Earth Forces Meeting

He pointed at the image of the Panama base on the screen, his finger moving urgently and forcefully.

"Panama Port's supply routes have been cut off. The Moon Base will soon lose its combat capability! What resistance operation can we even talk about now?"

The general's gaze swept across everyone present. An invisible pressure filled the air, forcing every person at the table into silence.

The Panama base had fallen several days ago, and the Earth Alliance had consequently lost its crucial Mass Accelerator.

The Mass Accelerator was the only effective gateway to space, the lifeline for transporting supplies between Earth and the Moon Base.

Now, that lifeline had been severed.

The Moon Base was an important Earth Alliance stronghold in space, tasked with launching attacks and counterattacks against the enemy.

Without a steady supply from Earth—including fuel, ammunition, personnel, and equipment—the Moon Base would collapse on its own once its resources were exhausted, even without coming under direct attack.

It was like having one's breathing suddenly cut off. Even without external injuries, the body's functions would gradually cease.

The disruption of supplies meant that the ability to resist would eventually disappear.

"Although we have already urgently drafted the Victoria Recapture Operation—retaking the Mass Driver without damaging it is proving to be far from easy."

Another general took over. His tone was steady, but the worry between his brows was impossible to conceal.

His fingers lightly tapped the table, as though considering every detail.

New reports of problems had also emerged within the Moon Base, but they had been temporarily set aside.

The most urgent task at hand was to restore the connection to space and secure supplies.

There were currently two possible methods.

The first was to retake a spaceport occupied by the ZAFT Forces.

More specifically, as the