Vote to Attack

Vote to Attack is the 3rd episode of Mobile Suit Gundam. It first aired on April 21, 1979 in Japan and on July 25, 2001 in North America. This episode was written by Yoshihisa Araki.

Summary
White Base is now headed for Luna II, a meteor that was stabilized in orbit, and is now used as resources for colony construction. There, they can finally meet up with the Federation. The crew becomes worried, as the Musai is still following them, waiting for their next attack. On the Musai, Char finds that he is unable to get the quality supplies he requested from Dozle, including two Zakus instead of three.

Bright and Mirai discuss whether the Musai is holding back because they're low on supplies, or to give the illusion that they're low on supplies. That's when they spot the supply ship approaching. The crew is split on whether or not to attack, so Bright calls everyone on the ship to the bridge. There, he tells everyone they can either make a run for Luna II, or attack the Musai, and that either has a 50-50 chance of success. It is put up to vote, and the majority rules that they should attack. Everyone prepares to attack, and White Base pulls around 180 degrees to face the Musai.

As the supply ship comes up along the Musai, Amuro and Ryu sneak around to the back. They begin firing, destroying the link between the ships. The Zakus are let out, and begin engaging them. Char meets Amuro once more, but Char proves too fast for him, and gets the upper hand, but a communication comes through to Char that White Base has begun firing on the Musai. Char tries to get to White Base, while Amuro tries to keep him away. Kai and Hayato are firing from White Base, but Ryu keeps getting in Kai's way. Bright tries to tell Ryu to get out of the way, but Ryu has disconnected communications with White Base. Char knocks Amuro around but must retreat to the Musai, which cannot fire back.

Since Kai and Hayato cannot fire from White Base, he suggests they use Guntank, one of the mobile suits that made it out of Side 7. Musai manages to get its particle cannon working, and fires on White Base, which speeds up the deployment of the Guntank. They fire on the supply ship, which is destroyed, but the crew managed to get all the supplies out. The commander of the ship is now flying in his Zaku I, and goes off to fight Gundam, convinced he can destroy it. He dodges Gundam's beam saber and slams into Gundam, but Amuro manages to quickly recover, and destroys the Zaku. After the resulting explosion, Bright calls everyone back, as the supply ship has been destroyed, and they get back on course to Luna II.

Important Events:
 * Mecha Introduced: Guntank, Zaku I
 * The Guntank is used for the first time.