Chapter 771: Declaration of War
At the subsequent press conference, Orb firmly declared that it would not join the Global Security Alliance and officially regarded the Earth Force as a hostile power. It also announced the arrest of all Earth Force personnel within Orb's borders, while stating its determination not to initiate war unless the Earth Force took the initiative to declare war on Orb. It further warned the Earth Force not to make any moves that could lead to misunderstandings and trigger a war.
Whether through its words and attitude at the press conference or through the Orb Army's concrete actions, both made clear Orb's determination under Xiao Ran's leadership never to yield to the Earth Force. This approach seemed to anger the Earth Force, which had originally intended to discuss matters privately with Xiao Ran. Led by the Eurasian Federation and the Atlantic Federation, the Global Security Alliance began putting pressure on Orb and issued an official notice.
It demanded that Orb immediately strip Xiao Ran of his current position, dissolve the current government, accept every demand made by the Global Security Alliance, and officially join the alliance. At the same time, a Combined Fleet departed from one of the Earth Force's bases and began heading toward Orb.
Orb's current situation appeared identical to what it had faced two years ago: threatened with the dissolution of its government before being attacked. Last time, it had the Archangel and four Gundams—Freedom, Justice, Strike, and Buster Gundam. This time, it had the Justice Gundam Modified, upgraded to its limits; Savior, Chaos, Abyss, Gaia, Strike, and the Dawn Gundam, which had never appeared in public; Eshe's group of four, who had yet to leave; the Second Archangel, armed with its ultimate weapon; and even Destiny Gundam and Red Dragon, which could