To protect his and Ranka's life, Alto takes control of one of the SMS Skull Platoon's VF-25 Messiah fighters after the original pilot is killed in action. Alto rescues Ranka and flies for their dear lives while the rest of the SMS Skull Platoon comes to the rescue. After the battle, Ozma Lee, the leader of Skull Platoon and Ranka's legal guardian, takes Alto to SMS headquarters and asks to know how his teammate died.