Sypnosis: Destroy lays waste to the Eurasia citizens and ZAFT troops. Jibril celeberates his victory with the other Logos members yet they all seem to be disturbed by Destroy. Suddenly Neo picks up an attack from the air. Admist the clouds comes Freedom followed by the Archangel, scaring the Earth Alliance forces. Kira commences his attack on the Destroy, but found his attacks to be useless against her Position Deflector. After a few rounds of missing Freedom, Stellar activates Destroy's Mobile Suit Mode.
Kira continues the relentless attacks of Destroy, witnessing the tremendous power of it's 3 chest cannons. Sting and Neo tries to intercept Kira as Destroy aims it's beam fingers. The Archangel tries to backup Freedom with it's Gottfrieds, Destroy walks in it's path and activates it's Deflector. Cagalli decides to launch to help Kira. The ORB crew buzz in and say that they will also aid Cagalli. Destroy deploys it's hands and it begins circling Freedom.
On PLANT, Dullindal is pressured into making a decision. Dullindal finally decides that the Minerva will intercept Destroy. Strike Rouge launches in the Archangel, with the Aile Striker pack. Numerous Murasames launch after her. Kira seems to have trouble by Chaos. The Murasame and Strike Rouge team to help Kira fight Chaos as Kira deals with Destroy. Sting seems to be held at bay. The Minerva sensors begin picking up the heat signatures ahead. They detect Freedom (Talia and Arthur gasp), Windam, Chaos, Murasame, Strike Rouge, and the Archangel. Talia calls for Condition Red and the launch of their mobile suits.
Stellar starts firing her beam fingers and missiles from her chest. Kira activates his Seed mode and HiMATs the missiles. Murrue calls out Kira's name. Kira notices Neo's Windam and calls it an "Unknown Windam". Kira HiMATs Destroy, only to have the beams deflect and hit the nearby buildings. Stellar activates her mouth cannon remember Neo's words that if she doesn't kill all of them, they will kill her. Shin launches in his 4 Impulse pieces, manging to fool the Archangel and Earth Alliance for a bit until forming Force Impulse. The Archangel also detects the Minerva.
Force Impulse shoots Destroy in the hind leg, making it fall down. Impulse takes out his beam Saber. Destroy proceeds pelting it with Plasma and lasers, bit Impulse dodges them all. Impulse makes a slash against Destroy's cockpit. Neo and Kira decide to focus on Destroy. Stellar goes crazy and begins shooting all the buildings around her. She proceeds using her beam fingers on Shin. Neo flies and tells him to stop. He crashes into Impulse, making it unable to move. Neo tells him the pilot is Stellar. Shin magnifies his view on Destroy's broken cockpit, seeing Stellar's face.
Freedom uses his rail guns and shoots the cockpit of Destroy. Neo begins intercepting Freedom again, throwing a small knife from his hip (like Strike's Armor Schneider), taking out Freedom's shield. Kira goes from below and shoots off Neo's Windam's limbs. Neo's Windam falls to the ground and Neo falls out with his helmet off. Murrue looks from the Archangel at Neo. Chaos has trouble holding off the Murasames. A few lasers manage to take it's thrusters down, and Chaos begins falling down. A Murasame takes out his beam saber and chops Chaos apart.
Stellar begins crying at the fall of her comrades and goes insane once again. Kira proceeds for the kill when Impulse fights him off. Kira flies off avoding the attack. Impulse approaches Destroy slowly, with Shin telling Stellar it is okay. Stellar finally recognizes him as Shin. Her spirit leaves her and she joins with Shin's spirit in her arms. However, Destroy's cockpit begins to explode. Stellar sees Freedom in the distance and goes insane again. She charges up her chest cannons. Freedom closes in and stabs it with his beam saber. He takes out his second and stabs it into her again. Kira begins flying off. Destroy explodes and Shin cries. Murrue is seen with some MPs looking at Mwu.
Shin and Stellar are in the open. Shin holds Stellar in his arms as she reawakens. Stellar asks Shin if he will protect. Stellar then loses conciousness and dies. Shin flashes back to Episode 1 with the death of his family. He lets off a greater cry than he did back then as Stellar lays dead in his arms.
Review: You saw the rating right... I won't even begin comment where the goodies in this episode come from.
