Shinohara uses hyperspace gate network, and goes on a scouting flight to Balan. Unfortunately, there are ten thousand of the battleships of Gamilas forces for naval review.

Yamato, the Carrier Strike Group under the command of Domel, the two forces confronting each other in the Rainbow Star Cluster.

The prison planet 17 is one of Gamilas's concentration camp planet for political dissidents and POW. In this camp where a prisoner is abused routinely, but the supervisor will come from Gamilas.

Just after warp out, Yamato was attacked by high energy beam.