Kusanagi and the Archangel launch into space. Kusanagi’s docking is completed and they take course to the abandoned colonies in the L4 cluster to refill their water and supplies.
At the PLANT, Lacus uses pirate radio transmissions to speak out against ZAFT and the war. The broadcast has great impact on the public and Chairman Zala is unable to control the situation: The MP always return from the hunting empty-handed.
On Earth, after the failed attempt to control Orb’s mass driver, the Earth Alliance Forces reclaims the Victoria Base in Africa. They have gained a way to go out to space. The great force that defeated the ZAFT’s MS troops is now directed towards space. They are planning a massive invasion of ZAFT and send off the new MS troops and countless numbers of reinforcements through the mass driver at Victoria. Azrael figures out, from the combat data of his three Gundams, the secret energy source of Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam, and he plans to capture them.
On the Archangel, Athrun decides to return to the PLANTs to see his father and ask his true intension, and is about to leave alone…