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.
For the PLANTs,
and those friends who died.
Für die PLANTs und jene Freunde,
die gefallen sind.
Para las PLANT
y por los amigos que murieron.
Para las PLANT
y por los amigos que murieron.
pour les PLANT, en mémoire
de mes compagnons disparus.
Pelas PLANTs e pelos 
amigos que morreram.