The Minerva crew find an Earth Forces fleet waiting for them outside Orb's territorial waters, leaving them no choice but to somehow break through the enemy lines. While Rey and Lunamaria guard the ship, Shinn fights an aerial battle against the Earth Forces mobile suits, but the tide turns against them as the enemy deploys a huge mobile armor whose positron deflector shield can withstand even the Minerva's Tannhauser cannon.
...and spreading out behind us is an Orb
Forces fleet, thought to he border guards.
und hinter uns verteilt sich eine Flotte Orbs,
vermutlich Grenzwächter.
Et sur nos arrières,
la flotte d’Orb nous interdit
e por trás as forças da Orb,
 como guarda de fronteira.