♪ If I’d kept walking and never stopped by that ticket gate
♪ Would I have lived happily ever after, never knowing you?
♪ If I hadn’t jumped over the back gate and escaped outside
♪ The radiance from the stars above
♪ would have turned into stains on my shoes
♪ Stretched out on the linoleum floor Hands scraped from handstands
♪ It was right before dawn when dizziness hit me
♪ upon realizing this place was also on the edge of the galaxy
♪ I heard your voice, and desperate to deliver my answer,
♪ I sparkled, sparkled, sparkled, and cried out
♪ The moment I jumped over the chain link fence, stumbled, and fell,
♪ the world began to take color
♪ Leap out into the depths of the universe,
♪ let the plazma blast through everything in your path
♪ Utterly mesmerized,
♪ oblivious to the bruises and scars to follow
♪ Though we're separated by light years,
♪ there's no stopping me now that I'm on the move
♪ At this moment, your voice sounds so distant
♪ Shining on
~♪
U.C.0079
Slender, you stay here.
Yes, Lt. Commander.
Denim, maintain distance from communications cables during descent.
Well aware of that, sir!
Minovsky particles have been dispersed in the atmosphere.
As you predicted, sir, this doesn't look like an ordinary backwater Side.
Looks like the military facility is in the upper right block, sir.
This should be commuting hour, but all I see is a single vehicle passing by.
Just as I figured.
The civilians have evacuated since the ship we've been pursuing is docking here.
Which means...?
It would be fair to say we've detected the Federation Forces' Operation V.
Gene will be bitter that we left him behind.
Before they take it aboard the new rocking horse-shaped warship in the port,
let's destroy all this.
But, sir, this is a reconnaissance mission.
Do you think I'm the kind of man who'd let a chance for glory get away?
THE WHITE GUNDAM
The White Gundam.
Is Gene's Zaku repaired yet?
The commander is already inside the Side.
But, sir, why did he himself have to go in there?
It's the intuition of the Red Comet, or so he says...
An intuition, sir?
Well, the commander is still young...
That's the Red Comet for you. He's always ready to act flexibly.
Sir, there's another machine in the back!
I'll destroy it!
Denim, hold your fire.
Sir... what is it?
Back me up.
Commander Char...?
What are you doing, sir?!
Oh, this is a little upsetting...
To see them leave the cockpit open like this...
Federation engineers don't know anything about the battlefield.
As I thought... it's operational.
What is the commander thinking of doing?
I see!
There's at least five times the energy gain.
Shall I give it a go?
The controls aren't like a Zaku's but very interesting.
The head is equipped with not only camera sensors but a gun mount as well.
It's named... "Gundam."
A typically vulgar Federation name.
Commander Char! An enemy mobile suit is approaching!
I thought the red ones were just parts.
What kind of mobile suit is this?!
It's equipped with beam cannons, sir!
Retreat, Denim! I'll take over!
Auto-balancers are the same as a Zaku's.
Stand up for me!
This it?
Chief! Our mobile suit is attacking one of our own!
Attacking? How is that possible?
Who's in the cockpit?
Out of ammo already? This is useless.
His gun barrels need to cool down... before he can shoot again.
If I blow it up carelessly, it could make a hole in the colony.
I wonder if there are weapons for close combat... Is this it?
Can I use it...?
That's... the power of the Federation Forces' mobile suits...
Or is it the commander's own strength...?
The first mobile suit combat in history...
turns out to be rather anticlimactic.
Denim, can you hear me?
Yes, sir, loud and clear!
Contact the Musai crew to secure the docking bay.
We'll capture the rocking horse too.
Cannon 03 appears to have been badly damaged!
What happened to our departure orders?! Control room, respond!
Of the intruding enemy mobile suits, one is reported to be a red Zaku.
Captain Paolo, a Gundam has entered the dock! Approaching quickly!
Char's Gundam...
I'll take your ship as well. Sorry you didn't have much luck.
Or rather... Perhaps I had much better luck.
I feel like that moment of inspiration changed everything.
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM GQUUUUUUX
Just set the sub-bridge controls of that Pegasus whatsit
to trace our Musai's trajectory.
Leave the towing cable as it is.
We'll have their engine output synched via the Musai's telegraph.
This is still the Federation Forces' backyard.
Once we supply it with ammo,
we'll equip it with a hand-held beam cannon and shield as well.
Well? Were you able to access Operation V core data?
