aozameta hitomi Eyes drained of life...
mitsumeru honoo ...as they gaze at the flame
ima subete o suteru toki ga kita Now the time has come to leave everything behind...
omoidasu koto mo kanashimu koto mo All the memories and pain...
yurusarezu ni tatakaitsuzukeru You can't look back as the battle goes on.
kyou de inochi ga moetsukiru to shitemo Even if lives today are burnt to ashes...
soredemo hito wa asu wo yume miru mono ka ...will people still dream of tomorrow?
sore ga sadame demo It may be destiny, but..
I wanna get a chance!
zetsubou no sora ni fukiareru arashi A storm rages in the skies of despair.
mirai wa dare no tame ni aru For whom does the future exist?
horobi yuku sekai A world on the path of destruction...
kakenukeru arashi ...with a storm raging through...
erabareshi mono Those who are chosen are...
Men of Destiny!
CONSPIRACY SECTOR
Still tracing the IFF code, but it's definitely one of ours.
Lieutenant Bate's team is moving in to investigate.
Think it's headed for the naval review?
That's in 2 days. The first one since the One Year War.
Guess the Federation bigwigs are finally getting off their fat asses.
That's not quite true.
The naval review was planned a while ago.
Since we're a new ship, we should have been part of it as well.
The senior staff may have organized the review...
...to show off the Federation's military strength.
But I don't think our enemies will be that impressed with it.
Especially...
...Anavel Gato.
This is Bate. Target sighted.
It's the battleship Birmingham.
Heh, they're sure being casual about this!
The inspection flagship, out here without an escort!
The inspector general is Admiral Green Wyatt, isn't it?
Whose mobile suits were those just now?
I believe they were from the Albion, sir.
That stubborn little ship, huh?
He's on to me!
Uraki! You sure you want to pull away from a slow Cannon?
You're wasting too much ammo!
Easy for you to say!
And you're wasting your breath!
Uraki?! He's coming around me?
You!
You got me.
I got him... I finally beat the lieutenant!
Way to go, Kou!
Hey, we beat the lieutenant, right?
Keith, if this was a real fight, you'd be dead!
But it's practice! Lighten up, Kou!
For crying out loud. You never learn.
Good job, Uraki. I'll buy you a beer when we get back.
It was the Full Vernian, sir. My skill had nothing to do with it.
Meaning you know how to pilot it now, right?
All right, training's over. Let's head back.
Roger!
Have I gotten too old for this?
How much longer can I keep on piloting these things?
Lieutenant, there's a black object ahead of us!
It's big! REALLY big!
What?
Don't scare me like that!
Didn't you hear the report about the space colonies they're moving?
I never realized just how big those colonies really are...
They're taking colonies from Side 1 that were damaged in the war...
...and are moving them over to Side 3.
It's stage two of the colony reclamation plan.
So, this... This is a space colony...
Good job.
Kou!
Nina!
You did it! You finally got Lieutenant Burning!
BANG!
Thanks to that research.
It was spot on in predicting the situation.
The Gundam's improving.
Along with a certain somebody's battle skill level.
It's my Gundam, after all.
"My"?
Oh, sorry. Our Gundam, right?
"Our"?
Kou, when did you start talking like a grown-up?
What do you mean?
You shouldn't treat a Federation officer like a little brother.
You can say that once you start eating carrots!
Take care of my Gundam, okay?
Looks like there's nothing wrong with you.
You've been working pretty hard lately, haven't you?
How about some vitamin supplements?
No, thanks. From what you say, I don't really need them.
It's all right.
So why come to me now?
When your leg was broken, you kept avoiding coming here.
Well, my leg was always saying "Run! Run!" to me, so...
Well, that smart mouth of yours is as healthy as ever!
Exam's over.
Thanks.
Something wrong, Lieutenant?
Captain. No, it's nothing, sir. How about you?
Oh, I have a limit on how much...
...alcohol I can drink, so they keep it here.
Down to this mark today, all right?
No, I'm taking it down to the one below that one.
Lieutenant, would you like to join me for a change?
Good liquor doesn't taste as good when you drink it alone.
Y-Yes, sir.
How is everyone able to eat these things?
But I'm a man, dammit! I can handle this!
Hey, Kou!
Uh, what are you doing?
Well...
Nina always treats me like a little kid, so...
Probably 'cuz, out of all the straight-arrows at Naimehen...
...you were the straightest one of the bunch!
Anyway, I didn't come here to talk about that.
Check these out!
- These are! - They're Lieutenant Monsha's.
He's still carrying a torch for her, so he's doing this.
Mora found 'em in his GM's cockpit!
Check it out! Isn't this incredible?
