Taribia returns to the Union...
...and the American President makes an emergency visit.
He promises more material aid and an increase in their energy supply.
So, it appears these incidents were schemes planned out by America and Taribia...
...and Celestial Being was being used as a tool in this incident.
No, not exactly.
Celestial Being merely followed through on their resolution to eradicate war...
...by attacking Taribia.
Even if that meant turning their back on popular opinion.
It might not be so wise to try using them.
Shirin.
Miss Marina, it's almost time to leave for your international tour.
I'll be awaiting good news.
I will do the best I can.
To save Azadistan, we need to have access to solar energy.
May I ask you one thing?
Why did you accept this role?
Why, that's easy.
Because only I can do it.
nee konna katachi no deai shika nakattano? Was this the only way we could meet?
kanashiine It's so sad
anata ni shindemo ayamete hoshikumonai... I don't want you to die or kill anyone...
onegai Please
unmei sae nomikomare We're sinking into a sea
shizumisouna umi e to A sea that swallows fate itself
negai yo kaze ni notte May my wishes ride on the wind
yoake no kane wo naraseyo And ring the bells of daybreak
tori no you ni May they fly like birds
My wishes over their airspace
musuu no nami wo koe asu e tachimukau anata wo You face tomorrow, crossing myriad waves
mamoritamae Be protected by my wishes
My life I trade in for your pain
furimukazu habatake Keep beating my wings without looking back
kono omoi wo hakonde Carrying my hopes and dreams
ano sora wo tondeku Fly through the sky
negai wa darenimo uchiotosenai Wishes can never be shot out of the sky
ESCAPE LIMIT ZONE
Thank you for using Heaven's Pillar...
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE ORBITAL ELEVATOR LINEAR TRAIN DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL LOBBY
...Travel Bureau Number E603 today.
Sis, you didn't have to see me off.
Well, I also had some business at the branch here.
Travel Bureau E603 will leave at 8:18...
Listen, Saji. Make sure you study hard.
Even though the study tour is paid for by your scholarship...
...I'm paying your travel fares.
...23:18 Greenwich Mean Time.
I'm sorry to be a burden.
But Louise insisted on a private car.
Passengers may proceed to Gate A7.
Rich little girls can be so...
Are you guys talking about me?
L-Louise?
Please don't worry, Sister.
Thank you for using Heaven's Pillar...
I'll take good care of Saji.
...Travel Bureau Number E603 today.
I-I suppose I can rest easy as long as you're with him, Louise.
Number E603 is scheduled to leave...
Saji, don't get carried away thinking this is some vacation.
...on time at 8:18, 23:18 GMT.
And no funny stuff with Louise, okay?
Wh-What are you talking about, Sis?
Oh, not to worry, Sister.
Passengers may proceed to Gate A7.
Saji doesn't have the guts to do such a thing.
R-Really?
Honestly, I don't think this girl really suits you.
I can hear you, Sister.
The paperwork is done. Let's go, Second Lieutenant.
Roger that, Lieutenant Colonel.
A mobile suit performance test.
The mission plan arrived from Miss Sumeragi.
Observation of a mobile suit performance test.
Depending on the situation, we may even destroy it.
Be careful, Allelujah.
Ever since that incident in Taribia, the world's not too fond of us.
Thanks for the warning.
Thank you for using Heaven's Pillar Travel Bureau Number E603 today.
This linear train is a direct, non-stop ride to the Low Orbital Station True Pillar.
We will be arriving at 18:32...
...09:32 Greenwich Mean Time of the following day.
We have completed the initial acceleration.
From this point, the train will begin a gentle deceleration stage.
The car interior will experience a quasi-weightless environment.
Please be very careful when unfastening your seatbelts.
The Solar Power Array Construction Project.
This project began half a century ago, when Earth's fossil fuels were exhausted...
...and humanity needed to obtain a new energy source.
The array is attached to the fifty thousand kilometer long orbital elevator...
By the way, I haven't had a chance to ask you why you volunteered...
...to join the Super-Human Institute.
I didn't volunteer.
I am a Designer Baby specifically created for the Super Soldier Project.
Super Soldier Number One...
...has nano-machines embedded in her to maintain her physical functions.
This allows her to remain active in space for prolonged periods of time.
Also, the sensory amplification treatment we applied to her nervous system...
There's no need to explain it!
Is there something that's bothering you?
You don't think there's anything wrong with what you people are doing here?
Not at all.
One like the Lieutenant here is an absolute necessity...
...if we're going to adjust to the harsh environment of space.
Is something the matter, Lieutenant Colonel?
No.
The satellite, charged with solar energy...
Sunlight
Power Generation Satellite
Receiver Antenna
High Orbit Ring
High Orbit Station
...uses microwave transmission to supply...
...the orbital elevator with power...
Sunlight
Power Generation Satellite
Receiver Antenna
High Orbit Ring
High Orbit Station
...and through the elevator, it is distributed to various regions on the surface.
