Following their victory on Olkarion, the Paladins work to settle their refugees, plan their next move, and interrogate V.V.
- Adaptational Context Change: Tamaki's comment about a character possessing "no jewels" shows up here, but while in canon it referred to the High Eunuchs of the Chinese Federation, who literally lack "jewels" and figuratively lack morals, here it refers to King Lubos of Olkarion, whose lack of "jewels" refers to him being a Dirty Coward.
- Adaptation Distillation: This chapter is the equivalent of A Bride In The Vermillion Forbidden City from Code Geass, though it has no counterpart in Legendary Defender.
- Adaptation Expansion: Since Branko was Killed Off for Real in the previous chapter before he could call for reinforcements, this chapter is completely original on the Legendary Defender side.
- Artificial Limbs: Cornelia gets a prosthetic right arm in this chapter to replace the one she lost fighting Zarkon in Lelouch's defense on Earth.
- Artistic License – Biology: It's mentioned that Olkarion has no tectonic plates, and that so far Earth appears to be the only known planet to have them. While the latter is true, the lack of tectonic plates indicates that Olkarion does not have a magnetic field, so unless the Olkari built something to compensate, the planet should be too irradiated to support human life, making the plan to settle the Castle's civilian population on the planet improbable.
- Berserk Button: For once, Averted — neither Lloyd nor Rakshata is offended when the Olkari refer to their Knightmare Frames as being primitive, because from the Olkari's perspective, these machines are primitive.
- Brain/Computer Interface: Ryner works with Lloyd, Cecile, and Rakshata to develop one for the Voltron Coalition's Knightmares, noting that it would massively improve the reaction times of the Coaltion's soldiers.
- Breather Episode: Aside from V.V.'s interrogation, there is nothing at stake in this chapter, with the Voltron Coalition focusing on settling their refugees on Olkarion and rearming for their next mission.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: It's revealed that in the roughly one week that has passed since the events of Battle for Home, the Galra and their Britannian allies conquered the entire Earth.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, the European Union was defeated when Julius Kingsleynote seized control of Euro Britannia and employed strategies that they never would have used as they involved endangering civilians. Here, the European Union is defeated offscreen by the Galra.
- Do with Him as You Will: Lelouch reveals to Cornelia that, after geasing Lubos following the events of Greening the Cube to learn exactly what the Galra had demanded in exchange for his luxuries, he handed the now former King of Olkarion over to his subjects, who are now giving him a trial to decide his fate.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: V.V., who outright despises most of the wives and children that his brother has, proves to be unable to understand the concept of a Family of Choice, or that Lelouch and Nunnally have one.
- Family of Choice: Highlighted here with the Paladins, as they all firmly state and prove that they are Lelouch and Nunnally's family, something their uncle, V.V., cannot understand.
- Internal Reveal: In a sucessful effort to provoke Lelouch, V.V. reveals to the vi Britannia siblings that he killed their mother.
- Psychopathic Manchild: The Paladins very bluntly feel that V.V.'s physical appearance accurately reflects his personality, as his rant regarding Lelouch and Nunnally taking Charles' attention away from the Ragnarok Connection comes off as a temper tantrum rather than a legitimate grievance.
- La Résistance: Peace Mark is mentioned as being one of the few organizations who is still fighting back against the Galra occupation of Earth.
- Shout-Out: V.V. casually revealing that he killed the vi Britannia Siblings' Mother, followed by Lelouch's outburst is pulled from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
- Tranquil Fury: Once V.V. reveals that he killed Marianne, Lelouch doesn't even utter a word before frying his uncle repeatedly with his new powers.
- Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters: Allura admits to being uncomfortable about working with Peace Mark due to how they’re described as being a terrorist organization. But as they’re one of the few people who are still fighting back against the Galra occupation, the Voltron Coalition decides that they’re the only people they can rely on.