I wonder how he took these.
Still, Nina's sexiness just leaps out when you catch her off guard.
It just shows Monsha was being a lech when he took these, right?
Oh, you idiot. Can't you see how sexy adult women are?
Kou, all you've got right now is a cupid named Gundam.
Do you really think you can have her?
Can you take the lead in this relationship?
You like her, don't you?
- Well... - Well?
I love her.
Then don't you think you'd want to learn more about women?
Every little bit?!
So, how are the kids doing?
They're getting to be really steady pilots.
Test pilots are good at picking things up quickly.
Especially Ensign Uraki.
He's also got Nina helping him, doesn't he?
Even without that, he's got a lot going for him.
Well, she seems to help him both in work and his private life.
I see.
We should probably reexamine our personnel system.
The young are lucky. Able to devote themselves totally to victory.
By the way, Burning, you have a wife on Earth, don't you?
Well, yes, sir. I do.
Why don't you take some leave after this operation?
Captain, I know I said they were improving, but...!
You're a little old to be competing with young men, you know.
You're wrong, sir. It's just a matter of will.
Well, if you feel strongly enough to put it that way...
- I beg your pardon, sir. - Lieutenant...
The truth is, my wife and I have been separated for a while now.
Oh. I'm sorry I...
No, that's all right.
Even if this battle with Delaz is my last one as a pilot...
...I don't want to end my career with any regrets.
That makes two of us.
Well, we're scheduled to rendezvous with a supply ship soon.
I'm going to grab some sleep.
You should get some rest, too.
Yes, sir. Thanks for the drink.
This brings back some memories, Karius. I'm glad you came.
Commander! Yeah, although there're just...
...three units left from the 302nd patrol company.
The others will be coming soon.
My heart is trembling like all of space!
Still, I noticed something strange, sir.
Oh? What?
It's Commander Cima, sir. We nearly landed on her fleet by mistake.
Cima Garahau... I thought she wasn't on this mission.
We're almost to point Z.
Think the Feddies'll be there?
Oh, they'll be there.
The question is whether they're on the level or setting us up.
We're at the rendezvous point, sir. Think it's a trap?
Make some tea, would you?
I'll have Darjeeling.
Lieutenant Gyde and staff of the supply ship Edge...
...requesting permission to come aboard, sir!
Granted! Welcome aboard the Albion!
All right, we've got mail for you this time, too!
- There we go. - Hold it!
That box is for me!
Civilian! Miss Purpleton from Anaheim Electronics!
That's me!
Keith! I can't believe you did that!
You're as big a lech as Monsha!
No! I'm telling you, no!
Kou has all of the pictures!
How much did you sell those peeping Tom pictures for?!
You don't know anything about a woman's heart!
What's going on?
Please, believe me!
Okay, confess!
- Come back! - Like hell! Kou, save me!
Keith! We have to get to our alert stations.
Ensign Uraki, where are those pictures?!
If you don't tell me, I won't forgive you! Not even you, Kou!
I... I put them in the shredder!
That's an obvious lie!
Mora, cut it out.
If he's still reading these sorts of books, he probably did do that.
Th-Those are!
"The ABC's of Women"
"On Spacenoid Females"
"The Secrets of Womens' Bodies"?!
What are you reading, man?
Uraki! Keith! God dammit, what are you doing?!
Goofing off in here... Why aren't you at your alert stations?!
Lieutenant, you see...
Quit playing around! You do that and this ship'll end up destroyed!
Uraki! The same goes for you!
Yes, sir! Sorry, sir!
You think that excuses you?!
Nina.
See what I mean? I'll give you the sermon later. Follow me!
Yes, sir!
Nina, hurry!
Status report!
Possible enemy ship. We backtraced its Minovsky jamming waves.
Sector Five-One-Nine!
That's close to the Birmingham.
What's going on with our mobile suit launch?
Launching now, sir!
You're late! Have Bate's team stand by!
And I always thought ladies made men wait.
Typical Marines...
Think she'll be a tough negotiator?
Everybody knows ladies love gifts.
Admiral, I have an emergency dispatch from the Albion.
- Read it. - Yes, sir!
"Have sighted enemy vessel."
"Dispatching mobile suits at once."
"From Albion. To the Inspector General."
- Admiral! - Idiots!
Why do they have to butt in?
Typical of Kowen's ships... Fools!
They're turning away. The Birmingham's turning away!
What's going on? Are they double-crossing us?!
Don't panic!
We'll know in a moment. In a moment...
Enemy vessel is firing!
Nieberlung, dead in the water!
They're letting me get away.
They're putting on a show for their friends.
That's why they missed this ship.
I wonder if he's a handsome man?