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
High Orbit Station
Power Generation Satellite
Receiver Antenna
Power Generation Satellite
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Over 1.2 exajoules of power are collected and transferred in a single day.
Power is distributed to the 35 countries of the Human Reform League...
...directly through energy tubes.
For areas without energy tubes, direct transmission methods to the surface...
Louise, I was watching that!
Never mind that. We're gonna go and play!
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE LOW ORBIT STATION "TRUE PILLAR"
We're finally here.
What's the matter?
I'm tired. You've been dragging me all over the place this whole time.
- You're so weak. - You're just too tough, Louise.
You must be Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy.
- Ah, yes! - That's right.
I'm Bors Assan. I'll be watching over your training.
Welcome to the Low Orbital Station True Pillar!
Saji, do you know why a low orbital ring is necessary?
Yes.
Forcing a magnetic fluid through the ring creates the centrifugal force...
...which is needed to maintain the station's orbital altitude, right?
I see that you've done your homework.
Hey, Saji! Look! Look!
You mustn't, Louise!
This area is out of bounds!
Isn't it beautiful?
Yeah. It really is.
It's nothing like the video we see.
Yeah.
Be careful, you two.
We're at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers, but there's still a little gravity.
If you lose your step, you'll end up falling toward Earth.
Ah, right, sir!
We're sorry!
Saji, you idiot! You've gotta save me properly!
Oh boy.
This way, Lieutenant Colonel.
So, this is the unit?
Yes, sir.
A unit made to withstand Super Soldier Number One's reaction speed.
MSJ-06II-SP Tieren Taozi.
Tieren Taozi.
This will be my mobile suit.
Our ace in the hole against the Gundams.
2 DAYS LATER
Have you finished your meal?
Yes.
Shall I bring you an after-dinner drink?
- Coffee, please. - Certainly. Are you on vacation?
I enjoy seeing Earth from above.
I know what you mean.
The surface is so troublesome.
It's worse now with that organization, Celestial Being, out there.
Indeed. They're such a pain.
We'll be arriving at our destination shortly.
Please make yourself comfortable 'til then.
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE LOW ORBITAL STATION GRAVITY BLOCKS
Being back in gravity again is really great!
You're right.
Mistress, it's almost time.
Yes, I know.
Ow!
Eyes forward!
l-I'm sorry.
Second Lieutenant, we will test the unit's mobility.
Follow the predetermined course at full acceleration.
Roger that, Lieutenant Colonel.
Here I go.
I'm at maximum acceleration.
A course error of only 0.25 at maximum acceleration?
Is this what a Super Soldier can do?
But she's still a child.
Wh-What's this feeling?
Wh-What is this? My head!
It hurts!
Second Lieutenant, you're veering off the predetermined course.
What's wrong?
L- Lieutenant Colonel.
Something's...throbbing...in my head.
Wh-What is this headache?
Damn! Who the hell is barging into my head?
Who are you?
I'll kill you!
NOOO!!!
Stop it, Second Lieutenant!
No! Stop!
No!!
NO!!
Stop it!
Second Lieutenant!
NO!!
Get out!!
Stop it!
Second Lieutenant!
- No!! - Cut it out, Second Lieutenant!
Stop!!
What was that?
Maybe some debris is hitting us.
- No!! - Stop it! Stop it, Second Lieutenant!
What's going on?!
Louise!
- What is this? - The gravity's gone...
Who is it? Who is that person?
Hey, look.
Isn't that a gravity block?
An accident?
Those guys have my sympathy.
Hallelujah.
Stay outta this.
Hallelujah!
Are we gonna die?
No!
I don't wanna die!
Please kill me, Allelujah.
No.
No!
This is terrible.
Second Lieutenant.
Second Lieutenant!
Control Room, this is Sergei.
Tell me about the damage to the gravity block.
Lieutenant Colonel.
According to the distress signal...
...Gravity Block Number Seven is drifting, and there are 232 people stranded in it.
- What about a rescue team? - Scheduled to deploy in seven minutes.
A small squadron has been scrambled to escort them.
However, due to the shock of the explosion and the oxygen leak...
...Gravity Block Number Seven is rapidly losing velocity.
It will be dragged into the Earth's gravitational field in 14 minutes.
What?!
I will commence rescue procedures! Deploy a team to recover Second Lt. Peries!
But sir, an object with that much mass!
Human lives are at stake!
The rescue teams have deployed...
...but they won't make it in time.
The gravity block will be pulled in by the Earth's gravity and...
Mistress!
Mistress...
Allelujah Haptism has...
What?
This entire block has detached from the station.
Does that mean we're adrift?
No way!
A rescue team will be here. We just have to be patient until then.
Seven minutes until Escape Limit Zone.
To bring the speed of the block up to orbital velocity...
...I must accelerate that enormous structure!
What the!
