SHOCHIKU FILMS
The Universal Century
marks the moment when mankind took up residence in space,
choosing to be born, live and die there.
Side-
was one of these new promised lands,
where forty or so colonies used to orbit,
all bearing life,
following their course around the Sun.
Today, these colonies remain in space
like so many gloomy tombs,
since that dreaded day three years ago,
since that day when the terrible One Year w*r began.
Since that day...
May , the Federal Government starts work
on its colony reconstruction plan.
The plan consists of transferring colonies
damaged by the w*r on Side-,
the only one industrially capable of restoring them.
We have waited three long years...
The Afterglow Of Zeon
At this moment I'm aboard the Albion,
a cruiser of the Federal Forces,
preparing to leave the Australian continent,
sadly and without a word,
with the Gundam GP.
I'm a systems engineer with Anaheim Electronics,
Nina Purpleton.
An engineer of Gundam prototypes.
Only a few days ago...
No, yesterday evening,
no one would have imagined these events.
It all began that nightmarish night
when the GP, which came to Torrington Base with the GP,
was stolen.
What are you doing? Close that!
Come down, do you hear me? Come down!
Help! Stop the GP!
I'm taking this MS and its nuclear warhead.
For the rebirth of Zeon!
Commander Anavel Gato,
a Zeon ace, who distinguished himself during the w*r.
His nickname, Nightmare of Solomon, is well known
throughout the whole Federation.
Even I had heard of him.
Time passes and the w*r becomes history.
But some cannot resign themselves,
just like a wounded falcon
taking once more to the air...
A generation that never knew the w*r
had arrived at the Federal Base
in Torrington, Australia.
nd Lieutenant Kou Uraki is of that generation.
Look, it's a Gundam!
Hey, Kou! Look over there!
- What? - That!
Another Gundam?
This one has got a Core-Fighter!
Yeah, I've seen it.
And that one's armour...
Fantastic!
Yeah. And so is she!
No carrots.
I've got a question.
Guided tours will be tomorrow.
The Gundam's reaction speed is faster by half a second,
and its power is tripled,
whereas a GM only develops two thirds of that.
The new one is equipped with anti-radiation armour
and a strategic nuclear engine, isn't it?
I thought so, but I wasn't sure!
You'd like to pilot it, would you? You've got a good eye, anyway.
We'll have to see if he's any good.
See, I told you!
Are you loading its weapons?
Exactly! Now get out of there right now!
If only she wasn't so distant...
Forget it, Keith.
I think she hates you.
Yes, I know.
Come on, let's go and get drunk.
- Hang on a minute. - Nah!
- Can't we stay and watch? - I'm all upset.
- OK, I understand. - Really?
Yes, I swear.
This Mobile-Suit is fantastic.
I agree.
Has the bazooka's nuclear warhead been loaded?
Affirmative.
I'll just check.
Help! Stop the GP!
nd Lieutenant Uraki!
Uraki, I'm calling for help!
I'm a pilot!
Damage to inner hull, starboard hangar. Report!
Commander! Hangar report...
The GP has been stolen in the name of Zeon!
The GP has been taken?
- Incoming missiles, distance ,. - What?
Commander Gato.
Gary, the mission is a success. Fall back.
You won't get away!
It was probably at that moment that the synchronicity
between nd Lieutenant Uraki and the GP began.
Yes. If not for that event,
he would probably never have become the GP's pilot.
Send first-aid teams!
Get me General Marnelly!
Nina!
No! My Gundams!
Amateur!
Where are you going?
She's going out.
It was a long night.
Following the GP,
following the GP and the GP,
I wandered through the night.
What?
I had never been on Earth before,
and I now felt the fear of nd Lt Uraki.
Lieutenant Allen!
- Uraki! - Yes.
The result of the battle depends on your degree of maturity.
Where does Gato get his strength?
Remember what he said.
Faith?
I couldn't say.
You have to believe?
nd Lt Uraki, do you read me? This is Nina Purpleton.
I have a favour to ask.
A favour?
Take care of the GP and bring me back the GP.
That's all I wanted to say.
I understand. I promise.
Gato!
Where are you?
Why did you steal the GP?
I don't have to explain myself to someone
who knows nothing of w*r.
I'm a Federal officer!
In name only!
Die!
Aim for his cooling system.
Curses!
Don't forget, nd lieutenant.
I shall destroy whoever stands in the way of the rebirth of Zeon.
The mission to hunt down the GP had only just begun.
That is what I realised
when I saw the silhouette
of nd Lieutenant Uraki.
The landscape unfurling under our eyes
seemed to point an accusing finger at us.
