General Domel's task force engages the Yamato in a nebula dubbed by Daisuke (for convenience) as the Rainbow Star Cluster. During a fierce battle in which the Yamato is heavily damaged and its Wave Motion Gun disabled with a converted asteroid mining drill, which was reversed by Kaoru Niimi and Analyzer, it is infiltrated by Garmilan operatives tasked to kidnap Yurisha of Iscandar. Unfortunately, the operatives see Yuki instead, and, mistaking her for their target, took her. As Susumu is shocked to see Yuki being taken away, the real Yurisha awakens from her coma.