The conflict continues to escalate as Earth Forces fleets encircle the ZAFT bases at Gibraltar and Carpentaria, and the PLANT Supreme Council decides to strike back in the name of self-defense. Despite her best intentions, Cagalli yields to her ministers' demands that Orb ally itself with the Atlantic Federation.
Guess we can't have you
wandering around the PLANTs...
Wir dürfen dich nicht
auf den PLANTs rumspazieren lassen,
Não podemos deixar que saia vagando pelas 
PLANTs, mesmo sendo de uma nação amiga.