"Episode 3:" "The Ghost of Laplace" "Message from ECOAS." ""Object ball placed in pyramid spot," sir." "Attention!" "Initiate Phase 3." "This ship will now breach enemy airspace at maximum combat speed and attack the Neo Zeon stronghold with our hyper mega particle cannon." "This one strike will determine the success of the mission." "I expect all crew members to do their utmost." "Nashiri Team is proceeding to Phase 2" "Right." "Now proceeding to target retrieval point." "Once Banagher Links' retrieval has been confirmed, we'll join with Team Alpha to recapture the Gundam." "This will be a hit-and-fade operation." "After the advance team has separated Palau's four asteroids, we'll fire the hyper mega particle cannon to seal off the military port." "The plan is to retrieve Banagher Links and the Unicorn while this is going on." "I take it that you will attack only Palau's military facilities?" "Yes." "The Federation has spies there, too." "We wouldn't come up with a plan that would damage the residential block." "That look on your face says you'll go back and inform your people by yourself if you have to." "You'll just have to take my word for it." "We may be at our closest approach, but it's still two days to Earth." "I could only scrounge up the bare minimum of food and water." "I'm prepared to do what I must." "What's going on, Mr. Ensign?" "Are you helping the prisoner escape?" "Where are you taking that girl?" "Please, just wait." "I can't tell you exactly what's going on, but" "Ensign Riddhe!" "We're going to Earth." "Just because the Ensign is coming with me does not mean in any way that he is betraying the Federation, or you and your friends." "I realized that in these circumstances, there is something that only I can do." "As did Ensign Riddhe." "Like I could believe anything that the Zeons' princess says!" "It's of vital importance." "To prevent this from escalating further, this is all that I can do right now." " Ms. Micott..." " This doesn't mean I've forgiven you." "You owe me one." "Go fulfill your responsibilities on Earth as best you can." "Dad!" "What's this about sudden orders?" "!" "I don't understand, you just came home!" "It's all right." "Don't you worry." "Look after your mother and siblings." "O-Okay..." "The kid made a run for it, huh?" "I'm sorry, sir." "He won't be able to leave Palau." "Still, I had no idea he had it in him." "Explosion flashes observed in Palau's connecting shafts!" "Entering enemy airspace momentarily!" "Engines off!" "Begin inertial coasting!" "Transfer all power to the hyper mega particle cannon!" "Disperse Minovsky particles at combat density!" "Mobile suit corps, launch in sequence!" "This is insanity!" "Hyper mega particle cannon, ready to fire!" "Commence attack when we reach the planned point!" "Remind friendly suits to stay clear of our line of fire!" "Roger that!" "Bridge to all suits." "We will now fire the hyper mega particle cannon." " All deployed mobile suits," " Time to reach point, 48, 47, 46..." " evacuate field of fire immediately!" " Time to reach point, 48, 47, 46... 45... 44... 43... 42... 41... 40... 39... 38... 37... 36... 35... 34..." "24... 23... 22... 21... 20... 19... 18... 17..." "Four!" "Three!" "Two !" "One!" "Fire!" "Give them the slip!" "I'm on my way to get you!" "Tikva!" "Mom!" "Two minutes beyond scheduled time." "No signals detected from target." "What the hell are you doing, Banagher?" "What do you mean, the bay is blocked?" "!" "I can't get through to the Captain!" "How do things look outside?" "!" "The 14th space gate..." "That's ii!" "What are you doing here?" "It'll take more than retrieving me to end this operation." "We can't stay here..." "Not me." "Or you." "Juliet 005, laser signal terminated!" "Multiple trailing enemy suits!" "Friendly suits are being surrounded!" "Send in our own escort suits as reinforcements!" "Take the ship in, too!" "Begin anti-air fire!" "Release dummy asteroids!" " Any word from ECOAS?" " Communications are still dark." "We walked right into it!" "They anticipated what we were going to do!" "Captain!" "New comm signal detected from Palau!" "Is it ECOAS?" "No, this is the Gundam!" "They're not attacking with a large force?" "The Nahel Argama is coming!" "What?" "Come on, hurry!" "Please, let me go!" "If you don't, the Federation will never pull back!" "Do you people want to turn Palau into a