Summary: episode 3 begins with the launching of the Minerva and Athrun asking Lunamaria if the ship is going into battle. Shinn is being attack by Neo in his Exass in an attempt to capture Impulse. Neo continues his attack on Impulse but Rey intervenes and Neo feels this tingle in his head. Blocking one of Neo’s shots Rey tells Shinn not to zone out or he will become a target. To Neo’s surprise he can sense everything that Rey is saying and doing. As Neo continues his attack but Rey begins destroying his aerial gun barrels. As Rey and Shinn continue the fight the Minerva approaches detecting an enemy ship and identifying Rey and Shinn’s attacker as a mobile armor. Rey continues to dodge Neo’s attacks and Shinn comes to help. Neo directs some of his attacks towards Shinn and one of the beams grazes the leg of Impulse. The Minerva prepares to begin its attack on the mother ship to redirect the enemies fire to protect Rey and Shinn. After Rey destroys another gun barrel, Neo decides to retreat. The Minerva fires their flares signaling to Rey and Shinn to return to the ship. The Minerva begins its attack on the EA ship (Girty Lue) but its missiles are destroyed before they come close. Then we see the trio of Sting, Auel and Stellar sitting in a room aboard the ship suffering after effects of the battle. The Minerva begins attacking again as Neo arrives back on the ship and gives the order to withdraw.
The Girty Lue begins to retreat and the Minerva waits for Impulse and the Zaku to land before they continue their pursuit. Then we see Cagalli with a bandage rapped around her head and Lunamaria suspiciously looking at Athrun. The Minerva continues attacking as Neo reaches the bridge of the ship. The Minerva fires a volley of missles but they are destroyed before they hit anything. Neo commands the ship to release the side propellant tanks and detonated them. Shinn and Rey exit their mobile suits and the Girty Lue releases its propellant tanks as they spin back toward the direction of the Minerva. Captain Talia commands to cease-fire just before the propellant tanks explode in front of the Minerva. The impact shakes the ship violently and blinds them momentarily. Rey tries to come in contact with the bridge from the hanger but its no good. After detecting the Girty Lue again they realize that the ship is a good distance away from the Minerva. Rey enters the bridge and to his surprise sees the Chairman sitting right behind the Captain.
The Captain and Chairman begin discussing the next course of action and they both agree on pursuing the Girty Lue and recovering or destroying the stolen units. Athrun is surprised to hear that the ship is continuing its pursuit of the Girty Lue. The Captain asks the Chairman to take this time to rest and ordered Rey to escort him. Just before they leave Lunamaria radios in and tells the Captain the situation with Cagalli and Athrun and that they wish to meet with the Supreme Chairman.
Back at the Girty Lue mechanics begin working on the three Gundams and we see the trio sleeping in these chambers surrounded by monitors and scientist as Neo overlooks the process. Neo returns to the bridge and he and the Co-captain Ian Lee discuss the mission and the possible pursuit of the Minerva. They begin talking about the trio and Neo informs Ian that Auel used one Stellar’s block words against her and that could prove to be a nuisance. Ian questions if the lab thinks they can use the pilots since they have to return to their cradles after every battle. Neo states that they are better than the last bunch and they actually understand commands properly. He continues saying there is nothing they can do about it since the trio are still in the experimental stages. A small bell awakes Sting and Auel but Stellar remains asleep. Then we see the Minerva with Vino and Youlan working on Lunamaria’s Zaku. They discuss already being in combat so early as Shinn passes the Zaku Athrun used and flashes back to when Auel almost landed the final blow but that Zaku stepped in.
The Chairman and Cagalli begin their conversation as Captain Talia and Athrun listen. They discuss taking care of the matter as soon as possible and the Chairman request that she and Athrun join him in a tour of the ship. Then we see the EA ship Girty Lue and Neo is looking at the data on the three gundams as Stellar wakes up. Back at the Minerva, Lunamaria and Shinn begin talking about the Head Representative of Orb being on the ship. Shinn wonders who piloted the other Zaku since its not one of the Minerva’s. Lunamaria tells him it was piloted by Cagalli bodyguard named Alex but she thinks its really Athrun because Cagalli accidentally called him Athrun.
Escorted by Rey the Chairman, Cagalli and Athrun take the tour of the Ship and enter the mobile suit deck. The Chairman begins telling them about the Zaku and the launching system for the Impulse. The Chairman asks Cagalli if something is bothering her and she responds saying she thinks the Chairman is enjoying the situation. The Chairman says he is not enjoying the situation but his is glad that they have the power to combat it. Cagalli answers back by repeating the Chairman’s statement of how power is necessary because there will always be conflict. The Chairman agrees with her statement and Cagalli lashes back asking him how he feels about the recent incident since the injuries and deaths his people suffered was because of those new mobile suits. The Chairman responds asking if she thinks that they shouldn’t possess any power and Cagalli ask why is it even necessary. Cagalli reminds him of their nations agreement to join hands and move forward but Shinn interrupts with a scornful remark towards Cagalli. Rey goes to talk to Shinn and then we see one of the officers on the bridge tell the Captain that they have detected the EA ship. At the Girty Lue an officer informs Neo of the Minerva’s approach. Meylin radios over the speaker that they are approaching the Girty Lue and that all pilots should stand by in their mobile suits. Rey tries to talk to Shinn but he heads towards his MS. Rey apologizes to the Chairman and heads to his Zaku. The Chairman tells Cagalli of how Shinn was an immigrant from Orb.
At the Girty Lue, Neo commands everyone to prepare for battle and have the pilots meet in the briefing room. Captain Talia orders to have Shinn and Lunamaria launch. The Chairman enters the bridge and ask the captain if Cagalli and Athrun can watch from the bridge. Then we see Auel and Sting suiting up and discussing the new model and then Sting calls Stellar. The Girty Lue fires an anchor onto an asteroid to make a quick u-turn to face the Minerva. Lunamaria launches and then the Chairman begins to think out loud wondering what the real name of the EA ship is. Shinn launches in the Impulse equipped with the blaster pack and the Chairman begins talking about how the name of something indicates its existence; and that something with a false name doesn’t exist. He ask Athrun by the name of Alex if he agrees but corrects himself and calls him Athrun Zala.
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