The Skywing Mercenary Group carried out Operation Alpha against the Dion Pirates, killing pirates and hostages alike rather than letting the pirates use civilians to stop them. Elsewhere in District 9 Colony, the group’s Gustav Karl units showcased their upgraded combat capabilities and inflicted heavy losses on the Dion forces.

• The Dion Pirates’ leader threatened to kill hostages, but the Skywing Mercenary Group continued its advance and Machine Gunners shot the hostages and pirates who stood in their way.
• Livestream viewers watched Machine Gunners kill civilians and hostages alongside pirates, while governments ordered their defense ministries to drive off the Dion Pirate Group at any cost.
• Reporters covering battles elsewhere in District 9 Colony spotted the Gustav Karl, an agile mass-produced MS equipped with AS technology and the Electromagnetic Muscle Module.
• A Gustav Karl pilot destroyed nine enemy MS, including a Jegan, Fei Lei II, Salamander, Blood Red, and Wing Bird.
• Other Gustav Karl units fought Azure Saint Machines and sniped down an Emerald Saint Machine as battles raged across the colony.

Anksha and the upgraded Zaku Phantom variants battled the Pirate Group, with Zaku Phantom units proving effective in close combat, suppression, and long-range attacks. The Artillery Zaku Phantoms destroyed nearly all the pirate warships, and Skywing Mercenary Group missiles finished off the last Brock Frigate.

• Anksha fought enemy MS in both MA and MS forms, but its performance received mixed reviews from elite and special-forces pilots depending on whether they served in space or under gravity.
• Long Fei's upgraded Zaku Phantom used its shoulder shield, Beam Assault Rifle, grenades, and Beam Axes to destroy pirate MS.
• Instantaneous Zaku Phantoms launched Firebee missiles and fired 500mm Recoilless Rifles to attack pirate MS and cover their comrades' advance.
• Slash Zaku Phantoms suppressed pirate MS with Gatling Beam Machine Guns and grenades, then cut down the scattered enemies with Beam Scythe-Axes.
• Artillery Zaku Phantoms destroyed most pirate warships with their high-energy long-range Beam Cannons, while their allies protected them from attacks.
• Skywing Mercenary Group warships launched Mobile Drill Missiles that destroyed the Pirate Group's remaining Brock Frigate.

After the Zaku Phantom appeared in battlefield footage, the Oya Cross Nation sought new MS from Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company and asked Long Fei for industrial investment. The company agreed to provide test units from other Cyclops Series lines, while Long Fei said he would help the nation develop its industries in exchange for agreed-upon benefits.

• The Zaku Phantom’s appearance prompted speculation about the Cyclops Series and led Oya Cross Nation officials to discuss purchasing new MS.
• Pope David, Saintess Aina, and the bishops agreed to ask Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company about buying the Zaku Phantom, but Sakchi said it was not for sale.
• Sakchi showed Saintess Aina’s group images of available mass-production MS, and Bishops William and Matthew selected several models for five-unit pilot trials.
• Pope David asked Long Fei to invest in Oya Cross Nation’s industries, and Long Fei agreed to discuss assistance in exchange for benefits to the Skywing Empire.

The Skywing Mercenary Group continued its assault on the Dion Pirate Group in the Area 9 Colony, while Dikla realized the attacks threatened to ruin his plans in the Mars Sphere. During a live broadcast, the Oberon Gundam revealed its true form and Grimoire System, destroying the Dion Pirates’ Mobile Armors with overwhelming power.

• Dikla realized the Skywing Mercenary Group had inflicted severe losses on the Dion Pirate Group in the Area 9 Colony and feared it would next attack the Area 2 Colony.
• Dikla blamed Purvi for failing to help the Dion Pirate Group despite their shared interests.
• Reporters broadcast the Skywing Mercenary Group’s battle against the Dion Pirates and spotted unusual gray-white armored mobile suits.
• A damaged armored unit shed its Chobham Armor and revealed itself as the Oberon Gundam.
• The Oberon Gundam destroyed Seigya with its Heat Scissors, shield cannon, and four Beam Sabers.
• An Oberon Gundam in Grimoire Mode pierced Fenrir with its Mega Particle Cannon, demonstrating the system’s enhanced weapons and psychic barrier.

