Ep. 3: Kingdom Leadership Targets Amaterasu While Sanri's Father Urges Surrender
Aired on January 19, 2005

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The Kingdom leadership decides to change tactics in dealing with the Amaterasu, which they deem a renegade and pirate vessel. Amid discontent and disunity in the ship's crew, Sanri's wealthy father makes an appeal for them to turn themselves in.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Cadets on the Amaterasu negotiate with the Galaxy Network to liberate their subdued home planet.
- Ep. 2 · Tatsuma Mamiya establishes a government-in-exile on the Amaterasu before fleeing to Phoenicia
- Ep. 3 · Kingdom Leadership Targets Amaterasu While Sanri's Father Urges Surrender
- Ep. 4 · The Kingdom dispatches the stealth vessel Aboukir to deliver a surrender or die ultimatum to the Amaterasu.
- Ep. 5 · The Amaterasu crew negotiates supplies with Shu but faces war
- Ep. 6 · Shu Defense Minister Wong proposes a Shenlong-assisted escape route during the Kingdom blockade
- Ep. 7 · Sinon and Cisca develop a timing-dependent strategy against four Kingdom warships