With Armory One under attack, Athrun commandeers a ZAFT mobile suit to get Cagalli to safety. The three captured Gundams engage Athrun's ZAKU in combat, but he is rescued by the sudden appearance of the young ZAFT pilot Shinn Asuka and his Impulse Gundam.
Start engines! The Minerva 
is taking off! Condition Red!
Starte Motoren! Die Minerva hebt ab!
Condition Red!
¡Enciendan máquinas!
¡La Minerva va a salir! ¡Condición Red!
¡Encended máquinas!
¡La Minerva va a salir! ¡Condition Red!
Activez les moteurs.
Minerva, en avant toute.
Iniciar motores! Minerva vai 
decolar! Condição: vermelha!