* The second in a trilogy of re-edited specials to the Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED television series, loosely covering episodes 22 to 40. The Archangel , still on the run, enters the Red Sea, where a new menace awaits Kira and the rest of the crew: ZAFT 's amphibious mobile suits. During a patrol flight in the Skygrasper , Cagalli is forced to crash-land and runs into Athrun , who survived her attack on a transport plane and finds himself stranded on the very same island. Not long after this surprise meeting, the Archangel once again has to fight Team Zala , with a fatal outcome. Meanwhile, Patrick Zala is appointed the new PLANT Supreme Council Chairman; he sets into motion a plan to crush the Earth Alliance Forces once and for all, but meets opposition from Lacus Clyne . Note: This special follows The Empty Battlefield , which was aired earlier in March 2004. It was aired in two parts on Japanese TV on July 27, 2004 and July 28, 2004 and received a DVD release on September 24, 2004. While the story is overall the same, there are some changes to it; it was re-edited, leaving out scenes from the original series but also adding some newly produced cuts, and featuring a new dub.