Minister Shlaik approved production of three Grimoire System mobile suits, while the Skywing Empire investigated drifting debris and enemy forces. Mr. Mai persuaded Billy of the Amistad Family to cooperate with Las, then sent debris carrying hidden Las devices toward the Mars Sphere.

• After seeing the Oberon Gundam perform in battle, Minister Shlaik asked Long Fei to produce it and then approved manufacturing the Oberon Gundam, Fafnir, and Demeter.
• Long Fei received 500 billion Skywing Coins from Minister Shlaik to fund the three mobile suits, which required pilots with at least B-rank Newtype abilities.
• The Skywing Imperial Army and Skywing Mercenary Group coordinated against the Dion Pirate Group, the Hundred Demons Night Parade, and Wanluo Federation secret forces while also clearing drifting meteors and wreckage.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group traced debris heading toward the Mars Sphere from the Wanluo Federation and the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic, prompting Long Fei to suspect the two had joined forces or that Las had infiltrated the latter.
• Mr. Mai offered advanced Las technology to Billy, head of the Amistad Family, and Billy chose to cooperate despite fearing the danger to his family.
• Mr. Mai sent damaged Colony Satellites, wreckage, and meteors toward the Mars Sphere with Las devices hidden among them.

Yue Yangchun piloted the newly combined 00 Raiser Striker Unit Pack into battle against the Hundred Demons Night Parade, rapidly turning the Border Defense Force’s defeat into a rout. As Yue drew the enemy’s fire and his elite squadron arrived, Takahashi Hikaru prepared to challenge the Gundam.

• Yue Yangchun and Haro launched from the Taurus II Mothership in the 00 Gundam and Striker Unit Fighter, combining them into the 00 Raiser Striker Unit Pack.
• Yue opened the battle by destroying a Yata Mirror Battleship from long range, then tore through the enemy MS forces and boosted the Border Defense Force’s morale.
• Takahashi Hikaru accepted the order to engage Yue, while the Hundred Demons Night Parade commander called for all remaining MS units to attack the 00 Raiser Striker Unit Pack.
• Yue destroyed fifty enemy MS units in ten minutes and drew a concentrated barrage from the Night Demons and Evil Night Demons.
• The elite MS squadron arrived and quickly suppressed Enenra 1st Squad’s MS force as the commander waited for Takahashi Hikaru to take down Yue.

Takahashi Hikaru and Yue Yangchun fought a fierce duel between Demon Blade and the 00 Striker Unit Pack while the surrounding battle turned against Enenra 1st Squad. After both sides activated their combat boosts, Yue Yangchun used Trans-Am to read Takahashi Hikaru’s intentions and anticipate his every move.

• Takahashi Hikaru launched Demon Blade and confronted Yue Yangchun, whose 00 Striker Unit Pack had been destroying Evil Night Demons.
• The two Newtype pilots recognized each other through their mental connection and battled with swords, but Yue Yangchun’s faster Gundam gradually overpowered Demon Blade.
• Yue Yangchun pressed his attack with four blades, while elite Skywing Empire units destroyed many of Enenra 1st Squad’s MS.
• Enenra 1st Squad’s commander prepared to retreat after learning the infiltrating units had advanced, but an attack destroyed two Yata Mirror Battleships and left the squad with no way back.
• Takahashi Hikaru activated Efficiency Boost Mode as Yue Yangchun activated Trans-Am and the 00 Striker Unit Pack entered the Triple Red State.
• Yue Yangchun blocked Demon Blade’s surprise attack and used Trans-Am-enhanced brainwave perception to detect Takahashi Hikaru’s intentions.

Yue Yangchun defeated Takahashi Hikaru by using GN Quantum afterimages to evade the Demon Blade’s powerful strike and destroy it. After the Skywing Empire won the battle, they discovered that the Hundred Demons Night Parade had forced its pilots to die rather than surrender, while captured Yata Mirror Battleship crew members provided little intelligence.

• Takahashi Hikaru unleashed the Demon Blade’s energy blade, which cut through a GN Quantum afterimage of the 00 Striker Unit Pack.
• Yue Yangchun appeared beside the Demon Blade and cleaved it apart with the gigantic Buster Sword, turning the battle’s momentum in the Skywing Empire’s favor.
• The 00 Striker Unit Pack and Skywing Empire forces attacked the remaining Enenra 1st Squad MS forces, who fought desperately because their organization forbade surrender.
• The Skywing Empire captured twenty-five MS units but found their pilots dead, killed by bombs installed in their flight suits.
• Yue Yangchun examined the destroyed cockpits and learned that the Hundred Demons Night Parade had rigged its pilots to prevent surrender and intelligence leaks.
• The Skywing Empire tortured a small number of captured Yata Mirror Battleship crew members, but they yielded little useful information beyond confirming their Dongyang origins.

