Conspiracy Sector

As Burning is feeling his age as for the first time, Uraki bests him in mock combat. Back on the Albion, Keith lectures Kou on being naive and can't understand why he can't tell Nina how he feels. Aboard the Lili Marleen, Cima is awaiting to rendezvous with a Federation ship, the Birmingham. The Albion stumbles onto the scene and Synapse thinks that the Birmingham is being attacked, so the mobile suits are sent out to help. They engage Cima's troops and Burning comes across a briefcase full of information regarding Zeon's Operation Stardust. His damaged suit explodes before he can get back to Albion and the secret of Stardust is lost with him.