Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: The Last Blitz of Zeon (機動戦士ガンダム0083 -ジオンの残光-)

The Universal Century.

Here, people were born and lived out their lives.

Side 1.

One of the places that humanity called home.

Some 40 space colonies...

...in this region once nurtured life...

...as they rotated like clockwork.

Now, those nurturing colonies float dead in space like gravestones.

Ever since that day of despair three years ago.

Ever since the day the awful One Year War began.

In May of 0082, the Earth Federation Government launched the Colony Restoration Project. In it, colonies damaged in the war would be moved to Side 3, which had the most remaining industrial capacity.

For three long years, we have waited!

- Afterglow of Zeon --

I find myself aboard the Earth Federation Force's assault carrier Albion,

about to put the continent of Australia behind me.

Lost in melancholy. Saying nothing.

Together with prototype Gundam Unit 01.

I'm a systems engineer with Anaheim Electronics, Nina Purpleton.

The prototype Gundams' system engineer.

Until a few days ago--

No, until just last night,

who could have imagined that we would find ourselves in this situation?

It all began on that night that seemed like a bad dream.

When Unit 02, which had been delivered to Torrington Base along with Unit 01,

was stolen.

What are you doing? Close that hatch and get down from there!

Come out! I know you can hear me! Come out of there!

Someone! Someone, please stop Unit 02!

I claim this mobile suit and its nuclear warhead!

For the revival of Zeon!

Lt. Commander Anavel Gato.

A Zeon ace pilot who had made a name for himself in the One Year War.

Even in the Federation, everyone knew his other name,

the Nightmare of Solomon.

Even I knew who he was.

Just as people had started to put the One Year War behind them, this happened.

Will an eagle that was injured ever fly again after it has healed?

The vitality of a generation who never knew the One Year War...

...was also beginning to blossom here among Australia's natural bounty...

...at the Federation's Torrington Base.

Ensign Kou Uraki...

...was one such person.

I knew it, it's a Gundam!

Hey, Kou! Kou!

What?

Look!

There are two Gundams!

Check it out, Keith! This one has a Core Fighter!

I'm not blind.

That one's awesome, too!

That heavy armor is easy on the eyes!

Yeah, she's easy on the eyes, all right.

No carrots, please.

Agh!

Do you have a minute?

If you want a tour, do it after tomorrow.

The Gundam's reaction speed is up 0.5 seconds...

...and its output boosted by 30 percent.

We didn't see even two-thirds of that in our GMs.

Also, that heavy armor model is an anti-nuke spec,

and that shoulder bazooka fires tactical nukes, right?

I knew it! I just wanted to make sure!

Are you gunning for a Gundam, too? You guys are as perceptive as they say.

Maybe, but how are his piloting skills?

See? Just as I thought!

Are you loading the warhead?

Yes, I am! So quit getting in the way and get out!

She'd be my dream girl if it weren't for that prickly personality.

She's a lost cause, Keith. I gotta be honest, she hates you.

Yeah, I know! Let's go back, and you can join me as I drown my sorrows.

Wait! Yeah, I know! Let's go back, and you can join me as I drown my sorrows.

Just a little longer!

Forget it. Just a little longer!

C'mon, I want to watch some more!

Hey, I have a broken heart here!

Fine, I get it!

Do you really? Fine, I get it!

Do you really?

I said I get it!

Magnificent. What a splendid mobile suit.

I think so too, sir.

You there. Has the bazooka been loaded with a warhead?

Y-Yes, sir.

I shall try it out, then.

Someone! Someone, please stop Unit 02!

Ensign Uraki?

Ensign Uraki! I'll go get someone else! You can't handle--

I'm a pilot, too!

Portside hangar inner bulkhead damaged! Damage assessment underway!

Captain! Message from the hangar!

Unit 02 has been stolen by someone claiming to be a Zeon!

Unit 02's been stolen?!

Incoming missiles! Distance, 12,000!

What?!

Who's stupid enough to attack us?!

