Chapter Summaries

Akira left Armory One undercover and reunited with Lacus in PLANT, where they planned to oppose Durandal and prepare the Eternal. He then flew alone to Earth to find his children in Orb, arriving amid escalating war and growing fears for their safety.

• Akira arranged an ordinary leave from Armory One with Councilor Joule's help and traveled to April City without exposing his identity.
• Akira reached the Clyne Family's old residence and reunited with Lacus, who told him that Meer had agreed to act as an undercover agent against Durandal.
• Akira and Lacus agreed to prepare the repaired Eternal, while Akira planned to travel to Orb to find Minghui and Mingyue.
• Lacus and Akira boarded the hidden Eternal in an asteroid belt, and Akira departed alone in a camouflaged shuttle bound for Earth.
• Akira landed at a secret contact point in northern Africa, disguised himself as an Earth Alliance soldier, and learned that LOGOS had fueled renewed fighting between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT.

Akira left war-torn Orb for the East Asian Republic, equipped a modified Murasame, and raced to Berlin to rescue Stella from the Destroy Gundam. With Stella safe and receiving secret treatment, Akira prepared to reunite with the Silver Wing unit in North Africa.

• Erica told Akira that Murrue had taken Minghui and Mingyue aboard the Archangel, which had left Orb with Kira and Cagalli, and arranged for Akira to escape to the East Asian Republic.
• Akira met Li Bing, received a modified Murasame and a communicator, and ordered Andrew to assemble the Silver Wing unit at the North Africa base.
• Akira reached Berlin and saw the Destroy Gundam threaten the Freedom Gundam, so he cut open its cockpit and rescued Stella before fleeing the battlefield.
• Murrue urged Kira to withdraw, while Shinn stopped Rey from pursuing the retreating Freedom Gundam.
• Stella recognized Akira and told him she had been frightened and unable to remember; he took her to a secret East Asian base for treatment.
• Akira contacted Heine and prepared to reunite with the Silver Wing unit in North Africa.

As Durandal declared war on LOGOS and ordered the Archangel destroyed, Shinn shot down Kira’s Freedom Gundam. Akira returned to the Starry Sky, rallied his crew, and sent the ship secretly toward Orb to protect it from ZAFT.

• Durandal declared war on LOGOS, and Kira warned Murrue that Orb would likely be targeted.
• Durandal launched Operation Falling Angel against the Archangel, and the Minerva joined the attack.
• Shinn defeated Kira in the Impulse Gundam, severely damaging the Freedom Gundam and sending it crashing into the sea.
• Akira returned to the Starry Sky, reunited with his crew, and inspected the upgraded Justicar Gundam.
• Akira ordered the Silver Wing fleet to protect the Eternal, directed the Starry Sky toward Orb, and requested support from the East Asian Republic.
• Andrew ordered ZAFT resistance forces in Africa to prepare to support Mei Hock and the Starry Sky as Akira's ship departed underwater.

Akira led the Starry Sky toward Orb as ZAFT attacked after Orb’s pro-Djibril faction refused to surrender Djibril. When Shinn’s Destiny Gundam nearly killed Cagalli and Orb’s defenses faltered, Akira launched the Justicar Gundam and intervened, setting up a showdown with Shinn.

• Meyrin reported that ZAFT had destroyed Heaven’s Base, Djibril had escaped, and ZAFT had surrounded Orb while demanding his surrender.
• After Orb’s pro-Djibril faction rejected ZAFT’s demand, Akira ordered the Starry Sky toward battle, sent reinforcements to the Eternal, and told Kira to collect the Strike Freedom Gundam.
• ZAFT’s Minerva and its Destiny and Legend Gundams overwhelmed Orb’s defenses until Cagalli arrived in the Akatsuki Gundam, rallied the troops, and took command of Orb’s forces.
• Shinn’s Destiny Gundam defeated Cagalli’s Akatsuki Gundam and prepared to destroy it, while the Legend Gundam continued attacking Orb’s forces.
• Akira launched the Justicar Gundam with Heine, Mu, Luna, and Shiho, then blocked Shinn’s attack as the other pilots joined the battle and halted ZAFT’s advance.

Mei Hock’s Justicar Gundam overwhelmed Shinn Asuka’s Destiny Gundam and Rey’s Legend Gundam, turning the battle for Orb against ZAFT and forcing Talia Gladys to order a retreat. After reuniting with his children aboard the Archangel, Akira prepared to counter Djibril’s threat and the schemes still unfolding.

