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.
It is the youth who have experienced
this agony, that we should look up to...
Es ist die Jugend, die diese Qual erlebt hat,
zu der wir aufschauen …
Son esos jóvenes
los que deberían enseñarnos
Son esos jóvenes
los que deberían enseñarnos
C’est pour ces jeunes
traumatisés par la guerre
Temos que seguir essa juventude,
 que vivenciou toda essa agonia,