Authors Note: Greetings to all my readers! Thank you so much for clicking on this story! I don't like long author's notes on the first chapter, but there will be another at the bottom of this page. A little bit about The Origin: This is a rewrite of Gundam Seed, with new characters…some different events, but following a track that may seem familiar to those who know Gundam.

I will explain more at the bottom. Thank you again for reading!

11/2019: Please note the newly added mecha and character listing before the author's note.

Over half a century has passed since mankind immigrated into space, currently there are hundreds of massive space colonies in Earth's orbit. People dwell in these artificial lands, treating it as a second home to live and die…

Cosmic Era 71: Due to the Bloody Valentine tragedy, tensions between the Earth Alliance and ZAFT escalate to an all-out war. It was predicted that the Earth Forces with their superior numbers would quickly be victorious; however, the introduction of humanoid war machines—called mobile suits—changed that assessment. These monsters of the battlefield were created by ZAFT, by genetically enhanced humans called coordinators.

Nine months have passed since the conflict began with no end in sight.

Phase 1: Monsters of the Battlefield

Orb Airspace: Heliopolis

Beyond Earth and the moon exists a resource satellite called Heliopolis. Although calling it a satellite would deeply undercut the structure's size and beauty. Heliopolis is a space colony that is owned by the Orb Union, a neutral nation in the conflict between ZAFT and the Earth Alliance. It was here that civilians, wanting to get away from the horrors of war, would take refuge.

Outside this marvel of engineering, in the darkness of space, something moved towards the colony.

It was human shaped but massive and metallic with a single cyclops eye that glowed red. It was a GINN, one of ZAFT's mobile suits and a centerpiece of all the ZAFT forces. Six GINNs into total made their way towards Heliopolis; in the middle of their formation was a small stealth craft full of ZAFT soldiers.

The mobile suits and small vessel moved silently, adrift in space, power levels turned down to an absolute minimum, allowing their inertia to carry them forward. This alone would not have been enough to get them into the colony undetected, but they had inside help. Someone on the inside had masked the sensors in the area they were gliding to, but who knew if their luck would hold?

It lasted long enough.

The GINNs touched down on the colony, right over a hatch with a massive NO ACCESS painted on the top. The stealth ship also stopped and opened. The space suited soldiers poured out, dividing into squads and dove down a smaller hatch, deactivating sensors as they went.

One of the GINN pilots, Miguel Aimon, let out a breath. He was tall, with blond hair and a cool, almost arrogant demeanor. So far so good, he thought to himself as his mobile suit knelt down and began hacking into the access hatch. Over their wire communications, he heard one of his fellow pilots –Matthew—shoot off a wise-crack at another named Grace, who quickly responded with an insult. Miguel tuned them out, both should know better than talking during a mission, especially when he stressed radio silence.

Suddenly his terminal bleeped as he gained access to the hatch. Smiling to himself, Miguel opened the doors leading into the colony. Record hacking time. Let's see the red coats do that!

He motioned for his comrades to follow him into Heliopolis with a downward movement of his GINN's arm.

"Miguel," a fellow pilot called, "There is a siren going off!"

"Calm down Olar. It's on the other side of the barrier. A ship just docked at the bay."

"Do you think it is the ship we followed?" Olar asked.

"That's very likely…" Miguel muttered.

The GINNs dove into the colony.

-Heliopolis: Port

The cargo ship Dauntless eased into port, its engines glowing bright red on its final thrust, entering the colony.

The Earth Alliance forces in the port watched the ship pass by, some commented on the old design and how it was a miracle it reached the colony unharmed, despite the fact that there was little danger. The transport was a Marseille III class and although owned by the Earth Alliance, a majority of the ships were used by civilians with private shipping companies, meaning that it would be unlikely for ZAFT to look closely at the old vessel.

Inside the Dauntless, an elderly man was getting dressed. Over forty, the man looked like he could have slept for days and would yet need more; however, he moved with an energy that belied any exhaustion. The door to his room opened and in stepped a young woman. "Dr. Kato, we've made port at Heliopolis, sir. The captain would like to see you. Would you please come to the bridge?"

Dr. Jim Kato nodded and pulled one of his arms through a suit jacket. "Yes, of course." He studied the woman, "Ensign Badgiruel, was it? Have you been on supply duty long?"

Natarle Badgiruel, her purple eyes shaded by her short black hair, shook her head, "No, sir. I used to be on the front."

