
Overview
On the Teltain, Futtor insists that they must leave Sunsa now that Ypsilon has been recovered. Arron and Gurran reply that their mission take precedent. Ypsilon must be allowed to fight Chirico again, and they must stay to observe. On Rochina's ship, Chirico fine-tunes a Scopedog and writes himself a new mission disc containing everything he knows about the maneuvers of a PS. Fyana speaks with Chirico, admitting she is afraid for him, but he counsels her to accept what must happen. Ypsilon is fighting out of loneliness, and will not stop until one of the tem is dead. Ypsilon, meanwhile, renews himself with a jijirium bath and launches for the surface in a new Strikedog. On the other side of the galaxy, Melkian General Karmeny meets with Battentain to discuss the implications of what has happened in the Nonaggression Zone. Battentain is shocked to learn of Rochina's defection, and admits he never quite knew how to read the man. Despite the risk to the peace treaty, a task force of Gilgamesh battleships must be sent to Sunsa with Rochina as their target. Chirico crosses the Sunsa desert to Siguray Crater, where Ypsilon's empty landing craft stands waiting. Chirico takes the bait, and the battle is joined! This time there are no distractions; the two clash with each other time and again. Chirico's mission disc works perfectly, allowing him to match Ypsilon move for move. Rochina takes notice and finally announces to Fyana what he has suspected all along: that Chirico is a true Perfect Soldier! And at long last, Chrico fires the fatal shot that takes Ypsilon down! Before he can finish Ypsilon off, however, Chirico is interrupted by Fyana, who gives him the shock of his life - that he is more than human. Chirico insists that his mission disc is what allowed him to win, but then notices that the disc burned itself out only a few minutes into the fight. From then on, it was his own ability. Ypsilon insists in his final moments that Chirico has to be a PS...Ypsilon's pride would not allow him to die at the hands of a normal man. Later, Chirico prepares to leave Sunsa, Rochina's words echoing through his mind: "You are a PS. You want proof? Then go to planet Quent. There you will learn everything." "What was it that lay hidden in my past? I'd fought Ypsilon and won. But I couldn't believe it. There was no way I could be a PS. The Planet Quent...what awaited me there?"
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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