Grief-Stricken Quatre
The unconscious Quatre in his Federation mobile suit is spotted by workers on a rescource satellite, and is brought in. Later on, Quatre wakes up in a hospital room, with a doctor by his bed. She asks him why he was in a mobile suit, as he didn't look like a Federation soldier. When Quatre tries to sit up, she orders him to stay still, his injuries hasn't healed yet. Quatre wants to know why they rescued him, and the doctor tells him that she's an independent doctor working in a neutral zone. Quatre is getting desperate, and wants a shuttle to leave in a hurry, but the doctor once again protests, he's a patient, and he's not going anywhere. Quatre gets impatient, he wants to leave now! The doctor promises to arrange a shuttle, but comments that he needs to rest. Quatre apologises for causing her trouble, as she leaves.
OZ forces track an unidentified object in space, but concludes that it's moving faster than the Leo's so they can't keep up with it. They suspect it could be the Tallgeese. Trowa tells Lady Une that she could send out the mobile dolls, but then tells her about the rumour that the new mobile suits have been finished, and suggest a test piloting of them. Nicols protests, he can't use them in battle right away. Lady Une asks about the other mobile suit - who would pilot it, and Nicols volunteers himself. Trowa comments that an ordinary pilot would only compromise the test, and Lady Une orders him to be in charge of the destruction of Tallgeese, much to Nicols annoyance.
Trowa drafts Heero as the pilot of the second suit. Nicols thinks it's a bad idea to have a Gundam pilot in Mercurius, but Lady Une reveals that it has a self-destruct system built into it, that can be activated from the Vayeate that Trowa will be using. When Lady Une orders Trowa to blow Heero up if he makes a false move, Trowa only comments that it won't be necessary - all Heero is interested in is a rematch with Zechs after the Sibera fight (from ep 10), where a colony was taken hostage. Lady Une gets suspicios, how does Trowa know this? Trowa lies smootly when he tells her he was on one of the colonies Lady Une had her missiles aimed at, and that he would've died if Heero hadn't self-destructed. Lady Une accepts this explanation.
Vayeate and Mercurius are dispatched into space, and some testing begins. Heero thinks the suit handles just like a Gundam. Trowa asks him how he would handle a mobile doll attack, and Heero demonstrates by blowing up a few of his own, before explaining that the problem with mobile dolls is that they depend on the person controlling them, while the machine itself is no better than any other suit. He states that mobile dolls are unncessary, he'll handle Tallgeese himself as they see it on screen. The mobile dolls are locked on Tallgeese as a target, and takes off. As they encounter Zechs, a battle begins, but they blow up their own mobile dolls after a while, to Zechs' astonishment. He realises that these are special pilots. As all mobile dolls have been destroyed, the both Gundam pilots exit their suits to talk to Zechs. Trowa introduces himself, and tells Zechs that this is the first time they meet. Heero draws his gun on Zechs, who introduces himself as Milliardo Peacecraft, a peace ambassador.
Back on the L4 colony, senior Mr. Winner gets the news that his son has returned home, and goes to meet him. Quatre and the doctor wait in his office, and Quatre looks at a photo of himself from when he was young. Quatre tells her that it wasn't necesary for her to acompany him all the way there, but she explains that she's got business there of her own, as Mr. Winner enters the room. Quatre suddenly looks all grim and determined, and Mr. Winner calls him a disobedient son. A frowning Quatre retorts with that he still believs he's right. Mr Winner lectures him about how war are bad, and that Quatre created an excuse for OZ to attack them, but Quatre replies that he thinks it won't be better if no one fights. Me Winner dryly asks if it all got better because he fought, did he really accomplish anything? He then tells Quatre that he's just a kid, what did he hope to achieve? Heirs should listen to their parents, Mr Winner tells his son. The doctor interrupts, she thinks Quatre is a spendid heir, whereupon Mr Winner goes "Iria, you too?", to Quatre's astonishment. She tells him that just because her brother is just a kid, doens't mean he's not a great heir.
As they walk down the hall, Iria explains that Mr Winner actually do understand Quatre, and that they can't come to a solution through negotiations with OZ. Quatre asks her why she didn't tell him that she was his sister, but Iria replies that she's only heard from her father that her brother was a Gundam pilot, and that she didn't know what to do. Quatre tells her he knew he had sisters on different resource satellites, and Iria tells him that they're all on his side, even father.
Back in his office, Mr. Winner voices his anger that he sheltered the Gundam scientist after they had fled from the Federation, and says he's angry that Quatre cooperated with him despite the wishes of the Winner family to not suport violence in any way.
Quatre and Iria go to the Gundam hangar, where Quatre explains it was destroyed on earth due to his imcompetence, but that he'll build a new one. Iria questions if this really is the right thing to do, as a Gundam pilot were captured, to the colony citizen's joy. Quatre states he doesn't fight for recognition, but he hopes the colonies will understand one day. Iria staes she understands, and that they all love him.
Out in the city, an angry mass of people have gathered around the parliament, to protest the opression of the Winner family. The colony people and their representatives all wants to cooperatre with OZ, but Mr. Winner refuses, his colony will never be used for the manufacturing of mobile suits. Quatre and Iria escape the angry mob, upset of what's going on, and the heavy winds of change that now blow against them. Quatre once again states that they're only doing what's right.
The parliament vote to place the colony under OZ jurisdiction, as Mr Winner marches away to the space port. Once there, he disconnect the resource satellite from the colony, and moves it away from the area. OZ leaders argue that Mr. Winner is only thinking of his own profit, and urge the parliament to authorise them to stop him, which they do.
Quatre and Iria board a shuttle and head for the satellite, but Mr Winner tells them to move away from there. He also tells Quatre to not fight in mobile suit again, as it solves nothing. As the colony points its massive beam cannon at the satellite, Quatre begs his father to run away, but Mr Winner refuses, he won't fight. The beam fires, and destroys the satellite, killing Mr Winner in front of Iria and a hysterical Quatre. The shuttle Quatre and Iria are onboard nearly gets hit as well, sending Quatre and Iria crashing into the wall. As Iria try to move, Quatre tells her not to, because of her injuries. Iria comments that Quatre is such a gentle person, just like his father. She says she doesn't understand why he had to be killed, before she passes out (dies?). A crying Quatre comments that no one understands the tears of gentle people. Then the stress becomes too much for him, and he goes hysterical again, promising that he'll never let them forget what happened here today, before he laughs maniacally...