Kato pulled a wrinkled tie out of his pocket and began fitting it around his neck. "Well, this ship has a crucial mission. Not unlike being at the front, I think."

Badgiruel nodded, faintly distracted by a picture on Kato's desk. It was a photo of the doctor standing next to a tall beautiful woman and five young teenagers clustered around them. "Is this your family, sir?"

Kato finished fiddling with his tie. "Hmm? Oh!" He laughed, "Never married I'm afraid. That is just my assistant and some students who help me around the college."

He turned towards the door. "Those teenagers are just over fifteen…next to a smart, young woman like yourself they are still children." Badgiruel followed as they glided towards the elevator that would take them to the bridge. "Though I hear that children that young are being drafted by both sides these days…"

"They are."

"Terrible."

They were in the elevator now, heading towards the bridge. "Although…" Kato's eyes narrowed, "Once we start mass-producing the G-Weapons this war will be over. We can put an end to it without wasting more young lives."

The doors opened and the two stepped out unto the bridge. The captain, Hendrik Tallee, was middle aged man who wore an old style military hat to cover his receding hair-line. Despite his age he had a vibrant blond mustache that refused to grey; it survivability was tied to the man, soldiers said. Captain Tallee had seen many battlefields and gotten himself and his crew through every one.

He smiled at Dr. Kato, "I do hope you got some rest."

"Yes, thank you. It's been a relaxing flight."

"That's good to hear. An old man like you needs his sleep."

"Look who is talking." Kato smiled and stared out the view screen, "And what about the ZAFT ships? The two that tailed us here?"

"So you noticed." Tallee's hands tapped several buttons on his chair and a side screen on the bridge lit up, the silhouettes of two green ZAFT warships were distinguishable even at the great distance. "They are staying just outside Heliopolis' airspace."

"A Nazca and Laurasia class." Badgiruel chipped in, "Because of the treaty, military ships are not allowed to dock at Heliopolis." No one commented on the irony of that statement, given the military weapons that were being produced in the colony.

"So the problem is the return flight." Kato muttered. "Do you think they'll try anything?"

Natarle looked nervously at Tallee, who was pondering the question. "This is a supply ship at the end of the day, but I can't be sure. If they are daring enough to attack us, I guess we will have to trust the Archangel, the Heliopolis Defense Force, and Zero Squadron."

-Heliopolis: Residential District

Miriallia Haw frowned as she looked up at the Yamato house, specifically Kira's room. The blinds were drawn and the lights off. The house itself was quiet, probably because both Mr. & Mrs. Yamato were off at work, meaning that Kira probably forgot what day it was again.

"KIRA!" Mir called up at the window. It was the second day in a row that Kira was not at school and it definitely was not because he was sick. Kira never got sick.

Mir's boyfriend, Tolle Koenig was no help either, saying that Kira probably was busy with the work that Professor Kato gave him before he left on his trip and there was 'nothing to worry about.'

"But that is part of the problem Tolle!" Mir had replied, shaking his comforting arm off her shoulder. They were in their high-school cafeteria; it was loud, filled with students who were happy to have a brief 30 minute reprieve from learning about things they cared little about.

"If he is forgetting about school, he will probably forget about eating, sleeping, meetings, and on and on and on!"

Tolle looked down at his lunch; by cafeteria standards it was what could generously be called chicken. "Well…"

Tolle is carefree to a fault. Mir thought as she waited for any movement in the Yamato house. "Plan B it is…" Mir strolled confidently forward and turned the front door's knob, unsurprised to find it open.

It was Kira's job to lock the place up after he left for school and since he had not gone, the door remained unlocked.

The brown haired high-school student walked quietly in and closed the door behind her. Heading into the kitchen she saw a plate with a napkin draped over the top. "Yep. He hasn't even eaten…" Mir muttered to herself as she walked up the stairs towards Kira's room.

"Kira!" She called, opening the door and walking inside. Her blue eyes narrowed at the sudden change of lighting. It was dark with only the blue glow of a computer screen facing the entrance.

"Birdy!" The green bird flew happily down on the girl's shoulder. Tweeting shrilly and hopping around Mir's shoulder, almost as if it was saying, 'I know it doesn't look good, but forgive him!' Mir tapped the robotic bird on the head gently.

"Kira…what do you think you are doing?"

Kira Yamato turned, blinking at Mir sleepily. "Oh Mir? Hey! What's up?" He went back to typing on his computer screen.

