The knights of Sidonia are preparing to attack the gauna fleet. They need the help of the hawk moth, which is stationed on a smaller ship called the lesser cluster. The gaunas are five thousand strong, and the smaller ship has only three years to go before it is destroyed. The knights ask the big brother if he can lend them his strength. The big brother says that he can, but that there is nothing he can do. He says that sometimes he wonders why they are so different from one another, and wonders if they actually want to be friends with one another. He adds that as a member of the crew, he could never accept this kind of thing. He is now officially a pilot. He tells the other knights that their time is getting close to zero. The squadron of tanikaze has been destroyed, and they need to move to support the squadron of beta. The garrison force has lost its squadron, but they can move to recover the squadron that has been lost. They hear that a damaged galley is returning to the ship, and that the pilot is dead