battlefield?" "!" "Why?" "!" "Why did this have to happen?" "We walked into a trap?" "Please go." "You ought to carry out your duties." "It's your forces that I'll be fighting." "That is my problem." "Be true to your own heart." "If you turn your back on them now, you will regret it for the rest of your life." "You got me." "I'll break away once our forces leave." "Sorry, but tag along with me until then." "Right." "That should give you an excuse!" "Now go home!" "Here comes another." " The Unicorn Gundam!" " But who is..." "A new Federation model?" "Banagher!" "Banagher Links, that's you, isn't it?" "Audrey?" "Audrey, is that you?" "You're all right, Banagher!" "It's me." "Minev..." "It's Audrey Burne." "I'm so glad that you're safe." "What are you doing here?" "Are you piloting that suit?" "I'd like to know what you are doing in the Gundam." "What happened to the ECOAS team?" "Who are you?" "Ensign Riddhe Marcenas." "You caught my good-luck charm, remember?" "Ensign Riddhe?" "Banagher!" "I'm delivering her to Earth." "To Earth?" "I've given it a great deal of thought" "Ensign Riddhe's father is Assemblyman Ronan Marcenas of the Federation Central Assembly." "He's a central figure of Spacenoid policy." "I will meet with him and tell him everything that has happened." "As heir to the Zabi bloodline, I want to resolve this situation peace" "Hey, slow down a second!" "This is a lot to take in quickly, so I understand your confusion." "It won't be easy to do, but we want to find the best way out of this." "You should return to the Nahel Argama." "With you and the Unicorn back, the Federation will withdraw its forces." "I'll see this through and deliver Mineva..." "No, Audrey." "This Delta Plus is capable of unassisted atmospheric reentry." "Audrey, tell me one thing." "Is this what you want?" "Yes." "I believe so." "I understand Ensign Riddhe." "I'll take your word as a man." "Take good care 0f Audrey" "He sure knows how to motivate someone." "We used too much propellant." "We'll use that mass driver." " Ensign?" "Banagher is" " I know." "This is between two men." "Please stay out of it." "Did he give up?" "The quad-wing, huh?" "What the..." "Securing the suit has top priority, as long as the cockpit core is intact." "I guess no war is ever justified, is it?" "That's you, isn't it, Ms. Marida?" "How did he...?" "It's Banagher!" "Banagher Links!" "If that's you, Ms. Marida, you have to listen!" "Surrender, Banagher Links." "If you don't, I'll fry your cockpit." "What are you doing in there?" "Who I am doesn't matter." "Right now, you and I are just combat units called pilots." " Cut your main generator right now, and" " Even so!" "Even so, you're still MS. Marida!" "That's how I sensed you." "That's how I knew it was you." "Palau is your team's home, right?" "If they get the Unicorn back, the Federation will leave this place!" "That's just an enemy's rationalization." "Audrey's here, too!" "She came to put an end to the fighting!" "The Princess?" "Where is she?" "Please, just think about stopping the fighting for now." "Everyone who lives at Palau, even Mr. Gilboa's family, might get caught in the crossfire!" "If you surrender and tell me where the Princess is, we'll withdraw our forces, too." "Look at yourself!" "You say you only want to end the fighting, but you're thinking from the Federation's point of view!" "I'm not!" "I'm not on their side, MS. Marida!" "You people are too single-minded!" "That's why Audrey says not to give the Box to you!" "Like I said, just an enemy's rationalization!" "You stubborn idiot!" "Gundam!" "NT-D activation confirmed." "Enemy has engaged the Kshatriya." "Our psycho-monitor reception might force us to come out from behind Palau." "Keep a close eye out for enemy ships, too." "A job fit for a cyber-Newtype, huh?" "Why are you leaving Marida to fight alone?" "This is a job that only the Lieutenant can do." "The only way to activate the NT-D is to get him to fight someone who could be a Newtype." "We've installed a psycho-monitor aboard the Unicorn Gundam." "We'll intercept any Box data disclosed by the activation of the NT-D." "Since we cannot analyze the La+ Program itself, the fastest way is to gradually break the seals on the system." "To accomplish that, we used the Federation's inside man to lead that boy Banagher to the Unicorn." "I regret leaving you in the dark, Captain." " But Marida is a" " Yes, I