History Recap / MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercuryEpisode13EnvoysFromTheEarth

* GrandTheftPrototype: Norea steals the Pharact and then almost kills Nika with it. Downplayed thought in that she couldn't get into its GUND-Arm system and that her original intent was to destroy it if it was deemed a threat.

!!Summary
Returning to Asticassia School of Technology following the attack on Plant Quetta, Suletta Mercury, under the supervision of Elan Ceres (Enhanced Person #5), is made to fight five successive duels which had piled up while her mobile suit, Aerial, was repaired. Despite the supposed challenge having to fight five back-to-back battles would present, Suletta easily defeats all five challengers with minimal effort, Aerial Rebuild being declared as having surpassed all other Benerit Group mobile suits by the onlooking Duel Committee.

At the Benerit Group HQ, Miorine watches over her comatose father, a doctor advising her of how long-term his recovery will be, and that she should get some rest as well. In a meeting room, the executives of the Benerit Group Big Three discuss the recent attack. Lauda, acting CEO of Jeturk Heavy Machinery after the death of his father, is blamed for Dawn of Fold's use of Jeturk mobile suits in the attack. Condemning the attack, and taking particular issue with their use of Gundams, Sarius declares that they will discretely find and swiftly bring the terrorists to justice as a matter of the Group's dignity. After the meeting, Sarius discusses their involvement with Dawn of Fold privately with Shaddiq, who reassures his father he had no knowledge of their use of Gundams. Sarius orders Shaddiq to return to Asticassia, and to refrain from duels or other company business for the time being.

Sophie and Norea introduce themselves to Earth House, requesting to join as they are from Earth. Despite some reservations from the students there, the two have already moved their things in. While Sophie ingratiates herself to "Big Sister" Suletta, Nika confronts Norea, knowing their true identities and that they entered the school with the help of Shaddiq establishing dummy companies to sponsor them. Norea brushes Nika off, threatening her with a knife while mocking her desire to bridge the gap between Earth and Space.

The day the open campus begins arrives, with Suletta showing Sophie to different attractions, enjoying themselves despite Sophie being a chronic troublemaker. They encounter Elan#5, who attempts to ask Suletta out, only for her to be promptly dragged off by Sophie. He then bumps into Norea, who quietly expresses her disdain for the entire school; he muses they might actually get along well before noticing his student handbook has gone missing. Elsewhere, Nika fails to find records of Shaddiq's communications with Norea and Sophie, when Martin confronts her about having saved them from the terrorists, only to get brushed off.

As the day ends, Petra and Felsi of Jeturk House approach Earth House at a GUND-ARM Inc. booth they'd set up, lashing out at them for stealing Guel's spotlight in an upcoming Rumble Ring event - a battle royale to close out the open campus, which Suletta will be required to participate in as the Holder. When Chuchu wonders where Nika's disappeared to, Suletta offers to go look for her. Meanwhile, Sophie and Norea sneak into Earth House's spaceship to investigate the Gundam Pharact, having been ordered to destroy it if necessary. Nika confronts the two, threatening to reveal herself and report them as well. In response, Sophie assaults her while Norea activates the Pharact. Before she can squash Nika under the Gundam's foot, Suletta speeds in on a scooter, saving Nika. Over Sophie's objections, Norea prepares to kill Suletta and Nika, only for Suletta to challenge them to a duel. While Norea points out that they have no reason to go along with the challenge, Sophie agrees to it, amused by the notion of killing machines being used in play-battles. Suletta counters with her belief in Gundams being used for medical advancement, while Sophie reiterates she'll prove them as purely instruments of violence.

* CarnivalOfKillers: The five challengers Suletta defeats in the beginning are all piloting unique mobile suits. The most normal of the bunch has guns instead of hands; the others have gorilla-like arms, spinning beam sabers, multiple built-in WaveMotionGuns, or some sort of blade-like weapon with thrusters to let it fly.

The day the open campus arrives, with Suletta showing Sophie to different attractions, enjoying themselves despite Sophie being a chronic troublemaker. They encounter Elan#5, who attempts to ask Suletta out, only for her to be promptly dragged off by Sophie. He then bumps into Norea, who quietly expresses her disdain for the entire school; he muses they might actually get along well before noticing his student handbook has gone missing. Elsewhere, Nika fails to find records of Shaddiq's communications with Norea and Sophie, when Martin confronts her about having saved them from the terrorists, only to get brushed off.

The day the open campus begins arrives, with Suletta showing Sophie to different attractions, enjoying themselves despite Sophie being a chronic troublemaker. They encounter Elan#5, who attempts to ask Suletta out, only for her to be promptly dragged off by Sophie. He then bumps into Norea, who quietly expresses her disdain for the entire school; he muses they might actually get along well before noticing his student handbook has gone missing. Elsewhere, Nika fails to find records of Shaddiq's communications with Norea and Sophie, when Martin confronts her about having saved them from the terrorists, only to get brushed off.

* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Norea expresses this sentiment, thinking Nika foolish for thinking that an orphan from Earth could ever accomplish anything meaningful by going to a spacian school.

** In the aftermath of a terrorist attack, Earth House has been threatened to keep quiet about it or they could face expulsion. It is made clear they haven’t given any professional help to deal with the trauma.

* MythologyGag: Norea piloted the Gundam Pharact and bullies someone on foot (in this case, it's Nika) and mocking her beliefs, which is similar to [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille piloting a dark-colored Gundam (the Gundam Mk-II in Titans' colors) and doing the same thing onto a Titans' officer, who is also on foot]].

* MythologyGag: Norea uses a mobile suit's foot as part of a confrontation of Nika and mocking her beliefs, which is similar to [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille landing his Gundam in front of a politician]].

Back at Benerit HQ, Prospera meets with Miorine, who calls her out on having Suletta kill someone to save her. Prospera admits that her daughter may have gone too far with that action, but quickly changes the subject to Delling's Quiet Zero project. Cryptically claiming that its will use Gundam technology to bring an end to war, she requests that Miorine take over the project with her father incapacitated.

Back at Benerit HQ, Prospera meets with Miorine, who calls her out on having Suletta kill someone to save her. Prospera admits that her daughter may have gone too far with that action, but quickly changes the subject to Delling's Quiet Zero project, requesting that Miorine take over the project with her father incapacitated.

** Likewise, Sarius Zenelli, who authorizes the retaliation, has no clue the attack on Plant Quetta was ordered by his own son, Shaddiq.