
Overview
Having lost all contact with the Scopedogs chasing Chirico, the combined fleet consider their final option; that of destroying Quent itself. Chirico smashes the last of his pursuers and nearly collapses from the effort. Finally, Fyana appears in her Berserga and asks him one last time to turn back. He refuses, firing on her and throwing her backward into a teleport field. She is gone. Wiseman congratulates him, and beckons him on by foot. Chirico struggles to reach the final goal, the central core of the Wiseman bio-computer, the collective consciousness of the Overmen. Chirico lies unable to move, and Wiseman lowers a large machine toward him, one that will complete the bond between God and successor. All Chirico has to do now is stand up...but instead he plays his final gambit, firing a bulled directly into the machine! At last, Chirico's subterfuge is revealed - having come this far and lead all of his enemies into their own death, he now sets about the work of destroying Wiseman itself. Wiseman pleads with him to stop, explaining that it was he who brought Chirico together with Fyana, and provided her name. This gave Chirico something further to live for, and with life came the desire for strength and power. Wiseman also explains that Chirico need not regret the death and violence he has dealt in the battlefield, saying that "God does not sin when he kills." Chirico ignores every word, continuing to disable the computer core. As Wiseman's consciousness begins to disintegrate, it lashes out one last time, throwing Chirico to the ground with an electric shock. He rises to see Rochina standing over him. Rochina tries to stop Chirico's sabotage, but Fyana leaps in to overpower him. She recognized his true intentions when he fired only to damage her AT. Together, the two complete the work of killing God and flee to safety as Rochina screams in anger and dispair and what he has lost. The combined fleets of the Gilgamesh and the Balarant stand witness as Quent explodes with the fury of a sun. Epilogue: One Year Later A stolen shuttlecraft soars away from a Gilgamesh planet as a new war dawns on the horizon. Sometime later, a tiny capsule is released into space. Inside this capsule, preparing to disappear into history, Chirico holds Fyana dnd bids farewell to his Friends as they drift off in search of a world untouched by war. "Coconna. Gotho. Vanilla. Shako. I'm glad I was able to meet all of you. And you, Fyana..."
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1 - 1War's End April 01, 1983
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1 - 2Uoodo April 08, 1983
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1 - 3Encounter April 15, 1983
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1 - 4Battling April 22, 1983
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1 - 5The Trap April 29, 1983
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1 - 6Prototype May 06, 1983
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1 - 7The Raid May 13, 1983
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1 - 8The Deal May 20, 1983
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1 - 9The Rescue May 27, 1983
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1 - 10Red Shoulder June 03, 1983
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1 - 11Counterattack June 10, 1983
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1 - 12Bonds June 17, 1983
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1 - 13Escape June 24, 1983
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1 - 14Assemble EX-10 July 01, 1983
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1 - 15Doubts July 08, 1983
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1 - 16Clean Sweep July 15, 1983
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1 - 17Reunion July 22, 1983
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1 - 18Tournabout July 29, 1983
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1 - 19Intentions August 05, 1983
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1 - 20Fyana August 12, 1983
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1 - 21Upriver August 19, 1983
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1 - 22Contact Blast August 26, 1983
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1 - 23Complications September 02, 1983
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1 - 24Intersection September 09, 1983
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1 - 25Infiltration September 16, 1983
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1 - 26Closing In September 23, 1983
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1 - 27Dark Change September 30, 1983
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1 - 28Destiny October 07, 1983
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1 - 29Two People October 14, 1983
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1 - 30Phantasm October 21, 1983
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1 - 31Nonaggression Zone October 28, 1983
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1 - 32Ypsilon November 04, 1983
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1 - 33Showdown November 11, 1983
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1 - 34Planet Sunsa November 18, 1983
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1 - 35Deadline November 25, 1983
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1 - 36Love and Hate December 02, 1983
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1 - 37Captives December 09, 1983
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1 - 38Darkness December 16, 1983
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1 - 39Perfect Soldier December 23, 1983
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1 - 40Friends December 30, 1983
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1 - 41Quent January 06, 1984
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1 - 42The Desert January 13, 1984
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1 - 43Legacy January 20, 1984
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1 - 44The Forbidden January 27, 1984
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1 - 45Encounter February 03, 1984
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1 - 46Premonition February 10, 1984
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1 - 47Disaster February 17, 1984
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1 - 48Successor February 24, 1984
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1 - 49Overman March 02, 1984
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1 - 50Storm Clouds March 09, 1984
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1 - 51Carnage March 16, 1984
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1 - 52Shooting Star March 23, 1984