Lixiang led the Skywing Empire forces against three stealthy Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships and tested the Seraphim Gundam GNHW/3G’s weapons and remote-control systems. The central battleship was disabled, and the battle continued as Lixiang’s Archangel Gundam, Seraphim Gundam, and two Flashes tore through the enemy MS.

• Lixiang led eighteen Sathiels toward the mysterious fleet while three Dogos-Gia Class Battleships attacked its flank and forced the three Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships to reveal themselves.
• The fleet deployed more than 180 Lizardman MS, which engaged the Skywing Empire’s Jestas, Richers, and Inverse △ units.
• Lixiang used the Seraphim Gundam GNHW/3G’s GN Cannons and GN Bazookas to destroy ten Lizardman MS, then fired its Double Rocket Cannon through the central battleship’s hull.
• A cloaked Skywing Empire suppression force entered the damaged battleship through the breach and attacked its crew as they prepared to abandon ship.
• Lixiang detached the Archangel Gundam and two GN-00902 Flashes, remotely controlling the Seraphim Gundam and Flashes while fighting the Lizardman MS.
• After ten minutes of battle, Lixiang had destroyed more than thirty Lizardman MS while testing her new equipment.

Andre and the Skywing Empire forces defeated and captured much of the Lizardman MS and Soft-shelled Turtle fleet, while the Black Rabbit Unit conducted operations elsewhere. Lixiang and Yue Yangchun suspected the Wanluo Federation had used technology from Las Kingdom to build the enemy weapons, and investigators discovered clones among the prisoners.

• Andre piloted Kuvunar through the battlefield, destroying and disabling Lizardman MS and breaching a Soft-shelled Turtle Battleship as Skywing Empire forces captured the ships and their crews.
• The captain of the right Soft-shelled Turtle Battleship detonated its nuclear bombs, killing 130 Skywing Empire suppression troops, while more than 150 Lizardman MS were shot down and the survivors were captured.
• The Black Rabbit Unit destroyed an asteroid for processing and eliminated or captured members of the Dion Pirate Group, Hundred Demons Night Parade, and a mysterious fleet.
• Lixiang returned to the Taurus II Mothership and discussed the day's battles with Yue Yangchun, who suspected the Wanluo Federation had acquired Las Kingdom technology to develop the Lizardman MS and Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships.
• Investigators examining captured members of the Soft-shelled Turtle fleet discovered that some of the prisoners were clones.

Skywing Empire officials confirmed that prisoners captured from the Wanluo Federation were clones of people who had died in the Mieweng Operation, and traced the captured Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships to Wanluo territory. Long Fei ordered the Empire to reveal its evidence of Purvi’s cooperation with Las, leaving the Wanluo Federation facing international outrage and growing political opposition.

• Shlaik reported that DNA tests matched prisoners to deceased Wanluo Federation citizens and that captured Soft-shelled Turtle Battleships originated in Wanluo territory.
• Long Fei ordered evidence of Purvi’s cooperation with Las to be made public before the Empire attacked the Wanluo Federation.
• On August 1, the Skywing Empire broadcast its intelligence about Las cooperation with Purvi, prompting international shock and denials from Purvi and the Wanluo Federation authorities.
• From August 2, the Empire released evidence, videos, and DNA sequencing showing that Las people had replaced senior Wanluo officials.
• Wanluo Federation civilians and opposition parties confirmed the replacements through DNA comparisons, while opposition groups accused Purvi’s government of treason and other countries distanced themselves from the Federation.

The Skywing Empire exposed the Wanluo Federation’s cooperation with Las, its clone program, and its attack on the Empire, leading to the Federation’s expulsion from the international community and unrest at home. As Colony Satellites declared independence, Long Fei’s ministers debated whether to attack them, and Shlaik advised focusing on the Federation’s central region while seeking cooperation from the breakaway territories.

