PrologueIt is 0083. Three years since the end of the great tragedy. Three years since the end of the One Year War. Three years since the once great Duchy of Zeon surrendered to the might of the Earth Federation. It has been accepted by almost all in the Earth Sphere. Except by one man and his followers... His name: Aiguille Delaz.
For three years, he plotted, waging his own guerilla war with his ragtag fleet. But it was not enough. Not enough to complete his true goal: the resurrection of Zeon. And so he sought out ways to further his goal. And on October 13, UC 0083, a way was found...
Major Anavel Gato looked around the the cockpit of his newly "liberated" Mobile Suit. A Federation designed cockpit to be sure, but he had been trained to operate their machines as well, and now their greatest weapon will also become their greatest downfall... He took a deep breath, before declaring with all his drive and might, "I claim this Mobile Suit and its nuclear warhead. Zeon will rise again!"
And so it began, Operation Stardust. The last great attempt to ressurect the true glory of Zeon. Delaz's sons fought on bravely, laying waste to the Federal Fleet, despite the tremendous losses they would suffer. But it was not to be in vain, as finally, on November 13, UC 0083... A GM Kai pilot guarding the now wrecked 'Solar System II' could only watch. They had failed, and destiny had just about run its course. The huge metal cylinder began to glow as it closed on the blue sphere seemingly floating in space. The blue sphere was Earth, target once again of a Zeon colony drop. The Earth's protective atmosphere tried to burn away the huge colony before it hit, but with something that massive, it was in vain. The colony impacted in the continent of North America, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky and devastating the agricultural heartland of America. Despite his shock, the lone GM pilot managed to speak out loud, to describe the horror of what had just happened for the rest of the Federal fleet...
"The colony... crashed on Earth... we lost..."
Victory. Or was it? "The duration of your fleet's stay has expired," the commander of the Federal Fleet monitoring the Axis Advance Fleet reminded, "Leave at once! Or do you wish to engage in battle with us?!" "We are ending the retrieval operation!" Major General Yuri Hassler, the Axis fleet commander, ordered. He had to leave now, even if Gato had not yet returned. His ship slowly began to turn around, much to the dismay of the survivors who had been brought on board.
"Wait, Sir, please wait five more minutes!" one of the survivors pleaded, but Hassler was not listening, and the ship was now slowly steaming away from the battle area, "Please wait!" For a bitter cost had to be paid. Some of Delaz's sons managed to reach the safety of the Axis fleet sent to recover them, before it was forced to leave. Most, however, were left behind. Left behind at the mercy of the Earth Federation. Nearly all of them would die, preferring death to capture... But there were a few who survived. The last of Delaz's sons. The few who had managed to slip out of the closing Federal net. The few who were still willing to continue their fight for spacenoid independence. A few who now sought ways to join with others who shared the same cause. One of them, was the Zeon ace pilot Captain Ming Chow... Partly through skill, mainly through luck, he and a few other survivors managed to slip pass the Federation blockade that had surrounded them. No longer safe in the "Garden of Thorns" that had once been their base, nor their former homeland at Side 3, they now made their way to the Lunar city of Von Braun, hoping to find allies to assist in their quest to join their bretheren in Axis in the asteroid belt, now the home of the remnants of the Zeon military. The problem was, the Federal fleet was still hunting them, and they would not stop until they were caught. For a new order, a new form of tyranny, was about to be born...
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