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>Wong: Evacuate! Goddammit, get off the planet immediately!
>Hayato: I refuse! If that entire section of the colony is expected to impact Dublin, an evacuation of its people needs to-
>Wong: You aren't listening to me! Neo Zeon will use this momentum to destroy any resistance that remains! We need you in space to-
>Hayato: I intend to return...but with as many of the innocent as I can. Demote me if you must, but I will not leave anyone behind.
>Wong: Kobayashi, you damned fool-

Refusing to accept Wong's order to evacuate, Hayato readies his forces to evacuate whatever they can of the refugees in Dublin...though Hayato feels a tear run down his cheek as he hears the whisper of Katz's voice.

>Hayato:...Katz. No...!

Meanwhile, Emma finds Fa serving as a nurse for the injured at the Karaba base, along with her being removed from investigating Sarah's fate by the Neo Augusta labs. As she pleads to be allowed to rejoin the Argama to help whoever she can, Bright is ordered to remove Hayato from his position and to begin a mass evacuation into space by the Gibraltar Mass Driver.

>Bright: Chairman, I am not going to-
>Wong: Listen to me! For once, listen!! We just lost so many men trying to prevent this...we can't afford to lose any more!
>Bright: We would be leaving countless to die-
>Wong: They are already dead!

>Allow Fa to rejoin the Argama?
https://strawpoll.com/QrgewqDpQyp

>Will the Argama comply with Wong's orders to force Hayato to stand down?
https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXmNO9ye