Not yet, sir.
It'll take a while since you burned the main bridge to a crisp.
It's an ambush, Commander, as we'd suspected.
There are two high-temp sources that look like mobile suits...
and one silhouette of a Salamis-class ship.
Transferring data... at maximum magnification level.
Wakkein isn't normally that fast to react...
Perhaps he's getting impatient...
The enemy will attack before we get through the minefield.
The Musai shall take on the Salamis.
Denim and Slender, your Zakus will escort the rocking horse.
I'm going out to intercept the mobile suits.
Launching mobile suits using a catapult system...
The Federation can be creative too.
Well then, following the operation manual...
Equipment check... Output power normal...
Gundam, launch!
Even if it's for testing, it stands out too much being so white.
Perhaps this machine was designed to be a decoy in the first place.
01 Gundam! I figured there'd be a test team doing familiarization training.
Is this a Zaku they captured for a mock battle?
Great for target practice!
Now... New weapon of the Federation...
Show me what you can do!
Got a Zaku with one shot at this range?!
A mobile suit with a warship-class beam cannon...
Here it comes!
Let's see what you got. Show me this mobile suit's performance!
You after the rocking horse?
Not bad, 01 Gundam!
If he's got the same level of mobility I have, then...
Don't underestimate me!
Too slow!
This is the end for you!
So this is the Gundam...
Perhaps this mobile suit holds the key to our future strategy...
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM GQUUUUUUX
SPACE FORTRESS SOLOMON
Captain, your proposal has been accepted.
It's been decided that Zeonic shall halt development of new mobile suits...
and instead reverse-engineer the Gundam with a view to mass production.
I see. That's good news.
But I thought Vice Admiral Dozle was against it...
I am told Lady Kycillia convinced him.
Mallygan... why would you be doing me a favor,
when you're Lady Kycilia's subordinate?
Do you want me to babysit Garma, who left the military?
That can't be.
We'd like you to send the Gundam
and this assault landing ship we named "Sodon" to Granada.
While a large-scale Federation operation is close at hand...
and this fortress, Solomon, might also become a battlefield?
I understand that Lady Kycillia has ambitious plans.
That is exactly why we ask.
Oh! Impressive!
We repainted it in your personal identifying colors, Captain.
Did Lady Kycillia order this too?
Yes, sir.
The war was supposed to have ended in one month, but it's been nine now.
You have the strength to put an end to it swiftly, Captain.
You're giving me too much credit.
As Garma also said, mobile suits are merely tactical land weapons.
There's no way I can change the course of the war by myself.
I wonder if that is so...
If you're a special kind of person...
LUNAR SURFACE - GRANADA
Newtype phenomenon manifestation characteristics of Char Aznable.
Are you saying I have those abilities?
Yes, sir.
You had the intuition to control the mobile suit
with ease when you first used it.
An overwhelming anticipated attack value
and a lopsided successful kill ratio...
And above all, that mobile suit's performance alone can't explain...
how you could evade particle beams traveling at sub-light speeds.
Isn't this a report you should be handing over to Lady Kycillia?
Why are you showing me a copy?
Dr. Flanagan, what do you want from me?
I am a mere engineer, sir.
If there's truly a reformation of humanity,
I want to see it with my own eyes.
I desire nothing else.
Are there Newtypes... besides me?
Lieutenant Challia Bull reporting, sir.
Very well. I am Char.
Lieutenant, you did a great job on your Jupiter Fleet mission.
Were you briefed on the war situation?
Yes, for the most part, sir.
I'm told Vice Admiral Dozle perished when Solomon fell five days ago.
When I met Supreme Commander Gihren at A Baoa Qu, he told me not to worry,
but I feel it's only a matter of time before a decisive battle in the homeland.
Frankly put. You're correct that the current situation is unfavorable,
but there's a way Zeon can still win.
The mass production of heavy mobile armors
that Supreme Commander Gihren is advancing?
Or, perhaps our homeland's rumored Solar Ray,"
which could be quite devastating?
Neither.
Impressive! So this is that Gundam I heard about!
A new kind of interface is to be installed here.
That's for a prototype Alpha Psycommu, which was planned to be...
installed in a dedicated mobile armor, but I got them to fit it into this.
"Psycommu"?
It's a new system for amplifying human cognitive abilities,
and it enables wireless communication even in the presence of Minovsky particles.
