Chapter Summaries

Long Fei negotiated with Victor over future business, declined to sell him Gundams, and agreed to consider a mercenary commission. After returning to the Taurus, Long Fei learned that the Metadeng Nation might have been behind attacks on his escort fleets, though the attackers had recently withdrawn.

• Long Fei told Victor he would not interfere with Li Jiaming’s decisions and refused to sell Gundams, but agreed to discuss Victor’s commission and respond within ten days.
• Victor stopped Ivan from considering an attempt to capture Long Fei and revealed that Skywing Mercenary Group’s Sparta Battle Suit had been nearby.
• Victor told Ivan that two children in Skywing Mercenary Group were Gundam pilots, and Ivan said she would choose Long Fei over Boris.
• Long Fei discussed Victor’s commission with Li Jiaming, who said the group would consider it while seeking a higher payment.
• Li Jiaming reported that competitors and armed groups had withdrawn from confrontations with their escort fleets since the Battle of Yelen Island Base Defense ended.
• Long Fei suspected the Metadeng Nation had targeted his fleets and told Li Jiaming to decline its future commissions whenever possible.

The Russo-Soviet Republic's military officials learned that the Gouf MS used a nuclear fusion engine and considered its technology valuable for developing their own mobile suits. Meanwhile, Long Fei accepted a new commission, returned to base, and agreed to celebrate his birthday with Taoxiang making his cake.

• Brigadier General Victor reported that the Gouf MS outperformed other tested mobile suits and had advanced stealth capabilities and search radar sensors.
• Victor revealed that the Gouf MS used two nuclear fusion power sources, stunning the military officials, and said the engines were being studied.
• The First Brigade Fleet accepted Victor's new commission and returned to base, where the Hyperion Gundam had been completed and Long Fei planned to convert the Taurus into a Taurus II.
• Li Xiucheng reminded Long Fei that his birthday was in two days, and Lixiang persuaded him to celebrate with Taoxiang's chocolate mousse cake.
• Long Fei asked Taoxiang to make the cake, and Li Xiucheng contacted Li Jiaming, who arranged a lavish birthday feast.

Long Fei celebrated his birthday with the employees at the main base, where a series of embarrassing mishaps led him to confess his feelings for Taoxiang. He announced their relationship to everyone and resumed the banquet, which ended with Lixiang suggesting Taoxiang feed him cake.

• Taoxiang made a large chocolate black mousse cake for Long Fei, and the employees celebrated his birthday at the main base.
• At the banquet, Zhou Ya teased Long Fei into feeding Taoxiang cake, and Taoxiang fled in embarrassment.
• Long Fei followed Taoxiang, accidentally kissed her when he caught her after she slipped, then kissed her again and asked her to become his woman.
• Taoxiang agreed to be Long Fei's woman, and he led her back to the banquet to announce their relationship and warn everyone not to tease her.
• Lixiang handed Taoxiang a slice of cake and suggested she feed Long Fei, causing a fork to fall to the ground.

Long Fei reviewed the Argama and Neo-Argama MS Carrier designs, gave the Argama blueprints to Sakchi, and prepared for Victor’s commission. He also worried about Taoxiang’s workload and promised to take her to visit her ancestors’ homelands when he returned to the Hanxia Empire.

• Long Fei and company personnel compared simulated battles, chose the Argama MS Carrier for production, and Long Fei handed Sakchi its blueprints.
• Long Fei confirmed he would join Victor’s commission with the Wing Gundam, while Li Xiucheng asked to pilot the Justice Goddess Gundam F Type.
• Long Fei found Taoxiang tired from balancing pilot training and paperwork, and told her to leave the documents to employees.
• Long Fei, Taoxiang, and Li Xiucheng ate together, then Taoxiang and Lixiang paid respects to their former Jupiter ship comrades.
• Taoxiang told Long Fei about her family’s mixed ancestry, and he promised to take her to visit her grandparents’ ancestral homelands.

