In the depths of sub-space, the fleet falls under attack by the aliens. Thinking that they would be safe, masked while in warp, the Earth fleet is taken off guard and quickly sustains damaged. Unable to detect their enemy and too damaged to stay in sub-space, the Exelion drops back to normal space. At first it looks like the entire fleet has dropped out with them but the reality is that only a few ships also dropped out of warp. The battle begins.
Weapons are armed, defenses are prepared and soldiers don their battle suits.
All except Noriko who is ordered by Coach Ota to stay behind. The Exelion fires torpedoes at the alien mother ship but there is no visible effect. The aliens begin their assault, sending wave after wave against the small earth fleet. Each Earth soldiers may manage to kill dozens of aliens, but the aliens still keep coming. Inside her quarters, Noriko tries to bring herself to go out and fight.