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.
The rumors that ZAFT is about to launch
a large-scale operation in the near future?
تلك الإشاعات حول قيام زافت بعملية 
واسعة النطاق في المستقبل القريب
Ob es also stimmt, dass die ZAFT in naher
Zukunft einen großen Einsatz starten wird?
Los rumores de que ZAFT está por lanzar
una operación a gran escala
Los rumores de que ZAFT lanzará
una operación a gran escala
Il semblerait que cette rumeur
sur une opération de grande envergure,
Tem uns boatos de que a ZAFT vai iniciar
 uma operação em larga escala logo.