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Mobile Suit Gundam
The 8th MS Team
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Earth Orbit
An Earth Federation transport ship makes its way towards Earth,
carrying fresh soldiers and supplies to the terrestrial frontlines.
Among its passengers are young officer Shiro Amada and a teenage recruit
named Michel Ninorich. When they spot a mobile suit battle underway in
Earth orbit, Shiro launches in a space pod to assist Federation pilot
Terry Sanders Jr. Shiro's pod and the Zeon mobile suit are both destroyed in the
skirmish, and the two pilots take refuge inside the drifting hulk of a
space warship. Shiro and the Zeon pilot, a young woman named Aina
Sahalin, are forced to work together to contact their allies and escape.
On the Frontlines
Upon arriving in Southeast Asia, Shiro takes command of the 08th MS
Team of the Kojima Battalion. In addition to Michel and Sanders, the
team is made up of pilot Karen Joshua and hovertruck operator Eledore
Massis, and is equipped with three pre-production Gundam mobile suits
designed for ground combat.
At first, the inexperienced Shiro has difficulty earning the respect
of his teammates and fighting in the jungle environment. On his very
first mission he gets lost in the forest and has another chance
encounter, this time with a girl named Kiki Rosita, the daughter of a
local guerilla leader. And on his next outing Shiro is captured by the
guerillas, but is able to persuade them to team up with the 08th MS Team
to capture a Zeon frontline base.
The Apsalus Project
Meanwhile, Aina has also arrived on Earth. Here she is reunited with
her brother Ginias, a Zeon military researcher who is developing a
powerful new mobile armor, known as the Apsalus, at a secret base on the
Tibetan plateau. Aina takes the Apsalus on a test flight, leading to an
unexpected skirmish with the 08th MS Team. The damaged mobile armor is
soon recovered by the Zeon forces, and Ginias continues his work with
even greater determination.
Reunion
From their guerilla allies, the 08th MS Team learn that the rebuilt
Apsalus has begun another round of testing at a remote desert firing
range. Shiro and his team stake out the test site in an attempt to
capture the enemy mobile armor. The Apsalus escapes with Shiro's Gundam
clinging to its hull, ultimately crashing in the Himalayas.
Stranded in the icy peaks, Shiro and Aina must once again help each
other survive. But their growing closeness comes to an end when their
respective allies arrive to rescue them. And, to make matters worse,
both young warriors are now suspected of treason due to their
relationship.
Shuddering Mountain
The 08th MS Team are sent back into the field to search for the
secret base where the Apsalus is being developed. In the process, they
encounter some retreating Zeon soldiers who hope to use Ginias's
research base as an escape route back to space. Ginias, intent on
completing his work, blows up the refugees on the base's threshold and
inadvertently reveals its location.
With the base finally located, the Federation Forces mobilize for a
full-scale assault, and the entire Kojima Battalion is deployed to
assist in the siege. But just as the base's defenses crumble, Ginias and
Aina enter the battle at the controls of the completed Apsalus. Now
Shiro and Aina must face a final choice between loyalty and love...
Last Resort
Months later, the war has ended and Michel has left the Federation
Forces. Together with Kiki, he embarks on a voyage into the wilderness
to search for Shiro and Aina. Might they have survived the battle on the
Tibetan plateau? Or has their love ended in tragedy?
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