Bonus Chapter for Cumulative Tips: Meeting at Heavenly Pillar 4

"If our sudden visit has troubled you, I apologize for that." Mina seemed to have seen through his thoughts and took the initiative to break the brief silence.

"But your fleet is departing tomorrow, isn't it? Before then, I wanted to speak with you no matter what. There are some questions I need answered by you."

Her words reminded Xia Ya.

That was right. They were leaving tomorrow.

Ever since arriving at Heavenly Pillar three days ago, those three days had passed in the blink of an eye.

On one hand, Onogoro Island, which had suffered heavy damage during the previous battle for Orb, was undergoing urgent repairs. The movement of supplies and personnel had thrown the entire colony into a state of high-speed operation.

On the other hand, the Archangel and Dominion were also in desperate need of resupply and maintenance. It was not until this afternoon that all supply work had finally come to an end.

Immediately afterward, Murrue Ramius, Muruta Azrael, Natarle Badgiruel, Xia Ya himself, and Orb's representatives, including Mina, held a joint meeting to discuss their future course of action.

The meeting's conclusion was largely the same as the course of events Xia Ya remembered from the "original work": they would head to the abandoned colony clusters at L4 and establish a temporary base there.

There were ample and convincing reasons for making that decision.

As Orb's last stronghold, Heavenly Pillar was located on the ecliptic plane and was simply too far from PLANT itself, where the Earth Alliance and ZAFT were about to wage their final decisive battle.

Based on current intelligence analysis, the Earth Alliance was highly likely to use Ptolemy Base on the Moon as a springboard to launch an all-out assault on PLANT.

And to attack PLANT itself, they would first