Way to go, Birmingham! They got an enemy ship while retreating!
Two o'clock! Two enemy vessels, retreating!
I'll never forget that ship!
Calm down! Our mission's to guard the Birmingham as it retreats!
Him again? Didn't I teach you a lesson last time?
Don't waste ammo... Don't waste ammo...
What the hell is he, a grasshopper?!
Gotta hold on till Lieutenant Bate's team gets here!
Use your situation, Uraki!
Yes, sir!
Wh-Where is he?!
In this situation, you should hide!
Where's Uraki and Keith?!
Ms. Cima, time to go. We expect enemy reinforcements.
Roger! At your discretion!
How could I be beaten back by only three mobile suits?!
Wait, one of them isn't moving.
Unless it's!
Bergman, you handle the grasshopper!
This may tell us about the enemy's strength.
What?!
Trying to rob me of my profit?!
Not bad!
Ms. Cima! The Lili Marleen's at maximum retrieval range!
Oh, the hell with it! It's Gato's ass that'll be on the line.
All right, run for it!
Lieutenant, are you hurt, sir?
Nah, I'm fine. They sank a round into me, but...
No problem. The Albion's close by.
Secure from battle stations. Recall Lieutenant Bate's team, too.
Aye, sir.
Two enemy mobile suits, destroyed. Both scored by Lieutenant Burning.
- Scott, can you contact him? - Aye, sir!
Well done, Lieutenant Burning.
Thank you, sir. Actually, I have another prize for you.
I'll bring it to you as soon as I'm back on board.
Oh? I'll look forward to it.
Sir!
Just a minute, Lieutenant.
I heard what happened before you launched.
Go easy on them, okay?
Understood, sir.
Lieutenant.
I wasn't on the ball today.
The Birmingham got away safely, but I delayed our launch, so...
Mora filled me in on what happened.
So, it was about those pictures Monsha took, huh?
- Yes, sir. - And?
I destroyed them! I really did!
What?! You didn't even save one?!
No, I didn't! Why won't anyone believe me?!
That's why she treats you like a little kid!
You both can stand on your own now.
You were able to fight those guys before on better than equal terms.
All that's left is for you to feel it yourselves...
...but I can't teach you that.
Yes, sir...
I remember having this sort of talk with you on that night in Australia.
All I can remember are those push-ups!
Really?
Uraki, you should've kept one picture, like Keith said.
Do you have anything like that, sir?
No, I was never much good at relationships, either...
Not quite as bad as you are, though.
End of sermon.
Right, before we land...
Orders from naval command. Operation Stardust is to be...
...carried out in the Solomon Sea sector under the following...
Incredible! This lays the enemy's deployment out in one document!
Hm? Gundam Unit 2?!
Lieutenant, what did you say?! Is it about Gato?!
Yeah. Uraki, Gato's making his move.
What's their objective, sir?!
Their objective is... Oh, my God!
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant, come in! Lieutenant!
Lieutenant... Don't give up, sir!
Lieutenant!
Lieutenant Burning!
LIEUTENANT BURNING!
Lieutenant!
Damn it all!
Lieutenant!
Nina, what is it?
Captain, here.
It's for Lieutenant Burning.
Sylvia Burning... His wife.
I wasn't able to give it to him before he launched.
Thank you, Nina. I'll answer the letter.
Today, in the defense of the battleship Birmingham...
...we lost Lt. South Burning, a fine combat commander.
As I pray that his soul finds peace, I am exercising...
...the special authority granted a captain during an operation...
...and issuing battlefield promotions to Alpha A. Bate and Kou Uraki.
They have each been advanced one rank.
hitori fukai yami All alone in the deep darkness.
michi wo nakusu yoru On a night that swallows up the road.
mabushii asahi no kioku wo Searching on and on for...
sagashitsuzuketeiru ...the memory of a brilliant dawn.
toki ni unmei wa There are times when destiny...
kokoro tamesu kaze ...is a wind that tests your heart.
ai wa subete wo tsutsumu sora Love is a sky that embraces everything...
asu wo utsushiteiru ...and reflects the dawn of a new day.
Dreamer...
atsui kodo wo yobisamaseba ii I should revive that warm heartbeat inside...
Dreamer...
kogoeta yume ga mata kagayaki hajimeru That frozen dream has begun to shine again.
Evergreen...
NEXT EPISODE
Solomon. That was its name before it fell to the Federal Forces.
No... There are still men who even now call it that.
Through their minds flow memories of honor and past glory...
...along with defeats and failures.
With the Federation fleet arrayed before him...
...what does this lonely dreamer see?
THE NIGHTMARE OF SOLOMON
Once more, the nightmare returns.