Sorry, that was my mistake.
But we found it, Setsuna.
The distortion in this world...
Yes.
With the Gundams, we will annihilate the distortion in this world!
But contrary to your anticipation!
That Gundam is...
a Throne variant?
C-Could it be?!
Now, how about we start this?!
A tremendous war between Gundams!
Go, Fangs!
They're fast!
They're different from before!
That's not good enough, Gundam!
So you were alive, Ali Al-Saachez!
I sure was.
But you see... because of you bastards, half of my body got burnt to ashes!
Merely taking his life isn't enough for me!
You bastard!
Pay up for the regeneration treatment!
With your lives, of course!
It seems as though the 00 and the Seravee have engaged in combat.
As I thought, the A-Laws caught up to them.
It was a good thing we had them go in their Gundams.
Contact Allelujah and Lockon on standby.
Yes, ma'am.
Vanish from this world, damn Krugis brat!
You're the bastard who killed Lockon!
I will be avenging him!
He got what he deserved!
He entered the battlefield though he couldn't see out of his right eye!
You bastard!
A hidden arm...
He dodged it?!
I've got one, too!
What?!
Tieria!
That's not all!
Dammit...
What?!
Fangs!
You two can die together!
Reinforcements?
Four on one, eh?
I really don't like the odds.
Setsuna, Tieria, Ms. Sumeragi is ordering us to retreat.
Tieria!
Why are you stopping me?!
We need to avenge Lockon!
Avenge... my brother?
He was alive after all...
Ali Al-Saachez...
Damn Krugis brat...
What a stubborn bastard.
But...
that's the way he ought to be, right?
It's exactly how I like it!
Regene...
Because of you, the party was all for nothing.
You're the one who angered Tieria Erde.
It should have been possible to get him on our side if you had behaved in the correct manner.
I had everything prepared for you, too.
I want them to oppose us.
The more active Celestial Being is,
the more the A-Laws get instructions from the public and our actions are justified.
Isn't that great?
It's not really satisfying with only Katharon as our opponent.
A combat type like me wouldn't get much stage time at all.
The Twin Drive system...
Did Celestial Being develop the Gundam equipped with two GN Drives independently?
Or was it perhaps part of Aeolia Schenberg's legacy like the Trans-Am system was?
It doesn't matter either way.
Performance of that caliber is by far inferior to the Gadessa.
Revive Revival will prove that to us in the next battle.
Prepare some things for me to do too, okay, Ribbons?
Of course.
It seems like Setsuna and Tieria escaped safely.
Opposition against the Innovators will accelerate reform.
I look forward to it.
Warrant Officer, how is your condition?
I'm fine now.
I'm sorry to have worried you.
Are you not going to ask me about my health?
Do you want me to ask?
No...
Thank you for your concern.
After we return to our unit, the Gundam pursuit mission will commence.
Rest now while you can.
Yes, sir.
Louise Halevy...
She lost her parents and all of her relatives in a Gundam attack four years ago.
Furthermore, she herself came into contact with toxic GN particles and sustained cellular damage.
Revenge, huh...
That is her reason for entering the battlefield at that age...
A young girl more suited to wearing a pretty dress...
This young man is a member of Celestial Being!
Setsuna F Seiei...
That suit...
Mr. Bushido?
All the Gundams have finished docking.
All GN Drives, commencing connection procedure to the Ptolemy.
Are we going to space?
According to my predictions, the enemy will attempt to surround us within the next 12 hours.
We can't escape.
Also, if we go to Lagrange 3, we can repair the Gundams and get a hold of the support units.
Got it.
Feldt, Mileina, will you begin the atmospheric exit sequence?
Yes, ma'am.
You met Louise?
Yeah, by coincidence.
Was she doing okay?
Yeah.
She asked me about you.
I told her that you were working in space.
Oh...
I see...
Haven't you been in contact with her?
That's...
What was that Gundam?
And... about avenging my brother...
It's exactly as I said.