That of the ruins of an operation,
when Zeon used a colony to bombard Earth.
Sinister ruins.
I was seized by a mute anxiety,
like a trap gradually closing on me.
Or perhaps it was just an impression born of the fact
that I am originally from the Moon.
st October
Idiot! The GP isn't equipped for space flight yet.
They've become very closer over the last week.
Checking the stabilisers won't do any good.
I'm so impatient.
I'm sure it could fly just as it is.
No point converting it to Full-Vernian.
You really are impatient.
In its present state, the GP couldn't be used in space.
More gently!
A gradual movement.
Isn't the level of the stabilisers a bit weak?
Leave things alone!
I've done some calculations.
I can't leave this GP to Lieutenant Monsha.
So that was it.
Transponders identified.
The Yulin and the Nashville.
Two cruisers, is that all?
Well, that should be enough to explore the Dark Zone.
To think that's where the enemy HQ is probably hidden!
Commander Gato reporting.
Congratulations! I've read your mission report.
Thank you.
I heard some unpleasant rumours while I was away.
About Lieutenant-Colonel Cima?
What's she doing here?
Watch what you say!
All I want is to contribute
to Admiral Delaz's Operation Stardust.
I understand.
What?
Good. Transfer it here.
A Federal formation.
Its current trajectory is bringing it directly to us.
Three ships?
Admiral, allow me to go.
No, I'll go.
It'll be my gift.
And the chance to evaluate Cima's fleet.
- Admiral! - Yes, sir!
You can rest on your laurels for a while.
Use the time to polish your Gundam.
Why did you ask her?
I apologise for recruiting her during your absence.
But you would have opposed me.
Yes. That woman's hands are dirty.
She may be a competent officer,
but she has no honour.
I am sure she will do harm to our cause.
Gato, do you remember the battle of A Baoa Qu?
How could I forget it? You saved my life.
Not quite. You were resurrected to build the rebirth of Zeon.
Don't forget your oath.
Such details must not distract you from your oath.
For Operation Stardust to succeed,
the Gundam and our fleet
do not constitute a strong enough strike force.
- He's late. - So?
No carrots.
Here he is!
Wait, Kou!
I've isolated the problem of the fluttering gas commands.
The problem's here, isn't it?
I'm eating lunch.
Do you want my carrots?
That's not the point!
Hello, Nina!
So this is where you hide out!
Sorry to have abandoned you.
I was training a hopeless case.
Sorry.
I'm glad you're keeping busy.
What does someone so busy want with me?
You're going to do some tests.
You don't want some clumsy oaf messing up your MS.
Am I the clumsy oaf?
Do you have any experience of space combat?
I've been studying the GP's data.
Spend your time training rather than studying!
Are those figures correct?
There'd be less risk with the lieutenant.
Do you want to go out with me?
What's that got to do with it?
Nina, is that really what you think?
- Nina's worried. - I wasn't asking you!
Come again?
Is it true, then?
You're far too arrogant.
The Gundam isn't a toy.
I need a serious pilot!
I don't believe it!
You no longer want me to pilot the Gundam?
I didn't know you were so childish.
You're the childish one!
nd Lieutenant Uraki!
That was silly, Nina!
Enemy cruiser spotted!
Combat stations!
Everyone to combat stations!
Come on, let's hurry it up.
I have no patience. Let's cut short their suffering.
They'll soon be in range.
Vaporise them!
- And the Gelgoogs? - On their way.
Good!
- The launch of our MS? - Ready.
Identification: Zanzibar class.
Just one? They must fancy their chances.
Enemy MS confirmed. Number: !
- They're f*ring! - Scare tactics!
We'll tear those old Gelgoogs apart.
Five against three.
Not forgetting someone?
Keith doesn't count.
Sorry.
Take off, Keith! You're a sitting duck!
Captain, a message from Jaburo.
Later!
It's penetrating our communications network.
To the Federal Forces,
as well as the soldiers of the Principality of Zeon.
We are the Delaz Fleet.
The Delaz Fleet?
Zeon's w*r of Independence,
known as the One Year w*r,
ended, as everyone knows, with a false armistice.
For this armistice was signed
by traitors claiming to represent the Republic of Zeon.
We, however,
have not forgotten what we were fighting for,
as we shall shortly prove.
Captain, the Gundam requests permission to take off.
- nd Lieutenant Uraki? - Tell him to take my GM!
But the Gundam is operational.
We haven't for a moment forgotten
all those who d*ed fighting
for the independence of the Spacenoids...
He won't give up!
You won't escape!
And today,
to this new generation ready to take up the torch...