• The Skywing Empire released evidence of the Wanluo Federation’s secret cooperation with Las and its role in sending meteors and wreckage toward the Empire, while Purvi denied the accusations and contradicted himself.
• The Skywing Empire showed captured Wanluo Federation clones on video, prompting the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic and other nations to sever ties with the Federation.
• At the international conference hosted by Pope David, the nations voted overwhelmingly to expel the Wanluo Federation from the international community.
• Citizens protested Purvi’s rule, and Colony Satellites held referendums, declared independence, and asked the Skywing Empire not to attack them.
• Long Fei asked his ministers whether to attack the breakaway territories, and Shlaik recommended targeting the Federation’s central region while setting conditions for the new nations to cooperate.

The Wanluo Federation fractured as Purvi lost military and political support, while the Skywing Empire occupied Colony Satellite No. 87. Mr. Mai’s forces were exposed and attacked near the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic border, where Britney and the Zhou Ya Sisters joined a battle against the Las Kingdom fleet.

• Eight Wanluo Federation Colony Satellites declared independence, and Nigen announced that the military would no longer obey Purvi; more satellites later broke away as Purvi’s government collapsed.
• The Skywing Empire occupied Colony Satellite No. 87, disarmed its forces, and ignored Purvi’s appeals for international aid.
• Mr. Mai learned that the Anglo-Saxon Democratic Republic had exposed his forces and dismantled their agents, so he ordered an immediate relocation.
• Skywing Empire forces attacked Mr. Mai’s three concealed ships, and he ordered his mobile suits to counterattack while his device needed fifteen minutes to activate.
• Britney joined the Zhou Ya Sisters in Pirate Gundams for an operation against the Las Kingdom, and the ensuing fleet battle revealed the Las Kingdom’s Disk Demon mobile suit.

Britney and the Skywing Empire forces fought the Las Kingdom’s Sphere Guards and Disk Demons, demonstrating their weapons and tactics while Mr. Mai watched the battle and planned to escape with its recordings. The Skywing commander ordered his ships to capture Mr. Mai, but the target’s location remained unclear as Britney and Rebecca were sent to advance toward him.

• Britney used the Pirate Gundam Phantom’s Peacock Screen Shattering Crossbow and Folding Butterfly Gunblade against enemy units as the Skywing Empire’s forces countered the Disk Demons’ defenses and all-directional attacks.
• Mr. Mai watched the battlefield recordings being made, decided to escape with them, and considered urging his country to attack the Skywing Empire.
• After the blue-haired woman whispered to him, Mr. Mai chose to go somewhere else, while the Skywing commander ordered the Shield Breaker II Destroyer to fire near the Las Kingdom warships without striking their centers.
• Britney shot down six Disk Demons and thirteen Sphere Guards, then received orders to charge toward Mr. Mai with Rebecca while her sister and the other team members stayed to fight.

Britney and Rebecca fought to protect the Las Kingdom warships as Mr. Mai tricked the Skywing Empire into targeting decoys and escaped aboard the final ship using light-speed travel. After learning the enemy had escaped, Long Fei sensed a looming crisis that could threaten him and the entire planet and began preparing for the worst.

• Britney and Rebecca attacked the Las Kingdom warships while an F90 II L provided long-range support by sniping enemy machines.
• Mr. Mai ordered the warships to prepare for light-speed travel, and the Skywing Empire commander fired an Electromagnetic Velocity Cannon at the forward ship, disabling its travel systems.
• Britney and Rebecca charged toward the forward warship, then withdrew when ordered, while the Skywing forces fired again and damaged that ship.
• Mr. Mai revealed that he had stayed aboard the rear warship, which activated its light-speed travel device and escaped before a third cannon shot could hit it.
• Long Fei gathered military leaders, ministers, Empress Taoxiang, and Skywing Group executives, telling them his Newtype precognition warned of a major crisis within the next few months.

Long Fei warned his ministers that a grave danger might threaten the Mars Sphere and ordered preparations, suspecting a giant meteorite or abandoned colony could be headed their way. He named Taoxiang as his successor if anything happened to him, while recalling how her authority as his representative had been formalized as the Special Executive Officer position.

• Long Fei told the ministers and commanders that his sense of impending danger required them to prepare for a crisis, and Taoxiang told him that Long Quan had predicted a huge rock would fall from the sky.
• Long Fei suspected the attacks and debris threatening the nation might conceal a plan to send a giant meteorite or abandoned colony toward the Mars Sphere, and he ordered Li Jiaming to investigate possible incoming objects.
• Long Fei declared that Taoxiang would take over his imperial and Skywing Group powers if he died, then explained that he trusted her to manage the empire and their children.
• Long Fei had granted Taoxiang authority to punish officials, prompting protests that led Salamander to propose a Special Executive Officer position for the Emperor's authorized representative.
• Long Fei established the Special Executive Officer position, and the regional officials dropped their objections to Taoxiang exercising his delegated authority.

