Admiral Yang Wen-li urgently called upon defected intelligence officer Commander Baghdash to make a broadcast, claiming that the National Salvation Military Council had conducted a coup on behalf of the Galactic Empire, despite the absense of concrete evidence. Andrew Lynch, a former Rear Admiral, disclosed his involvement in stirring up unrest in the Free Planets Alliance after the broadcast was widely influential. This led to a fatal altercation with Admiral Dwight Greenhill and the end of the martial law era. On the other hand, the Lippstadt League disintegrated in the Galactic Empire after footage of Duke Otto von Braunschweig's nuclear attack in Westerland emerged. Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm's decision to let the catastrophe occur for his personal gain drove a wedge between him and High Admiral Siegfried Kircheis, impeding their imminent victory. Despite being close to achieving absolute power, Reinhard grapples with his own shortcomings and burdens as a leader. As the Alliance and Empire's civil wars draw to a close, neither party can fully recover from their losses. Nevertheless, Yang and Reinhard find solace in the fact that a deserving and similar adversary awaits them beyond the galaxy's borders.