Kira's Doubts

Gibraltar Base was now brimming with a vitality it had never possessed before.

So many ships filled the harbor that they nearly drowned the docks.

Even so, newly arrived vessels were still entering the port from the rear.

Air traffic was just as busy, with transport planes landing one after another, delivering large quantities of MS units and supplies.

Vehicles and MS units moved back and forth along the roads, while broadcasts directing their movements and routes rang out without pause.

Chairman Durandal had decided to attack Paradise Island, the Earth Alliance military's unified headquarters, and had therefore chosen Gibraltar as the forward base.

Paradise Island Base was the headquarters the Alliance Forces had relocated to Iceland after Alaska Base had been destroyed in the previous war.

ZAFT had received word that the surviving LOGOS members, including Blue Cosmos leader Lodo Gibril, had all fled there.

For that reason, the chairman had personally come to Gibraltar to oversee preparations for the battle against LOGOS.

At this moment, the harbor was receiving not only ZAFT vessels, but Alliance warships as well.

These ships belonged to volunteer forces from various nations. Answering the chairman's call in his speech, they had decided to leave the Alliance and join the campaign against LOGOS.

Now, another fleet entered the harbor under traffic control guidance.

"Harbor Control reports: approaching Earth Alliance military vessel, code 729, is an allied ship from the East Asia Republic. Blue status. Alert lifted. I repeat—"

Formerly belonging to the East Asia Republic, the vessel slowly sailed past numerous ZAFT warships amid the broadcast.

A burly man in an Earth Alliance military uniform stood on the deck, his long hair tied behind his head, sharp light gleaming in his black eyes.

He watched the surroundings intently, perhaps still wary of the warships