Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (機動戦士ガンダムUC)

‐ It is now 23:40 Greenwich Mean Time.

We are about to witness the end of the world as we know it

and usher in a new world as never before imagined.

The Earth Federation government is about to host a ceremony

at the prime minister's residence, Laplace,

to celebrate the birth of a new era.

The ingenuity of mankind has allowed us

to move beyond Mother Earth

and build worlds of our own to inhabit.

Tonight, we'll mark the beginning of a new epoch.

Let us come together in this joyous moment

to honor the past, the era of Anno Domini,

and greet the dawn of the Universal Century

with open hearts and minds.

So with great enthusiasm, let us open the door

to our future together.

Farewell, Anno Domini, and welcome Universal Century.

‐ Greetings, citizens of Earth and space.

I am Ricardo Marcenas,

prime minister of the Earth Federation.

It is with great pride that I stand before you tonight.

In a matter of mere moments,

the era of Anno Domini will fade into history.

In the past, presidents and prime ministers

addressed the citizens of their respective countries.

Each country had its own people, its own territories

originally created to protect their interests,

and defend against attacks from other countries,

but when you look at the Earth from space,

you can't see those dividing lines.

And now that we've made mankind's dream

of a unified world government a reality,

we are no longer bound by the antiquated

nation‐state system.

And just as no man is an island unto himself,

no one being can survive without coexisting with the others.

Now that we must face dangers

that threaten our planet as a whole,

the entirety of our people can face them as one.

The old nations of Earth were incapable

to create effective solutions.

‐ Well, then?

‐ We're going to proceed as planned,

but this has the potential to create chaos

on a level we have never before known.

‐ It's hard to believe it's been almost 100 years.

If nothing is done, the Earth Sphere

will not be able to continue.

Those who can correct the flaws of the Universal Century

are beginning to emerge.

I pray that we will soon find one

who can be entrusted to carry Laplace's Box.

‐ Yes, sir.

‐ Cardeas.

Can you forgive me?

‐ What we're about to do could lead

to the destruction of the world.

If anyone were able to give you forgiveness,

it would have to be me.

‐ Disperse Minovsky Particles at combat density now!

‐ Enemy ship appears to be Clop class.

Thermal energy detected.

‐ Evasive maneuvers!

‐ What's taking so long with the bulkheads?

‐ Intense heat sources emitted from the ship.

Appears to be two mobile suits.

Correction, make that three suits!

Approaching at high speed.

‐ Send Marida out.

Ignore the mothership.

The Garencieres can shake it off.

‐ Roger that.

Target has been acquired.

That's a high‐speed Jegan,

possibly a special forces version.

‐ That means this was no coincidence.

We hit the debris cluster in 10 minutes.

Take care of those Jegans and get back here.

‐ That's an affirmative, Master.

‐ And stop calling me Master.

‐ Marida Cruz, Kshatriya, launch!

No way you're following our ship.

Funnels!

‐ Damn the Sleeves!

‐ Mission complete, returning to ship.

‐ Therefore, it was the Battle of A Baoa Qu

which brought an end to the One Year War 17 years ago,

one year before you were born.

Once the hostilities ceased, over half of the human race

had been wiped out.

The war was started by the Principality of Zeon

in the name of independence for the space immigrants.

And even though the war's officially over,

groups claiming to be the remnants of Zeon

have started their own wars.

They claim to desire autonomy for the Spacenoids,

but at their heart, you will still find the same ideas

of the inherent superiority of the chosen elite

found in the philosophy of Gihren Zabi.

The concept of Zeonism, proposed by Zeon Deikun,

the so‐called Newtype ideology, was a dangerous belief

that ultimately produced these rebellious elements.

You there!

You'd best give me your full attention.

You believe you can get a job without an education?

But Anaheim won't even hire you

for a factory worker position

if you don't hold some kind of diploma!

Don't believe everything you hear about that 100%

job placement rate.

‐ Sorry to interrupt, Mr. Bancroft.

It's the shuttle again.

‐ Don't you think it's time

they upgraded the shuttles?

‐ The chairman's such a tightwad.

He thinks that the decommissioned

Anaheim ones are enough.

‐ So are we staying here tonight, or what?

I didn't bring a change of clothes.

‐ Yeah, me neither.

‐ So that means tomorrow, we're gonna miss the field trip

to the Snail.

‐ No way!

I can't spend two days here

listening to Bancroft's special lectures!

It'll put me in a coma!

‐ I bet I could teach all the history up to Char's Rebellion

in under two minutes, right, Banagher?

Hey, look up there, it's a Zaku!

Dammit, Bancroft, why didn't you tell us

there was something so cool here?

‐ What is it?

What's so cool about it?

‐ It's only the granddaddy of all mobile suits!

Hey, wait a sec, we gotta check it out!

‐ No, we don't.

‐ The wars ended a long time ago.

What are those things good for?

‐ Takuya, I'm pretty sure you can't take pictures.

‐ If you'd listen to me, we coulda had so much fun, but no.

‐ Hey, Banagher.

Do you realize you look out into the distance a lot?

‐ I do?

‐ Yeah, like just now.

‐ I'm not really looking at anything when I do that.

It's hard to explain.

I guess I'm wondering where‐‐

‐ Where your father is?

‐ No, where I am.

‐ Oh, sorry.

‐ It feels like no matter what I'm doing,

I don't actually feel like I'm there.

‐ I know what you mean!

It's like you can't put your finger on it,

but everything feels off, right?

‐ Yeah.

‐ I sometimes wonder if that feeling's

gonna keep growing stronger.

I think the only people who don't think that way...

Hey, are you listening to me?

‐ A mobile suit.

‐ Increase velocity.

‐ Right.

‐ Fly like you're going straight into that debris field.

Keep going.

‐ Please, sir, I can't!

‐ Breakdown, 0‐6‐0.

I'm most impressed.

‐ Thank you.

‐ With the machine.

At ease.

‐ RX‐0, final phase, all clear.

Psycho frame g‐force within expected parameters.

Pilot's life signs stable.

‐ We're heading back now, Gael.

‐ I'm sorry, sir.

‐ What's the matter?