Mir walked over to the computer chair and looked at the complicated schematics Kira was looking over.

"Kira, do you know what day it is?"

Kira, only half-listening, took a moment to respond, "Huh? Oh…ummm…Sunday probably."

Wrong, guess again dummy. Mir thought, but instead she asked, "What are you working on?"

"Just finishing the last bit of what Professor Kato and Seis gave me."

"When did you start this?"

Kira shrugged, fingers flying across the keyboard. "This morning."

Mir grabbed Kira's chair's arm and swung it to face her. She put on her best stern face. Kira blinked up at her, but his attention was already going back towards the screen. "Kira. It's not Sunday. It's Tuesday. You have missed school and you are going to be late for your evening meeting with Seis at this rate."

Kira gave her a confused look, "Wait…what?"

20 minutes later, after Kira took a much needed shower, he was sitting down in the kitchen as Mir buttered some toast for him. "Honestly Kira, if they give you too much work, tell them so! It is not like they are even paying you for this and I know they are NOT working Kuzzey, Sai, and Tolle as hard." She placed the bread in front of Kira.

"But I can do it! I just lost track of time." Kira munched away on the bread as he spoke.

Mir sighed, "What are you even working on?"

"Some kind of Operating System, the kind I have never seen before. Seis said Dr. Kato wanted me to simplify it."

"Kira, you need to learn to say no to these people. I feel like they are using you…" Mir headed for the door. "This work is NOT worth the Letter of Recommendation."

Kira, finishing the toast with gusto, stood up and followed Mir outside. "Yeah, but it could lead to a job in the future, right?"

"Could Kira! If they know they can keep using your abilities for free…why would they ever hire you? But I know what's really go on…you are trying to impress that woman. Do you even care about Flay?"

"Of course I do!" Kira said aghast, "And please lower your voice…"

"Hey guys!" A voice called from in front of the house. It was Kuzzey Buskirk, a short, dark haired teenager who lived next door to Kira. "Kuzzey!" Mir ran quickly forward and glared down at him. "You should be ashamed! You live next to Kira! It would take you 10 minutes to make sure he came to school!"

Kuzzey glanced behind Mir to see if Kira was out of ear shot before he whispered quickly, "Look it is hard enough for me to get up on time. He is a coordinator. It should be the other way around."

"What?"

Kuzzey shook his head and turned away. "I don't want to hear this lecture again! I'm gonna head inside. You guys better hurry or you will be late."

Suddenly an automatic car pulled up to the station in front of Kira's house. "I called that for you! You should thank me!" Kuzzey said with a grin before heading inside.

Kira smiled as he walked up next to me Mir. "Thanks Kuzzey!"

Kuzzey waved back and disappeared inside his house.

"Don't thank him…" Mir grumbled.

"What did you say?"

"I said, get in the car! C'mon!" Together they boarded the vehicle. Kira quickly inputted the Morgenroete Research College location and away they sped.

- Heliopolis: Service Tunnel

Miguel raised his GINN's hand, signaling the five suits behind him to stop.

"This is where we split up. Rusty, Athrun, and the others should be setting up the charges if everything is going to schedule. Olar, take Tomas and Mine to Point B and use that to enter the factory from behind. Even if they're shipping their G-Weapons, they probably will be unable to move everything to the ship at once. Seize the facility and wait for the red coats to show up."

Saying the last part annoyed Miguel more than he would admit. Athrun, Nicol, and Rusty were okay, but Yzak and Dearka constantly looked down on those were not given the distinction of wearing red. But they were on a mission and those feelings should be shelved. "Matthew, Grace, you guys are on me."

"Miguel. If we encounter any active G-Weapons, what are your orders? Should we destroy them?" It was Mine, the female pilot on Olar's team, that had posed the question.

"If your lives are in jeopardy, do whatever you have to do. However, our mission is reconnaissance until the charges go off; do NOT do anything beforehand that could ruin the mission. Is that understood?"

Multiple affirmatives filled the radio as the GINNs broke up into two different groups.

Miguel led his two subordinates forward until they reached the large access hatch that lead to the colony interior. The corridor they followed was the tunnel the colony builders had used when Heliopolis was first constructed, meaning that the hatch led into a forest that was off limits to the public due to risk of leakage out the old hatch.

They stopped before the massive door. "Grace, stay here; if something happens and the mission goes to shit, escape and give a report to Commander Creuset. Matthew, come with me."

