Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (機動戦士ガンダムSEED)

The first layer has been traversed.

Decelerate to Mach four.

Now commencing cooling stage termination.

Free aerodynamic control.

Alpha-1, weapons loaded for bear and ready to burn.

Bravo-2.

Charlie-3.

Delta-4.

Second layer traversed.

We're gonna send those filthy surface dwellers

screaming into the hereafter.

Clearing atmospheric turbulence.

Let's slow it down to mach 0.09.

Cooling complete, steady altitude.

Activating program descent coordinates.

May the heavens protect us.

Alright, let's go!

For ZAFT.

For ZAFT.

For ZAFT.

Year 70 of the Cosmic Era.

After the Bloody Valentine tragedy,

tensions between Earth and the PLANTs

quickly escalated.

Growing from animosity to full-fledged war.

Earth's dominant military was meant to crush the PLANTs,

heralding a victory within just a few days.

But that victory never came.

Eleven months have passed now

since the Bloody Valentine tragedy,

and there is no end in sight.

This refugee camp deep in South Africa

suffers from a dire lack of food and medicine.

Life for the 1.2 million who reside here

is a constant struggle.

Thank you, Ed.

And now images from the Kaohsiung front

where heavy fighting is taking place.

According to the latest reports from within the city,

ZAFT forces have pushed

to within six kilometers of City Center.

Kira!

So this is where you were.

Professor Kato has been looking all over for you, man.

Oh yeah?

He told us to drag you back

if we found you.

Wonder why.

Has he got you working on some special project?

He's gotta be kidding.

I haven't even gotten a handle

on all the stuff he handed me yesterday.

Uh, looks like things are getting pretty bad.

Yeah, they're invading Kaohsiung.

Here, seven kilometers from the City Center,

the sounds of gunfire pierce the air of Kaohsiung.

The reports are still a week behind.

ZAFT may have already taken the city.

- -

Kaohsiung isn't all that far away from Orb.

-I hope everyone at home's okay. -

Eh, there's no need to worry about it.

I mean, they're close, but Orb's neutral.

No part of this war is ever gonna touch us here.

You think? I hope so.

I don't think a war will break out

between the PLANTs and Earth.

I mean, why would it?

So I think it's pointless to evacuate.

You're gonna come up to the PLANTs too,

one day, right?

-Kira? -

Aren't we a little jumpy today?

Come on, let's go.

Yeah.

Adjusting axis 6.51 clockwise.

Entrance vector confirmed.

Breaking jets off,

transferring main control to electromagnetic bucket.

Stable deceleration rate.

And we are stopping the ship, standby.

And with that,

the ship has safely completed its final mission.

We are grateful for the escort, Lieutenant Flaga.

It has been an honor.

Likewise.

Flight was a piece of cake, almost a day off.

Are there any ZAFT vessels in the vicinity?

Two of them popped up on the radar

but nothing to worry about.

There's not a damn thing they can do to us

once we're docked in here.

Banking on Orb's neutrality,

there's a joke for you.

Maybe, but it's that promise of theirs

that's gotten us this far.

At the end of the day,

Orb will always be a nation of Earth.

We're gonna head out, Captain.

Hmm?

You sure those kids

are gonna handle things out on the ground?

Well, they may be young, but I promise

that each one is a hand-selected top gun.

Don't worry so much.

Someone like you, Lieutenant,

would stand out like a sore thumb.

No need to look so glum, Ades.

Rau, just maybe we should wait

until we hear word from the Council

before we take such a drastic step.

It will be too late.

My intuition has never let us down before.

If we let this chance slip away,

then I assure you, we will be paying for that failure

with our very lives.

The new mobile weapons are the core of Earth's strategy.

We must take them. Now!

- - My gosh, guys, come on.

-I told you it wasn't-- - You're such a liar.

-Tolle. -Stop teasing him.

Tell us the truth, do you like him?

Well, I...

Oh, Mariallia.

Hi.

Perfect.

Maybe you'll tell us the truth.

-Huh? -Come on, that's enough.

I bet you know all about the letter

she got from Sai Argyle.

She keeps saying there's nothing going on,

but I doubt it.

- For sure. - Yeah.

Nothing's going on.

Would you stop already?

If you are not taking this one, perhaps I might.

Oh! So sorry.

Please.

Just let it go, okay.

-Whatever, I'm leaving. -Wait! Flay!

So, Sai wrote her a letter. Interesting.

-Uh... -He's a pretty good-looking guy.

He's homing in on your territory.

Well, looks like you got yourself a rival.

-Time to make a move. -

What's that supposed to mean?

This place is so peaceful, innocent.

Huh?

Almost hard to believe that kids that age

are already fighting and dying on the frontlines.

You gotta man up, dude.

If you can't ask, I will.

She's a popular girl.

Alright, that's enough.

Three kids from the Kato Seminar coming in.

Keep an eye on them.

Yo!

Oh, Kira. It's good to see you.

-Who's that? -Don't know.

Someone to see the professor.

He said he was supposed to wait for him here.

Uh-huh.

So, where is he?

He left this with me, some extra data.

-Huh? -Know what it is?

I mean, I've figured it's for Morgenroete,

but I'm not sure.

Don't really know.

Something to improve the frame set module.

Most likely, it's just a program analysis.

-Let's go! -Come on, stop it, man!

Ask him about the letter already.

Wait, what letter?

Nothing, don't worry about it.

-Can you just ask? -

Seriously, what's going on?

It's nothing. Just drop it.

Hey, Tolle, what is it? Tell me.

Just quit it, guys.

You're choking me, let me go!

I don't think so, not until you tell him.

It begins.

Weigh anchor! Vesalius is taking off.

This is Heliopolis command.

Approaching ZAFT vessels, please respond.

ZAFT vessels respond.

-Chief controller. -Just calm down.