In the PLANT Supreme Council's assembly hall, Patrick Zala looked at all the council members seated before him and calmly played footage of the fighting on the front lines, focusing on the nuclear missiles destroyed by the Freedom Gundam and the Justice Gundam.
"Everyone, the Earth Alliance has once again used nuclear weapons against us. They intend to repeat what happened at Junius Ten and destroy PLANT completely."
At that point, Patrick Zala surveyed the room and took a deep breath. His firm, resolute voice rang out again.
"This war is no longer an ordinary conflict. This is an act of extermination against PLANT, a blatant war to annihilate our people.
I hereby propose that PLANT begin nationwide mobilization and divert all resources to military production to ensure PLANT's safety!"
As soon as Patrick Zala finished speaking, Eileen raised her hand.
"I agree!"
"I agree as well."
After Eileen voiced her agreement, Herman also raised his hand to cast his vote.
Yuri followed the two of them.
"I agree as well!"
With all four members of the Defense Committee in favor, the other members of the Council began raising their hands to vote.
When the last person raised a hand, Patrick Zala's proposal passed outright.
Seeing this, Patrick Zala nodded in satisfaction.
Just then, the newly appointed Diplomatic Commissioner spoke up.
"Speaker, I believe we need more than PLANT's strength alone. We should take this opportunity to issue a statement and try to win as much support as possible from the nations on Earth."
"The nations on Earth have all bowed to the Earth Alliance's threat of military force. Securing allies will be very difficult."
Louise glanced at the new Diplomatic Commissioner and spoke in a somewhat more serious tone. The new Diplomatic Commissioner looked at Louise and replied with