"Roger." Grace responded and despite the short response, Miguel could tell she was annoyed at being left out of the action. It couldn't be helped, part of the reason he selected both Matthew and Grace to follow him was to keep an eye on the two pilots. Neither got along and Miguel had planned from the beginning to set Grace up as the one who would be their fail-safe.

Miguel raised his GINN's hand and activated the wielder in the index finger. He began melting through the hatch.

-Heliopolis: Morgenroete Factory District

The place was buzzing with activity. Lieutenant Murrue Ramius gave the last minute orders to her subordinates. Even though she was the highest ranking officer on site, there were a few troublemakers who saluted with pickup lines and catcalls.

"Lieutenant!" She turned to find Petty Officer Murdoch, one of the primary mechanics, sticking his head out the window of one of the several trucks parked off to the side. "We've finished our work here. If it's all right, we'll go on ahead to the ship."

Murrue nodded. "That'll be fine, excellent work." She waved as two trucks pulled away and disappeared around a corner.

"Hey Lieutenant, what do you say you treat us all to drinks later? After all, it's our last day here at Heliopolis!" One of the young officers, Petty Officer Hamana called.

She cocked a brow. Immediately the officer sheepishly averted his attention and went back to work. Several other officers chuckled at the exchange.

Murrue brushed a lock of her chestnut hair from her face and looked around. Everyone was in high spirits what with the operation drawing to a close. They only now had to load the new weapons onto the Archangel and their work would be finished. A voice inside her head spoke up, slyly commenting on how she was secretly relieved to have the burden of command taken off her shoulders. Murrue smiled to herself, picking up a leftover tool-bag from the ground and placed it on the back of a truck.

-Outside Heliopolis Airspace

On the bridge of the ZAFT Nazca-class ship, Vesalius, Captain Ades watched the silent colony with narrowed eyes. "Are you sure we should proceed without the Council's approval?" Commander Rau Le Creuset was the man the captain was speaking to; known to enemies and allies alike for his ferocious fighting abilities, his face was concealed by a mask giving him an enigmatic aura.

Le Creuset looked over to Ades. "Patrick Zala gave us his personal approval." He answered, "Should there be any problems with the Council, he'll take responsibility. Besides, the operation is already in motion. What we must focus on now is what is happening inside that colony." He gazed upon a fuzzy photo of what appeared to be a mobile suit. "My intuition tells me that if we don't act now, we'll come to regret it later."

-Heliopolis: Location Classified

Olar's team emerged from the long tunnel into a large, flat plane of rock. They had been steadily rising out of the tunnel for the last few minutes until they finally reached what appeared to be long trench that stretched out to what appeared to be a rundown construction zone. The whole area was surrounded by a dark curved wall that rose up to almost encircle the sky. It looked like they were inside an indoor stadium.

"Finally!" said Mine, her sharp, high-pitched voice stinging Olar's ears. Mine was unusual by coordinator standards. She had bright blue hair and grey eyes, which in of itself wasn't strange in the PLANTs; however, her parents had seen fit to tamper with her vocal cords giving her voice a sing-song quality. It was beautiful in person, but a real pain to hear over the radio.

"If that tunnel went on any longer, I would lose my freaking mind. Olar, where are we?"

Olar turned his GINN's eye towards her. "Not exactly sure, the schematics gave me the distance of that junction, not where it would lead.

Tomas, always quiet and well mannered, pointed his GINN's arm up. "It is likely this is a testing zone for military weapons. Look, an observation tower off in the distance." The dark shape of the aforementioned tower stood in sharp contrast to the rocky, shapeless hills that surrounded them. "And these walls appear to thick, maybe to stop stray rounds...?"

"Whatever this place is, we have a mission to complete." Olar moved his GINN forward, turning the lights located on his mobile suit's body to guide the way. Mine and Tomas followed a few paces behind. They moved in silence for several seconds when Tomas stopped.

"Olar, look." Olar turned his lights on Tomas and followed the direction his comrade's mobile suit was pointing. His lights came upon the unmistakable form of a GINN mobile suit only it was missing its head fin, painted white, and was blasted in half.

"A proto-GINN?" Olar moved forward towards the destroyed suit.

"Yes." Tomas said, "It looks like it was destroyed by some thermal weapon."

"Guys…" They both turned their suits towards Mine who was using her lights on a hill they walked past. "There are more…" The slope was filled with countless remains of proto-GINN mobile suits. Arms, legs, destroy torsos; the hill was made of metal and scrape.

