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.
Mobile suits approaching at
three o'clock! Three of them!
Mobile Suits nähern sich auf 3 Uhr!
3 an der Zahl!
¡Mobile Suits a las tres! ¡Son tres!
¡Mobile Suits a las tres! ¡Son tres!
Trois MS approchent à 3 h !
Três mobile suits se 
aproximando da direita!