Are you destroying them, then?
You hopeless bunch!
Prepare Ms Cima's Mobile-Suit!
nd Lieutenant Uraki,
this is Captain Burning's GM. The pedals are stiff.
Plus four, eh?
- nd lieutenant! - What?
Kou?
I'm taking the Gundam. Don't stop me!
Take that!
Kou!
What the Spacenoids want more than anything is independence.
But the Federation and its powerful w*r machine
have deliberately stifled this dream.
This is a self-evident truth.
Aiguille Delaz! The spectre of Gihren Zabi!
Look at this prize of w*r.
This Gundam was conceived as a nuclear carrier,
in violation of the Antarctic Treaty.
I defy anyone to deny that the Federation has sinister aims,
in light of this evidence!
Will you lie down and die?
What, another one?
Learn to sh**t!
There's only Keith over there.
Get away!
Two of them?
Three MS have broken through our defences!
- Where's Uraki? - He's... What?
Uraki, what are you doing?
Let me go! Don't stop me!
Above you!
Like a fairground ride.
The catapult's broken.
Are his stabilisers playing up?
Pathetic...
Got him!
Idiot! MS are precious!
Should have stayed...
Is that what took it out?
Where's Kou?
Ask yourself why the Zeon w*r of Independence broke out,
and why we've followed the ideals of Zeon Zum Deikun.
I should have stopped him.
Damn armour!
It's tough.
Ms Cima, it's time.
Will you die!
Hold on, Uraki!
He's been hit! Damn!
This is your lucky day.
Nice way of calling off a fight.
Two Salamis cruisers destroyed,
one Gundam damaged.
- Are you alive, Keith? - Yes.
We've waited three long years,
and today we have no more doubts.
All sections report!
Aiguille Delaz, what is your real objective?
Revelling in the fervour of our young soldiers,
I turn towards Earth's Federal Government
and declare w*r.
For the honour of our homeland,
which we hold so dear in our hearts.
Sieg Zeon!
Is there no hope of any reinforcements?
As an officer of the Gundam Project, I apologise.
Our chiefs of staff underestimate the Delaz Fleet.
My jurisdiction forbids my sending you more reinforcements.
Captain Synapse you're the only person I can turn to.
Good luck. Over.
Prevention is better than cure.
The Von Braun harbour command post
is allowing us to moor at block .
Don't sulk, Kou.
- Welcome home. - All right?
I hear it got rough.
Chief!
You're safe and sound, that's what counts.
Sorry I had you worried.
It was very imprudent
to send it to fight in space with its terrestrial equipment.
I accept total responsibility.
We have to repair the Gundam
and supply the ship for tomorrow afternoon.
Please let me be involved.
...
The density of the Minovsky particles should be...
Hey, Scott, couldn't you think about something else?
Are you a bit tipsy, Simone?
Thinking of stuff like that...
Having fun, Kou?
You got to enjoy yourself, old pal!
Good, good...
And that's when I showed up.
Monsha, ace pilot!
Classy!
Yeah! I blew away those losers in the Delaz Fleet.
I massacred them!
Do you pilot a Gundam, then?
The Gundam? The Gundam is in pieces.
Because a clumsy oaf was in control.
A fat lot of good that did Anaheim, eh, Uraki?
They'll be working all night,
while you're in here, getting drunk!
We'd be grateful if you'd avoid the Moon.
Anywhere except the Moon, OK.
It's so nice of you
to give your tacit approval to our mission.
After all, the Selenites are as good as you
at stirring up ill feeling.
Come on, all I want is to come to your aid.
In that case, maybe you could supply me with a working MS.
Or the colony could fall onto the Moon.
But that Albion is still an obstacle.
Just like being on Earth, isn't it?
Not everyone on the Moon licks the Federation's boots.
- I feel sorry for you. - Let's go.
Are you an MS pilot?
Give it back.
You'd better get practising,
or the Delaz Fleet will destroy you.
Where am I?
Did you find me?
I'm Kou Uraki, Mobile-Suit pilot.
Have you deserted?
Are you afraid of combat?
No.
But because of me, my Mobile-Suit...
In that case, quit. The sooner the better.
It's not that easy.
Where are you going?
Is that a Mobile-Armour
from the One Year w*r?
Still no news of Uraki?
Nothing.
He's acting like a kid.
Are there so many levels?
If he's at the bottom we're in trouble.
There's nothing but factories and rubbish dumps at the bottom.
I see, he stilll hasn't been found.
No, he hasn't called me.
Kou...
Love makes you blind.
No, I've got stuff to do before the Albion leaves.
Are you going back?