"Did they use these things for target practice?" Olar wondered aloud. "The G-Weapons must have done this! How did they get so many proto-Ginns?"

"This is crazy." Mine said, moving close the hill. "It's like a graveyard of old ZAFT technology. Creepy!" She started moving around the hill, "Are all the hills like this?"

"Interesting," Tomas was examining the remains of the first proto-GINN. "This thermal technology is impressive. I would say it is far beyond our own."

Olar let out a low whistle, this was interesting to say the least, but they were falling behind. "If this is the power of the Earth Force's new weapons, it gives us all the more reason to capture them."

"OLAR! ITS AN ENEMY!" Mine's voice cut through the radio like knife, suddenly the air was filled with gunfire.

"I'm under attack!"

"We're on our way! Tomas!" Olar rocketed his GINN towards where the flashes of gunfire could be seen in the darkness.

Mine strafed left, avoiding the approaching enemy's fire and returned the favor with her rifle. The dark shape caught the attack on its shield. Suddenly Olar and Tomas were right beside her, both unloading their 76mm heavy machine guns at the target. The enemy did not last long: shredded by the combined attack, it detonated in a brilliant flash of light.

"Thanks, guys."

A green beam suddenly pierced the center of Mine's GINN. Slicing through the cockpit and then the engine, the suit blasted apart.

Suddenly more beams poured in from four different angles, one blast taking Olar's GINNs left arm.

"I thought the G-Weapons weren't here! Why aren't they at the FACTORY?!" Tomas shrieked.

Olar blasted his GINN's thrusters, sending him high into the air. What was going on?!

Inside the cockpit of one of the four machines that were still attacking the ZAFT GINNs, Grey Sazabi bit his lip. He was a young pilot, with dark black hair, grey eyes and high eyebrows that came together, giving him the look focused attentiveness all the time. "Commander Roland…" The man had heroically sacrificed himself to reveal the enemy position and to light up the battlefield when he and the MBF-P05 Gundam Astray Unit 5 "Silver Frame" had attacked the enemy's position.

Built in secret from the Earth Alliance and tested under this dome. The Astray units were used exclusively by the Orb Union, a benefit to having the Earth Forces build mobile suits and a warship in the neutral colony. They did not possess the same Phase-Shift armor as the G-Weapons and their OS was in the same rough shape as the EA mobile suits, these suits were built with the material they had on hand and with immediate mass-production in mind.

They were conducting a final test when the observation tower caught the three GINNs on the infrared sensor, going up against three ZAFT units was suicide with the OS the Astrays used, but ZAFT had to be stopped. The pilots had to buy time while the people in charge found a way to inform the Earth Forces stationed on Heliopolis without revealing the truth about the Astray frames.

Thus the brave Captain Roland proposed that the Red, Blue, Gold, and Green frame surround the enemy while he drew their fire. If all three focused on him and if all were caught by surprise they could wipe out the invaders without any casualties…well…except for maybe one.

All the pilots knew that Commander Roland was likely going to die if he went through with his plan, but they all accepted his order silently. They respected the battle-hardened veteran and had worked with him long enough to know not to argue when he gave orders. For months they had trained under Roland, becoming the man's arms and legs in combat. They were a unit, a team, and comrades. The Commander wanted to give them a chance by putting his life at stake, what more needed to be said?

Grey, the pilot of the Red Frame, glared up at the GINN that had rocketed into the sky. The ambush had already failed. It would not take long for coordinators to realize that the Orb suits could barely move, let alone get into an elongated battle with the swift enemy machines.

Grey narrowed his eyes as the GINN pointed its rifle his way. Nevertheless, they were going to take every single one down! They would find a way!

EDIT 11/2019: THIS IS A NEWLY ADDED SECTION. The author's note is below this part!