• Mei Hock’s Justicar Gundam intercepted Shinn Asuka as he threatened Cagalli, then severely damaged the Destiny Gundam in their fight.
• Rey launched the Legend Gundam to support Shinn, but Mei Hock defeated their combined assault and damaged both machines.
• ZAFT veterans recognized the Justicar Gundam as the Silver Wing Angel’s legendary machine, crushing ZAFT’s morale as Orb’s forces rallied.
• Kira Yamato arrived in the Strike Freedom Gundam, and Talia Gladys ordered ZAFT to retreat after learning Djibril had escaped Earth.
• Akira revealed that he had sent Yzak Joule and an East Asian Republic fleet to stop Djibril from using Requiem, then returned to the Archangel.
• Akira reunited with his sleeping children and prepared to continue his plans against Djibril, Durandal, and the threats to peace.

After Orb’s forces launched a combined assault on Daedalus Base, Yzak and Dearka destroyed a Requiem satellite node, Mu killed Djibril, and the fleet destroyed Requiem. Just as victory seemed to bring peace, a universal broadcast revealed a rebel faction inside the PLANT Supreme Council and ordered all fleets to hold position.

• Akira organized a combined fleet to travel from Orb to Daedalus Base and destroy Requiem and eliminate Djibril.
• Djibril ordered his forces to hurry Requiem’s preparations while Yzak and Dearka led ZAFT units against a satellite node.
• Yzak’s squad and ZAFT reinforcements destroyed the first satellite node, disrupting Requiem’s activation as Akira’s fleet arrived and encircled Daedalus Base.
• Akira ordered an all-out assault, and he, Kira, Athrun, Heine, and Mu attacked the base’s defenses.
• Mu destroyed Djibril’s escape pod, and the five Gundams destroyed Requiem’s core and reduced Daedalus Base to ruins.
• A universal broadcast announced that a rebel faction within the PLANT Supreme Council had allied with LOGOS remnants and ordered all fleets to stop operations and hold position.

After LOGOS fell, Akira exposed Durandal’s Destiny Plan as a scheme to enslave humanity, and Lacus revealed that Durandal had used an impostor in her place. As resistance spread, Durandal allied with a mysterious woman, rallied ZAFT at Jachin Due, and deployed the superweapon Messiah; Akira’s combined fleet advanced to confront him while Athrun’s team approached Meer Campbell.

• After the combined fleet destroyed LOGOS and Requiem, Akira broadcast that Durandal and the Destiny Plan threatened the Earth Sphere, condemning the plan as genetic enslavement.
• Lacus revealed that Durandal had used Meer Campbell to impersonate her and falsely endorse the Destiny Plan, prompting protests and growing opposition across Earth and PLANT.
• Akira ordered Athrun to lead an elite team into PLANT, rescue Meer, and gather evidence of Durandal’s deception.
• As protests and PLANT Council opposition intensified, Durandal contacted a mysterious woman, who promised support from the Black Knight Squad and said she would come aboard the Gullveig.
• Durandal ordered ZAFT to assemble at Jachin Due and deployed Messiah, while Akira’s combined fleet continued its advance after detecting the superweapon.
• As three forces converged on Jachin Due, Athrun and his team infiltrated a PLANT colony and approached Meer Campbell’s hiding place.

Mei Hock’s combined fleet began its assault on Jachin Due as Durandal rallied ZAFT and deployed the Black Knight Squad. The battle opened with both sides suffering psychic interference, while Yzak secretly aided Mei Hock and Destiny and the Legend Gundam approached the front.

• Durandal denounced Mei Hock as a traitor over ZAFT’s public channel, while the Black Knight Squad deployed from the Gullveig to defend Jachin Due.
• Rey Za Burrel and Shinn Asuka refused Mei Hock’s appeal to join him, but Agnes Greer defected, and Andrew Waltfeld arrived with reinforcements.
• Athrun Zala led a covert team into Jachin Due and rescued Meer Campbell, while Yzak Joule ordered his team to hold back and later sent Mei Hock Messiah’s firing trajectory chart.
• Mei Hock assigned Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, and Mu La Flaga to intercept the Gullveig, then led the main fleet against ZAFT’s defenses as Durandal ordered Messiah to fire.
• The combined fleet evaded Messiah’s opening shots and engaged ZAFT, but the Black Knight Squad’s psychic interference disrupted its mobile suit pilots.
• Rey and Shinn approached the battlefield in the Legend Gundam and Destiny Gundam as Mei Hock urged his forces to resist the interference and continue fighting.

