Prologue – Introduction

The Autonomous Peace-Keeping Force, or A-Laws to be simple, is a splitter group within the ESF Army. They follow their own military hierarchy; for example, even a mere Private of the A-Laws ranked above the highest decorated ESF officer, and the group answers only to the ESF Parliament in Brussels.

Their goal is to implore and enforce the unification of the world, but that is only a façade. Amidst their missions, fourteen massacres were committed by them or perhaps much more. The public will not be made aware of their atrocities, blinded under the protection of the ESP and looking highly to the A-Laws.

However, there are some who are aware of the reality placed before them. They form what that would be called "Die Reihenfolge der Schwarze Ritter", fighting against the tyrannic regime of the A-Laws but demonised as common terrorists. Realistically, they stand no chance with their old Mobile Armour empowered solar and chemical against the GN technology the A-Laws wield.

Within these five years, the Asteroid Belt was beginning its colonisation by the ESF. Due to the world's unification, the world halted much of its struggle on Earth and focused more on outer space.

However, several trails of crimson light were trailing in the blackness of space. They were a squad of three Mobile Suits; two of them were red versions of the GN-X. However, they carried a Lance as their main weapon of choice. These were the third generation of the GN-X series, the GN-XIII.

They were led by a different unit than the GN-X. Like the GN-X series, it had four eyes in a cross format and plated with red armour. It was more bulky compared to the GN-X and it held a Beam Rifle in its hands, with a GN Shield fixed into the left arm. That was the Ahead, a special Mobile Suit made only for the A-Laws.

"Major, we are heading towards our target," a GN-XIII pilot said.

"Major, we have detected aggressor units on the radar," the other GN-XIII pilot reported.

"Ok, let's make do with the usual," the Ahead pilot said.

From the asteroids, several other Mobile Suits appeared to confront the GN-XIII and Ahead. They were two EU Enacts Space-Types and one Tieren Space-Type. Unlike their standard colouring, these units were painted jet-black. This convinced anyone that they were of the Schwarze Ritters.

The two GN-XIIIs took off to attack the enemy units head-on, and fired on them via the emitters in their GN Lances. While the 2 Enacts fled the strike, the Tieren was shot in its water tank and its legs exploded.

The Ahead went in for the final blow on the Tieren. The Tieren resisted with its smoothbore at first, but that did almost nothing to the Ahead. In return, the Ahead grabbed something with its left hand and pulled it out – a Beam Sabre. With one slash, he cut the Tieren right across and destroyed it.

The GN-XIIIs were chasing the Enacts in deep space. While the Enacts fired out linear bullets, the advanced GN-XIIIs easily dodge the attacks and fired on the Enacts instead. One of those Enacts had its arm shot off and left vulnerable.

Then, the GN-XIII came up from behind and pierced the Enact through. With the pilot dead, the Enact itself exploded as well. As for the other Enact, the GN-XIII continued to fire on it until all was left was the head, main body and its left arm. One final blast shot through its cockpit and the frame blew up.

"Enemy units pacified," they reported.

"Excellent, the plan proceeds as briefed earlier," the Major said, "I have detected the target. Come with me."

The three GN-powered Mobile Suits then flew up to an asteroid in the Belt. The GN-XIII plunged their GN Lances into the asteroid and pried it open. Inside, there were hundreds of people inside the asteroid and they panicked as they saw the GN-XIII.

"No! It's the A-Laws!" one of them yelled, "they had found us!"

The GN-XIII held a canister in its hand and pressed a switch on it. Then, it dropped it into the asteroid. With that done, all three of them fled the asteroid at once. In a matter of seconds, the whole asteroid exploded.

ESF Hegemon's Office, ESF Parliament, Brussels

In the hierarchy of the ESF, the Hegemon ran as the de facto leader under the Global Assembly and Supreme Council of Ministers. The current officeholder of the Hegemon had always be the same since its foundation five years ago; former Spanish Prime Minister Schneizal.

He looked over the streets of Brussels from his office, a penthouse suite on top of the entire Parliament Building. He then faced a screen on his desk; there was a audio call involved.

"So I have heard… your little watchdogs have eliminated yet another Schwarze Ritter base in the Asteroid Belt," a voice similar to V2 said, "or you would prefer them destroying an asteroid that would potentially crash into the Pacific."

"That will do nicely for us, and keeps the people in line," Schneizal said, "They will never appreciate the effort we have put in, all for the sake of unification."

"I understand your pain, and I will continue to aid you," V2 said.

"Of course, it is thanks to you and Veda that information is secured," Schneizal said, "or else we would be having a mass riot down there, not this peaceful utopia."

"I look forward to the end of all this soon," Schneizal said, "we do hold high expectations of you."

"Worry not, it's that my group is destined for," V2 said.