Athrun and Nicol are given the day off from work. Athrun spends the day with Lacus and they talk about Kira. The PLANT Supreme Council debates on whether or not the attack codenamed “Operation Spitbreak” should be executed.

Kira and Cagalli are sent into the ZAFT controlled city to gather supplies. They get caught in an attack by the Blue Cosmos and when Kira saves a man who happens to be Andrew Waltfeld, they are invited to the ZAFT base. There, Andrew pulls a gun and reveals that he knows Kira is the [...]

The Desert Tiger has spared the lives of civilians living there. ZAFT is challenged by the Desert Dawn members because of the devastation that they had previously caused and the attack ends in failure, but most of them are saved by Kira in the Strike.

Murrue Ramius thanks the resistance group for their help and agrees to be their allies. The resistance group introduces themselves as the Desert Dawn who are fighting Andrew and the Lesseps. Kira meets with Cagalli, the mysterious young woman he first encountered at Heliopolis’ Morgenroete factory, who is now part of Desert Dawn. Meanwhile, Andrew [...]

The Archangel is attacked by multiple ZAFT units and Kira hastily takes off and defends the Archangel, but he is unfamiliar with the desert environment. The ZAFT commander is amazed when Kira adapts easily. A resistance group comes to Kira’s aid when the Strike was about to run out of power.