know." "A cyber-Newtype can't be said to be a pure Newtype." "Then again, Captain, what exactly is a "pure" Newtype?" "No one has the answer to that.!" "What we need at the moment is a "phenomenon" that will trigger the NT-D." "That Gundam has vet to show its true colors." "We're going to have Lt. Marida draw out its true nature." "Funnels!" "Funnels!" "Don't you recognize me?" "Who are you?" "Is it that boy who's doing that?" "Not precisely." "Right now, the pilot is just a processing mechanism for converting received psycho-waves into hostility." "Then what is it that's driving that Gundam?" "The NT-D." "Newtype Destroyer System." "If it identifies the enemy as a Newtype, the suit's limiters are disengaged." "It's a hunting machine that combines the paranormal interface of the psycho-frame and the power to take control of an enemy's psycommu weapons." "No ordinary human could possibly handle a machine like that." "Indeed they cannot." "Which is why you need a cyber-Newtype, a literally enhanced human." "The day that Newtypes can be destroyed by a product of technology is the day they will be consigned to history." "Just as the Universal Century is about to mark its hundredth year, the UC Project was aptly named, indeed." "In other words, you threw Marida out there to be bait, eh?" "Ple Twelve." "That is her name." "She is an artificial Newtype, created via cloning and genetic modification." "The 12th prototype." "Master, you died?" "What should I do, Master?" "What a smelly girl!" "What will you do with a child like this?" "Some of our clients are into that sort of thing, right?" "Starting today, I'm your Master." "But she's so young!" "You've had that dead weight removed, right?" "Come on!" "What do you mean?" "What army?" "If you're some kind of Zeon fugitive, I'm calling the pol" "That's enough." "I'm sorry." "This is..." "This is all too sad." "Kindness alone can't save people." "It can't erase sin or wash away the impurities." "But even so..." "But even so..." "Roger that." "We'd like to observe the inspection of the captured suit, as well." "Over and out." "It almost looked as if that quad-wing was intentionally made to fight alone." "I hope nobody got it into their heads to rig it with a bomb." "I doubt they'd need to resort to such a roundabout method to take out just the Nahel Argama." "On the other hand, it's possible that the boy was allowed to escape." "I don't want to think that all this was for nothing." "Of course not." "Banagher..." "Looks like it's over." "It looks like the Gundam has been taken aboard the Nahel Argama." "That quad-wing, too." "I'll probably be designated as killed in action." "All we can do now is forge ahead." "Both you... and me." "The NZ-666 Kshatriya." "Judging from the model number, it's probably made by Neo Zeon." "There's a psycho-frame installed around the cockpit, but it's an old type." "I bet they repurposed a prototype that was supplied by Anaheim back during Char's rebellion." "Captain Otto?" "You say that only Granada on the moon has psycho-frame manufacturing facilities?" "Yes, sir." "Since development of the technology was officially halted, they're completely responsible for it, including maintaining its secrecy." "Why was it halted?" "I hear it was because there were just too many unknowns." "Even with the Unicorn, it looks like the exposed psycho-frame is glowing when the NT-D activates and the armor separates, right?" "We don't know why it glows, and we're the ones who built it." "And sometimes that glow can be converted into physical energy." "Um..." "I didn't see any of the combat records, but it certainly was a one-sided fight, wasn't it?" "Captain!" "Message from sickbay." "The prisoner's vitals have stabilized." "Aside from her external injuries, she appears to be rather weak, so it's still too soon to question her." "What are all these scars from burns and lacerations all over her body?" "From what Dr. Hasan says, her reproductive system is also..." "In the closing days of the First Neo Zeon War, a Newtype Corps made up of clones was sent into battle, but they were supposed to have all been wiped out." "But one of them survived, and this is what became of her, huh?" "We'll leave her questioning to Headquarters." "Understood." "I hope that this is the last" "Detour we'll have to make?" "I hope so, too." "I don't think that will be necessary." "She's a