Rook sneaks off to her hometown to seek revenge on the Red Snakes, a band of thieves, and her old fiancé who appears to have betrayed her the Invid discover Scott's location and another battle ensues.
After they crash their ship, Clain and an ill Nessa find themselves in the extravagant city of Xanadu under the care of deceptively friendly "doppels."
The Granites' land their ship out of range of the Fractale system to make repairs Clain and Phryne take in an eye-opening view of the effects of Fractale's failing structures after they meet a lone antique collector.
A glitch in the Granites' getaway ship has them stumped, but Clain uses his hacking skills to reveal a mischievous "doppel" that can't resist a game of hide and seek.
When the Granites nab Phryne during the Star Festival ambush, the temple authorities retaliate with an attack on the secret village in hopes of recovering the priestess.
Enri flies her hostages to her brother in the village of the Granites, home to a faction of the Lost Millenium there Clain learns there's more than meets the eye inside the Fractale system.
Squad Negev is assigned to help find the missing AR15.
AR15 is now a fugitive being hunted by both Griffin and Sangvis.
The AR Team goes on the hunt for Destroyer.
Griffin's commanders are summoned to an emergency meeting after the discovery of Sangvis data.
AR Team tracks down Intruder, the Sangvis T-Doll commander.
M4A1 continues her search for M16 the members of 404 are after M16.
A tense standoff during AR15's rescue is interrupted.
The mission to recover the missing members of AR Team.
The Republic of San Magnolia fights a safe humane war using drones that are piloted by humans called 86s.
Manabu is reassigned to help Whitman as punishment Manabu finds out what makes Whitman tick when they are forced to work together.
Layla helps renew Manabu's determination to regain his position on Big One, but there are bigger problems at hand SDF HQ is under assault, and all trains have been dispatched across the galaxy.
A passenger train encounters a mysterious glowing sludge shortly before exploding Manabu arrives to investigate, but the true horror lies in wait.
Big One is stolen when Sirius Platoon is sent to Planet Leo Glando to investigate a crashed cargo train.
A missing person report leads Sirius Platoon to investigate the Ghost Train known as Eternity impulsively, Manabu jumps aboard the massive specter.