The Mobile Suit Gundam Story Line
While the movies for the most part follow the television series storyline, they occasionally juggle the order of events for dramatic effect. The following synopsis is based on the series storyline; where the movies diverge significantly from this, we've noted the changes.
The story begins in the fall of UC 0079. The ongoing war between the Earth Federation and the Duchy of Zeon has settled into a six-month stalemate. The Federation has taken advantage of this time to develop its own set of mobile suit prototypes, which have been undergoing final testing inside a Federation research colony at Side 7. Now the mobile suit carrier White Base has arrived at Side 7 to pick up the prototypes and transport them to Earth.
Side 7
Unknown to the Federation, the White Base has been pursued by a Zeon cruiser. The pursuing ship's captain, Char Aznable, sends a reconnaissance squad of Zaku mobile suits into the colony. Spying the Federation's prototype mobile suits, the squad leader impulsively decides to destroy them on the spot, and two Zakus enter the colony's interior and begin laying waste to the prototypes and their Federal Forces defenders. 15-year-old civilian Amuro Ray commandeers one of the prototype mobile suits - the RX-78 Gundam. With the Gundam's manual in his lap, he quickly destroys both Zakus.
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