Ali Al-Saachez, the man piloting that Gundam, was the one who took Lockon's life.
Ali Al-Saachez?
Please tell me the details.
Second Lieutenant Smirnov and Warrant Officer Halevy have returned safely.
Understood.
Continue.
Using the point where we lost the Gundams and the amount of time passed at their movement speed,
we speculate that the enemy ship is navigating the seabed in this vicinity.
Our squadron will surround the area with six Trilobites,
and commence the attack once we discover them.
What about securing air superiority?
Two mobile suit platoons should be sufficient.
It is unlikely that they will leave the ocean.
I must object to that strategy, sir.
Have you forgotten?
The enemy ship broke through the atmosphere and descended to the surface.
If they were able to do that, then I believe that they could do the opposite.
That's not possible...
I agree with him.
The Gundams' GN Drives have a system, the Trans-Am system, that releases highly concentrated particles at maximum output.
If they utilize that, then perhaps...
I recommend cooperating with the squadron stationed in geosynchronous orbit.
The enemy's operations commander will probably see through this orthodox strategy anyway.
Insolence! Are you trying to mock a superior officer?!
I have a license.
What did you say?!
Are you saying that you are a "one-man army" as well?
Unlike Mr. Bushido, I promise to follow your battle plan, Colonel.
I'm grateful for that.
I see.
So my brother fought that Saachez guy to avenge our family.
What are you laughing at?
A personal grudge was above reforming the world, eh?
That's just like him.
Are you dissatisfied?
No, I admire that.
Our family died more than 10 years ago.
I wasn't able to obsess over it for so long.
Even if revenge is right here within reach?
What?
What do you mean?
I was in the KPSA,
the organization that took your family from you.
Setsuna.
You don't have to go that far.
I've got something that I must say.
Of course I am.
I'm going to do my job as God's proxy.
You can't! You'll die!
What? You're scared to die?
Your conduct is an insult to God.
This battle is a sacrifice to our almighty God. It is a holy war.
As disciples chosen by God,
we will drop the hammer on the infidels who defile this holy land and scorn our traditions.
If I had stopped my comrades back then...
Lockon...
No... Neil Dylandy would have never become a Meister...
Setsuna...
Even if you had stopped them, the attempt would still have taken place.
You can't change the flow of events like that.
But...
It's all in the past.
It's pointless to mourn the past.
That's right. We're fighting for the future, not the past.
To live according to one's own sense of justice...
But will that really lead to the true future?
Will being hostile to the Innovators truly bring it about?
As I suspected, you are developing a new model, right?
Graha—
No... it's Mr. Bushido now, isn't it?
They decided to call me that on their own.
It's a nuisance.
I figured you were fond of it.
Anyway, what brings you here today?
To give my blessing for your appointment as head of the development team.
My, my.
And also, I'd like to have the suit in development painted in my colors.
It seems like that is your true reason for coming here.
Any particular requests?
I desire the highest speed and the strongest sword.
Understood.
But in return, I want you to absolutely bring Celestial Being down.
Of course.
I live for that purpose only.
Now that I think about it, isn't the squadron that you're in supposed to be on a mission...
I have no interest in fleet battles.
Predicting the mission so far ahead...
I've been training my mind's eye.
Mobile suit squadron, all suits launching!
All the Trilobites have arrived in the search area.
All right.
The mission will begin when we pick up on the enemy ship.
Please acknowledge that I am not involved with this mission.
Do as you like.
I'm going to do it, Colonel...
So that's the Gadessa...
Another new model?
Just how much reach and spending power do the A-Laws have?
Now, what move will you make, Celestial Being?
You haven't reported to Sumeragi Lee Noriega yet?
I'm wrapping up my thoughts right now.
Let me hear the rest of the conversation we were having.
What is the distortion that you discovered?
That's...
Reform and grief go hand in hand.
You did the exact same thing.
Stop complaining and just do it.
We were created for that plan.
