The Battle of Odessa

Synopsis
Amuro and Sayla are preparing the G-Armor and Gundam for sortie. Amuro is still saddened by the death of Matilda and snaps at the technicians. He touches the G-Armor and slips into a reverie, which Sayla gently interrupts by reminding him that they have to sortie. Sayla's task is to provide reconnisance on White Base's course, and Amuro is to accompany her since she isn't quite used to handling the G-Armor or performing a task like that yet. Fraw Bow appears and asks Amuro if he's alright, but he ignores her.

The G-Armor launches, and Sayla remarks that she still has to get used to piloting it. Amuro reveals that he's got his copy of the picture that he took with Matilda pinned to the dashboard of his cockpit. Up on the bridge, Fraw reports to the communications console. Bright tells her that all he wants her to do is listen for an SOS signal. Elsewhere, M'Quve's forces are massing and preparing for battle. Of the three Black Tri-Stars, two remain. Gaia offers some parting words for Mash, and he and Ortega both salute with their guns. Gaia wishes to avenge Mash, but M'Quve snaps at him to stop wasting time and participate in the operation to attack the Trojan Horse, which has nothing to do with revenge. The remaining Tri-Stars (Bi-Stars?) leave for sortie.

Amuro and Sayla continue to practice maneuvers in the G-Armor. On White Base's bridge, Fraw alerts Bright of an incoming message from General Revil. The message contains their orders for Operation Odessa, which are to charge into M'Quve's bases from the rear. Fraw is ordered to call the G-Armor back. Meanwhile, Amuro and Sayla have discovered the enemy's frontlines. Worrying that they might've been seen, Amuro has Sayla lower their altitude. It is then that Sayla notices a small propeller plane. She wonders if it's Zeon or not, and is told by Amuro that it is a "Dragonfly" - a small Federation liasion aircraft. He wonders how it could leave a Zeon base and not get shot down. Sayla finds it curious as well, and - although the two receive the orders to return to White Base - decide to pursue the unusual Federation aircraft instead. On the bridge, Bright comments that he wants the spy caught before the operation commences.

Just then, enemy planes approach, coming straight at them. Bright is surprised, saying that they shouldn't have been caught at their current altitude, while Mirai comments that it's proof there is indeed a spy in the ranks. Bright gives the order to prepare for sortie amidst Kai's protests. Meanwhile, the unusual Federation plane lands on a Big Tray. Amuro has Sayla land the G-Armor on the same Big Tray, and asks where the pilot of the small liasion aircraft is. In an office inside, Judoch is reporting to Elron, who is having a drink. They are discussing plans when there is a knock at the door. It's Amuro. He asks to speak with Elron alone, and the others in the room are dismissed. He presents his proof - a recon photograph of Judoch's liasion plane - that there is a spy onboard the Big Tray, only to have Elron pull a gun on him and fire. The bullet just barely misses Amuro as he realizes that Elron has been using Judoch to feed information to the Zeon forces. Another shot is fired, but this time Elron collapses, gripping his shoulder. The guards outside the door come in and take Elron away, commenting that they recorded the conversation and now have more than enough evidence to convict him. Amuro is sent back to White Base for the commencement of Operation Odessa.

Operation Odessa begins, and the fighting is fierce. Kai is entangled with one of the Black Tri-Stars while Hayato's entangled with the other. Ortega tells the Dopps overhead to go after the Trojan Horse and leave he and Gaia alone - they're after the Gundam and their vengance. The Guntank is fired upon and one of its treads is destroyed. It is forced to retreat as Gaia engages the Guncannon in a fierce skirmish and shoots one of its feet off. Just then, the G-Armor appears, guns blazing. Sayla drops the Gundam into battle and re-forms as the G-Fighter, but not before being shot and hit. Amuro engages the remaining Tri-Stars in battle while Sayla flies back to White Base. The back half of the G-Fighter is attached to Hayato's Core Fighter, and he launches again.

M'Quve's forces are beaten back relatively easily, as they were counting on Elron's treachery and the remaining Black Tri-Stars to aid them. Of course, Elron has been caught and imprisoned, and the Tri-Stars are fighting for vengance against the Gundam rather than attacking the Trojan Horse itself. A desperate M'Quve announces to Revil and to the battlefield that he intends to detonate a hydrogen bomb, in violation of the Antarctic Treaty, if the Federation Forces do not withdraw. Revil continues forward anyway as Amuro continues to fight Ortega and Gaia. He hops a ride on the G-Fighter and manages to defeat Ortega by chopping his Dom in half. Gaia is angered and horrified.

Just then, White Base alerts Amuro to M'Quve's intent to launch an H-bomb. He is told that he must be the one to destroy it, and that he has 30 seconds to do so. Bright transmits a schematic of the bomb, which shows that Amuro must precisely slice off the nose cone of the bomb to disable it without detonating it. Amuro and Hayato take off after the bomb with Gaia in hot pursuit. The missile carrying the warhead is launched from M'Quve's Dobday when he hears that Revil has not stopped his advance. Gaia attempts to zap Amuro with some kind of laser and manages to knock him from atop the G-Fighter. He descends upon Amuro with beam sword drawn, only to be impaled by one of the Gundam's beam saber as the Gundam leaps up to continue on toward the flying missile. Amuro sights it and draws the Gundam's other beam saber, making a mighty leap from the back of the G-Fighter and precisely slicing the nose cone from the bomb, disarming and disabling it. The bomb crashes harmlessly, and Gaia's Dom explodes as he apologizes to Ortega and Mash.

The Federation Forces have won Operation Odessa. White Base destroys what's left of M'Quve's base as he escapes in the Zanzibar with Uragan and his vase. He remarks that they may have lost the mining bases and Odessa, but with the amount of mineral resources he's already managed to ship, Zeon can fight another ten years if necessary. Elsewhere, the crew of White Base finally get to meet General Revil in person for the first time.