Akira’s Justicar Gundam fought through a concentrated attack as Yzak, Dearka, and allied pilots joined the battle against Shura’s Black Knight Squad and the Legend Gundam. After breaking through the enemy fire, Akira confronted Shinn and urged him to choose whether to keep fighting for Durandal.

• Akira deployed the Justicar Gundam, which evaded and blocked attacks from Shinn’s Destiny Gundam, Rey’s Legend Gundam, and Shura’s Black Knight Squad.
• Yzak and Dearka decided to support Akira, and an East Asian Republic Providence Gundam joined the battle against Rey’s Legend Gundam.
• Agnes, Lunamaria, Shiho, and Andrew engaged the Black Knight Squad while Yzak and Dearka fought Shura amid the shifting, chaotic melee.
• The Providence Gundam, piloted by Rau Le Creuset, severely damaged Rey’s Legend Gundam, while the combatants repeatedly covered their allies and countered attacks.
• Some ZAFT forces continued attacking Akira, while others withdrew as Durandal’s claims came into question.
• Akira’s Justicar Gundam broke through the concentrated fire and confronted Shinn, urging him to make up his mind; Shinn remained conflicted in the Destiny Gundam’s cockpit.

Natarle, Akira, and their allies shattered ZAFT’s defenses, crippled Messiah, and defeated the Destiny Gundam and Black Knight Squad. As Akira left to reinforce the Three Ships Alliance, Rau Le Creuset joined Mu against Orphee, setting up a new battle around the Archangel.

• Natarle led the Starry Sky and Silver Wing fleet in crippling the Minerva while Heine and the allied forces drove back ZAFT’s Zala Faction.
• Orphee launched in the Garuda Gundam and devastated the Three Ships Alliance’s mobile suits, but Akira defeated Shinn’s Destiny Gundam and Rau defeated Rey’s Legend Gundam.
• Akira and Natarle advanced on Messiah, destroyed its firing rails and defenses, and forced Durandal to order an evacuation while he chose to remain behind.
• Shura attacked Akira but was killed by computer-controlled DRAGOON units and the Starry Sky’s guns; his death disrupted the Black Knight Squad, which Andrew, Lunamaria, and Shiho then destroyed.
• With ZAFT’s resistance collapsing, Akira left Messiah for the Archangel, where Mu was struggling against Orphee’s Garuda Gundam.
• Rau arrived in the Providence Gundam, saved Mu from Orphee’s attack, and joined Mu in surrounding the Garuda Gundam.

Mu La Flaga and Rau Le Creuset fought Orphee Lam Tao and Ingrid Tradoll while the allied fleet destroyed Foundation’s fortresses. Mei Hock defeated Orphee’s Garuda Cal-re.A, and Foundation’s collapse left the Earth Sphere’s war nearing its end.

• Mu La Flaga and Rau Le Creuset damaged the Garuda Cal-re.A as the Starry Sky and allied fleet joined the assault on Messiah Fortress.
• Mei Hock left Mu and Rau Le Creuset to fight Orphee and flew the Justicar Gundam toward Gullveig Fortress.
• Mei Hock and the Starry Sky destroyed Gullveig Fortress’s energy core, and allied troops occupied the fortress and captured Aura Maha Khaiber.
• Mei Hock returned to the battle and avoided Orphee’s charge, destroying the Garuda Cal-re.A by striking its main thruster with the Justicar Gundam’s Beam Saber.
• Mu, Rau Le Creuset, and Mei Hock confirmed Foundation’s defeat as allied forces cleared the battlefield.

Mei Hock persuaded Durandal and Aura to redirect genetic engineering toward affordable anti-aging and life-extension treatments, while the East Asian Republic, PLANT, and Orb established a joint peacekeeping framework. He then led the Pioneer Fleet into deep space, leaving Kira, Athrun, and Shinn to safeguard peace in the Earth Sphere as Rau Le Creuset stayed behind to explore Earth.

• Mei Hock and Li Bing convinced Durandal and Aura to abandon genetic control and use genetic technology for public welfare, with the East Asian Republic and Orb supporting PLANT’s research.
• Mei proposed the Pioneer Fleet for people still burdened by hatred and helped establish a three-party regulatory agency with equal representation from the East Asian Republic, PLANT, and Orb.
• Mei entrusted Earth’s peace to Kira Yamato, Athrun Zala, and Shinn Asuka, while Rau Le Creuset and Mu La Flaga reconciled and Rau chose to remain on Earth.
• Mei and his companions departed from PLANT aboard the Gullveig with the Starry Sky, Archangel, and Eternal to explore deep space and seek new homes.
• Rau watched the fleet leave, then set out to travel across Earth as the fleet headed toward the stars.