We were entrusted with the Gundams by old man Aeolia, you know.
You are an obstacle to Aeolia's plan.
I'm...
We've confirmed six enemy underwater-type mobile armors.
All hands, please proceed to your designated stations.
We'll talk later!
Yeah.
The enemy is approaching us while surrounding the Ptolemy.
What is the estimated time until they attack?
0024.
So the enemy predicted that we were on the equator...
They're good.
Is there something that we can be of use for?
Please sit in the auxiliary seats.
Things will get rough around here.
Lasse.
Understood.
Ptolemy, entering high speed surfacing conditions!
We're going to go into space and leave the Middle East behind in order to escape from the A-Laws.
We've passed the 0004 mark for the estimated attack time!
Not yet...
Draw them in as close as we can.
The enemy forces are reacting.
Large torpedoes!
Arios, Cherudim, Seravee,
activate your Trans-Am!
Understood.
Trans-Am.
GN field at maximum expansion.
Ptolemy, emergency surfacing.
Above the explosion!
Here goes nothing!
Switch the Ptolemy to flight mode!
Enemy ship, rising at high speed from the sea surface!
Still rising!
A-Are they seriously attempting to break through the atmosphere?!
It's faster than I predicted.
So they used the Trilobites' attacks as its initial boost...
Calculate the enemy ship's path of ascent!
Th-That speed...
That isn't the speed of a fleet ship...
We will commence the interception.
Y-Yes, sir!
It's not working at all!
All gun ports have been opened!
Full barrage!
Dammit...
Again?!
Don't run away, Celestial Being!
What fearless strategies.
Could it truly be...
We were able to calculate their predicted orbit.
Captain Revival!
The change in their elevation angle is only 3 degrees.
An easy job for my Gadessa!
A direct hit?!
It's all right.
600 km altitude and rising!
We'll be able to escape from the atmosphere at this rate!
Our elevation angle has been changed?!
The enemy commander is really something...
First sequence, complete.
The enemy's Trans-Am system has a time limit.
The rest is up to Lt. Col. Zhejiang...
Ptolemy, 10,000 km altitude.
We've passed the low orbital ring.
We're under attack by an enemy squadron!
Could it be an ambush?!
Trans-Am has passed the time limit.
The GN field will be disabled until recharge!
Impact at the top of the hull!
Enemy numbers?!
One enemy cruiser and six mobile suits.
I see...
within our predicted range.
The enemy has used up their particles.
We'll enclose them in one go!
W-What?!
Incoming enemy mobile suit!
It's a Gundam!
So they had reinforcements...
No, that suit isn't...
C-Could it be?!
They performed an emergency launch while escaping from the atmosphere?!
I'm going to take out the heart of the enemy in one go.
00, exterminating the targets!
The enemy ship's signal has disappeared!
Four enemy mobile suits remaining.
They're withdrawing!
We were one step ahead, weren't we?
Somehow.
Ms. Sumeragi, we have received a message through LOS comm from an enemy mobile suit.
A message?
What is it?
Should I read it?
Please.
I express my respect for the tactics of Leesa Kujou of Celestial Being.
Colonel Kati Manneqin of the autonomous peacekeeping forces.
That is all.
What in the world is that message?
Manneqin...
Kati Manneqin.
No way...
She's in the A-Laws?
Ms. Sumeragi?
What happened?
I guess I can't escape...
from that loathsome past...
from that unerasable past...
I see.
Understood.
Lt. Col. Zhejiang has fallen in battle...
We cannot allow any more casualties.
Our only hope is to ask them...
the Innovators...
The beings that have surpassed mankind...
Ah, so this is it!
Model number GNR-010.
The unit is called the 0-Riser.
Thanks for all you've done, Linda.
With this, the 00 is unbeatable.
By acknowledging death, one perceives life.
In that case: if one is flawless, how can he determine the correct path to take?
Next time: "The Light in the Sky."
It is the glitter of the heavens that carried the sins.