Who in the world?
Could it have been him?
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
2307 A.D.
Almost four months have passed...
...since Celestial Being began their armed interventions.
The number of interventions has exceeded sixty.
Regardless of whether people loved or hated them...
...people began to accept their existence.
Some would rebuke Celestial Being and others would affirm them...
...but from the perspective of rejecting war, both sides shared the same feelings.
No one seeks conflict for its own sake.
Of the three groups of nations on Earth, the Union and AEU have announced...
...that they will take defensive measures against Celestial Being...
...for conflicts taking place within their territories only.
However, since the Moralia conflict...
...there hasn't been a single large-scale battle.
This was made possible...
...by the superior combat abilities of the Gundam mobile suits.
Real IRA Announces Ceasefire
Around the world, incidents of bloodshed continue to diminish...
...but resistance against oppression by armed force has not disappeared.
Now, a secret plan is being undertaken...
...by the only group to challenge them...
...the Human Reform League.
THE HONOR OF A GREAT POWER
Members of the Chobu special forces team.
You represent your motherlands...
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE HIGH ORBITAL STATION
...and are the finest that the Human Reform League has to offer.
Your mission...
...is the destruction of an organization enacting armed interventions worldwide...
...and the capture of their mobile suits.
The successful completion of this mission...
...will make the Human Reform League the leader of the world...
...thereby contributing to the overall advancement of humanity!
I expect great things from you!
Dynames, docking complete.
Continuing with docking procedures for Exia.
Container open, relative guidance system activated.
Guidance system locked in.
Exia, docking.
Exia has docked.
That was a good landing, Setsuna.
I'll help you with maintenance.
Get back to your room and rest.
Give other people a chance to work.
- Hey bro, hey bro. - What's new, dear brother!?
Such an emotional reunion!
Begin maintenance. Begin maintenance.
Roger! Roger!
I'm counting on you!
Miss Sumeragi.
What if we're attacked during our overhaul?
Then I'll curse God for that.
Is that something a tactical forecaster should be saying?
Attitude control complete. Hatches open.
Increasing linear catapult voltage.
Two-way communication system ready for launch.
Launching.
Full deployment of communication probes.
HRL HIGH ORBITAL STATION CONTROL ROOM
All communication probes fully deployed.
Moving to designated positions.
Two-way com-links are operational.
We have now covered approximately eighty percent of our forces' territory...
...in geostationary satellite orbit.
The special particles emitted by Gundams...
...interfere with communication devices within their area of effect.
We'll take advantage of that...
...releasing several hundred thousand small probes with two-way comm ability.
If communications fail in a given area, then there's a Gundam in the vicinity.
Lieutenant Colonel, do you think this net will catch any fish?
It would be a problem if it doesn't, Lieutenant Ming.
We don't have the resources to mount an operation of this size very often.
"Celestial Being's Influence on the Future of Global Conflict."
This is gonna be a pretty tough paper...
Why don't you just make something up?
I can't do that...
Louise!
M-Mom?
Mom?
I've missed you so much, Louise!
There are all sorts of traveling restrictions right now.
How did you get here?!
I just used my connections and asked for help.
Louise, who is this?
I told you about him before. He's my boyfriend.
I'm Saji. Saji Crossroad.
Oh? Well, thank you for taking care of my daughter.
Ah, you're welcome.
But you don't have to anymore. We're going home, Louise.
Wh-What are you saying, Mom?
With the world the way it is...
...I can't let my only daughter study abroad.
Come along.
No! I'm not going! Say something, Saji!
What should I say?
Your lover is being taken away!
Lover?!
S-Since when?!
Y-You!
You're misunderstanding, "Mom"!
"Mom"?!
N-No, I didn't mean it like that. Um...
Act like a man, be more decisive!
What?!
Saji!
JNN HEADQUARTERS
An investigative report on Aeolia Schenberg?
I believe that if we investigate Celestial Being's creator...
...we can discover their true objectives!
Please let me do it!
I heard that all the national intelligence agencies just gave up on it.
What can you do alone?
But I want to!
Please, Chief!
Can you collect enough material for a one-hour special report within a month?
Middle East Energy Crisis
U.N. inspecting Kingdom of Azadistan
Yes!
Now, the next item of news.
Middle East Energy Crisis
U.N. inspecting Kingdom of Azadistan
It seems the United Nations will be assisting the Middle Eastern Kingdom...
...of Azadistan, which is currently suffering a severe energy crisis.
AZADISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KINGDOM OF AZADISTAN
A UN inspection team has arrived in the country, and...
If talks go well with the U.N. ambassador...
...then we could finally gain access to the solar power system.
