Oblivion Bay is busy with preparations to launch Ixia from the surface. Amidst all the activity, Teru remembers the Day of Destruction. After losing his parents, he was saved by an alien. Yamato meets with Arshem to learn why the aliens invaded Earth and her thoughts on everything.
You neither have the courage to 
kill, nor the courage to die.
Du hast weder den Mut zu töten,
noch selbst zu sterben.
No tienes coraje
ni para morir ni para matar.
Tu n’as ni le courage de tuer,
ni le courage de mourir.