The Heroine of the Battlefield
A group of earth nation leaders have gathered to discuss what to do with the Romefeller Foundation's increasing domination. One of them means that not responding to the increasing violence isn't peace, but giving in to their opression. Relena, who leads the meeting as the representative for Sank, means that consideration for others is of importance for peaceful coexsistence. She thinks that they should learn from the past, and not encourage more fighting. The other learders are enthusiastic over her support of them and absolute pacifism, but Relena thinks she's only following in her father's footsteps. As the meeting ends, Relena begs the leaders to help her achieve true peace.
On a beach somewhere on earth, two soldiers discover a space shuttle and two helmets, and conclude that only two of the Gundam pilots travelled to earth. Their leader explains that they've received orders for their execution, as their country is now under Romefeller rule, but he wishes to postpond that a little longer.
Further away on the beach, Heero and Quatre are resting, and Heero plays with two dogs... Quatre looks rather gloomy, and Heero asks him if he doesn't like dogs. He comments that the dogs instinctively know that Quatre is a kind person. Quatre wonders if kindness really is needed in war, and Heero tells him no, but in other situations, it may be needed. Then he tells Quatre that they're not fighting now. Quatre seems to cheer up a bit, and goes running with the dogs.
Later on, they talk to the man who had been ordered to execute them, and Quatre thanks him for his hospitality, despite him having received the order for their execution. The commander says he's glad he didn't have to perform the job, as his superiors will come down to do it themselves. Quatre says it's ok, he should just do his duty, and when the commander questions their decision to not resist arrest, Heero comments that they haven't decided what to do yet when that time comes. The commander explains that his country has only yielded to the Romefeller Foundation to avoid a war, and Quatre comments that this was the right thing to do to protect their people. Heero and Quatre both think that the only thing left for them to do is to continue fighting, or they'll both end up dead.
Somewhere over an ocean, Sally and her carrier plane with a Gundam is found by OZ forces, and is forced to land on the water or be shot down. The plane sinks with its precious cargo. In a little coastal town nearby, Noin has located the OZ ship, and watches as Sally is being led away by the soldiers. The soldiers take Sally to a large mansion, and tie her up on a chair. After they leave, Sally comments to herself that since the Gundam pilots are on earth, she must deliver the Gundams to them. As a group of Cancers scart searching the area of the downed plane for the Gundam, an explosion rocks the place where Sally is held captive, and through the window to the room, Noin makes a dramatic entrance. She asks Sally if the thing out in the ocean is the real thing, and comments that she want the Gundams to fight the Romefeller Foundation. Noin and Sally flee the building together.
As the Cancers have located the ship and make their way into it, Noin and Sally talk about the Gundam. Sally reveals that it's the 01. She asks Noin which country she's fighting for, but Noin says she can't tell Sally yet, only that it's ruled by the one person who can bring them peace. They continue to talk about the Gundam pilots and their ideals, and both state they believe fully in their ability to create peace. Meanwhile, the 01 is brought to the surface by the Cancers elsewhere.
Heero "breaks into" one of the tents where they're being "held" by the commander, to find that there are two missions to destroy Gundam, one for them, and one for his mobile suit. Quatre asks Heero is he knows anything about Sank Kingdom, as they seem to be in constant conflict with Romefeller, and is interested in the 01 with its pilot although they try to hide it. Quatre thinks they should go there and help them. Later on, they discover that the only two guards around are the two dogs, and take it as a suggeston they should escape.
Heero and Quatre borrow a plane, and head towards a Romefeller unit, much to the commander's surprise as he thought they'd try and escape. Quatre comments to Heero that escaping was one option, but they chose to fight, as it's the only thing they can do. They head the plane towards a carrier ship out at sea, and immediately attack it.
Meanwhile, Sally and Noin are hunting down the captured 01, and enter a battle with OZ soldiers.
Back at the ship, Heero has found a mobile suit, and sinks the other ships in the fleet. Quatre forces his way into the command room, and order them to surrender. As they try and resist, Heero appears outside their window with his MS. A while later, the two Gundam pilots have made the entire crew on the battle ship to exit it in the life boats. Quatre asks Heero what to do now? He thinks that they can't go to the nice people on earth, it would cause them too much trouble. Heero notes that Quatre still is focused on not fighting, which he thinks is wrong. Heero means that it's their duty as Gundam pilots to fight, they are only allowed to live on the battlefield.
Meanwhile, Noin and Sally has recovered the 01, and Sally decides to trust Noin with it. Sally comments that she'll go looking for the other Gundams now, and that it would be nice if Noin found a pilot or two. Noin vows to repay the debt.
In a city somewhere outside Sank Kingdom, a blond haired young woman is driving her car somewhere in a hurry. As she sees a nearby naval base, she gets out of her car to see the unloading of mobile suits from a plane. She comments that she's disappointed, she wished that they would launch an attack on Sank Kindom instead.
Elsewhere, Pargan questions Relena - was it really a good idea to have a student from the Romefeller foundation live with them, one who is related to Duke Dermail, even? Pargan thinks she might just be a spy, and thinks the new student doesn't really like aboslute pacifism. Relena comments that Romefeller simply wanted to learn about Sank's peace policies, which is why the student is here.
Later in her Sank Kindsom office, Relena is introduced to the new student - Dorothy Catalonia, the same girl who just expressed her disappointment that the mobile suits weren't going to attack Sank today. Dorothy explains that she's from the Romefeller Foundation, who has a huge army of their own. She says it would be such a shame if someone attacked Sank, the beautiful scenery would be gone in an instant, then she asks Relena what she would do if they were attacked. When Relena claims that she believes all conflict could be solved by peace talks, Dorothy exclaims that she loves war, and wonders if she still can stay in the country. Relena says it's ok, Sank is meant to be a place for talk.
Pargan does some research on his own about Dorothy, and while she appears harmless, they must still be watchful. Noin orders Pargen to put her under surveillance, and as Pargan picks up a gun, he commens that it's already been taken care of. Pargan tells Noin that Dorothy's presence in Sank appears to be tiring Relena, and Noin says it's ok to arm themselves to protect Relena.
In an underground cave in Sank, Noin comments that she'll protect Relena at all costs, even if it means playing dirty. Out in the city, Dorothy screams at a passing groups of carrier planes to hurry up and start the war.