Princess, they've arrived.
This is the person who could save Azadistan.
It is a great pleasure to meet you.
I am United Nations ambassador Alejandro Corner.
I am Marina Ismail, Princess Royal of the Kingdom of Azadistan.
On behalf of the nation, I would like to thank you...
...for accepting our request for assistance.
The UN was originally created for just this kind of purpose.
Though, because member nations are less generous with their funding these days...
...there is a limit as to what we can do.
We still appreciate it.
U.N. assistance at a time like this, when we have nothing to offer in return?
What is that man really up to?
Huh? Where's Feldt?
She said she wasn't feeling well and went to see Dr. Moreno.
Then you're working a double shift?
That's right.
I'll take over here, so why don't you go and have something to eat.
Huh? Really?
That's so kind of you!
Don't mention it.
Too bad you're really not my type.
So sad...
Yo. What are you up to?
Lockon.
What's wrong?
This is so awkward.
GN Drive charging is now reading one hundred percent!
Two-way communications of AE3288 have been cut off!
Tell the Lieutenant Colonel!
AR9763 as well!
Location: EAN-07.
I never expected them to be so close.
Notify the Chobu special forces team!
Mobile suit teams, scramble immediately!
HUMAN REFORM LEAGUE MULTIPURPOSE TRANSPORT SHIP LAOHO
Prepare for immediate deployment!
Launch in sequence from Ship One at 0655!
All crew members prepare for acceleration!
Emergency acceleration in 140 seconds!
Second Lieutenant Peries.
How is the full sensory projection system?
No problem, Lieutenant Colonel. All clear.
This will be your first real battle, Second Lieutenant.
I want to avoid a repeat of what happened before.
I understand, Lieutenant Colonel.
All ships have reached the acceleration threshold.
Commencing acceleration!
I see...
So your parents were in Celestial Being?
They were both pilots of second generation Gundams.
I see.
Then, I'm able to fight thanks to your parents.
So, did you get homesick or something, Feldt?
Today is the anniversary of their deaths.
What happened?
I don't really know. I only know that they died.
Members of Celestial Being are bound to confidentiality.
I don't know the pasts of the current members, either.
But still...
Not telling you about your parents...
You're following in their footsteps.
You're strong.
You're a strong girl.
It's Neil.
Huh?
My real name. Neil Dylandy.
Your real name?
Yeah, that's right. I'm from Ireland.
My parents were killed in a terrorist attack.
Why are you telling me?
I thought it would be unfair if you were the only one sharing.
You're so kind.
Yeah, but only to ladies.
Lockon.
S-Sorry.
Hey, it's not like that!
The way things were there, I couldn't even taste the food!
What?
Oh, nothing.
Something on the E-sensor?
Those are comm devices!
What is it?
- You idiot! - Why?!
The enemy has detected our location!
Adjust Ptolemy's course. Plot the shortest course to the orbital ring.
Roger.
All Meisters standby in your Gundam units.
Ian, what's their maintenance status?
We're done with Exia.
But Dynames can't use its leg generators, and its armor is still stripped.
That's the one I wanted...
Send out Kyrios and Virtue first!
- Right away! - Feldt!
Make sure you live.
Ptolemy, switching to Catapult Mode.
They scattered hundreds of thousands of comm devices...
...to find the areas where GN particles interfere with communications.
Only the Human Reform League...
...has the resources to mount such an operation.
What's the situation?
We can't escape their communication area!
Head to the orbital ring's power satellites.
That area is a communication dead zone, due to the electromagnetic waves.
We'd be able to erase our handicap.
Roger.
Kyrios has launched.
Moving Virtue to the catapult deck.
A decoy mission with the two Gundams?
Yeah, that's part of it.
I'm sorry for being late.
Feldt, please handle the launch sequence.
Roger.
I did a temporary fix by adding a stabilizer on the left leg...
...but the firing control's still...
As long as I can fire!
Go get 'em! Go get 'em!
Virtue, Tieria Erde...
...launching.
Lieutenant Colonel.
Two additional comm cutoff points have appeared...
...heading towards the orbital rings.
Did the Gundams split up?
No, they're trying to draw us off by sending out just two Gundams.
Then that means there's a high probability...
...that the first communication cutoff point is Celestial Being's space transport.
Then let's fall for it and throw our own feint right back at them.
Ships One, Two and Three, launch all mobile suits.
Navigators on Two and Three, switch to auto-pilot...
...detach bridge and return to base.
Number Three, don't forget to track the third communication cutoff point.
Ships One, Two, and Three launching all mobile suits.
Assuming straight line formation behind Ship One as planned.
Ships Two and Three detaching bridges.