The evaluation is entering the critical stage.
It's a great adventure.
A great love, you mean?
Are you going to stop?
The director wants you.
An official request?
Not really.
But there's been talk of having you transferred.
Your parents, who live a long way away,
put you in my charge.
So why insist on embarking on that cruiser?
Especially as HQ want it to leave as soon as possible.
Won't you give me time to think it over?
I'm sorry.
I myself made choices so I could look after my own.
Who are...?
Why? Why do you help your enemy?
My enemy?
Kelly had resigned himself to never getting it repaired.
You're a Federal, eh?
I just want to stay here a while.
Because you're a deserter?
Kelly lost an arm during the One Year w*r.
He was then banned from flying,
but he never gave up!
Kelly used to be a pilot?
I've never liked videophones.
They make me feel all funny.
Come and live with us, Nina.
New Antwerp is a lovely place,
and not far from Granada.
Are you listening, Nina? Show me your face.
Don't worry, dad. I'll come.
Good. When your director
told me you were boarding a m*llitary ship...
It won't be this time.
Where have you got to, Kou?
Kelly!
What do you want?
I didn't know you'd been a Zeon pilot.
She told you everything, eh?
What difference does it make?
I never asked you to stay or help me repair the MA.
Your girlfriend's worried.
I'm not listening to lectures from a coward like you!
Not happy? Come here, then.
Otherwise, just slink away!
Damn you!
Kelly! Stop it!
You damn...
That'll do! Stop it!
I'll never give up,
whatever happens!
Leave! Now!
Mora called to tell me
that I'd find you here.
I thought you were snowed under with work.
You have to take some time off now and then.
Do you feel better now?
Let's go back on the Albion.
Kou?
I'm awaiting your return.
The time has come for us to show some backbone.
I'll be honest with you.
I'll soon be taking up a mission on Earth, in Australia.
You'll then hear from Admiral Delaz.
And we'll fight side by side, like on Solomon.
I'm waiting for a positive response from you.
To my friend, Captain Kelly Layzner. From Anavel Gato.
Gato...
What are you up to?
Not right now.
I've got something to finish first.
Something's bothering me, deep down inside.
I'll come back, I promise.
Tell the captain.
Thanks for coming.
The Gundam trials will take place at the Anaheim factories
tomorrow at am.
Why did you come back?
I'm going to join my ship.
But I wanted to finish this first.
- Out of pity? - Not at all.
I thought... If I deserted now,
what would become of me?
I could earn a living as a mechanic.
But...
I thought I could live the rest of my life like that.
But something deep down in me said,
"You're a pilot."
Same here.
That's what I thought.
Gundam GP,
Full-Vernian...
Go!
.
Everything's OK. No G-force vibration.
OK, let's go!
,
, ,
, .
Photonic propulsion over.
Good.
Now let's leave the lunar orbit.
Axis, located in the distant asteroid belt,
is the last refuge of the survivors of Zeon.
A fleet has been fitted out there in secret,
with a view to supporting Delaz.
At the same time, Delaz himself
has been moving his pawns towards the Sea of Solomon.
Is that the real objective of Operation Stardust?
Is that where the stolen GP is being kept?
IFF undergoing identification.
It's an allied ship.
Lieutenant Bate is intercepting it.
Will this ship be taking part in the naval review?
It'll be the first review since the end of the w*r.
The army bigwigs have finally shifted their arses!
You're wrong.
The ceremony had been planned for a long time.
We were meant to take part, as a new cruiser.
In fact, the chiefs of staff ordered this naval review
as a demonstration of force.
Captain.
New contact in EB-. Captain Burning intercepting.
Captain, object straight ahead.
- It's big... It's enormous! - What?
You had me worried. It's just the colonies in transit.
Is a colony that big, then?
They're convoying the damaged colonies to Side-.
It's phase of the colony reconstruction plan.
So that's a space colony?
The Sea of Solomon
Commander.
How are you?
Fine. I was thinking of my comrades who fell among those stars.
I understand.
Of all those who fought at your side,
I'm the only survivor.
Karius,
did I make the right choice coming here,
where there are so many memories to haunt me?
Were all those sacrifices necessary?
This sea is still in turmoil.
It'll take time before the waves subside.
No doubt.
All I'm doing is crossing it, after all.
Lieutenant Bate, unknown at --.
Trajectory open!
OK, seen it. Didn't even have time to eat.
Adel, two minutes late!
I fancy a bit of duck tonight.
How many MS will that be?
That's the th found.
The Vella Lavella sector was left without protection
with the return of Keith and Uraki.
Catapult to starboard!
