Episode Title:
Rumbling.
Episode Description:
With the Gravitational Beam Emitter now out of control, a team of 20 Garde pilots and Tsumugi are assigned to check on the situation. As Kobayashi, Norio and Ochiai evacuate, Yure attempts to shut down the device when it suddenly implodes, annihilating all matter in the vicinity and nearly killing her. In spite of this, Kobayashi insists on continuing development of the weapon in preparation for the imminent war with the Gauna. Nagate, Samari, En and Ren Honoka are introduced to the Hayakaze, a prototype autonomous support cuirass to link four pilots together. Samari later invites Nagate out for dinner, where she confides her fears of issuing orders as a pilot. After being cheered by Nagate's reassurance, Samari expresses her desire to photosynthesize with him, only to find that he has passed out. Later that night, Yuhata pays a visit to Nagate and Izana's house, revealing that she is aware about Tsumugi living with them. She asks them to keep Tsumugi's presence a secret. Yuhata also observes that Izana's body is developing female features, presumably in response to her budding feelings for a man. Meanwhile, the colonists are attacked by the Gauna Hive Cluster while surveying Lem VII.
