The Imperial army clears away the debris of the destroyed Cronos Fortress while Karl explains to Marcus that the Republicans did that on purpose to slow them down. Then it starts to rain. Van waits by Zeke while the Organoid recovers. Moonbay, Fiona, and Dr. D arrive in the shed Van's in and Van leaves to go fix the roof. Meanwhile, Krueger, in the Mt. Osa base, talks to one of his officers about the Imperial army and he decides that he will use the ZG (Gojulas) in the next battle. Irvine is in the Mt. Osa base checking out some weapons to fight Raven with when he finds the ZG. The Imperial army is on the move, led by Karl, and they run into some sleeper Guysacks. Karl uses his Iron Kong to destroy them in one round. Hermann flies overhead in a Pteras, with a few other Pteras units with him, heading towards the Mt. Osa base.
Van finishes fixing the roof and sees that the battle has started up again. Moonbay, Fiona, and Dr. D come out and Dr. D starts to leave. Van stops him and asks him where Irvine is. He figures out that he went to find Raven. Then Van tells Dr. D that Irvine has helped him out so many times, so he doesn't want to just abandon him. Dr. D tells Van that Irvine is at Mt. Osa base and Van leaves in the Shield Liger, without Zeke, to find him. Meanwhile, Krueger confronts Irvine and asks him why he is a Zoid pilot. Irvine doesn't know, but Krueger asks him if he became one to learn to fight better or become stronger. Irvine says that it's a little of both. Krueger tells Irvine that Zoids are alive, that they are more than just a weapon. They can sense a pilots feelings and use them to help them fight in battle.
Meanwhile, Hermann arrives at the base and decides that he will pilot the ZG instead of Krueger, because he thinks he is a better option. Then the Imperial army attacks and Krueger is knocked down and injured from an explosion. Irvine helps him while Hermann runs to the hangar where the ZG is. Irvine wants to pilot it, but Hermann refuses to let him and mobilizes it. Krueger tells Irvine to go watch the battle. The ZG goes out onto the battlefield and starts shooting, destroying a lot of Imperial troops. Raven and Shadow watch the battle while Van runs into the base. Irvine is knocked down by an explosion and he falls, but catches into a bar, and then slips. Van rushes in and catches him on the Liger's paw, using the shield to protect him from being hit by rocks. Van is happy that he was able to pilot the Liger well without Zeke's help.
Meanwhile, Karl orders the Imperial army to retreat. Hermann tries to go after them in the Gojulas, but screws up and the Zoid trips over. Raven and Shadow watch and Raven comments that if he was there, none of them would have gotten away. Later, Van and Irvine go back to the others and find that Zeke has fully recovered, which makes Van happy.
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