Lieutenant Adel's GM Cannon ready to take off.
Here. Congratulations on your rd victory.
This sea is hell.
Fix your feet
and recheck the syntonisation of the locaters.
What's that?
Take the armour apart!
All right? This is your rd outing today.
You're dripping!
What is it?
I don't smell too good.
You big ninny!
Can't you smell the air?
A closed-up cruiser is a real cocktail of smells.
Body odour
mixed with the smell of oil...
Don't you want to quit?
Federal Earth Forces, defence HQ of Konpei Island sector
Don't you think Konpei Island is extraordinarily calm?
Where is Zeon hiding?
Our defence system is impenetrable.
So far we've destroyed enemy MS.
Let them come,
with their pathetic att*cks.
Admiral, it's time to go back aboard the Birmingham.
A gentleman has a duty to be punctual.
The aim of this naval review
is to show these Spacenoids how powerful the Federation is.
The end of the ceremony will mean the defeat of the Delaz Fleet.
MS catapulting imminent.
Evacuate launch area!
How long will this go on?
Until I capture Gato?
Lt Monsha, course clear. Good luck.
Yeah, you too.
Year of the Universal Century
will be remembered as the worst year of history.
Overcoming this tragedy, we have organised this naval review,
the first in three years.
For us keepers of the peace, this event is cause for great joy.
The origin of the naval review
goes back to , during the Hundred Years w*r,
when King Edward III himself
reviewed his fleet before it cast off.
Space belongs to one and all.
It cannot be the property of a minority...
What tripe!
Being forced to listen to this Federal codswallop!
No!
We must resist.
We must survive and wait to seize our opportunity.
Your life is now my responsibility.
Is that clear?
It's blasphemy to those who have d*ed.
Let them say what they want, commander.
We're here.
Yes, to sweep up all that Federal detritus.
Right, let's go! The others can make the diversion!
Yes, sir!
He's not here, either. Where's the main group?
Admiral, the enemy is intercepting in A and L.
Delaz's objective is this site, without a shadow of a doubt.
His fleet will be swept away.
We'll show him that without any MS he won't get far.
Admiral, rd reconnaissance flotilla to port.
Defence satellite here!
Pitiful!
Their reinforcements!
Captain Bate! Do you read me?
Large enemy formation in the Ramos sector.
Block G-.
I read you. Let's go! I'm starving!
How was the duck?
Uraki here. Where's the GP?
Has Gato been spotted?
Negative.
No contact for the moment.
There are plenty of ruins left from the Battle of Solomon.
Good.
The Federals won't spot us so easily.
It's almost like you can hear the sea sobbing.
As if it were begging us.
It's welcoming us.
I can hear it quite distinctly.
Uraki, behind you!
These are pros, not like those before.
That'll do, Karius. You can pull back now.
Negative, it's still dangerous.
Thanks, but I know this area like the back of my hand.
Operation Stardust will...
An a*t*matic satellite!
We've been spotted!
A new enemy contact? Where?
In S-. Two MS in the Dark Zone.
- We have a visual! - What?
What? Gato in S-?
We can't get there from here.
Go, Uraki! The Full-Vernian can make it!
Yes, sir!
Leave it to us. Keith, follow him!
I read you!
Another?
Get over here!
Behind! I don't have time!
Leave it to me! Get to Konpei Island.
- No, to Solomon! - Good luck!
Wait, Kou! It's risky going alone.
I hope I can get there in time!
The moment has finally arrived
to show that our heroes did not die in vain.
You won't stop me!
The GP?
Where is it?
Behind Konpei Island!
For the rebirth of the ideals of Zeon!
For the success of Operation Stardust!
SOLOMON! I HAVE RETURNED!
Is that what Stardust is?
Gato!
Wait, Kou!
Quartz here! If there's anyone, come in!
Is anyone receiving me? Quartz here!
They're scrambling our transmissions.
Delaz Fleet, do you read me?
That colony belongs to the Colonial Government.
I see that Gato gave them a hiding.
Ms Cima, it's time.
Let's go. We've come this far...
Our losses are incalculable.
Two thirds of the fleet are inoperative.
They're finished.
Even with only a third of our total force,
we have a numerical superiority.
On the other hand, the enemy used its only asset.
Too easy. Like crushing a fly.
Below?
Gato! If you can hear me, come in!
I know you can hear me, Gato!
You might have forgotten. I haven't.
The GP pilot!
I'll keep following you till we finish this.
Come to celebrate my victory?
Did I get him?
No. Where is he?
Too late!
You might be proud of yourself,
but for us, from whom you stole the GP,
it's a humiliation!
