The battered Minerva retreats to a port on the Sea of Marmara to repair the damage it sustained in the Dardanelles battle. Troubled by the chaos his former comrades created during the fighting, Athrun decides to leave the Minerva and go in search of the Archangel so that he can talk to Kira and the others in person.
But that... The opponent that ZAFT
was about to fight was an Orb fleet!
Aber das … Es war die Orb-Flotte,
gegen die die ZAFT kämpfen sollte!
Pero eso… ¡ZAFT iba a enfrentarse
con la flota de Orb!
Pero eso… ¡ZAFT iba a enfrentarse
con la flota de Orb!
Bah…
A ZAFT estava prestes a
 lutar contra a frota da Orb!