Episode 6

As For Them ( 彼等について Karera ni Tsuite) is the sixth episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans.

With no one to trust after Orcus' betrayal, the Isaribi crew plan to reach out to Teiwaz, a Jupiter-based conglomerate, to guide them to Earth. Meanwhile, Kudelia offers to remedy the illiteracy of Mikazuki and the younger crew members by teaching them to read and write. Frustrated by the loss of his direct superiors, Ein asks to join McGillis' team to pursue Tekkadan.

Summary
After narrowly escaping from the clutches of Gjallarhorn, Tekkadan finds themself stranded in space without any aid or direction to Earth. McGillis and Gjallarhorn decide not to pursue them now that it's confirmed Kudelia is among Tekkadan's numbers. They are assured that Tekkadan will travel to Earth. While leadership ponders Tekkadan's next move, the maintenance team works on repairing Gundam Barbatos from the previous battle. Yukinojo has a hard time because its a very old mobile suit from the Calamity War: a war staged 300 years ago between the Earth and outer spheres using mobile suits. Now, only 72 gundam frames, including Barbatos, remain from the war which leaves Yukinojo with barely any data to work with.

Desperately requiring a guide to Earth, Orga decides that Tekkadan's next move should be contacting Teiwaz, a union based out of Jupiter that operates like the mafia. After discussing this with Orga, Kudelia helps Mikazuki and Atra deliver food throughout the ship. Kudelia learns that Mikazuki has little to no interest in Tekkadan's mission and has been following Orga blindly after spending time with him. In response, Kudelia explains that her mission is to liberate the people of Mars from the Earth sphere. Kudelia also discovers that Mikazuki is illiterate while delivering food to the maintenance team. Mikazuki is unable to aid the maintenance team without these skills, so Kudelia decides remedy this by teaching Mika, Takaki and a few other boys how to read. At Gjallarhorn's Mars Branch Headquarters, McGillis has taken over for the late Coral Conrad. He questions Ein Dalton about his encounter with CGS, hoping to learn more about the Gundam Barbatos. Ein tells him about the first battle, then requests to join Gjallarhorn's pursuit team in order to avenge Lieutenant Crank.

Meanwhile, back on board the Isaribi, Biscuit suggests that Tekkadan abandon their journey to Earth. Orga refuses to go back on his word to Kudelia or back down while Mikazuki expects the world of him. Later, Orga meets up with Mikazuki and they agree to keep protecting Kudelia, but are interrupted by the return of Maruba Arkay. CGS's ex-president sends Tekkadan a transmission demanding they return his spaceship.

Technology Used

 * ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos
 * NOA-0093 Isaribi

Credits

 * Screenplay: Tsuchiya MakotoTakashi
 * Storyboard: Susumu Nishizawa
 * Director: Uketamawa Nozomi
 * Character animation director: Kyoko Otani
 * Mecha animation director: Munetaka Abe