"The locusts have always been presumed to be the unknown life-form known as the Jupiter Lizard. Now, entirely new mecha have appeared alongside the locusts. We can basically conclude that these mecha belong to a force from beyond Earth."
As Xiao Ran spoke, he activated the screen behind him, projecting images of both the SPT and the locust mecha. He said to Athrun and the others, "However, I have some doubts. In my view, the two kinds of mecha differ greatly. They are clearly products of two completely different styles. Whether that was intentional or due to some other reason is hard to say. So, if there truly is something else behind this, we may need to prepare ourselves against another alien force in the future—and prepare to deal with the real Jupiter Lizards."
"Based on the intelligence gathered so far, the Earth Force has been utterly unable to resist the unknown enemy's attacks. They will likely collapse across the board before long. Although the Earth Force's strength is hardly worth mentioning, it would not be easy even for ZAFT to leave them completely unable to fight back. We can therefore infer that this unit possesses a certain level of combat strength."
"Warship and Deathship have now changed course toward this location. In roughly an hour and a half, the MS Unit must depart ahead of time to confront this alien force directly. This will count as your first real battle. Originally, I had not intended for you to come into contact with an alien force so soon, but the situation changed too quickly, so we can only make this choice now."
"Based on our investigation into this unit's strength, we still hope to capture prisoners from them and obtain more intelligence. The operation about to begin is also a