When there is nothing that can be done in the face of hopelessness, a single nail can make all the difference. A look upon the 86 series structured around the poem 'In Want of a Nail.' -timeline level spoilers, vague as possible-

Shin and Lena share a moment under the same night sky.

Lerche cannot sleep. She cannot comprehend her daughter's decision to join the military. Set in the future, after the Great Anti-Legion War. [Warning: Spoilers for Light Novel Vol. 5-6].

The Great Anti-Legion War has ended. Flanked by her loyal comrades-in-arms—a young officer of the Republic of San Magnolia is crowned as Queen of the Repentant Kingdom of San Magnolia. A nation is reborn. [Warning: Spoilers for LN Vol. 4-6] (Note: Fixed the formatting. Hopefully, it's readable now.)

Cuando los cerdos se vuelven demasiado ruidosos, es cuestión de lógica buscar un nuevo hogar ¿no?

Things changed after Spearhead Squadron disappeared. Lena sets out to understand why… and must face the difficult answers.

"An army marches on its stomach" -Napoleon B. A young logistician turned handler commands an elite reactionary force in the war against The Legion while fulfilling her duties as one of the final pillars preventing The Republic's military from buckling under its logistical weight. She famously claims: "Amateurs discuss tactics. Generals worship me when I bring up their logistics."

A human somehow woke up as an experimental war machine and part of the Legion Army. The human's luck was horrible and only became worse when both the Legion and the 86ers. "If I have to fight my way out of this, then so be it. Bring it on!"

Incluso el escuadrón Spearhead a veces no puede evitar pensar en esas cosas.

After seeing one too many members of her new squadron die, Lena decides that someone is going to have to pay for the atrocities that she's been forced to witness

Random stories about the Eighty Six. Majority is Shin and Lena but who knows, might throw in a few others.

SPOILERS: This is an encounter after Volume 4 of the light novel. I have not read volume 5 before writing this. It just came before I read ahead. I have a lemons of this scene but I am not finished with it yet. Let me know if you want more or a spin off of the story! I would love to continue their story of the afterword's from scenes like this. I will be reading what I can soon.