" … I've given everything up in order to help achieve a future for us people abandoned in space, but these years of warfare have brought nothing to me but sorrow for those that I've lost under my command without any meaning, and now the same has happened to Ensign Rana. I realize now that Zeon in this current, limping form cannot bring true change, nor could it do so in the past."

"If there ever was a possibility for spacenoids to blossom, that possibility that humans could come to understand each other without misconceptions, then perhaps it has died with Zeon Zum Deikun long ago. I began to believe that Char Aznable was our only hope, yet now he is replaced with a mere shadow of our past leader. I can no longer fight for such a cause that I know will bring true harmony to us. That is why I am leaving this ship and this endless war until my final quiet days go by, and I wouldn't blame anyone else for choosing to do the same."

Commander Duncan Fuller left his crew with such last words once they had arrived at Palau, intending to go back to the Republic of Zeon of Side 3, even implying that he considered turning himself in to the Federation for his service in Zeon remnants over the years. Garret had opened up as he and Nikolai thought about Rana.

"It was the massacre of Globe City in Side 3 that made her way we knew her," He said with sorrow, "Her parents had sent her away before that out of fear, but it was inevitable that she would find out about it, and that's why she dedicated her life to destroying the Federation."

But Nikolai knew that something awakened in her besides hatred, and it manifested itself clearly before she gave her life for him. The Captain was seemed somewhat regretful over her fate as well, briefly addressing him in person after the operation, "With time, I'm sure you could develop your potential as a pilot."

In regards that, Nikolai wanted to know if Garret would choose the same path as the Commander.

"Oh, no, I'll have to keep fighting some more," He spoke casually, "There's no real place for me to go back to even if I wanted to leave all this, but you do. You've still got family left, you know."

Garret had pulled a few strings to discharge Nikolai out of service, not because he didn't think the boy was not suited to be a pilot, but because he couldn't stand to see him loosing his life like Rana did.

Nikolai was thankful, as Taya starred at him with tears in her eyes, as if she was seeing a dead man come back to life. She embraced him, and he did the same.

"You're such an idiot," she had said, "But you're alright, that's all that matters."

UNIVERSAL CENTURY 0095

PALAU

Garret Garland, Spotter Sys and Zechst Ade stood at attention, led by Lieutenant Angelo Sauper as part of Captain Full Frontal's Royal Guard unit. Garret had been apart of operations to secure resources for Neo-Zeon, mostly in the form of additional mobile suits, but he also found himself assisting Captain Zinnerman and Lieutenant Marida Cruz. He had developed an amicable enough relation with Zinnerman, although he couldn't say the same for the mysterous and cold subordinate that called him "Master."

Full Frontal had made his entrance into his new grand room that was modeled after a similar royal-like chamber formely located at A Baoa Qu, as the governor-general of Palau was sympathetic to the former Principality. The banners of both Neo-Zeon and the Principality were hung across the wall behind the Captain's desk.

"Ensign Rana's death was certainly unfortunate," Garret remembered the man's remark last year, but now he was clad in a mask to cement his status as the second coming of Char Aznable, and the birth of the "Sleeves."