Recaps

Lin Jie and the Great Xia Empire backed Maple Leaf Mining as it fought Pegasus Group, while secretly expanding the Empire’s influence in the Blue Star Federation. After Pegasus Group’s fleets suffered a major ambush, Ma Zhi regained standing within the group even as the conflict continued.

• Lin Jie gave Michel technical materials, pledged Maple Leaf Mining’s loyalty to Great Xia, and Great Xia began prioritizing military production and support for the company.
• Great Xia supplied Maple Leaf Mining with a fleet, which List used to defeat Pegasus Group’s attacks and seize its interests on Guardian Star.
• Maple Leaf Mining concealed its production facilities from Federation investigators while Chairman Lin secured government support and cultivated Deputy Minister He.
• List encouraged the Lin Family to draw Federation officials into cooperation, and Deputy Minister He began providing Maple Leaf Mining with access to embargoed supplies.
• After Pegasus Group dismissed Ma Zhi, List recruited him, and Ma Zhi agreed to pass along the group’s warship specifications and fleet reports.
• Ma Jiahe led Pegasus Group into war, but List’s forces ambushed its fleet with Space Bombs and concealed Fortress Cannons, forcing a retreat.
• Ma Jiahe ordered further attacks and a factory lockdown, then proposed promoting Ma Zhi to deputy minister of an expanded Security Department, which the shareholders approved.

List strengthened Maple Leaf Mining’s influence in the Federation while the Blue Star Federation and Great Xia became embroiled in a war against the Colossus Civilization. Derek’s Seraphim introduced Great Xia as the Angel Civilization, and evidence of its power and a possible connection to Blue Star’s ancient past left the Federation’s cabinet facing unsettling questions.

• Ma Zhi led Ma Jiahe’s investigation into the leak while secretly helping List exploit Pegasus Group’s weaknesses, and Davis won approval to build thousands of Gargoyle mechs.
• List used Deputy Minister He’s support and a technology partnership with Soaring Dragon Group to expand Maple Leaf Mining’s influence, then took over the Anti-Smuggling Command and cracked down on smugglers.
• The Blue Star Federation ordered Guardian-class Destroyers from Maple Leaf Mining as the Federation fought the Colossus Civilization, and List offered discounted ships and financing to support its war effort.
• Derek took Seraphim into the Colossus Galaxy, destroyed warships and fortress weapons, then attacked the Blue Star fleet before the Federation and Colossus Civilization agreed to meet Great Xia’s representatives.
• Michel presented Great Xia as the Angel Civilization and persuaded the Federation and Colossus representatives to allow the New Church to spread on the planet under observation.
• Derek appeared to the planet’s people during a ritual, granted Manhab Seraphim’s power, and gave the observers evidence of Transcendent Power they could not explain.
• Michel took Manhab into space and showed him Great Xia’s warships, while Cao Yang received ancient murals that seemed to depict Seraphim and spacecraft.
• Cao Yang sent his findings about the Angel Civilization and Blue Star myths to the rear, prompting the Minister of Defense to call an urgent cabinet meeting as Minister He read the report.

Michel built the Angel Church’s influence among the Colossus Civilization, while Qin and Elvis brought Great Xia’s religious and political ambitions into conflict with the Blue Star Federation. The Federation yielded to negotiations after the Seraphim intervened, leaving the Director-General wary of Great Xia’s intentions.

• Minister He passed Maple Leaf Mining information about the Angel Civilization, and Maple Leaf Mining offered to fund warship supplies in exchange for joining the pursuit.
• Michel traveled to the Colossus Civilization, survived a warship attack protected by Burdett, and demanded that the attackers face punishment.
• Abraham used class divisions and worsening conditions in Utopia to increase religious devotion and expand the population of qualified believers.
• Michel baptized Ganis, awakening his wings and Transcendent Power, and Ganis gained government approval to establish the Colossus Church and build six churches.
• Qin secured Manhab’s support for the Great Xia Empire, recruited Priest Civilization warriors, and rejected the Blue Star Federation’s objections to Sacred Armaments.
• Qin and Cao Yang signed treaties granting the Great Xia delegation broad privileges, while Elvis’s remarks about bloodlines sparked a violent confrontation at a university event.
• Elvis and Albert escaped into space, where the Virtue Angel fought off Federation warships, and Derek appeared after Elvis called out to him.
• Qin agreed to end the conflict, but the Seraphim entered the atmosphere and landed before the Director-General, after which the Blue Star Federation opened its doors to Great Xia.

Ganis turned the Colossus Sect into an armed political force, then used its new Transcendent Affairs Bureau to expose powerful families before the Consul suspended its investigations. Meanwhile, List and Minister He built an alliance that seized the Pegasus and Sirius Galaxies, leaving Ma Zhi to maneuver between Pegasus Group, the Dark Empire, and the Blue Star Federation.

• Ganis organized the Colossus Sect’s armed response to a corrupt official’s murder cover-up, forcing the government into negotiations that created the Transcendent Affairs Bureau.
• The Governor secretly accepted Michel’s Transcendent Potion and joined the Angel Civilization’s side, while Ganis agreed to follow the law and let the detained Sect member face trial.
• Ganis won official approval for a publicity campaign and used the Bureau to expose House Durles’s corruption, but the Consul suspended the Bureau after the investigation alarmed the privileged class.
• List revealed his Dark Empire identity to Minister He, offered him Transcendent Potions and Sacred Armaments, and persuaded him to build a faction that would help seize territory and reshape the Federation.
• Minister He’s allies helped List capture the Pegasus and Sirius fortresses, while Pegasus Group prepared to reclaim its territory and Ma Zhi secretly informed List of its plans.
• List’s forces defeated the Sirius Allied Forces with leaked intelligence, then prepared to deal with Pegasus Group after Ma Zhi passed along its revised battle plan.
• List rejected Ma Zhi’s offer to sacrifice part of Pegasus Group’s fleet and use him as an undercover asset, so Ma Zhi warned the Blue Star Federation military that Pegasus Group would surrender unless it intervened.