cyber-Newtype, isn't she?" "If she doesn't get her medication, won't she go berserk?" "She's the type that was genetically designed from the ground up, so there's no need to suppress her immune response." "But she" "Her emotional state also seems stable, and besides, her injuries are severe." "As a doctor, I can't consent to putting her in a straitjacket." "But she's a Neo Zeon, remember?" "She might even try to hurt you, Doctor!" "Ms. Marida would never do that!" "Banagher..." "I didn't know you were there." "How do you feel?" "How can you put an injured person in a straitjacket?" "This is none of your concern." "Why would you do that?" "Ms. Marida's an officer." "There are rules that govern the treatment of prisoners, aren't there?" "The Sleeves are terrorists." "Even if she's an officer, she's still a criminal." "But she's" "Were you brainwashed at Palau or something?" "She's the pilot of that quad-wing!" "She's the person responsible for all the destruction at your own colony." "And there's no telling how many of our people have been killed by her." "But..." "If you start out making assumptions like that, you'll" "We'll put her under guard." "Please notify us when you move her." "Roger that." "Think about it." "After all, even Ensign Riddhe didn't come back." "What are cyber-Newtypes, anyway?" "The product of a delusion." "That one might be able to create Newtypes artificially." "To make a long story short, that was the sophistry they used to violate their ethics so they could create human weapons." "You know the basic Newtype concept?" "Yes." "It says that when humanity moved into space, we'd become able to understand each other without misconceptions." "That's right." "But if we all became like that, wars ought to become a thing of the past..." "Somebody once said that the reason mankind's wars never end was because we're stuck on the threshold of a new stage of evolution." "If there really is a chance for us to become Newtypes, he said cyber-Newtype research should be allowed." "If we leave evolution to Mother Nature, humanity will kill itself off first." "I think that's a sad way of looking at things." "I agree." "That's why we have to work at understanding each other with the abilities we have right now, limited as they are." "Our roles have reversed, I see." "Don't stare at me like that." "It's all a bit hazy." "How did all that happen?" "You must have been swallowed up by the machine." "A psycommu backflow." "You think you're controlling it, but it suddenly starts controlling you." "I sensed powerful negative intent." "That was probably the instinct of the system embedded in the Gundam." "To seek out Newtypes and destroy them." "Even if those Newtypes are artificial ones." "A machine doesn't have the capability to discern natural from artificial." "But people are another story." "They can sense the difference." "But even you..." "I have a Master." "Even it I was created artificially, my entire being is devoted to him." "I hope for what he hopes for, and I oppose what he opposes." "But that's a curse, killing yourself bit by bit like that." "I saw inside you." "You and I might be two of a kind." "What do you mean by that?" "If I don't look at it that way, losing to you would be humiliating." "Still, the Gundam stopped." "Your will... the foundation inside you forced the system into submission." "Foundation?" "Those like me don't have that." "It's what lets us merge with machines." " Ms. Marid" " Never mind me." "Banagher, no matter what sort of realities you're forced to confront, keep saying, "Even so..."" "Never lose sight of who you are." "That's the foundation of who you are." "The power that awakens that other system, the one sleeping in that Gundam, it..." "Laplace"s Box was entrusted to it so it could" "Ms. Marida!" "." " MS. Marida!" " What's wrong?" "Banagher, not happy." "Looks like the Captain and his officers are keeping it secret that the Zeons' princess disappeared." "I just wish we could tell Ensign Mihiro that Ensign Riddhe is alive." "I didn't know they were an item." " An item, an item!" " I'm not really sure, but still." "I wonder if she made it to Earth all right?" "He's with her, so she'll be fine." "You don't really seem like yourself." "You didn't used to be this cool-headed about her." "Begging your pardon, sir!" "Master, we've just received an urgent communique from the military." "Young