出现了大船团逐渐逼近雾之海，皮尼欧发动攻击，却被对方压倒性的战力震慑。率领该船团的是人类银河同盟的库格尔中校，正是莱德的长官。库格尔也与座机史多来克一起漂流到地球。在库格尔船团迎接莱德的是奥迪莉亚与神官们。库格尔教导地球人类作战方法，并以歼灭黑迪亚斯的思想构筑船团。莱德向库格尔报告在海底遗迹发现的事实，以及黑迪亚斯发源於人类的事实。但是库格尔毫不惊讶，还说那是人类银河同盟高层沉默的共识，要继续为了生存与放弃人类身分的黑迪亚斯战斗。他相信自己率领的船团人民是幸福的，并对莱德提出邀约，要一起改变这个星球。

出現了大船團逐漸逼近霧之海，皮尼歐發動攻擊，卻被對方壓倒性的戰力震懾。率領該船團的是人類銀河同盟的庫格爾中校，正是萊德的長官。庫格爾也與座機史多來克一起漂流到地球。在庫格爾船團迎接萊德的是奧迪莉亞與神官們。庫格爾教導地球人類作戰方法，並以殲滅黑迪亞斯的思想構築船團。萊德向庫格爾報告在海底遺蹟發現的事實，以及黑迪亞斯發源於人類的事實。但是庫格爾毫不驚訝，還説那是人類銀河同盟高層沉默的共識，要繼續為了生存與放棄人類身分的黑迪亞斯戰鬥。他相信自己率領的船團人民是幸福的，並對萊德提出邀約，要一起改變這個星球。

Kugel contacts Ledo and instructs him to return to his side. Upon reuniting with him, Ledo learns that Kugel is struck with some disease that does not allow him to leave his cockpit. When Ledo tells him what he learned about the Hideauze, Kugel reveals that he always knew about it, just like the high command of the Gallactic Alliance, and despite that, he insists to fight them, and was all this time organizing a powerful fleet with a militaristic society with that purpose, whose intention is to rally all the humans on Earth under them. Pinion is summoned to Kugel's fleet, and much to his surprise, he is taken there by Lukkage, who is now working under him, and is approached by Kugel's Machine Caliber Striker, who offers him a post as an engineer to develop weapons for the fleet. The rest of his companions is also forced to join Kugel's fleet as well.

Ledo apprend que Kugel, son commandant, est sur Terre et qu'il dirige sa propre flotte. Il décide alors de le rejoindre, mais se retrouve face à une mauvaise surprise.

霧の海に接近した大船団を率いていたのは、レドの上官だったクーゲル中佐だった。クーゲルもまた乗機ストライカーとともに地球へと漂着していたのだ。そしてレドがたどり着いた真実──ヒディアーズと人間は実は同種の存在──クーゲルはそのことをも知っていた。その上でクーゲルは地球の人々に戦い方を教え、ヒディアーズを殲滅するという思想で船団を築き挙げていたのだった。「なぁレド、俺と一緒に、この星を変えてみないか？ 」

죽은 줄 알고 있었던 쿠겔 중령의 통신에 한껏 들뜬 레드.

쿠겔은 레드에게 자신의 부대로 돌아올 것을 명령함과 동시에 피니언을 자신의 선단으로 초대하는데…

Ledo está eufórico ao saber que seu comandante, o Kugel, não apenas está vivo como bem e na Terra, liderando uma frota inteira. Mas o objetivo da frota do Kugel é absorver a frota do Flange... com a ajuda do Pinion! Sem saber disso, Ledo logo se reúne ao comando do Kugel até descobrir que seu antigo comandante é tão horrível com seus subordinados quanto é aos hideous.