Oya Cross Nation fought a desperate defensive war against Metadeng Nation, whose superior forces threatened to seize its Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator. Bella battled several Raptor MS until her Saint Seiya MS ran out of energy, but a red MS suddenly destroyed the enemy about to finish her off.

• Metadeng Nation launched a four-direction assault on Oya Cross Nation, whose outdated forces struggled despite outnumbering the enemy in space.
• Bella covered a companion's retreat, defeated a Raptor MS, and returned to the carrier to recharge her Saint Seiya MS.
• Bella sortied again and destroyed another Raptor MS after a prolonged duel, then fought off two more attackers while her allies remained pinned down.
• Bella destroyed both Raptor MS but ran out of energy while retreating, leaving her stranded before an enemy prepared to strike.
• A cyan beam destroyed the attacking Raptor MS, and a red MS streaked past Bella.

The Skywing Mercenary Group entered the battle and turned the Metadeng Nation fleet’s advance against Oya Cross Nation into a retreat. As Oya Cross launched a counterattack, Lieutenant General Bruce relied on Major General Donis’s fleet arriving in ten minutes to reverse the situation again.

• Lieutenant General Bruce learned that the Skywing Mercenary Group had joined the battlefield with six Gundams and redeployed his Zaku I and Raptor MS units to counter their differing armor defenses.
• Li Xiucheng, Taoxiang, Taoxiang’s younger sister, Mellis, Evina, and Ke Jie Xiong fought through the Metadeng Nation forces as GM II and Dagger units helped trap enemy units attempting to withdraw.
• Lieutenant General Bruce’s forces were pushed back, while Bella returned to the battlefield after recharging and Oya Cross Nation launched an all-out counterattack.
• War correspondents filmed the Metadeng Nation retreat and speculated that Oya Cross Nation had hired the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Lieutenant General Bruce learned Major General Donis’s fleet would arrive in ten minutes and ordered his army to hold out until then.

Long Fei launched the Wing Gundam against the Metadeng Nation fleets and destroyed both with sweeping Destruction Beams. The surrendered troops were left to the Oya Cross Nation defenders as the First Brigade Fleet cut communications and headed toward the atmosphere.

• Long Fei suspected the Metadeng Nation would send reinforcements to attack the Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator, and Colonel Shrek agreed.
• The Wing Gundam launched as a second Metadeng Nation fleet appeared behind the Oya Cross Nation defenders.
• Long Fei used the Buster Rifle to destroy Major General Donis's fleet with one Destruction Beam sweep.
• Lieutenant General Bruce ordered his fleet to retreat, but Long Fei swept it with another Destruction Beam and destroyed it.
• The remaining Metadeng Nation MS and fighters surrendered, and the First Brigade Fleet told the Oya Cross Nation defenders to handle them before cutting communications and heading toward the atmosphere.

After the Wing Gundam destroyed Metadeng Nation’s forces and the Skywing Mercenary Group entered the conflict, Metadeng surrendered and recalled its remaining troops. The Oya Cross Nation agreed in principle to an alliance with Yevgeny Olgenonos’s country, while Metadeng was left gravely weakened.

• Metadeng Nation’s commander ordered the forces attacking Baruk Base to withdraw after seeing footage of the Wing Gundam annihilating its space forces, and Colonel Martini was told to welcome the Skywing Mercenary Group.
• Pope David and Yevgeny Olgenonos discussed an alliance, agreeing that Oya Cross Nation would provide military aid only if Yevgeny’s country was invaded first.
• Long Fei piloted the Wing Gundam to intercept Metadeng’s retreating ground fleet and destroyed it with the Destruction Beam before declaring, “Mission complete.”
• After the attack was broadcast, Metadeng Nation announced its defeat and ordered its remaining forces home.
• Metadeng officials rejected using nuclear weapons, and experts estimated the defeated nation would need at least five years to recover and could not deploy troops abroad during that period.

After the Metadeng Nation’s defeat, the Skywing Mercenary Group expanded, rejected offers to attack other countries, and publicly defended its use of the Metadeng Nation as a weapons test. Long Fei and Li Jiaming then shifted production toward mass-production Gundams, leaving the group focused on equipping its elite units and special forces.