Master Riddhe has..." "Princess Mineva has gone down to Earth?" "The intel comes from a sympathizer within the Federation Government." "He says a mobile suit used Assembly privilege to cross their defensive lines." "She was likely aboard." "You don't think it was a diversion?" "The Mock Trojan Horse's position?" "Approaching geosynchronous orbit, sir." "As I thought." "So, they're headed for the designated coordinates, are they?" "I believe this time we'll chance upon something." "It's far too perfect a place to break the La+ seal." "The Klimt." "A shuttle used by the Vist Foundation to transport works of art, eh?" "They're just doing an orbital sightseeing flight above the equator without even accelerating." "If we're assuming that they're meeting with someone, it must be with..." "Whatever their objective is, if they're planning an orbital rendezvous, it'll leave them vulnerable." "Do we attack, sir?" "We'll be scraping atmosphere." "Can we pull it off?" "We'll sure try." "Laplace's Box notwithstanding we can't leave Marida to stew aboard the Mock Trojan Horse, can we?" "Flaste, the helm's yours!" "W-Wait!" "Are you sure, Captain?" "I suppose he's right." "The Nahel Argama will conduct an inspection of the coordinate airspace." "Before the Unicorn is shipped off to Luna II, information regarding the key to Laplace's Box will be" "You aren't looking well." "ls there a problem?" "No..." "It's just that after all these battles, the men are exhausted." "Well..." "I was wondering if this matter should have been left to another unit." "You almost look as if you've become attached to them" "Once you've landed on Earth, feel free to relax a while." "Landed on Earth?" "I've chartered a transport" "Use it to take the cyber-Newtype who's being held prisoner aboard the Nahel Argama to Augusta in North America." "Augusta?" "Right." "The labs there have been shut down, but I'm told that the facilities needed for readjustments are still there." "What do you have in mind?" "If Grandfather had simply told me the location of the Box," "I wouldn't have to resort to such underhanded methods." "I don't know what Grandfather and Cardeas' goal was," "But if the Box is lost, so are the Foundation's fortunes." "There is activity within the Federation Government to try to gain the Box for itself in anticipation of that loss." "This is no time to let petty sympathies get the better of you." "Laplace's Box is our very lifeline." "I'm counting on you, Alberto." "I won't do it!" "That wasn't a request." "If the Unicorn is piloted through the coordinates given by the La+ Program, there's a high probability that another seal on the program will be broken." "I'll ride with you." "I want you to take the suit to the appropriate coordinates." "That's an order." "You saw it, right?" "You saw what happened to it at Palau, didn't you?" "I'm not a soldier, so I shouldn't have to take orders from you." "No, you aren't obliged to obey me." "But you do have a responsibility." "You've intervened in battle situations three times now." "With a powerful weapon." "Lives may have been saved because of you, but lives were lost, too." "You're already interfering in the destinies of a lot of people, friend and foe alike." "You need to take responsibility for that." "How do I do that?" "By seeing this through." "Keep fighting until I die, is that it?" "Or am I supposed to stay on this crazy treasure hunt to the bitter end?" "Think that over for yourself." "All you're doing now is running away from the troubles in front of you." "But people are going to die!" "What's this "responsibility" that means I have to kill people?" "I can't make up my mind about something like that so easily!" "Don't be so hard on him." "They have to look at things that way, it's their job." "Is something the matter, Commander?" "No, I was just thinking that if I had a son of my own," "I would've experienced these feelings a long time ago." "I haven't been this close since that field trip we went on in grade school." "This is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear "Laplace's Box"..." "Latitude, zero." "Longitude, zero." "Altitude, 200 kilometers." "The wreckage of Laplace, the prime minister's residence, passes that point once a day without fail." "I don't think we overlooked something that was right under our noses" "In my day, it had already been removed from the school tour