August 20, 2023, After a very powerful blow to the enemy by destroying one of the five motherships, thanks to the encounter of a mysterious friendly aircraft called Exero. The Asamian Naval Battle Group had exhausted the rest of its ammo and the Anima were starved with little jet fuel. Even food for the human sailors and pilots was becoming scarce aboard both Akagi and Akio. They had lost over 15 aircraft, two of them being shot down, the rest were heavily damaged from the attack on the group. Missile Destroyers JS Laffey and JS Ayanami were having the same problem as well. Due to this, the Battle Group turned and headed for the nearest Asamian port. They docked at the Naval and Air Force Testing Facility.

The Anima landed inside the facility. (The one in the pic is F/A-4EJ Skyhawk, or well known as Skye). They got fed as their planes got rearmed and repaired. 1 hour later, Belka's Schnee Squadron showed up followed by Constrictor Squadron and the mercenary squadron, Galm Team. Schnee's F-14 Tomcats were retrofitted to be able to fight Intruders while Constrictor's Ma-206C Unryuu's and Galm's F-15's were carrier stress tested and modified accordingly. R.A.E A-54's, Javelin's T-35C and W-Heavy FSWF-01 Aggressor's were on there way to operate aboard the Akio.


The commander of the base brought even more good news. The Experimental Support Squadron emerged from their hangars. They were going to work in active service with the U.N.C.A.F forces. They were the Asamian Top Guns and would be a major help in winning the war. Skye and Phantom noticed that Keiko didn't show up with them. Then from behind everyone, a massive hangar door opened up to a dark hangar. Inside glowed two red L.E.D lights. Walked out a young boy wearing a black flight suit with red outlines going around the edge's. His eye's revealed a crimson red color and he wore a black scarf with red tips. He was slightly dark-skinned and had straight black hair with red tips outlining the edges, with one side of bangs covering his left eye. Following behind him was a Menacing Black with red outlines F-14D Tomcat. The L.E.D lights were on each side of the canopy. On the belly of the plane, was the strange recon pod that Maeko (Constrictor 1) had seen before. The commander asked him to introduce himself.

Unknown- "I'm the RSF-14SX Skelecat, a heavily modified F-14D and the 6th Anima tasked with completely destroying Intruders of all variant types, including the Ace Intruders. But the Crimson squadron gave me the name Marble Keiko."
There was no hint of expression in his introduction.

The F-14 moved along with Marble, like the other Anima's planes, showing that Marble was no different or any way separate from his aircraft. The commander said that since sadly this war has become bigger than it used to be, they had to bring out everything that they had. They paused Marble's development and just finished getting him ready for combat. Updates for him will happen in between missions and operations. Check-ups will be done aboard the carriers and Crimson Squadron will be sticking to Marble's side to make sure there aren't any problems. The commander told the Anima to go play and be kids, while the adults talked about the situation. Skye and Phantom took Marble's hands and they ran off to their planes to play a game, with Gripen following right behind them. Meanwhile, Akagi's and Akio's captains, the base commander and the A.A.I founder/Crimson Lead pilot, Mr. Nakamura sat at table and discussed where the enemies were moved and stationed. An Osean base was stationed on some unmarked island in between Aurelia and Antarctica. They planned to send the Anima down there to destroyer it while the JS Akio goes to support Belka and Ustio. JS Destroyers Ayanami and Laffey will go with Akagi while JS Yukikaze and JS Shimakaze go with Akio. After five hours, the battle group and the Anima were ready. Galm, Schnee and Constrictor's planes were loaded up onto the Akagi. The R.A.E A-54's, Javelin's T-35C and W-Heavy FSWF-01 Aggressor's landed aboard the Akio. All the Anima (human forms) were carried back on the carrier, after being exhausted from chasing each other around, while their planes were loaded aboard Akagi. The battle group departed once more, moving farther away from their homeland. The campaign for peace has officially begun.