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.
The one thing we cannot afford to do
is to let this nation burn again.
Wir können es uns nicht erlauben,
das Land erneut brennen zu lassen.
No podemos dejar
que vuelva a pasar lo de la otra vez.
No podemos dejar
que vuelva a pasar lo de la otra vez.
S’il y a bien une chose
à ne pas répéter,
Em hipótese alguma podemos 
permitir que o país queime de novo.