list." "Captain, Commander, thank you for looking after us." "I won't play nice and say the pleasure was all ours." "You brought us nothing but trouble." "We won't be forgetting that face of yours anytime soon." "I regret that I won't be able to observe the investigation..." "May fortune continue to smile upon you in battle." "Good day." "That's odd." "He was always so obsessed with the Box." "In the end, he's just a lackey to the mighty." "Anaheim will get the investigation results via Staff HQ." "Do you suppose that's all there is to it?" "It's not normal to entrust the transport of a prisoner to a civilian ship." "For HQ to okay that, what do you suppose they have in mind for her?" "Their cover story is that Luna II doesn't have the facilities to care for a cyber-Newtype." "RX-0, launching." "He feels like piloting it now, eh?" "The Nahel Argama is currently positioned in low Earth orbit." "In principle, it's no different from operating in space, but if you don't constantly maintain the prescribed speed, you'll get pulled in by gravity in the blink of an eye, so be careful." "Right." "When we were told to attack Palau on our own," "I'll be honest, we were already weary to the bone." "But then Commander Daguza spoke up." "He called it a hostage rescue operation." "He said we owed you one." "He's trying to carry out the responsibility that people should have for one another." " What is it?" " Nothing." "Do you ever feel uncertainty, Mr. Daguza?" "I'm a cog, a part of a vast machine called the Federation." "I carry out the duties I'm given, that's all." "I can't be certain about anything." "Not even who's my friend and who's my enemy." "A person like that isn't qualified to pick up a weapon, is he?" "I never wanted to get in this thing ever again." "Not even it it meant letting him down." "Think of it this way." "You have people around you that you have to take responsibility for." "You mean Takuya and Micott?" "After we get back to Luna II, what happens to those two will depend on what we report." "What that report says will depend on your actions." "Taking hostages again, huh?" "Take it however you want." "You're in a position to be able to alter their fates." "In that sense, right here and now, you're making the right choice." "Another launch confirmed." "It seems to be on a rendezvous trajectory with the suits that launched earlier." "Is it that Gundam?" "Unable to confirm." "No response on psycho-monitor." "So we can't trace it in its one-horn configuration, huh?" "Status of the Foundation ship?" "On a contact course." "Assuming the Mock Trojan Horse decelerates to orbital velocity, estimated time to contact is approximately ten minutes." "360 km directly above the equator." "East longitude 15 degrees, 28 minutes." "Just as you've heard it." "It looks like their plan is to rendezvous and then inspect the designated coordinates." "Our opening will come when their suits are away at the Laplace wreckage." "Roger that." "The Garencieres Team has finally gotten a job that's up its alley." "Don't get too ambitious." "Remember, you have a family waiting at home." "I understand." "I'll bring Marida back safe and sound, don't you worry." "I'm counting on you." "It's possible that the La+ Program displays data when it recognizes the suit's coordinates." "The last time the NT-D activated, it didn't display any new information." "The station wreckage crosses those coordinates every day at 0000 exactly." "The prime minister's residence that was destroyed by terrorists a long time ago." "If the Box was hidden in such an obvious place, wouldn't somebody have come to check it out long ago?" "We don't know, which is why we're checking it out." "Focus on your piloting." "We'll only get one chance to make contact." "Conroy, report in if there are any changes, no matter how trivial." "Roger." "T-minus 2 minutes to arrival at designated coordinates!" "To save this world from the brink, a massive space settlement plan was essential." "And to carry it out, we needed an arbiter that was on par with God." "And that was the Federation Government?" "A merciless God that would ruthlessly crush anyone who dared oppose it." "The station sabotage was the best thing that could have happened for the Federation Government." "It kept its authority under the pretext of terrorism prevention, you see." "You make it sound like the Federation staged the