

A close-up of the Freedom's Beam Rifle nozzle is flipped.Shinn pushing the right controller forward.A minor flashback of Kira interacting with Shin, though the former's moving mouth has been paused.A scene of Kira Yamato with the zoomed out effect.One scene of Force Impulse evading Freedom's shots.Force Impulse firing the beam rifle to its shield.One scene of Force Impulse firing the beam rifle.Several scenes from the Video Release/Special Edition is added in this episode:.A strong air current sound effect was added when Force Impulse charges to destroy the Freedom.A flashback of Stella & Destroy Gundam had sound effects added on it.This was amended in the HD Remastered release. The damaged Impulse in the pre-ending credits possesses the Phase Shift armor sound effect, but the Impulse remains gray when the sound was played.Shinn pulls the right controller backward instead of pushing it forward.The Freedom having green optics in one scene before it was destroyed by the Impulse.A cel stacking error of the Freedom clipping through Impulse's Force Silhouette wing pieces.This error was overlooked in the On-air, DVD & the Special Edition releases before it was eventually amended in the HD Remastered release. When the Freedom's left shoulder armor took damage from Impulse's Beam Rifle shot, the Freedom welds the beam rifle before the next scene shows that it's rifle being stored on the back of the skirt armor.The Force Impulse's wings temporarily became entirely red after Shinn activates his SEED mode.Although one scene of the Freedom crippling Impulse had the Beam Saber swinging sound effect added in the Original Version/ Special Edition release, this was not applied to the HD Remastered release.The Impulse stabbing the Freedom is frequently seen in flashbacks in later episodes.Shinn mentions the Freedom numerous times in the Filipino dub of this episode.In the English and Japanese versions, he (Shinn) says he tried to stop the Freedom from killing Stella. When Shinn tells Kira on how the Freedom killed Stella, Shinn says that he tried to stop Stella in the Filipino dub.The Freedom Gundam and Impulse Gundam are then caught in the explosion caused by the Tannhauser, but only the latter emerges out of the smoke. At the same time, Shinn’s Excalibur sword slams through the Freedom Gundam. As the Archangel submerges in the water, the Minerva fires the Tannhauser. He makes creative use of Impulse Gundam’s characteristics and concentrates on fighting, as opposed to Kira who has to protect the Archangel and can never attack the enemy’s cockpit. In the meantime, Shinn is overwhelming Kira’s Freedom Gundam. Talia decides arbitrarily and offers them to surrender, but Murrue cannot accept because she vowed to protect Cagalli. The ZAFT forces continue their onslaught on the Archangel. The Archangel is a menace with an unknown purpose and therefore the ship and its party must be sunk ― that was the official decision of the PLANTs. He argues with Talia, but she has already filed an complaint to the headquarters and had been rejected. Shinn is rejoiced that he has a chance to beat the Freedom Gundam so soon, but Athrun cannot comply with this sudden order. On the Minerva, Talia receives new orders to assist the allied forces to invest the Archangel and shoot it down.

Meanwhile, Murrue and the others launch the Archangel toward Orb, agreeing to Cagalli and Kira’s concern about their home country. With this, Durandal fully grasped the reins of the Supreme Council of the PLANTs. The world was rocked by the sudden speech broadcast by Durandal. Shinn defeats Kira and destroys the Freedom. The PLANT Supreme Council supports Chairman Durandal's new policy, while ZAFT military headquarters issues orders for the Minerva to destroy the Archangel.
