Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Unicorn Awakens

Prologue

The year is UC 0096. Seventeen years have passed since the apocalyptic One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon. Despite their best efforts, Londo Bell has been unable to eliminate the last Zeon remnants, the Sleeves, due to interference from the excessive bureaucracy present in the Federal government.

The Sleeves, remnants of the Second Neo-Zeon, have united all Zeon remnant groups from the past (Delaz Fleet, Axis…) under leadership of Full Frontal, known by the masses as the "Second Coming of Char". Despite their lack of resources, the Sleeves have managed to avoid heavy engagements with the Federation, relying in guerrilla warfare and hit-and-run tactics.

At Industrial 7, the millenarian Vist Foundation had offered the Sleeves an object that could mean Mankind's Rebirth, or the End of the World: the Box of Laplace. The leader of the Foundation, Cardeas Vist, hopes that the Sleeves will have the capability of using this "Box" for the greater good, as he has grown disillusioned with the Federation.

However, the Federation Security Council catches on with this operation, and being manipulated by the scheming Martha Vist Carbine, the Federation sends in their elite corps, Londo Bell, to interfere in this transaction.

As this happens, another faction, which has been in hiding for the last century, also catches on with the plans of both the Federation and the Sleeves, and races against time to get this Box themselves...