Van is told by Captain O'Connell, that he will be going to Imperial Territory, because a couple of thugs posed as Republican forces are terrorizing nearby villages. While he makes his way to this village, he will be accompanied by another Guardian from the Empire, Schubaltz. As Van leaves his Liger in the woods, he comes to town with Zeke and Fiona. On the way, Zeke gets covered with red paint. Van makes his way all around town and finds that people back here near the farms aren't evacuating. Then, Schubaltz shows up with his triple mini-shot cannon, 8-missile cluster, and 17 shot cannon Dibison. He sees that Zeke is red and demands that what is he doing. Van tells him that he is Van Flyheight, and he has a silver organoid called Zeke, but there was an accident and that Zeke was covered with some paint. He then doesn't believe a thing until he grabs him by his shirt and sees his Guardian Force tag. Then Schubaltz fills him in on information about the attackers.