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.
I may be a little biased,
but I think from now on...
Das mag voreingenommen klingen,
aber ich denke, von nun an …
Puede que no sea imparcial,
pero desde ahora
Puede que no sea imparcial,
pero desde ahora
Je fais peut-être du népotisme,
Talvez minha opinião seja
 tendenciosa, mas agora