Mecha Listing

TFA-2 ZuOOT

Model number: TFA-2
Code name: ZuOOT
Unit type: mass production transformable artillery mobile suit
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator(s): Earth Alliance
First deployment: C.E. 70
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.86 meters (mobile suit mode); 13.57 meters (tank mode)
Weight: max gross weight 83.59 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: 4 x engine-driven caterpillar tread (tank mode)
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x 2-barrel cannons, mounted on shoulders; 4 x vulcan gun, mounted on head; 2-barrel cannon, mounted on left arm
Optional hand armaments: heavy assault machine gun

For the invasion of Earth, ZAFT creates various models of mobile suits following the introduction of the ZGMF-1017 GINN. The TFA-2 ZuOOT is a transforming ground assault artillery unit. In the designated tank mode, the ZuOOT can speed across land with its tank treads, but it is no more maneuverable than the standard Linear Tank used by the Earth Alliance. The ZuOOT's main armament includes twin shoulder-mounted cannons, but it's also equipped with vulcan guns, an arm-mounted cannon and a handheld machine gun. The Orb Union obtains several ZuOOTs for testing their Astray mobile suits' beam weaponry.

YMF-01B Proto GINN

Model number(s): YMF-01B; ZGMT-01
Code name(s): Proto GINN; GINN Trainer
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Asimov Design Bureau
Operator: Earth Alliance
First deployment: C.E.65
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: MA-M3 heavy sword, stored on waist, hand-carried in use. 2 x M66 "Canus" short-range guided missile launcher, two missiles per launcher; M69 "Barrus" heavy ion cannon; M68 "Cattus" 500mm recoilless rifle; MMI-M8A3 76mm heavy assault machine gun

In C.E. 65, ZAFT revolutionizes modern warfare with the creation of the mobile suit. Developed in secret, the YMF-01B Proto GINN is a humanoid mobile weapon, in contrast to the mobile armors and fighter jets used by the Earth Alliance. As the prototype of the final production model, the ZGMF-1017 GINN, the Proto GINN features fewer thrusters and an overall lower speed. After production begins on the standard GINN, the aging Proto GINN is re-designated as the ZGMT-01 GINN Trainer. In its new role, the GINN Trainer serves as the first mobile suit used by ZAFT pilot trainees. The Orb Union obtains several proto-GINNs for testing their Astray mobile suits' beam weaponry.

MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Colored Frames

Model number: MBF-P02
Code name: Gundam Astray Red, Gold, Blue, Green, Silver Frame(s)
Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Morgenroete, Inc
Operator: Orb Union
Rollout: 10 January C.E. 70
First deployment: 25 January C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 17.53 meters
Weight: max gross weight 49.8 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; optional flight unit; optional salvage unit; optional Power Loader mecha unit; optional Ddraig Head
Fixed armaments: 2 x "Igelstellung" 75mm multi-barrel CIWS, mounted on head; 2 x beam saber, power rating unknown, mounted on shoulders, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: shield, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments: Type 71 beam rifle, power rating unknown;

When the Earth Alliance begins a project to build its own mobile suits, the initial work is done in conjunction with the Morgenroete research facility on the Orb space colony Heliopolis. While Orb assists in the research, they have an ulterior motive: steal the data from the Alliance to build their own mobile suits. From the stolen data, Orb constructs five prototype Gundam Astray units. While Orb is able to copy the Alliance's beam saber and beam rifle technology, they are unable to duplicate the Phase Shift armor and compensate by making the Astrays light and maneuverable. As with the Alliance suits, the Astrays are equipped with hand plugs to exchange energy and data with its carried weapons. The Alliance and Orb use different hand plugs, and only weapons designed for the Astray can be used without any modifications. However, the Red Frame is capable of emitting beam energy from its hand plugs for use as an emergency weapon. The development of the Astray project is interrupted when ZAFT attacks Heliopolis on January 25, C.E. 71. With the Five Astray Units engaging a ZAFT infiltration team . . .

Important OC Character List

ZAFT

Euphemia V. Kaladin: Former leader of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Known as The Pale Horseman or "Death." Little is known about her outside her terrifying piloting skills. She is a short younger woman, with dark, blood red hair.

Kise Grain: Former member of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse, although the least infamous one, and also a famous model on the PLANTs. Known as The Black Horseman or "Famine." He is tall and lanky, with bright blond hair, clear blue eyes, and high cheek bones.

Civ Tsukishima: Former member of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Known as The Red Horseman or "War." Civ is bald, with dark tanned skin, and is covered in tattoos from head to toe with symbols that denote the number of enemies he has killed. He is known for only using close range equipment.

Victor Clock: Former member of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Known as the White Horseman or "Conquest." Victor's parents did not alter his appearance before birth and thus he looks unassuming and possesses a pale complexion.

Selina Laconey: Captain of the Nazca class warship, Titan. She is known for her colorful language, disrespectful attitude, but has instincts that border on a sixth sense that allows her to make incredible tactical decisions. She is tall, slim, and has a pinched face.

