We look back to the day of the shuttle crash from Commander Sakaki’s point of view and find out that he lost his wife and daughter that day. With the truth about the accident made clear by Toa, everyone present is left in a state of shock. The Lindwurm unit suddenly closes in on the secret meeting and the fugitives are detained. Liner questions Kazuki’s actions about taking Toa. The latter lies that he was on a secret mission from Commander Sakaki to capture Jin and Gio. Liner lets him off the hook but is left very suspicious.
Garnet takes a look at a disc that supposedly contains the data for Resonance on it. Her secret meeting with Liner was a bargain for the Resonance data if she would leave Gio alone. She quickly finds out that she has been had when her team analyzes the fake data. The Lindwurm unit embarks from the moon to Earth with Toa, Gio, and Jin in their custody. Liner reports the situation to Sakaki and questions him on Kazuki’s “secret mission”. Sakaki is caught off guard by the revelation but covers for Kazuki nonetheless. After the communication ends Liner’s doubts about the secret mission are confirmed by Sakaki’s hesitant response. Sakaki himself looks deeper at Kazuki’s personal file as well. Kitajima has dinner with her colleague, Professor Nozaki, and the two discuss the research that can be accomplished with Album now in their possession.
Never one to be made a fool of, Garnet and her enormous breasts launch a surprise attack from behind on the Lindwurm unit. The Dragonauts retaliate and make short work of the first wave of fighters. They are baited from the shuttle’s vicinity and soon find out that it was the enemy’s tactic to lead them away. Garnet unleashes her fake dragons, the Agathions, to attack the shuttle and steal Album from the ISDA.
Sensing the danger around them, Gio breaks his restraints and rushes over to Jin’s cell to save Toa. While the Dragonauts are busy with the Gillard Army’s fighter units, Garnet mercilessly orders her ship’s main cannons to fire upon both friend and foe alike. However a new face arrives on the scene and shields the Dragonauts from the blast. She is introduced as Habaragi Itsuki, leader of the Vritra unit, along with her dragon Otohime. Gio reminds Jin of his promise to protect Toa. Jin reflects on the matter briefly and rushes to save her with renewed vigor. He and Gio easily defeat the two Agathions, and Garnet retreats having had her plan to capture Album foiled. They aren’t out of the woods yet as the battle causes the shuttle the enter earth’s atmosphere at an incorrect angle for reentry. When all looks lost for the shuttle, Jin and Gio stage a spectacular rescue and act as a buffer against the atmosphere. Toa is finally brought in to meet Sakaki who shows her the ISDA’s captured dragon in stasis. Meanwhile Jin seems to be captured again…
Noteworthy things: The last few seconds of the opening changed this week to a space battle presumably between the dragons and the Gillard Army. I’m not even going to keep track of the number of times that Jin gets captured or goes emo anymore. The psuedo love triangle between Kazuki, Jin, and Gio continues. In all actuality, the show seems to have gotten over its slump and is getting better. You won’t want to miss the next episode of our favorite space soap opera, Gundam Seed Destiny Dragonaut.
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