Accelerating Progress

"Wonderful..."

Murrue Ramius, the beautiful female captain of the Archangel, was floating before the largest porthole on the Archangel's bridge. She gently touched the fine cracks left by some crimson-painted Genn, still feeling somewhat relieved and deeply moved.

Back then,

She had truly believed that even if they did not die on the spot, they would surely be captured by the ruthless ZAFT army and subjected to all kinds of terrifying humiliation and cruel fates... Yet who could have imagined that things would take such a dramatic turn, allowing them to escape from that desperate situation and turn danger into safety?

Although her adjutant, Lieutenant Natarle Badgiruel of the Earth Alliance, had held Lux Klein hostage at the beginning, hoping to trade her for the Archangel's safe departure—a truly despicable act—and had ultimately failed, still...

In the end, under the enemy's threat of death, with the other side's weapon almost pressed against the Archangel's porthole and squeezing cracks into the high-strength blast-resistant glass, the Archangel had been forced to sign a private mediation agreement with them, exchanging that P.L.A.N.T. hostage for the safe departure of their warship.

Two days had already passed. It was now February 11, C.E. 71. The Archangel had just received a signal from the Eighth Fleet. In at most twenty minutes, they would successfully rendezvous with the Eighth Fleet. After that, the Archangel would truly be completely safe, and they would no longer need to worry about the enemy daring to attack or pursue them while they were traveling with the Eighth Fleet.

"What a rare peaceful day..."

As long as they could live, no one would want to die or be captured. Even soldiers of the Earth Alliance like them were certainly no exception!

Of course, strictly speaking, the people aboard the Archangel should be