This included relatively steady nations, as well as some that had previously maintained good relations with PLANT but did not support the Destiny Plan.
Meanwhile, some of the more radical factions chose to head for the Moon.
"WHAT? Copernicus was bombarded by Requiem?!"
Athrun and Mu had just finished dealing with matters in South America and arrived in space to rendezvous with Kira when this happened.
After the Archangel received the news, everyone aboard was thrown into turmoil.
"Copernicus... wasn't that place supposed to be neutral?"
Everyone sat in the conference room as Kira watched the news.
"Requiem's unsealing progressed faster than expected. It is suspected that the previous progress reports were falsified. The newly established Lunar Alliance Army has now taken over the Earth Alliance's forces on the lunar surface and intends to bring the entire Moon under its control. After Copernicus declared neutrality, it was immediately attacked."
Inori Yuzuriha explained the cause and course of events.
``` [Kill the chicken to scare the monkey.]
[The Titans?]
[They really crammed thirty years of Universal Century into three years.]
[Come to think of it, it is somewhat similar, but it should still be different.]
[Where's Kamille?]
[Holy shit, if you put it that way, Cruze really is filling Captain Pantyhose Dropper's niche now.]
[So this is that kind of homage, huh.]
[But this is different from Universal Century too.]
[You can tell certain parts are homages, but the overall story definitely isn't completely the same.]
[SEED loves Reversing the Heavenly Stems.]
[Kira is basically Amuro in reverse. From gender to personality, she's the complete opposite, lol.]
[But aside from Char, Amuro mostly had favorable matchups early on, while Kira's been thrown into high-level matches every time.]
[She started out in the Demon King position and got farmed by the Hero