After simply determining the purpose of the operation together, Colonel Koopman began to introduce the operational expectations to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Alstar.
"Since Archangel chose an almost undetectable inertial silent voyage for safety on the way, the time it takes to reach Debris Belt from L3 in low-Earth orbit will be relatively long.
Based on the difference in initial speed, we estimate that the most likely arrival time is between February 6 and February 8.
In contrast, the advance fleet is not only fast but also close in distance. It will actually arrive at the expected rendezvous point on February 4th and 5th at the latest.
Just because the 'Debris Belt L5 side' given by Archangel is just a very vague area, it may take us several days to get in touch with Archangel and merge."
Colonel Koopman explained while projecting the corresponding map on the screen at the command seat in front of him for the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Alstar to see;
Relying on such illustrations, even the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alstar, who did not know much about this aspect, could nod his head and pointed curiously to a sign in the 'Debris Belt L5 side' picture that was much larger than other signs.
"That is?"
Colonel Koopman doesn't even need to confirm carefully, everyone knows what the deputy director of foreign affairs Alstar is referring to.
"That is the wreckage of Junius Seven, and it is also the largest 'rubble' 'made' in our human history."
For Alstar, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Koopman's position is clearly visible through these low words;
As a standard Establishment Faction political affairs officer, Alstar's Foreign Undersecretary will naturally not be an extreme 'Blue Cosmos' faction, and will not have any conflicts with Colonel Koopman;
However, this also brought a small question to Alstar, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs.
"If there was that on the 'Debris Belt L5 side', wouldn't it be easy to encounter ZAFT?
Why did Archangel choose this route?"
In response to the question raised by Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar, Colonel Koopman nodded, not only confirming the guess of Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar, but also expressing that the question was a good one.
"Although it was a colonial satellite that originally belonged to Plant, it is now just a wreck in Debris Belt. ZAFT does not pay special attention to it. At most, civilian ships from Plant occasionally come to express condolences.
But it's almost the first anniversary, so it wouldn't be surprising if Plant makes any moves recently."
After answering the question of the Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar in this way, Colonel Koopman shrunk the map to the entire Earth-Moon system and began to explain the second question to the Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar.
"Mr. Alstar, you should also know that Archangel is actually in an extreme manpower shortage due to the sudden collapse of Heliopolis;
We originally planned to wait for manpower replenishment at Artemis Fortress, but due to the rapid fall of Artemis Fortress, we may not be able to get enough improvement.
Therefore, their first choice should actually be the lunar orbit route."
Seeing Alstar, the Foreign Secretary nodded in agreement, Colonel Koopman also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that there was no need to explain in more detail.
"Just take the lunar orbit route from L3. If you go forward, you will go to L5, and if you go retrograde, you will pass through L4.
It goes without saying that L5 is Plant.
According to the notification from the reconnaissance force of Human Reform League that regularly goes to 'Nova', L4 has recently discovered signs of activity of the 'Celestial Being' fleet around the 'Mendel' colonial satellite."
"The 'Mendel' that was finally abandoned due to the 'Blue Cosmos' terrorist attack?
When did 'Celestial Being' take that place as its own?"
Regarding the question of Alstar, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Colonel Koopman shook his head and said that he did not know, and then brought the topic back to Archangel's choice.
"As Archangel, who has probably directly fought against 'Celestial Being', it is not surprising that he learned about 'Celestial Being' in L4 for some reason;
Then taking into account the possibility of manual operation and the concealment of the route, taking the L5 direction Debris Belt and using Debris Belt for cover changes to maintain inertial navigation as much as possible is indeed the fastest and best option."
"That's it. Thank you for your explanation, Mr. Colonel."
Alstar After making such a statement, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs smiled and gave the lie to Colonel Koopman.
"Just now you mentioned Human Reform League's reconnaissance force.
In fact, there is new news coming from Eurasian Federation regarding this matter, I wonder if you know about it?"
"No, I only know that Artemis Fortress was still captured by 'Celestial Being' even though 'Umbrella of Artemis' was opened, while Archangel barely escaped."
Koopman Colonel shook his head and repeated the information mentioned before in the description of the combat purpose.
Alstar, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs laughed heartily, and then informed Colonel Koopman of the latest news.
"I learned from Eurasian Federation's colleagues that one day after Artemis Fortress sent the news that it was attacked and even captured by 'Celestial Being', the Eurasian Federation military once again received an urgent message from Artemis Fortress commander Gerald Colonel Garcia.
"Although I, Artemis Fortress, lost Light Wave Defense Belt, after a day of hard work and great sacrifice, I successfully repelled the despicable sneak attack of 'Celestial Being' on the fortress, and captured an almost complete mobile suit for 'Celestial Being'."
After several days of verification, Artemis Fortress is indeed still under the control of Eurasian Federation. Although the 'Celestial Being' mobile suit is missing some core elements, there is indeed an almost complete wreckage under the control of Artemis Fortress."
"This is impossible!"
Colonel Koopman immediately exclaimed in denial, but facing the smiling face of Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar, Colonel Koopman also thought of a possibility.
"Could it be said that Gerald Colonel Garcia and 'Celestial Being'..."
Thinking of this, Colonel Koopman looked at Alstar, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs.
"So, you also have this plan for boarding the ship?"
In response, Alstar, the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, responded with a smile.
"That's absolutely not the case!
My main purpose of coming here this time is to represent the Atlantic Federation government and ensure that the heroic soldiers of our army on Archangel are brought back;
By the way, we will deal with the diplomatic-related issues of Orb civilians and Eurasian Federation personnel who boarded Archangel on Heliopolis and Artemis Fortress respectively.
There is absolutely no intention to secretly have diplomatic contact with 'Celestial Being'.
Do you understand? Colonel Koopman."
"Yes, Your Excellency, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs."
After making it clear to Alstar that he had indeed understood the spirit, Colonel Koopman curiously confirmed with Alstar the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs about the topic of Orb civilians.
"Your Excellency, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Eurasian Federation has people on board. I can understand why there are Orb civilians on Archangel."
In response to Colonel Koopman's question, Deputy Foreign Minister Alstar's expression suddenly fell.
"That's because according to the communication with Orb, it was discovered that some of the missing persons were students who were interns at Morgenroete.
If they had not died in the attack and chaos of ZAFT, they might have been on the ship of Archangel or 'Celestial Being', including my daughter Flay and his boyfriend Sai.
Just a few days ago, Orb reported a new list of people who returned to Orb from the ship 'Celestial Being', but their names are still missing. I hope they are really on board Archangel."
Faced with the possibility of losing his daughter, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Alstar, Colonel Koopman could only find a way to comfort him.
"The situation has not settled down yet, maybe it's just an omission on the list.
Since there is a list of the latest batch of people who returned to Orb from 'Celestial Being', there may be a next batch."
"Then I'll lend you your kind words, Colonel Koopman."
Following Alstar's energetic reply, Montgomery's command area fell silent for a moment.