• The First Brigade Fleet declined Pope David’s invitation and went directly to the Oya Cross Nation’s Electromagnetic Orbital Elevator, where Colonel Shrek arranged priority access.
• One month later, the Skywing Mercenary Group had nine bases, and Colonel Shrek had been promoted to brigadier general and assigned command of the Ninth Branch Base on Wuning Satellite.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group refused commissions to attack other nations and announced that it had used the Metadeng Nation to test newly developed weapons, prompting an angry response from the Metadeng Nation’s president and widespread online mockery.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group answered criticism from democratic camp media by citing their past atrocities, drawing support from many countries outside the democratic camp.
• After the Black Strike Gundam, Azure Duel Gundam, and Emerald Blizzard Gundam were completed, Long Fei and Li Jiaming redirected new-Gundam funding toward producing the Hyaku Shiki and Mk-II G because they lacked enough Ace Pilots and mass-production Gundams.

Long Fei returned to the home base with Taoxiang, met with Skywing Group’s company presidents, and let the world learn that he was the group’s young owner and the source of its advanced technologies. In Hanxia, Emperor Xu Weiran’s ministers discussed recruiting Long Fei, only to discover his family ties and that even his grandfather could not summon him.

• Long Fei woke beside Taoxiang, reflected on how he had fallen in love with her, and decided to cherish her; she later woke and hurried to get ready after oversleeping.
• The First Brigade Fleet returned to its home base, where Long Fei chaired a four-hour meeting with Skywing Group’s company presidents while Taoxiang recorded the proceedings.
• Long Fei’s identity and technological achievements became public after media outlets obtained his photographs and details from poached personnel, while his three older sisters refused interviews.
• Emperor Xu Weiran held an emergency meeting with his ministers to discuss recruiting Long Fei, and Li Rubin reported that Long Fei had been classmates with the Third Princess.
• Shu Tielong revealed that Long Fei was his granddaughter Shu Qianxue’s betrothed and that Long Dingkun had been unable to persuade Long Fei to return; Zhao Danqing also linked Long Fei to the Xi'en MS.

Count Klahu III visited Long Fei at the Mother Base to persuade him to immigrate to the Gas Empire with an offer of a dukedom, three Colony Satellites, and marriage to its three princesses. Long Fei refused, but left open the possibility of business cooperation while ruling out Gundam sales.

• Count Klahu III toured the Mother Base and met Long Fei in a manufacturing workshop.
• Count Klahu III offered Long Fei citizenship, a dukedom, three Colony Satellites, and any or all of the Gas Empire's three princesses as wives.
• Long Fei refused to immigrate, explaining that he already had someone and did not want to serve the Gas Empire through such an arrangement.
• Long Fei told Count Klahu III that the Skywing Group would not sell Gundams to any country, though it could discuss other cooperation.
• Long Fei had Sakchi arrange for the relevant company presidents to negotiate business cooperation with Count Klahu III.

Count Klahu explored Meteorite Eco-1 and discussed cooperation with Sky Wing Group, while Long Fei ordered new Gundams and rejected attempts to recruit him. The chapter ended with Li Jiaming warning that another war might break out in District Six Colony.

• Count Klahu enjoyed Meteorite Eco-1 and learned about Sky Wing Group’s other recreation areas before arranging talks with its presidents.
• Long Fei ordered three new Gundams and upgrades to their Psycho-frames, remote weapons, and power systems.
• Taoxiang teased Long Fei about the Moon Goddess Gundam’s design, and he explained its origins before reassuring her of his loyalty.
• Long Fei told Taoxiang that Count Klahu had tried to recruit him, and she accepted his explanation.
• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that the emperor wanted to recruit him, but Long Fei refused to return for rewards or a princess.
• Li Jiaming warned Long Fei that nations were preparing to resume fighting, most likely in District Six Colony.

