Plot summary of Xenogears/Part 3

The third part of Xenogears, consisting of chapters 29 to 39, is set in Aquvy and focuses primarily on the Ethos organisation and its affairs.
==Chapter 29: Adrift at Sea==
Elly and Fei find themselves on a small raft with a few days' worth of food; their Gears are secure but inaccessible below the raft. Fei feels that the others are okay and goes to catch some fish. Meanwhile, Citan, Rico, and Hammer awaken on the Yggdrasil. They speak with Bart, who half-heartedly apologises for shooting down their ship. Rico is unimpressed and attacks Bart.
After Fei catches a fish, Elly notices and points out Shevat flying overhead, and Fei recognises it from the Dazil desert. Bart, meanwhile, goes and apologises properly to Citan (who admonishes him for jumping the gun, and notifies Bart that the crest on the new Yggdrasil is that of Shevat) and to Rico (who has gotten the anger out of his system already). Rico agrees to join Bart's crew. Fei and Elly conversate about their places in the world, and Elly decides to leave the Gebler Special Forces and stay with Fei.
==Chapter 30: Men of the Sea==
The next morning, Fei wakes up Elly, as he sees a large salvaging vessel known as the Thames on the horizon. They are rescued, as ordered by the vessel's captain. Fei and Elly's Gears have been taken to the Thames' supply dock to be repaired due to water damage, and they go to the bridge to meet with the Thames' captain. The captain proclaims himself a "man of the sea", and his greatness leaves Fei and Elly speechless. The captain says that the Thames does salvaging for various clients, including an upcoming large-scale salvaging job for the Ethos.
Meanwhile in a Gear deep underwater, Dominia, and another member of the Elements named Kelvena, detects a signal from the Yggdrasil. Dominia chooses to attack the Yggdrasil, despite Kelvena objecting. Suddenly, Fei and Elly feel shaking aboard the Thames, and outside, they see the Yggdrasil being attacked. 
With the repairs on Fei and Elly's Gears being completed, Fei and Elly go underwater to help assist Bart in the fight. Dominia is surprised to see Elly leaving behind the Elements, and Fei, Elly, and Bart engage in battle with her. Dominia manages to capture Elly, but Kelvena convinces Dominia to retreat. The Yggdrasil crew decides to head to the Thames to perform repairs, as well as consider what to do regarding Elly's capture.
==Chapter 31: Friends Again==
Bart and the Thames' captain meet for the first time and begin to have a "man-to-man talk", when suddenly Margie enters the room, interrupting the moment. She also immediately embarrasses Bart by revealing to Fei that Bart was the one who shot down the Goliath. However, the Thames' captain finds this entertaining and shows Bart to the beer hall.
Aboard a Solaris airship, Elly gets attacked by Dominia for betraying them. Before the fight escalates, Miang stops Dominia and scolds her for attacking Elly and the Yggdrasil, and not following orders. As Dominia argues her position, Miang's eyes flash, leaving Dominia stunned and bewildered. Miang takes Elly to the airship's medbay and tells her that she needs to recover from her fatigue. Miang's eyes flash again and she leaves Elly in the medbay. 
Miang shows Ramsus the report of the battle between the Haishao and the party, and Ramsus is surprised by something in the report, leading him to change the airship's course to the Thames promptly. However, Miang says that they should eliminate the Yggdrasil first and that she's already made the arrangements to sabotage it. Elly flies away from the airship in her Gear.
Back on the Thames, Fei finds Bart and the Thames' captain bonding over how they're both strong and "men of the sea", but they are interrupted by Elly returning to the ship. 
==Chapter 32: Betrayal==
Elly says she will rest in the Yggdrasil and leaves, but Bart still has qualms about Elly, as he's afraid of her connections to Gebler. However, he ultimately leaves it up to Fei to decide whether or not to befriend her. Elly heads to the Yggdrasil's engine room and sabotages the engine, but Fei and Bart catch her in the act. Elly falls unconscious, and Bart says that he knew she shouldn't be trusted. Citan walks in and stops the sabotage attempt, and he says that Elly was under strong hypnosis and that he followed her here when he noticed she was acting strangely in the Yggdrasil's medical room.
Elly is brought to the medical room, and eventually, she wakes up with seemingly no memory of what's happened. Sigurd enters the room and says that the radar has picked up signals of a giant Gear heading straight towards them. Bart decides to assist in protecting the Thames as thanks for all their help, and Citan also decides to bring Elly along so she can prove herself trustworthy.
