[Ithekro]

Might not be time to get Sasha's body from Mars this trip. But what about another trip (if they follow the old timeline/plotline somewhat)? As a meta perspective of course. They can't assume they will even make it to Iscandar at this point. They can't even assume they will make it past the Gamilus Fleet at Pluto at this point.

As we've not (I assume) seen much more than the preview of this episode, we can't be entirely certain about what is going on by the time Yamato gets to Mars. In the original version is was the Moon to Mars and they were under attack by another Gamilas carrier and its fighter wing.

Spoiler for Woman at the airlock:

Due to the color of the yellowish faceplace I was assuming this was Akira Yamamoto. She would be the one I'd expect to have a reason to toss flowers at Mars, as that would be her home. Also the original time they did this "first space warp" story, it was Yamamoto that was in the fighter that was almost left behind. His only appearance in the first season.

Spoiler for Speculation on Mori:

Yuki Mori seems to be an odd choice for a mole. She seems to be the first person to know about the Yamato Plan in terms of the ship's "future" crew. She's the one that gets the message from the Kirishima that Sasha's ship has arrived, thus Yuki has been in the loop since before the First Fleet sailed. She mentions "Yamato" while Kirishima is on its way home from Mars following the pickup of Kodai and Shima. Also I've noticed that she's on the panel (for lack of a better word) when Okita is giving his speech to the recruits for the Yamato Plan. She's up in stage at the desk with the Flag Officers. To me this means she's basically the first crew member. There should be a reason for that. If she is Yurisha, than there might be a reaction to her older sister being dead on Mars having not reached Earth like she did. There is no indication of that...at least in relation to Kirishima coming home. I'm not sure what to make of her confrontation with Kodai over Operation M being a distraction and the location of Admiral Okita. That seems more to be a show of her being serious rather than the more gentle nurse we saw in the original at this time in the show. Though the scene with the golden compact with the green light does cast some rather odd shadows on just who Yuki Mori is...or maybe what she is.

In the original, Yuki Mori was a pretty nurse ("best nurse") when we see her for the first time. Later we see her tend to Kodai and Shima's wounds from their crash landing when Kodai and Shima are called to take a trip to an unspecific location by an air car. When they arrive, Yuki Mori is already there on the Yamato's bridge in her new uniform (probably sitting in what would be Kodai's chair since you can't see her at first in the long shot, but pops out from behind Okita, who was standing near that chair, in the closeup). This is never explained, though she does giggly slightly at their stunned expression of her being there. Plus she is compared to both Starsha and Sasha a few times over the course of the series. Sometimes with layovers of Sasha or Starsha's faces over Yuki's for added effect.

But there are more women this time around, with different writers. So anything can happen this time around.