The Wanluo Federation lost control of its colonies as the military refused to obey Purvi and Skywing forces advanced toward Colony Satellite No. 1. Congress impeached Purvi, who fled with his family but was captured by the Skywing Empire military after Xiao Mike’s group revealed their whereabouts.

• The Wanluo Federation military, led by Nigen, refused Purvi’s orders to fight the Skywing Empire and surrendered Colony Satellites No. 86 and No. 87 without resistance.
• By August 25, fifty colonies had declared independence, while Skywing Empire military and mercenary forces advanced without meeting resistance.
• Xiao Mike told Purvi that Congress had unanimously impeached him and urged him to leave before Skywing forces reached Colony Satellite No. 1.
• Purvi fled the Presidential Office and escaped with his family aboard his spacecraft.
• Xiao Mike’s group sold Purvi’s whereabouts to the Skywing Empire military, which arrested Purvi and his family less than a day after their escape.

After Purvi’s arrest, the Skywing Empire withdrew from Wanluo Federation territory, leaving Xiao Mike’s government to manage a weakened federation and seek readmission to the international community. Major powers supported admitting the breakaway Colony Satellites as well, while some negotiated a return and others pursued independence.

• The Skywing Empire announced Purvi’s arrest and withdrew its military and mercenaries from the Wanluo Federation after Colony Satellites surrendered or allowed passage.
• Xiao Mike became president and, after failing to secure the return of scientists taken by the Skywing Empire, chose to focus on rejoining the international community.
• Pope David and national leaders discussed the Wanluo Federation’s application, while major powers made readmission conditional on admitting the independent Colony Satellites too.
• Xiao Mike’s administration grew angry at the plan, which it saw as an effort to keep the Wanluo Federation divided and weak.
• Some independent Colony Satellites reopened talks with Xiao Mike about returning, while resource-rich colonies sought international recognition of their independence with major-power support.

The Skywing Empire crushed the clone network after interrogating Purvi, while Kuroda Seiya prepared another plan against Long Fei. A captured Dion Empire loyalist, Xiao Kedi, learned that the Skywing Empire had used him to feed false intelligence to his former comrades, then refused to cooperate.

• The International Conference voted to readmit the Wanluo Federation and considered admitting the Republic of Las and the Republic of Baolai Di.
• Purvi confessed the clone troops’ intelligence and collaborators, allowing the Skywing Empire to identify and raid their transit points, which the Hundred Demons Night Parade had already abandoned.
• Kuroda Seiya arranged the Hundred Demons Night Parade’s next move and offered to help his grandnephew Dikla oppose Long Fei.
• Xiao Kedi secretly transmitted information from a Fa Poser Warship before Skywing Empire soldiers captured him.
• The interrogators revealed that they had monitored Xiao Kedi and fed him false intelligence, using a lookalike to make his comrades believe he had betrayed them.
• Xiao Kedi refused to reveal intelligence, and the interrogator prepared to force him to cooperate.

Skywing Empire forces used the Full Armor Oberon Gundam’s Grimoire System to cripple the Dion Pirates and revealed that the apparent betrayals were part of a larger intelligence operation. With pirate leaders captured and their hideouts identified, Li Jiaming prepared the Skywing Mercenary Group to eliminate the remaining forces.

• The Full Armor Oberon Gundam disrupted the Amethyst Saint Machine’s remote weapons with White Grimoire, then destroyed it with its Mega Particle Cannon.
• The Dion pirate leader learned that Torres had sent a message declaring his loyalty to the Skywing Empire and believed Torres had betrayed them.
• The Skywing Empire’s intelligence operation was revealed: captured pirates had exposed codes and contacts, while former Dion soldiers secretly supplied information to the pirate group.
• Skywing Empire forces captured pirate leaders and used their intelligence to locate the Dion Pirate Group’s hideouts, including its headquarters.
• The Skywing Empire military informed the Skywing Mercenary Group, and Li Jiaming mobilized his forces to attack the targets and commented on Dikla’s fate.