Th-This is trouble!
I just calculated it on my terminal.
These blocks will be trapped in the Earth's gravitational field in five minutes!
What?!
S-Saji!
You've gotta be kidding. In five minutes we're gonna start...
Block Number Seven's mass is too great.
This unit's propulsion won't be enough to...
Two hundred seconds until Escape Limit Zone.
At this rate, my unit will be caught in the gravitational field as well.
Am I going to have to abandon them?
Why must space be so merciless?
What?
A unit moving in at such a high speed?
Why didn't it show on my radar?
Could it be...
A Gundam?
Allelujah. Allelujah Haptism!
What are you doing? The mission given to you was...
You don't understand...
...the feelings of someone who is adrift in space.
Twenty seconds until Escape Limit Zone.
Kyrios!
What?!
Again?
Go!!
l-It held up.
But why is Celestial Being doing rescue work?
The rest will be up to Miss Sumeragi.
We've received an urgent coded transmission from Wang Liu Mei.
Rescue work? What is that boy thinking?
What do we do?
Isn't it obvious?
This just in!
A missing persons list from the station accident!
JNN HEAVEN'S PILLAR BRANCH
CAMERON BRYANT LOGAN REBHOLZ ALLISON MORLEY CHAD LANDGRIDGE SAJI CROSSROAD LOUISE HALEVY HENRI YAMAMURA DAIGO HAMILTON CHARLES READER
No way...
Even with the Gundam's propulsion, the best we can do...
...is maintain its current velocity.
But once we run out of energy, we'll be sucked into Earth's atmosphere.
Can you hear me?!
Everyone, move to the central block!
Is that the Gundam pilot speaking?
I repeat. If you don't wanna die, move to the center!
Is someone trying to rescue us?
Let's go, Louise!
We have no time! Hurry!
The voice of a young man.
Hey, Saji.
There's a chance we might die out here...
...so I'm gonna say this now.
Louise.
Can you hear me, Gundam pilot?
This block is about to enter the Escape Limit Zone.
There's nothing more we can do. Move away.
Can't do that.
Failure is not an option for Celestial Being.
Besides...
You know, Saji. I...
A Gundam Meister is never alone!
What?!
Great skills...
Lockon Stratos.
GN particle high density compression in progress.
Time until charge completion, twenty, nineteen, eighteen...
...seventeen, sixteen...
- ...fifteen, fourteen, thirteen... - Clouds are blocking my shot...
- ...twelve, eleven... - Clear 'em out, Setsuna!
Roger.
Charge complete!
Targeted and firing!
Nice support, Miss Sumeragi.
Higher!
They aimed at the two blocks from the surface and cut them off...
...thus lowering the total mass so we could push it to a stable orbit.
The rescue team is here.
L- Lieutenant Colonel! The Gundam!
Rescue operations take top priority!
R- Roger!
I am not so callous as to be ungrateful for their help.
This just in! All the people in peril have been rescued!
Mission complete.
We abandoned the mission Veda recommended...
...and made a rescue operation our priority.
On top of that, we showed the whole world Dynames' high altitude firing capability.
We'll need to drastically revise the plan.
You're the one who altered the mission and gave Lockon Stratos his orders.
I didn't change the mission to help Allelujah Haptism.
I protected the Gundam.
Someone with his temperament shouldn't pilot a Gundam.
ai wo shirazu yureru yurikago The cradle rocks without knowing love
And what about your temperament?
We were pretty close to dying, weren't we?
moetsukiteku nemuri no mori de As the sleeping forest burns to ash
Louise.
It doesn't feel that way. But I'm glad.
tomoni ikiru yorokobi sae mo Even the joy of living together in peace
Hey, Louise.
What were you trying to tell me earlier?
Huh?
Please tell me.
kieteshimau tooku Vanishes into the distance
I'm not telling you.
zetsubou wa amai wana Despair is a sweet trap
tozasareta sono tobira The doors are locked securely
kokoro ga senjou dakara Because our hearts are a battlefield
darenimo sukuenai Nobody can save us
zenmai no shinzou ga unmei ni ayatsurare Wind-up hearts are manipulated by fate
buriki no heitaitachi wa satsuriku wo hajimeru The hollow tin soldiers begin the massacre
ai wo shirazu yureru yurikago The cradle rocks without knowing love
moetsukiteku nemuri no mori de As the sleeping forest burns to ash
tomoni ikiru yorokobi sae mo Even the joy of living together in peace
kieteshimau tooku Vanishes into the distance
yasashisa wo shinji subete wo yurushite Let us believe in kindness, and forgive all
itsukushimuyouni Let us treasure each other
tada wakachiatte wakariatte Simply sharing and understanding
Even if it's a set-up battle, Celestial Being cannot stay silent.
A Gundam with new equipment declares its existence to the world.
Next episode, "Seven Swords".
NEXT EPISODE SEVEN SWORDS
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