Recaps

Tang Xiao used the Holy Advent Cult and a devastating fleet battle to restore Grysk-controlled victims, while Darth Malthael uncovered a mysterious force behind his actions and the hunt for the Grysk continued. The story then shifted to Cerea, where Oliver’s group searched for a girl who survived the T-Veronica Virus as Umbrella struggled to contain the outbreak.

• Tang Xiao backed Anita’s Communion Temple plan, and the Holy Advent Cult used captured Grysk to help restore victims and bring them into The Unity.
• Tang Xiao reorganized Chiss territory as a Grysk fleet attacked Csilla, Red Comet III, and the Eternal, but Ander-Viking’s Swarm Drones destroyed the Grysk fighters and crippled their fleet.
• Darth Malthael boarded the FateSpinner, killed Admiral Yves, confronted Jikstus, and survived the ship’s destruction after Jikstus triggered its self-destruct.
• Tang Xiao discovered that a shadow had controlled his thumb, while the Grysk fleet fell silent and Adele Ulan arranged for its surviving ships and crews to be taken.
• Tang Xiao learned that the Agbui were telepathic and could help the Grysk synchronize with their targets, then sent Oola-Khan and Sola-A to search the Chasdemonus Route.
• Tang Xiao assigned forces to counter the Illumine Kingdom and set out to contact the Killiks, while Oliver’s group searched near Spaceport 19 for the surviving Cerean girl.
• Alfred Ashford defended Umbrella’s response to the outbreak, but Major General Lin Nanyi warned him about the trial deaths, the T-Veronica Virus, and his plans involving Sherry Birkin.

Umbrella’s experiments on Cerea and Mongal-Mongal spread into public crises, while Tang Xiao reorganized the company and enlisted Abathur to develop the Togot Swarm. Shepard’s team learned that Mongal-Mongal threatened the galaxy and set out to investigate the Korloks’ Mind-harp.

• Alexia Ashford revealed that she had sent U.S.S. after the compatible host and ordered Alfred Ashford to continue the Ant Colony Plan as Rebel Alliance fighters rescued a Cerean girl.
• Oliver attempted to broadcast evidence of Umbrella’s experiments on Takodana, but the operation was a trap, and B-1 battle droids attacked him.
• Demi tried to destroy Umbrella’s experimental data, but Alexia transformed, mutated him, and attacked Colony Seven as she searched for the missing host.
• Umbrella accepted responsibility for the Colony Seven disaster, while the Prime Minister’s Office forced it to dismiss Alfred, rebuild the colony, and compensate victims.
• Sherry Birkin’s second Mongal-Mongal consciousness secretly created a third that escaped aboard clone transports, prompting Tang Xiao to divide Umbrella into three companies and seal Levik planet.
• Tang Xiao secured the Togot Swarm’s submission, and Abathur evolved its Broodmothers, Scythe Drones, and Transport Bugs while proposing expansion to study other swarms.
• Sherry and Professor Modin warned Tang Xiao that Mongal-Mongal’s consciousnesses could evolve by consuming one another, while Shepard’s team met the Korlok Vishal Singh and learned of the Mind-harp.
• Vishal warned that Mongal-Mongal could spread through the reopened stargate, and Shepard chose to travel to the Korlok planet and investigate the Mind-harp.

The Duchy of Dawn completed the Vaxian Dyson Ring as Palpatine strengthened the Empire and resistance movements challenged its rule. As Arden Lyn joined the Imperial Judicial Department, Francis Underwood tried to block Operation Zero, while Ling Liang and Zemo pressed for it and Hari Seldon’s forecast warned the Duchy could collapse before defeating the Empire.

• Adele-Ulan announced the completion of the Vaxian Dyson Ring, and Tang Xiao celebrated the energy supply, industrial growth, and defenses it brought to the Duchy of Dawn.
• Palpatine ordered preparations to kill Tang Xiao and crush the rebels as the Empire expanded its military and tightened its grip across the galaxy.
• Padmé Amidala coordinated resistance on Ryloth, where Jan Dodonna took command of the garrison and Tusken rebels rose against Imperial rule.
• Arden Lyn and Jing Fang intervened when Imperial forces attacked the Rahr tribe, and Arden Lyn defeated Mao before taking Sok as her disciple.
• Arden Lyn accepted Second Sister’s offer to join the Imperial Judicial Department and became its First Sister under the Grand Judge.
• Francis Underwood opposed Zemo’s Operation Zero, appointed Hua Chao to replace Chris Anderson, and delayed the operation while ordering Graham to stabilize the Hoth Sector.
• Ling Liang and Zemo backed Operation Zero, while Hari Seldon’s earlier analysis had warned Tang Xiao that the Duchy’s weak social foundation could cause it to collapse before defeating the Empire.

Tang Xiao committed the Duchy of Dawn to Operation Zero, a five-year buildup followed by a one-year strike on Coruscant, while political unrest and Imperial infiltration tested the duchy. Sky Squad killed several Inquisitors, and Darth Vader began questioning the Inquisitorius over its failures.

• Hari Seldon warned Tang Xiao that the Duchy lacked popular support and could face rebellion, but Tang Xiao convened a summit and declared that Operation Zero would prepare the duchy for a decisive one-year war.
• Tang Xiao revealed that Operation Zero would conceal five years of mobilization and use The Nexus Route to attack Coruscant, with Sefrans Tann leading the assault to kill Palpatine.
• Tang Xiao set Zero Day for June 22, year 12, while Ling Liang and Helmut Zemo supported the plan and Francis Underwood removed Hari Seldon as Hoth Sector Governor.
• The Duchy redirected its industrial zones toward warship production, while Ling Liang assessed the forces and weaknesses of its allied fleets and industrial regions.
• Francis Underwood’s arrest of Hari sparked media criticism, factory unrest, and pro-Tang Xiao protests, while Palpatine ordered the Empire to investigate the duchy and pursue its secrets.
• Imperial agents tried to tempt Douglas Stamp and infiltrated the Duchy, but Sky Squad and the National Security Bureau exposed spy networks and tracked the Inquisitors targeting Cheng Shitao.
• Talia, Xiao Yan, Zhang Xucheng, and Karina defeated Casares, Angell, and Mas Seren, while Kryster uncovered a bomb and the informant confessed.
• The Priestess vowed to kill Darth Sidious, and Darth Vader seized two High Inquisitors and killed one while demanding answers about the Inquisitorius’s exposed agents.