Damn, the creators of this series area good at stopping things just when they start to look interesting. I want to see Cagalli take down Yuna... Although probably the Phantom group will somehow find out about Steller and call off the fight so that she isn't hurt. Although Neo seems beholden to the earth forces in some way and is being pressured for results, not really volunteering to fight. I think that's what they were trying to get across with the silly fish in the little tank, that he's a prisoner or somesuch thing.

I don't think we have any evidence yet on the Chairman's true intentions. He seemed concerned about Lacus returning to space, but not flipping out, and no ranting about how she must die or anything. Rey is probably looking into the lab and trying to figure out why he remembered it. He'll probably come up with some infromation about the whole cloning thing later on and they want some background for the revalation.