Don't the Zeons know they lost?! Who's stupid enough to attack us?!

Don't the Zeons know they lost?! Hurry!

Lt. Commander Gato!

Gaily? The operation was a success. We're pulling out.

I'm not letting you leave here!

Maybe this was the moment that Unit 01 and Ensign Uraki...

...Started to seem like one and the same in my mind.

Yes, if it weren't for this incident,

he might not have been made Unit 01's pilot.

Put out the fires in hit areas quickly!

Haven't you reached Cdr. Marnery yet?!

Nina!

No! My Gundams!

You're green.

Nina! Where are you going?! Wait!

She wants to go after them?

It was a long night filled with mobile suits.

I joined in the pursuit of Unit 02--

Rather, Units 01 and 02, wandering the dark wilderness.

What the--?!

For someone like me, who was on Earth for the first time,

it was so dark that I could almost sense Ensign Uraki's terror.

Lt. Allen!

Uraki.

Sir?

This battle will be decided by whether or not you two...

...Stop being a couple of squawking rookies.

Who cares how good Gato is? Think back to the crap he was spouting.

His beliefs, you mean?

I wish I could put it better, but yeah.

What I believe in...

Uraki! Ensign Kou Uraki! Do you read me? It's Nina Purpleton.

I want to ask you for a favor.

A favor?

Take good care of Unit 01. And...

Bring back Unit 02, please!

That's all I wanted to say.

Sure. I will. I give you my word.

Gato!

Where are you?!

Why did you steal Unit 027!

I have nothing to say to the likes of you!

You don't even know what you're fighting for!

Maybe not, but I'm still a Federation officer!

Only a real man gets to say such things!

You're finished!

Its shield! Go for its coolant system! You're finished!

Its shield! Go for its coolant system!

I got careless!

Mark my words, Ensign!

I shall destroy anyone who stands in the way of Zeon's rebirth!

Our fate to pursue Gundam Unit 02 had begun.

Ensign Kou Uraki's tense back said that more than anything.

The expanse of sea that stretched to the horizon...

...seemed to bear down on the Albion as it went on its way.

It was actually a scar from the One Year War,

something too huge to simply call the aftermath of the Zeon colony drop.

It was a claw mark gouged into the Earth itself.

I felt an indescribable dread.

A sense that we were being caught up in something we couldn't escape from.

Maybe it was because of my being a Lunarian, a bystander.

Don't be silly. Unit 01 hasn't been outfitted for space use yet.

It's only been a week, and those two are already lovey-dovey...

What's the point of checking the balancer settings?

I want to get a feel for it quickly.

Besides, it's plenty capable even without the new parts.

I can't wait until the Full Burnern upgrade on the Moon!

You hothead...

In space, even a GM can fly circles around Unit 01 right now.

Don't be so rough with it!

Wait until the thrust comes up to normal... See?

These balancer settings can't be right.

Aren't these level estimates too low??

Don't fiddle with those!

I ran the numbers myself!

'Cause Lt. Monsha's also gunning for Unit 01.

So that's why...

IFF signals detected.

It's the Yulin and the Nashville.

We waited this long for just two ships?

Is that their way of saying that it's enough to search the shoal zone?

Damn it, and this is the area with the best odds of enemy presence!

Lt. Commander Gato, returning from mission.

I've heard the report of you stealing the Gundam. Well done.

Thank you, sir.

However, I have heard unpleasant rumors in my absence.

You're referring to Commander Cima taking part in the operation?

I would like to know the reason why.

It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

I thought I might be of some small service,

to the Admiral's Operation Stardust.

Commander.

What is it?

Understood. Patch it through.

It's a Federation fleet. If they maintain course,

our presence might be detected.

Three ships?!

Admiral! Allow me to deal with them.

No, I'll go out. I haven't offered him a gift yet.

Show me what the Cima Fleet can do.

But sir!

At once! But sir!

Lt. Commander, I'll see to it that you get easier missions from now on.

Go polish your Gundam or something.

Sir, why would you involve such a woman?