Those are unmanned attack drones called "bits"
that directly respond to the brainwaves of their pilots via Psycommu.
These are the technologies that can decide a war,
but their practicality has yet to be tested.
When that time comes, I'd like your help as well.
Regarding this Newtype discussion...
I only have good intuition, but nothing more.
I don't know if I can be of help to you, sir.
I wonder...
I know that you can-- that's my intuition.
A Bordeaux from the previous century... A Left Bank, is it?
Artificial gravity is really useful in times like this.
It was Supreme Commander Gihren who wanted you to be here, right?
Yes, sir.
I can't maneuver as shrewdly as you, Captain.
I'm trying to sympathize with your misfortune.
There's a better way, in which you don't have to suffer
from being torn between Lady Kycilia and the supreme commander.
And what might that be?
Teaming up with me... Lieutenant Challia Bull.
For the sake of peace for all Newtypes...
or I'd rather say that's for all humanity.
Whatever it is, we must not lose this war.
I expect you to do your part to the fullest too.
And, if we win the war, then what?
It's not good to peek too much into people's hearts.
We wouldn't be able to keep secrets from each other, anyway.
It seems I've made a new friend.
I'm counting on you, Lieutenant.
To the new era...
Fourth quadrant, all clear!
No enemy detected in the vicinity of Confeito.
Maintaining Minovsky particles at combat density.
Continue to visually watch out for the enemy.
Go!
Where's the attack coming from?! I can't see them!
Amazing!
Did Char and Challia Bull carry this out all by themselves?
Yes, ma'am. The Federation's main fleet was at anchor.
They must have been on high alert, and yet...
Newtypes... are formidable.
Psycommu could be our trump card in this war.
We must begin combat deployment at once,
but the problem may lie with my brother Gihren...
The reformation of humanity
that the Supreme Commander preaches about... is all talk.
LUNA II
And then... led by M'quve's fleet,
the Zeon Forces launched an operation to capture Luna II.
Conflicts arose.
In the meantime, the Federation executes plans
to drop Solomon on the Granada lunar base.
Zeon, which had focused all their efforts into capturing Luna II...
was left with no reserve forces...
...except for Captain Char's fleet that was standing by under an order...
and left to carry out defensive operations themselves.
During that Second Battle of Solomon...
...a red Gundam's Psycommu went out of control.
The incident--later named "Zeknova"--
caused the destruction of a third of the Solomon fortress,
which diverted it from crashing into Granada.
Having lost Luna II and Solomon,
the Earth Federation Government moved to discontinue the warfare...
and request a truce from the Principality of Zeon.
January 3, Universal Century 0080.
The year-long Zeon War of Independence
concluded in the form of the complete withdrawal of the Earth Federation.
The war is over...
but the Captain remains missing, along with the glow that Solomon once had.
Ever since, I have been trying to find the lost Red Gundam.
What is it... that you witnessed then, Captain Char?
And where did you disappear to with the Captain aboard, Red Gundam?
♪~
CONTINUES WITH EPISODE 1
♪ A roundabout fantasy, anthology
♪ Mystery & Mystery
♪ I'm acting on instinct
♪ The impulse that rises to the beat of my heart
♪ "I don't care anymore..."
♪ I just want to know easy things
♪ What I really wish for the stars
♪ No more excuses for my anguish
♪ No more, it's meaningless
♪ What do you think?
♪ It's like I've lost my way.
♪ My heart is a thorn in my side.
♪ It's just the same old thing over and over again.
♪ Like I'm dancing in a birdcage.
♪ Weak and pierced Till it's mended
♪ Struggling and crying And try not to disappear
♪ It's so convenient like some magic
♪ If you're the hero, there's a beginning and an end
♪ No matter what happens in the end, it's always a happy ending
♪ Then let me do what I want
♪ I don't care anymore.
♪ I fell headlong
♪ into a zero-gravity Midnight escape
♪ The Secret Behind the Secret, I'm a Prisoner of that
♪ Take it all with you
♪ I'm celebrating life with everything I've got
♪ Thinking of the stars mingling together
♪ I can't believe someone says "I love you"
♪ This night is all Wonder
♪ Singing of love
~♪
What?! You need money?!
Then, why don't you team up with me for a Clan Battle?
No, no! I mean, you need an illegal installer key for the mobile suit.
Next episode: "Machu in Clan Battle."
Now, wait a second...
MACHU IN CLAN BATTLE