attack itself." "In the grownup world, things like that happen sometimes." "There isn't anyone involved then who is alive now." "All that survives is the tradition that commands us to fear the Box, and the symbiotic relationship with the Vist Foundation, which has been preserved because of that." "Tradition..." "It can't be changed by one person acting alone, and no one even feels the slightest bit of aspiration to change it." "It happens with any organization." "But, you can't call the cogs in the machine evil, either, not when they've only been swallowed by the instinct to maintain the status quo." "All the Box had to do was stay put these hundred years." "T-minus 15 seconds to arrival at designated coordinates." "12... 11... 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!" "Zero point has been achieved!" "Crossing designated coordinates!" "Suit systems nominal." "How does it look?" "What?" "Nothing's happening." "Any changes on the outside?" "All green." "No changes in either Unicorn or Laplace Station wreckage." "Greetings, citizens of Earth and space." " Where's that coming from?" " What is this?" "Unknown!" "Can you pinpoint the transmission origin from your end?" "Radio waves are emanating from the RX-0." "Please advise." " It's coming from here?" "!" " They're right, no doubt about it." "I'd like to first express my sincere gratitude for having the opportunity, on this momentous occasion, to address all peoples across the Universe." "The source of the signal is the Unicorn?" "!" "Was the seal broken when it came into contact with the wreckage?" "What's the status of the NT-D?" "I'm told that its activation has not been observed." "Orders, sir?" "Shall I delay our departure so you can watch the investigation?" "Tell the Klimt that our departure time might have to be changed as circumstances warrant." "Mas...ter..." "Minovsky particles?" "!" "Density is rapidly increasing." "Unable to pinpoint source direction!" "Dispersal pattern is not normalizing!" "Prepare for anti-air combat!" "All hands, put on normal suits!" "There's a chance that the enemy is mixed in with nearby civilian ships!" "Maintain strict anti-air surveillance!" "Even if that's the case, we're inside Earth's Absolute Defense Zone." "Camouflaged or no, it's unlikely that they could have snuck in a fleet-scale force." "That's the problem!" "If they're using a small force, it means they have a plan to put them to good use." "...solutions for these problems, and each and every one of us must be willing to change our way of thinking." "To identify with humanity as a species," "Commander!" "Banagher!" "Something's coming." "The Nahel Argama is being targeted." "Recall the investigation team!" "We should be able to use the ECOAS Lotos as makeshift gun turrets, too." "Yes, sir!" "What about the Unicorn?" "It's piping out some crazy speech." "Have it evacuate before it becomes a target." "Roger that." "Bridge to all mobile suits." "Abandon current missions and return to ship immediately!" "What are you..." " Here it comes!" " Can you tell how many?" "One." "No, there's another formation following behind it." "The enemy squadron is pinned down near the station wreckage." "Good." "Gilboa, when you feel it's time to get out, you get out." "Roger that." "Watch yourself." "That Gundam is moving faster than we thought." "It looks like it's the only suit that left the wreckage." "The kid did seem to have good intuition." "This is bothering me, though." "You don't think the speech will play and that's it, do you?" "The NT-D isn't active yet." "There has to be something yet to come that's still hidden." " Laser signal received!" " From the Rewloola?" "No, not from them." "It's" "Full Frontal..." "Already here, eh?" "Use your beam magnum!" "At this range, you can hit him!" "I can't." "It's too powerful." " Is this any time to be holding back?" "!" " I just need to close in!" "Do you think this is a game, kid?" "!" "You take out an enemy when you have the chance!" "If you let an enemy go, he might kill an ally or even you!" "Who's playing around?" "!" "I take it seriously when my life or someone else's is on the line, so I'm doing all I can, all right?" "!" "Stay back, Banagher!" "Mr. Gilboa!" "We won't destroy the ship." "Our objective is to take back Marida." "You're kidding..." "But how?" "Look, just stay away." "There's no need for you to die