Actually, I'd say that the Throne Meisters didn't defeat the Ptolemais Meisters. They ran away after the Trial System was turned off. Admittedly, it was the Ptolemais Meisters who were trying to defeat the other three, but the incident came across as more of a draw than anything else.
I agree I suspect Louise will return, when we least expect her to (note related to last week's discussion - note that she's standing at the window when Saji walks away :P ). And Saji is by no means going to disappear yet. He's Setsuna's next door neighbor, and Kinue's younger brother. He's going to play a role of some sort, though it's too early to figure out what it is yet. One other item - Louise's last name is suspiciously similar to the name of the guy that Kinue's partner mentions (the guy who is presumed to be the Trinities' mysterious contact). The translation I saw had the names spelled differently, but the letters involved seemed to suggest to me that the names might actually be identical (with a poor job of rendering proper names on the part of the translator). I noticed that too. It might play into her comment to her Mom that her dad was still alive. I don't remember seeing her mom with anyone at the wedding so maybe he did leave them to run some mysterious group. The Trial system is interesting, but there's something missing. Tierie indicates that the importance of the Trial system is that it can control any mobile suit connected to Veda. But he got upset when Nadleeh was revealed to the HRL prematurely. The HRL isn't hooked up to Veda, and so therefore wouldn't be affected by the Trial system. So there's probably something more to Nadleeh. I thought that it was Tieria's connection with Veda that powered the trial system. I didn't get that it only affected MS hooked up to Veda. If it did then it should've affected the Exia more than the Thrones. >From what I saw it didn't affect the Exia at all. I thought that each CB group had their own master computer and that only the Ptolemais group used Veda. If the Throne Meisters had their own connection to Veda they shouldn't have needed to even touch the one on the Ptolemais to achieve their results. I thought the Thrones were hooked up to the Laguna System. The things in Antarctica were Solar Furnaces - or more likely counterfeit ones similar to the ones used by the Thrones. So the three superpowers are being given generators that will allow them to build mobile suits that are competitive with the Gundams. Is that confirmed or a theory? I'll have to watch it again. It makes more sense than nukes. Other items - Corner's up to something. When Nadleeh turns off the Thrones, we see the lower half of someone's face (and some hair) with a comment that indicates that the person is the one who turned off the Trial system. That face resembles Corner. It's impossible to be sure without seeing the rest of the face, but he's excellently positioned to be the spider at the center of a web. It could be that he's affiliated with both groups of Gundam Meisters. I'm also fingering him as the chief suspect for being the one who has apparently provided the superpowers with their own Solar Furnaces. I thought that the one smiling was Corner's assistant Ribbons. I think he is more connected then he has let on and his higher up then Corner. Lockon keeps ending up as someone who may be paired off against pilots that were formerly focused on Setsuna. First we had Graham's continued encounters with Exia, before he ended up going against Dynames twice (and is paired against him in the current OP iirc). Now we've got Lockon with a very legitimate grievance against Ali, who Setsuna also has good reason to not like. Though since Setsuna, Lockon, and Tierie have now all had a conversation about the identity of Ali, it's possible that when Veda is finally used again in mission planning, the first mission might involve stepping on Ali with a Gundam (a fate which he richly deserves). If the Solar Furnaces being handed to the Super Powers are the result of a traitor scheming, then things are about to get out of hand very quickly. On the other hand, this may all be part of the super secret plan, in which case Professor Eifmann may have really been on to something when he was assassinated. Will Billy be able to figure it out? Were they handed to all of the Super Powers? It only looked like Union staff on that elevator.