I understand.
You seem to have had a hard time.
Are you listening? I'm on !
- Yes, I hear you. - What?
Every confrontation is born of a grudge, and that's normal!
Cut the cackle!
But if you think your rancour is enough,
you are wrong!
For I have justice on my side!
Damn!
The left arm doesn't work!
He's made progress.
Why?
Why do those two have to fight?
We don't have the same values.
It's not over!
Commander, eject!
The Core-Fighter's blown!
Your name is Uraki, is it?
What?
I won't forget that name.
Gato!
Contact has been broken.
Lieutenant Uraki is safe and sound.
Why?
Why has it come to this?
Lineback here.
We're at the point where we lost contact.
Nothing to report.
What?
The Federals have spotted us! Set the pack on them!
We've been spotted!
But it's too late.
Ms Cima, all our MS have been pulled back.
Calling all ships. Prepare to fire...
Fire!
A colony diverted?
They've diverted two colonies in transit,
and destroyed their mirrors.
What do they want with uninhabited colonies?
What does it mean?
I called you here
because I think Delaz is still hiding
his true objective.
The att*ck on Konpei Island may be only a prelude.
Otherwise, why would Delaz have made such a speech?
Intimidation?
I don't think so.
I requested permission from Admiral Kowen at Jaburo
to requisition the GP.
Ms Nina?
No, don't! I'm not responsible for that one.
So there exists a GP?
Captain, I volunteer!
No, it's a radically different machine.
We've already modified our trajectory.
We're heading for point B, towards La Vie en Rose.
Captain!
An urgent report!
A colony diverted!
But why destroy the mirrors?
Mirrors?
If my theory is correct,
colonies without mirrors
will find that their rotation axes will gradually change.
After a while...
The two will collide.
Then ricochet, before one of them
is caught by the Moon's gravity.
They want to bombard the Moon!
Captain, we have to stop them.
We'll never get there in time.
Admiral, the colonies have just collided.
Full speed ahead!
Axis Expeditionary Fleet
We mustn't take part in the combat.
The Federation allowed us to remain on that condition.
Thank you.
Thanks to the neutrality of your fleet,
we can fight without worrying about our rear.
I count on you to repatriate our forces after the operation.
I promise.
There it is!
Fabulous! It perfectly symbolises the Zeon spirit.
It's the Neue Ziel Mobile-Armour.
The lunar bombardment is now imminent.
While the Delaz Fleet gathers its forces
to escort the colony,
the fleet, escaped from Konpei Island, desperately tries to catch it up.
The confrontation is now only hours away.
During this time,
the Albion docks at La Vie en Rose,
in order to requisition the GP.
Make the vessel fast.
- Yes, sir! - Connect hatches!
Ms Nina.
What is it, Mora?
Shut up and come.
What's going on?
Something's wrong with Nina.
She's behaving oddly.
Because I destroyed the GP?
Or because she lost the GP and at the same time?
Not only, no.
So this is where you've been.
It's all over, Kou.
What began with the GP is now over.
Even with the GP, we'd never make it in time.
It's for the best.
What will you do now?
Go to Earth.
I would like to go to Earth...
if it was with you.
What is it?
Nothing.
I was thinking that it can't end like this on the Moon. Gato...
He must be plotting something else.
Stop it! I don't want to hear any more about him!
Even if the fighting continues,
you've done your share!
I'm afraid
that your whole being will become suffused with w*r,
until you can't forget it.
If you only knew how that prospect scares me.
Make me forget that nightmare.
Such a pity.
Your time has run out
and the colony is already in orbit.
As for the Federal Forces,
they're far behind.
Colony straight ahead!
Hail the fleet! Visual contact with the colony!
Battle stations!
It'd be a pity to drop the colony onto the Moon.
You have only two options left.
To be reduced to dust by the colony or...
Colony's engines ignited! It's accelerating!
How? Is its propulsion system on?
Where's it headed?
The colony is propelling itself...
away from the Moon's pull,
and is heading for Earth!
We've been tricked!
Madras here, we're out of propellant.
Monterrey here, we're leaving formation.
Curses! We're all going to die here!
The colony is now heading for Earth.
Ironically,
the only ship within interception range is the Albion.
It's as if fate were toying with us.
Come back here and I'll forget about this.
You call that "understanding the situation"?
The colony will...
You bloody fool!
Everyone, drop your weapons!
Send your men back, Commander Nakato.
Our only enemy is Delaz. Right?
You're going too far.
Is that a Mobile-Suit?
Damn! It's too slow going to a*t*matic.
Look at the evaluation screen.
You have three seconds for the w*apon permutation.