Zendal Marduke: One of the oldest coordinators on the PLANTs, a friend of George Glenn when he was a child, Zendal is a genius. The father of the mobile suit and N-Jammer, Zendal is known as the Cosmic Era's 'Einstein' and he works under ZAFT's Asimov Design Bureau. He wears flamboyant outfits, with bright royal blues and reds, and a bronze eyepatch.

Atlantic Federation

Captain Hendrik Tallee: Captain of the carrier, Dauntless, an old soldier who has seen many battlefields.

Lieutenant Commander Shoko Emena: Commander of Zero Squadron, a cold woman who hides her feelings behind a mask of suspicion, reason, and logic. She is mixed, her parents being both British and Asian, giving her the paler skin than most Asians and a sharp British accent.

Ensign Kazaku Archer: Shoko's second in command and 'brother'/handler of Sinn Archer. A trusting, friendly pilot with a responsible demeanor. He lost his entire family because of the war.

Ensign Sinn Archer: Zero Squadron's B-CPU Unit 000. Prototype of the B-CPU series that the Alliance will later produce. Sinn is emotionless and serious; she obeys her 'brother.' Sinn is also the only volunteer the Extended program will ever receive.

Ensign Adam Harris: Pilot in Zero Sqaudron, a cocky, arrogant, and uncouth man who enjoys alcohol, women, and shooting down ZAFT pilots. Despite his bluster, Adam cares deeply about Zero Squadron.

Ensign Risa Melacoli: Pilot in Zero, quiet and timid, Risa rarely makes herself heard. She has a secret.

Nurse Jen Roddenberry: An elderly nurse from the Dauntless and an old academy friend of Captain Hendrik.

Petty Officer Connor Buchanan: Backup helmsman for the Archangel, former mobile armor pilot, and citizen of born and raise on Heliopolis. He is a very tall man with an athletic build and is Ian Buchanan's brother.

Eurasian Military

Lieutenant Commander Cesare Hevalaska: known as 'The Reaper of ZAFT.' A legend known in the Earth Alliance as one of the best pilots to come out of Eurasia; however, his personality is terrible. Cease has been described as an oversexed, misogynistic, dinosaur.

Lieutenant Angelica Lawson: Second in command to in Cesare's squadron. She is deeply devoted to Cesare despite, or maybe in spite of, how badly he treats her.

Captain Pierre Bezukhov: One of Garcia's men and a high ranking officer on Artemis. Known for his negative personality, suspicion of the Atlantic Federation, and the two tuffs of blond hair that poke out from under his hat.

Gunnery Sergeant Roberta Sokolov: The head of Artemis security. She is deadly, who is able to kill easily and without remorse, a true professional soldier.

Orb Military

Grey Sazabi: Pilot of the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame. A reckless pilot out to prove himself to the world, especially to blond women. He is in love with his fellow pilot, Wendy Douglass, but cannot get over his ego to open himself up to her.

Wendy Douglas: Pilot of the MBF-P01 Gundam Astray Gold Frame. A determined, confident, fierce pilot who feels responsible for her entire team. She has a dry sense of humor and does not seem to notice Grey's advances.

Ian Buchanan: Pilot for the Orb Defense Force around Heliopolis and self-proclaimed 'expert 'hacker and engineer. He is a bigger, burly man who is built like a bear. He is Connor's brother.

Civilians

Jim Kato: Contractor who works under the Earth Alliance in developing the G-Weapons. Employer of Kira and friends for help with 'technical projects.'

Seis Fatale: An attractive graduate assistant who works under Jim Kato in helping to develop the G-Weapon OS. She works closely with Kira and his friends. Seis loves her work, but she is a bit of a weirdo who easily loses track of conversation threads.

Jessica Peters: One of Flay's good friends. She is not known for her intelligence or critical thinking skills. In fact, she is a bit of a moron.

Author's note: And that was Gundam Seed The Origin Phase 1! To the knowledgeable Gundam fan out there, you will see that it is based off Mobile Suit Gundam the Origin Manga. Obviously with several changes, different characters, and rearranged events…but the idea of doing a more fleshed out story of Gundam Seed, following some plot points of the fantastic Origin intrigued me! Thus I decided just to do it! Besides, how often do we hear that Seed is a 'copy of the original Gundam'?

So come along on this adventure! It is going to be fun! And yes, the Astray's are in this series…for how long? Find out!

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