Long Fei and Li Jiaming recognized that powerful nations were using the Fistam Democratic Republic to wage a proxy war, while Fistam prepared to attack the Philalip Nation and threaten Skywing Group's interests. Long Fei ordered Skywing forces to protect their employees and civilians but not to fire first, leaving the conflict poised to escalate.

• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that major powers were likely using smaller countries to target Skywing and its technology, and Long Fei ordered preparations.
• The Wanluo Federation and other powerful democratic nations pressured the Fistam Democratic Republic into war and supplied weapons that Fistam secretly had to pay for.
• President Amdandi approved a plan to take Skywing employees hostage in the Philalip Nation, expecting that would restrain Long Fei's forces.
• As Fistam's proxy war divided its civilians, the country attacked the Philalip Nation under claims of counterterrorism and human-rights violations.
• Long Fei instructed Li Jiaming to protect Skywing employees and their families, rescue civilians where possible, and never fire first unless Fistam attacked them or their people.

Sky Wing Mercenaries evacuated employees, their families, and as many Colony Satellite No. 9 residents as they could while the battle around the satellite worsened. After a Fistam Democratic Republic Swift MS accidentally fired toward their fleet, Sky Wing Mercenaries retaliated, helped drive the enemy back, and left for Colony Satellite No. 10.

• Sky Wing Mercenaries gave their employees and families priority boarding, then began evacuating local residents as fighting damaged Colony Satellite No. 9.
• The satellite's breaches and spreading combat forced the fleet to depart with some civilians still unable to board.
• After a Swift MS accidentally fired toward the fleet, Sky Wing Mercenaries attacked the Fistam Democratic Republic forces, enabling the Philalip Nation military to counterattack and forcing the enemy to retreat.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries recalled its MS units and headed for Colony Satellite No. 10.
• Sky Wing Mercenaries issued a statement warning that it would retaliate against any military that struck it, regardless of intent.

The Skywing Mercenary Group’s Wolf Hunters humiliated Fistam forces during a confrontation on Colony Satellite No. 4, while online ridicule spread. Amdandi realized powerful democratic nations had manipulated Fistam and Wanggui into wars meant to distract Skywing as they prepared to seize its main base and technology.

• A Wolf Hunters convoy and a Fistam patrol met head-on on an overpass, and the Wolf Hunters lieutenant snapped the Fistam lieutenant’s finger after he demanded they yield.
• Wolf Hunters troops beat the Fistam personnel, flipped their vehicles aside, and ordered them to take a detour; their Mk-II G forced the outnumbering Fistam MS squad to withdraw.
• Videos of the confrontation spread online, while military police took the beaten Fistam personnel away for punishment for disobeying orders.
• The Wanggui Republic attacked the Mitorun Kingdom with support from powerful democratic nations, and its president secured a promise of practical aid for the next phase of the plan.
• Amdandi and his ministers discussed how powerful democratic nations had used Fistam to exhaust Skywing while preparing to seize its main base and steal its technology.

Long Fei agreed to take a commission from the Mitorun Kingdom to stop the Wanggui Republic, but refused the condition that he marry the kingdom’s princess. The king withdrew that condition, and both sides signed the contract.

• Long Fei and the Skywing Mercenary Group’s leaders discussed the Wanggui Republic’s attack and decided to intervene because its real target was their main base.
• Li Jiaming told Long Fei that the Mitorun Kingdom offered mining sites and tax exemptions in exchange for help, but also wanted him to marry its princess.
• Long Fei rejected the marriage condition, warned that he would refuse the commission if it remained, and said he would join the operation.
• After Long Fei and Taoxiang left, Colonel Isis amused the leaders with a story about Taoxiang’s jealousy and Long Fei’s efforts to cheer her up.
• Li Jiaming relayed Long Fei’s terms to the Mitorun envoy, and the king agreed to remove the marriage condition so the kingdom could secure the commission.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group and the Mitorun Kingdom signed the commission contract.

The Skywing Mercenary Group’s seven Gundams ambushed and destroyed Lieutenant Colonel Mickey’s Wanguo Army fleet, testing the newly promoted ace pilots in battle. The surviving Wanguo forces surrendered, while their superiors remained unaware of the defeat.

