The Minerva crew find an Earth Forces fleet waiting for them outside Orb's territorial waters, leaving them no choice but to somehow break through the enemy lines. While Rey and Lunamaria guard the ship, Shinn fights an aerial battle against the Earth Forces mobile suits, but the tide turns against them as the enemy deploys a huge mobile armor whose positron deflector shield can withstand even the Minerva's Tannhauser cannon.
They're a lot better than the insect-like
imitations of ZAFT machines we have.
Die sind tausendmal besser als diese Insekten-
imitationen der ZAFT-Maschinen, die wir haben.
Son mejores que las imitaciones
de ZAFT que tenemos.
Son mejores que las imitaciones
de ZAFT que tenemos.
Ils sont bien mieux que ces MS obsolètes
copiés sur ceux de ZAFT.
São bem melhores do que as imitações
 baratas de mobile suits da ZAFT que temos.