here." "Mr. Gilboa, wait!" "Take back the prisoner?" "RX-0 to Romeo 010, request relay." "Enemy objective appears to be retrieval of prisoner." " Reinforcements?" " The Red Comet..." "Leave the Mock Trojan Horse to the Garencieres Team." "As for us, we will attack the Unicorn and trigger the NT-D." " Yes, sir!" " Don't hold back." "You can't beat the Gundam unless you fully intend to shoot it down." "We guards will clear a path for you, sir!" "He's toying with us!" "As if that attitude will work on us now!" "Come on, let's see you turn into a Gundam!" "Return fire!" "Aim properly!" "I am!" "Isn't the investigation team back yet?" "!" "There was a delay in reeling in the Lotos." "Five minutes to arrival!" "It's no use, postpone the shuttle departure!" "We have to take shelter!" "The battle's already begun!" "We have to get off this ship!" "Hey, the prisoner is awake!" "Fight like you mean it, Banagher!" "If you face off against him, the NT-D should activate." "If you keep this up, they'll kill us by inches." "B-But if I go all-out, you'll be..." "The jump seat is fragile, but I'm pretty tough." "It'd be better to just hand over the machine." "What do you think will happen to the Nahel Argama without the Unicorn?" "Those people are combat pros." "If they retrieve the prisoner, they won't pass up a chance to take out an enemy." "Your friends are on board that ship, too." "I know that!" "Believe me, I know!" "I know that, but I still..." "Open the hatch." "Hurry!" " What are you doing?" " This will let you fight, won't it?" "No..." "You've got it all wrong." "That's not what the problem is!" "I..." "Banagher, I saw the NT-D start to engage earlier." "It looked as if it was reacting to you personally." "To your heart, which sensed something as you were listening to the voice of this ghost of Laplace." "My heart?" "It's not a killing machine that was designed to eradicate Zeon." "Something else entirely is also incorporated into the Unicorn." "And that thing is probably controlled by a human heart." "That might be what the La+ Program really is." "A guidepost that tests the pilot's heart as it leads him to the Box..." "Whoever built this thing was one devious customer." "What do you..." "There's no time." "Once I go outside, you move further in and wait for my signal." "What are you planning?" "Even a cog in the machine has its pride." "You go fulfill your own role." "My own..." "This knows what it is." "It's the one part that lets you decide for yourself who you are." "Don't lose it." "Ii is now 2.25.2 Greenwich Mean Time." " A responsibility I should carry out..." "It won't be long now." "...and offer up a prayer" "All that's left now is the Unicorn." "May the future of humans in space be a peaceful one." "It's not out of pride or even to repay a debt." "I listened to my heart, that's all." "I guess even cogs have them." " Hopes." " ...with faith in the god called Possibility." "He's here!" "Your Vulcans!" "Potshots are fine, just fire!" "Now!" "Banagher!" "Dagu..." "You he my hope." "I entrust them all to you, Banagher." "You killed him!" "Captain!" "It turned into a Gundam!" "Cuaron, do it just like we planned!" "In the end, he's just an amateur." "He's behaving exactly like the simulations predicted." "We'll move in and flank him!" "Feel free to smash anything but the cockpit!" "Do it!" " We were lured in?" "!" "Angelo, run!" "He's no ordinary opponent." "Disengage!" "You damn monster!" "Captain!" "Please withdraw!" "This isn't worth your life!" "Laser contact with Sinanju lost!" "We can't pick it out from the debris!" " And the Gundam?" " Psycho-monitor still online." "If we track that, we can get a lock on him." "Alter heading and trajectory at once." "We'll retrieve both suits before they're pulled in by the gravity well." "With me at the helm, sir?" "It's an atmospheric assist maneuver!" "You'll manage, Flaste!" "Gilboa, time's up." "You'll never be able to infiltrate the Mock Trojan Horse in this situation." "But, sir!" "If we pass up this chance..." "Abort the operation." "Gilboa Team, redeploy to rescue Frontal Team." "I'm gonna take you down if nothing else!" "Banagher!" "If you can hear me, stop this!" "If we keep this up, we'll both burn up in the atmosphere!" "I won't miss this time!" "Banagher!" "Tikva..." "Look after the family..." "Mr. Gilboa..." "Subtitles:" "NYAV POST Translation and Subtitle Timing:" "David Fleming"