• Long Fei’s Crimson Aegis Gundam and four other Gundams annihilated nearly eighty Swift MS units, overwhelming the Wanguo Army’s formation.
• The Gundams attacked Lieutenant Colonel Mickey’s fleet, while paralyzed communications and a disordered retreat left the warships exposed.
• The Obsidian Thunderbolt Gundam destroyed Mickey’s MS Carrier, and the remaining warships sent surrender signals.
• Colonel Isis asked the Mitorun Kingdom Army to handle the surrendering forces, and Long Fei questioned Taoxiang and Lixiang about the new pilots and Gundams.
• Long Fei met the four newly promoted ace pilots, Tols, Hamudada, Lamiel, and Maoxile, and demanded their loyalty to the Skywing Mercenary Group and to him.
• The Wanguo Army’s command remained unaware of Mickey’s defeat, and the Mitorun Kingdom kept its hiring of the Skywing Mercenary Group secret.

Yue Yangchun piloted GP03d through the Wanguo Army fleet, devastating its forces until Colonel Troy surrendered. As the Wanggui Republic’s government faced mounting concern over the Skywing Mercenary Group’s intervention, the president ordered soldiers to keep it secret.

• Colonel Troy’s live interview was interrupted when GP03d and the Skywing Mercenary Group fleet were detected, and he ordered his forces to engage them.
• Yue Yangchun evaded the Swift units’ attacks and destroyed nearly all the MS units and fighters sent to stop GP03d.
• GP03d tore through the Wanguo Army’s ships, and Colonel Troy ordered a surrender signal just before GP03d reached his command warship.
• The Wanguo Army units at the front line surrendered, while viewers condemned Colonel Troy after his panic was broadcast live.
• The Wanggui Republic’s defense minister told the president that the Skywing Mercenary Group could communicate and track forces despite interference, and the president forbade soldiers from revealing the intervention.

The Skywing Mercenary Group drove the Wanguo Army out of the Mitorun Kingdom, while fighting spread across District Six Colony and Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company profited from weapons sales. After a major power won the first monthly bid for an Argama MS Carrier, the God Hunter Special Forces escorted it through an attack, and the buyer began studying its nuclear fusion technology.

• Wanguo Army soldiers refused orders, surrendered, or sought discharge after learning they would face the Sky Wing Mercenaries, and the Skywing Mercenary Group retook the Mitorun Kingdom’s occupied Colony Satellites.
• The Skywing Mercenary Group rejected the Wanggui Republic’s commission offer and demanded an exorbitant price, while fighting intensified among the nations of District Six Colony.
• Skywing Arms Manufacturing Company sold Argama MS Carriers to eager buyers, and leaked footage revealed that their engines used nuclear fusion technology.
• President Sakchi put one Argama MS Carrier per month up for bidding, and a major power won the first bid and hired the God Hunter Special Forces to escort it.
• The God Hunter Special Forces delivered the Argama MS Carrier despite an attack, and the major power’s research organizations and company experts began dismantling and studying it.

Anton and the God Hunter Special Forces escorted the second Argama-class MS Carrier as an unidentified fleet attacked. The enemy was identified as a Wanluo Federation force, and the defenders launched their MS to meet it.

• Anton joined the escort mission piloting the Astaroth Gundam Rebirth Type and discussed likely attackers with Macaron.
• An alarm sounded, and the MS pilots and Tiger Roar Special Forces prepared to sortie.
• Anton considered the Xi'en MS and recalled his belief that Long Fei had designed it as a child before Feichi Military Science Company claimed it as its own.
• More than thirty enemy warships deployed over forty Tiger MS and nearly one hundred Puppet MS against the escort fleet.
• The defenders deployed eighty Xi'en MS, forty armored and high-mobility GM II units, and sixty Dagger series MS.
• The Xi'en MS force charged toward the enemy first as the GM II units targeted the Tiger MS and the Dagger series targeted the Puppet MS.