What's the situation?
The colony is halfway.
The GP is in contact.
The Axis Expeditionary Fleet
is pulling back.
It's a well-orchestrated operation.
They learnt the lessons of the w*r well.
The GP will never make it by itself.
Only hours until impact.
It'll all play out within hours.
That is the point of no return.
The point of no return?
Right here.
Beyond that point,
we won't be able to deviate it.
We'll have to get on board and change its trajectory before.
Will there be enough fuel left?
Definitely.
There'll be enough for the last corrections.
Bandit to port, ten o'clock!
In front?
It can't be Earth's orbital fleet.
What is it, then?
I'm going to communications.
All show!
Are they pulling back?
Where are they going?
No need for introductions!
Gato!
An l-Field?
Commander, your MA's weapons are...
Out of my way!
He's stopped!
No time!
My amm*nit*on!
Gundam!
Albion here! We're coming!
Rejoin the ship!
Come back for rearming!
- Distance? - , to the colony.
Captain, only hours minutes to the point of no return.
Do we launch the MS?
No, the GP has to be rearmed first.
Ready to break through their lines!
The enemy in front of us is now our main problem.
The orbital fleet is made up mostly of Salamis cruisers.
That's no obstacle.
They won't let themselves get beaten that easily.
The impossible could happen. Gato is doing admirably.
The impossible could happen...
Yes, admiral. We're going in pursuit.
I'll deal with the rest, even if we arrive too late.
This is the nd flotilla. We're leaving.
Change the w*apon containers! Take everything out!
Admiral!
The enemy is totally surrounded and headed for destruction.
I didn't ask you anything!
Admiral, what's on your mind?
What do you hope to do in such circumstances?
We have to launch the orbital fleet!
Jamitov, you toad!
We have no time! This is no time for scheming!
Let me go!
Admiral!
Cima's fleet isn't reliable.
Let's do it ourselves.
Think of your physical condition.
Gradol, no one but I could defeat that Gundam.
Simone, how much time now?
The rearming is finished.
No, I mean until the point of no return.
Three hours, eleven minutes.
We have no time. The reinforcements are taking too long.
Nina Purpleton.
Yes?
Take an emergency capsule.
We invite you to disembark.
Captain, I have decided, of my own accord,
to stay here to the end.
Please understand me.
Don't expect to get paid!
Is Cima's fleet too far advanced?
Don't waste any time.
This is our last act!
Ms Cima, signal dead ahead. It's time.
Just in time.
Captain, luminous signal to port.
Towards Earth? Magnify it!
The orbital fleet?
No. What is that construction?
The ship's staying on the front line? What courage.
There he is!
Gato!
Distance to point of no return?
,! Another minutes!
Once past that point, those troublemakers will shut up!
What is your goal?
To lick the boots of the Federation with my fleet as an offering?
Or to drop the colony?
Silence, old man!
Monsha, behind you!
I'm not a contortionist!
Direct hit to port catapult!
Simone, how much longer?
How long? Another four minutes!
Die!
Quick, the colony!
My l-Field!
It's too late!
Another seconds...
Only seconds left...
The point of no return has been passed!
The colony is carrying on
towards Earth...
It's not over!
It can't fall on Jaburo!
Captain, a message from the first fleet!
What?
The Delaz Fleet has laid down its arms.
What?
Cease fire? That's insane!
G here. Upper deployment of Solar System II finished.
W in difficulty to port. Send reinforcements.
We have to follow the schedule. Let's hurry!
The enemy is dead ahead.
The Solar System?
Exactly.
Definitely the most effective way of stopping a colony.
A bit of light and boom!
What happened to your honour as an officer of Zeon?
I have always lived thus,
obeying to the letter those clowns on Side-.
But I've never betrayed without a reason.
Admiral!
So sad. I tried to guide a lost sheep
but it brought about my doom.
The day I go to Axis, pigs will fly!
Cima, you traitor!
Don't move, Gato!
A demoted general must die heroically.
Go on, Gato.
Go all the way! The colony is there!
Have you gone mad?
Go on, even if you have to go over my dead body!
Shut up!
Would you let my name be besmirched by infamy? Gato!
Fool! The Solar System has us in its sights.
Stop this nonsense!
Admiral...
Sieg Zeon...
Lieutenant Uraki, Gato is too far off.
Fall back, Lieutenant Uraki!
What was the point of fighting until now?
Uraki, where are you going?
Another minutes. No mirror's going to stop me.
Enemy MA approaching, distance ,!
Has Cima failed?
Hurry up and activate the Solar System!
Switch that beacon off! Do you want to die?