==Chapter 33: Ramsus' Attack==
Dominia tries to attack the Yggdrasil in her own Gear; however, she is swiftly defeated by the party. Suddenly, shots begin narrowly missing the Yggdrasil from underwater. The party dives into the water with their Gears and they find that the ones attacking them are Ramsus and Miang inside the Haishao. Ramsus says that he's been looking for Fei, and that Fei is his arch-rival who must be eliminated. He also asks Fei what happened to his "other Gear", to Fei's confusion. Ramsus critically injures Fei, but Elly stops Ramsus from killing him using her Gear's Aerods, a powerful ether drone attack. This attack destroys the main tank in the Haishao, forcing Ramsus and Miang to retreat.
Fei is brought to the Thames' sick bay and is placed on life support due to his immense injuries. The doctor onboard says that Fei has a chance of survival if he is brought to the infirmary at the Ethos headquarters. However, ordinary people are not allowed access unless granted special permission by a member of the Ethos. On the bright side, the doctor mentions that an Etone, a special kind of priest from the Ethos known as the atoners of sin, will be visiting the Thames. The doctor explains that the Etone is coming to perform an investigation and that Etones are the ones who cleanse the Wels, mutants also known as "Reapers" that have recently been appearing in Aquvy. Citan decides to bring Fei to the Yggdrasil, and Bart and Elly are sent out to find the Etone and ask if he will allow Fei access to the hospital.
==Chapter 34: A Young Priest==
Atop the Thames' deck, while searching for the Etone, Bart and Elly run into Margie, who is also searching for the Etone as she got word of the situation from Citan. She asks a man about the Etone, and he says that he saw the Etone earlier, but he has since left. Suddenly, they see two crooks attempting to kidnap a young girl, and as the party tries to intervene, a man fires a warning shot towards the crooks. The criminals recognize the man as someone named Jesiah, and they run off in fear. 
Jesiah points a gun at Elly, calling her a "dog of Solaris". But Citan interrupts, recognizing Jesiah by his gun and his technique. He tells him to stop threatening Elly as she was only trying to help the girl, who is revealed to be Primera, Jesiah's daughter who suddenly went mute after a traumatic experience. Jesiah apologizes to the party and tells them to refer to him as Jessie. Citan asks about Jessie's family (admittedly in an unintentionally rude manner), and Jessie reveals that his wife died when he wasn't there, and that he is here because his son has "unsavory business" at the Thames. The man Margie talked to earlier interrupts telling them that the Etone has arrived.
They explain to the Etone why they need access to the Ethos' hospital. Jessie walks up, and the Etone is revealed to be Jessie's son, Billy. Billy is surprised to see Jessie, and he asks where he has been all this time. Billy also says that the Ethos has labeled Jessie as an "undesirable element", leading Billy to wonder what he's done. After hearing that Elly helped save Primera, Billy agrees to help the party, allowing them access to the Ethos headquarters. Billy leaves, and Jessie asks him to take Primera to the "brat house", and he agrees. Jessie leaves, and he says goodbye to Citan, whom he too calls Hyuga. Citan says that Sigurd has completed work on the Yggdrasil, allowing them to depart for the Ethos.
The party heads to the Ethos headquarters in the Yggdrasil, which has now been upgraded to the Yggdrasil II, allowing them to traverse through both sand and water. In the headquarters, they are greeted by Billy, and they leave Fei in the infirmary to be taken care of. On their way to check on Fei, they run into a fellow Etone, Verlaine, who reaffirms that Jessie is not a good man. Billy agrees, saying that he has no respect for his father. They reach Fei and it seems he might make a miraculous recovery, though more treatment is required. Elly blames herself for having sabotaged the Yggdrasil, but Citan assures her it wasn't her fault. Citan and Bart go for a walk, while Elly stays in the infirmary by Fei's side.
After some time, Fei's treatment is finished; though he will remain unconscious for the next few days. Elly wishes to thank Billy for his help, but they don't know where he is. The clergyman in the infirmary says that he went to his orphanage, as he was worried about the children there. They decide to bring Fei back to the Yggdrasil's medical bay and thank Billy at the orphanage.
==Chapter 35: The Orphanage==
Inside the orphanage, Elly thanks Billy for his help. Billy reveals that he opened the orphanage as he and Primera haven't had parents since he was young, so he wanted to help kids going through the same situation as them. Suddenly, Sigurd comes in and alerts the party that the Yggdrasil's radar has detected a large ship. Jessie comes in as well, recognizing Sigurd. Billy also recognizes Sigurd, calling him "Siggy", which greatly upsets Bart. Sigurd reveals that Jessie was both his and Citan's senior at Jugend and that he rented a room at Jessie's home. While Sigurd lived with Jessie, Billy grew an attachment to Sigurd. Citan, Sigurd, and Jessie go to the Yggdrasil to talk over some drinks.
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