Nadesico Episode 7

Episode: 7 Episode Title: The song that you will sing one day

Episode 7

Date: September 2196

The Nadesico manages to escapes from the pursuing Jovians, but it's engines and power generators are heavily damaged and the ship is unable to generate sufficient energy to enter Mars orbit, or even to climb to a higher altitude.

To pass the time Yurika dresses up as a giant bunnyto host a children's program on the technology used to build and power the Nadesico (Getting to know Nadesico), Ruri is a presenter and Inez is the producer. The show is pulled because of energy rationing.

Ryoko and the female pilots are dispatched to a remote outpost on the planets northern pole to look for supplies and materials that could help the war effort, but they find that the Jovian's defenses are too heavy for the Aestavalis to safely complete their mission, on the way they are also are attacked by a stealthy Jovian robot that is able to burrow under the polar snow capes and attack the Aestavalis before they can react. Though they eventually destroy the robot they decide to return to the ship rather than to continue with the mission.

The pilots are again sent to the North to locate a secret Nergal base where Mr. Prospector believed there could be a working power plant that the crew could install to enable them to escape from the Jovians. As they set off for the Northern Pole the Nadesico's sensors detect the Friend or Foe recognition signal from the Frigate Crocus which was thought to have been destroyed on Earth two weeks prior to their arrival in orbit around Mars. The frigate appears to be intact so Akito goes with the Admiral to search for survivors.
Akito is still angry with the Admiral after finding that he was the man who ordered the suicide attack that caused the first Jovian Chulip to demolish his colony, but he agrees to go with him

The female pilots enter the secret Nergal base but discover that it is not a normal science outpost, it is an archeological site. Inez explains that many years ago archeologists digging on Mars discovered alien ruins containing previously unknown technology from a long dead civilization. She tells them that she worked with the technology discovered in the ruins to help Nergal build the first human designed Phase Transition engine, along with much of the new technology that was installed into the Nadesico.

Akito enters the Frigate Crocus in his Aestavalis and investigates on foot. While the Frigate appears to be unharmed the crew are missing or dead, Akito saves the Admiral when they are attacked by a small Jovian insect but is still very angry at him.

Akito tells the Nadesico that the Crocus is undamaged and they decide to use it in their effort to escape from the Jovians, but the Admiral tells them that the ships engines are blocked with snow and Akito is sent outside to use his Land Frame to clear the exhaust vents. As he leaves the Crocus it takes off, apparently freeing its self from the snow with ease. The Crocus moves away from the Nadesico and turns on it, the Admiral uses the ships cannons to try and force the Nadesico into a local Jovian Chulip.

A large fleet of Jovian warships soon arrives and begins to line up for an attack that would certainly destroy both the Nadesico and the Crocus, reluctantly Yurika retreats through the Jovian Chulip knowing that the Admiral is going to self destruct the Crocus behind her to block the Jovians path and destroy the Chulip to prevent the Jovians from Pursuing her.

After the death of the Admiral Akito tries to comfort Yurika, who feel responsible for both the deaths of the colonists, and for the death of the Admiral. Akito begins to see that despite his relationship with Magumi, he still holds strong feelings for Yurika.

Yurika refuses Akito's kiss and runs way from him.