A signal! Above?
I told you!
Lieutenant Uraki, the Solar System is preparing to fire!
Deployment % /% completed!
F, F and F, on standby!
L, check the deployment!
Destroy the control ship!
Out of my way!
Distance to colony, ,!
Solar System II, irradiation .
The colony's under our noses. Fire!
Another seconds!
It doesn't matter! Fire!
There it is!
Curses!
- Colonel, the control ship! - What?
The colony is intact!
Wake up! Break formation!
Helm full to port!
Nothing can stop it now...
The colony is entering its final trajectory.
minutes to impact!
Where's Uraki? Bring him back!
Captain, Nina's taking off from the port deck.
What?
Nina! She's heading to the colony!
Get lost!
Ms Cima, fall back!
There's nowhere to fall back to!
A string of mines? Now's the moment!
Whose side are you on?
What?
Gato!
I must complete my task
so that future generations may come to be!
One last correction of the trajectory...
Nina Purpleton.
Please, Gato. Stop, that's enough!
No, it's not over!
Operation Stardust must be completed.
This colony will fall on Earth. Does it have to be on Jaburo?
It won't be Jaburo!
You can't understand.
Why?
Why have you reappeared before me
after disappearing just as suddenly?
I wanted you to forget everything
about that time when I gave myself up,
vainly waiting for the moment to come.
I tried to forget. No, I even managed to.
I dedicated my life to the rebirth of Zeon.
You're are nothing but a witness to this operation.
Gato!
Hold on!
Nina?
Stop, there's no reason to fight any more!
Out of the way, you know what he did!
All I know is that I had to watch you
trying to k*ll each other.
Until one of you should fall.
Yet I prayed that that wouldn't happen.
Nina, didn't you love me? Did you lie to me?
Tell me!
It's not that...
Gato!
Stop it, Kou.
Are you joking?
He... The colony! The GP!
You haven't understood a thing.
Come back! I'm begging you!
Axis Expeditionary Fleet
Personnel first!
Start the repatriation.
Abandon any machines too badly damaged.
Colony's trajectory finalised. As planned.
Delaz, Operation Stardust is a success.
It was a tough job.
Admiral, it's the Federal Fleet coming from the Moon.
Commander!
The enemy coming from the Moon will surround us!
We have to flee, quickly!
Karius...
Lieutenant Uraki,
the colony's starting to break up.
You have to leave it.
Do you hear me? We did all we could.
Uraki here. I'm leaving the colony.
Lieutenant, you're alive! Rejoin the Albion.
What?
Position: , from the colony,
on --. Get a move on!
If you hadn't been so committed,
you wouldn't have suffered so much.
Lieutenant? What's going on?
Did you wait for me?
What fate brought her here?
That glow!
Thrust falling! Secondary reservoirs obstructed!
Direct hit to starboard, battery off line.
Block damaged!
The cost is a heavy one.
We won't go any further.
We're leaving the front.
You've nothing left!
Behind!
Too late!
You can no longer escape!
What?
Wait, our vanguard is in the f*ring line.
Colonel!
The evacuation is put on hold.
The colony won't fall here.
What the...
This incident will change the course of history.
Gato?
He left without finishing me off.
Gato...
Balfish! Do you read me, Balfish?
Commander Gato, it's time!
Ms Nina, I believe? Look.
The colony has fallen.
It's a reflection of the souls of men.
Let's go.
To those of the Delaz Fleet who have escaped:
You have nowhere to go home to. Give yourselves up!
Don't die pointlessly.
We have to rejoin the Axis Fleet,
whatever the cost!
And hand down our faith and history to future generations.
Your residence permit has already expired.
Please pull back!
Unless you wish to exchange fire.
Stop the rescue operations.
Five minutes!
Wait another five minutes!
Calling all ships: About turn, set course for Axis.
I leave it up to you to decide.
I beg you!
Where will I be able to return to?
A glow?
Keeping silent won't help you.
Answer me!
Are you deaf?
nd Lieutenant Kou Uraki:
One year of hard labour!
You see. This incident was the fruit
of the laxity of a small group of Utopians
dreaming of an easy peace.
The uprising of the Delaz Fleet
was but one consequence of this laxity.
Three days ago,
the fall of the colony onto the North-American continent
devastated our agricultural reserves.
Our Earth is in danger,
threatened from every quarter.
Earth!
It's in order to preserve this immaculate symbol
that we have created the Titans!
th March , all traces of the Gundam Development Project were eliminated.
Registration numbers erased.
The charges against nd Lieutenant Uraki were dropped.
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Jion no zankou (1992)
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