Athrun, Nicole, and Rau join. The Le Creuset Team is finally gathered all together after a long time. Since Rau cannot go out to fight because of the preparations for Operation Spit Break, he appoints Athrun as leader of the Archangel pursuit team.
There are signs of a battle
going on ahead of us.
.هناك علامات معركة ما أمامنا
Es gibt Anzeichen auf einen
Kampf vor unserer Nase.
Se libra una batalla
delante de nosotros.
Se libra una batalla ante nosotros.
Há indícios de uma 
batalha à nossa frente.