The betrayal and treachery of the Klein faction, the theft of the Freedom Gundam, the seizure of the Eternal, the defection of former North African commander Andrew Waltfeld and his subordinates, and the escape of red-coated pilot Athrun Zala in the Justice Gundam had dealt an extremely serious blow to ZAFT's military strength and the stability of P.L.A.N.T.'s society!
The traitors' actions had pushed ZAFT, which had already been gradually falling into decline, into an even more desperate predicament...
Unfortunately, Patrick Zala—the Supreme Council chairman and chairman of the Defense Committee, now consumed by fury and grief—had urgently recalled Rau Le Creuset and sent him out with his fleet to give chase. Although they had set off immediately after the Eternal, the warship stolen by Athrun Zala, Lux Clyne, former North African commander Andrew Waltfeld, and the others, in the end, the white-clad commander and his people returned empty-handed!
They couldn't find where the newest model of mobile suit transport ship, designed specifically for the Freedom and Justice Gundams, had gone!
After all,
space was vast, and the enemy had fled at tremendous speed. Once the rebels had escaped the P.L.A.N.T. homeworld's orbital region in the L5 Lagrange point, evaded ZAFT's pursuit, and shaken off the Intelligence Bureau's trackers, they could simply duck into any number of places. Searching for them in the boundless universe would be no easier than finding a needle in the ocean. In those circumstances, what could even Rau Le Creuset do, no matter how capable he was?
So, after searching and pursuing them for some time, and realizing there was no way to find the Eternal the traitors had stolen—or the Freedom and Justice Gundams, which had undoubtedly fallen into their hands—white-clad commander Rau Le Creuset could only slink back to P.L.A.N.T.
He had no