Ship Three tracking third communication cutoff point.
Ship Two, changing course and tracking second communication cutoff point.
Ship One will lead our main force straight to the first communication cutoff point.
Target surmised to be the enemy transport.
When you locate it, commence operation.
Ptolemy has entered the orbital ring's electromagnetic interference zone.
Optical camera has a visual of the enemy.
They're here.
Bringing up maximum magnification on monitor.
The ships approaching...
...are four Human Reform League multipurpose transports...
...designated EDI-402 Laoho.
Two ships are breaking off to the left and the right.
Probably to engage Kyrios and Virtue.
They got us.
Can we contact Allelujah and Tieria?
We're in the electromagnetic interference zone.
It's impossible.
Lichty, change course immediately.
Use the orbital ring as a shield and get away from the enemy ships!
R-Roger.
The enemy ship is changing course.
It's hidden in the shadow of the orbital ring.
They're showing some skill.
Can we get a silhouette of the enemy ship?
It'll have to be enhanced by Al.
That's fine. Get it.
So this is Celestial Being's spaceship.
How large must that organization be, to possess something like that?
I will relay my tactical forecast of the situation to all personnel.
I expect the ships approaching us will be two Laoho transports.
Those two ships should have all of the enemy's fighting strength.
What do you mean?
We know that two enemy ships are moving to engage Kyrios and Virtue.
I didn't really want them to do that.
My original plan had the enemy seeing through my feint...
...ignoring Allelujah and Tieria, and coming straight at our ship.
Then the two Gundams would have been able to make a pincer attack from behind.
But the enemy responded to our feint with their own feint.
I'm afraid the mobile suits on those two attacking ships...
...have already been launched...
Allelujah and Tieria are now being delayed while they destroy the enemy transports.
Well, that was a waste of time.
They weren't carrying any mobile suits?
Then!
I predict Allelujah and Tieria will deal with the feint and...
...return to us in six minutes.
In the meantime, we will be attacked by waves of enemy mobile suits.
Miss Sumeragi, what do you base this on?
The exact same tactic was used eighteen years ago...
...during the fourth solar power war.
The Human Reform League's operation commander was called...
...the Wild Bear of Russia: Sergei Smirnov.
Main force, let's begin the operation!
Don't throw away your lives!
Exia, Dynames. Opening container hatches.
Exia is to take up an interception position in front of the Ptolemaios.
Dynames is to secure its legs to the container...
...and standby to intercept with its GN Rifle.
Ptolemy's priorities have been shifted to defense.
Cutting normal power.
A-Are we really gonna fight?
This ship doesn't have any weapons.
Yeah, but we've got Gundams!
- Only two units! - The enemy should be showing up now.
Let's try and last for 360 seconds!
Enemy emerging from behind ring!
Dynames, open fire!
Go!
The weight is different, so my aim is off!
Haro adjusting! Haro adjusting!
There's no time. I'll do manual adjustments!
Incoming missiles! Twenty-four of them!
I'm targeted and firing!
Dammit!
Deploy GN Field!
R-Roger!
It's too fast...
They're ramming with an unmanned ship!
They're gonna ram?
No way.
No!!
I won't let you!
Redeploy GN Field!
No...No...
Chris?!
Hurry back, Allelujah.
I don't wanna die. I don't wanna...
Christina Sierra!
We're gonna make it!
We're all gonna make it.
Feldt.
It's just as Feldt said.
We're gonna survive this!
We'll get through this, no matter what!
I'm confirming enemy mobile suit teams.
They were hiding behind the transport.
Thirty-six enemy machines.
So you think you're clever?
They're in my blind spot.
Bridge, turn the container!
Are they luring me away?
If I go out too far, our defenses will collapse.
Gotcha!
Again?!
The enemy is getting cold feet!
Yeah, and the GN Field can take this level of attack!
Christina.
I know, Feldt. Just a little more. A little more.
This long-range attack...
...goes against the standard doctrine of a mobile suit attack on a ship.
I get it now. That's what this is.
The Human Reform League's...
...or rather Sergei Smirnov's operation objective isn't Ptolemy.
He wants to capture a Gundam.
My forecasting was completely off!
Damn it!
I swore never to make another mistake!
I can see them.
What's this?
A minefield?! I've been lured in!
This isn't enough to affect Kyrios!
What's this stabbing pain in my head?
l-It's the same.
It's the same pain as that time.
Wh-What is this?
What in the world?
That machine.
I know you...
I know 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
Celestial Being has been caught in a trap.
Kyrios is urged to awaken amidst this...
...and Virtue reveals its hidden abilities.
Next episode, "Operation Gundam Capture".
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