Originally posted by: XwingRob
Originally posted by: LaZyKiD
I bet Kira left the bottom half of Freedom and flew off somewhere else with the other half.
Yes, if that huge explosion at the end was Freedom blowing up, I think this is the likely scenario.

Edit: After watching the episode again, the big explosion has to be the Freedom, because the explosion occurs from the side of Minerva.
of course, it has to be freedom who exploded, its very unlikely that he didn't exploded. For further proof, take a fucking good look at Shinn's Impulse. it's so wasted, it shouldn't be even flying like that.