Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu Gaiden (1999)

Before becoming the Alliance's legendary strategist, Yang Wen-li is thrust into public attention after saving civilians at El Facil. His new reputation leads him into an old military mystery surrounding Bruce Ashbey and the celebrated officers once known as the Year 730 Mafia, where a claim of murder could shake the Alliance's history.

Across the Imperial side, the younger Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis face their own tests aboard warships, in duels among nobles, and on missions that force Reinhard to take command under pressure. Their separate paths gradually reveal the experiences that shaped the rivals who will later dominate the galaxy.