Pursuing Gundam Unit 2, the Albion set sail into the sea of stars.
The sea of stars is vast and endless...
...and seemed to encourage the growth of young relationships.
But awaiting them there was a powerful new enemy.
Old grudges from the One Year War...
...surged like waves to strike Uraki.
A wounded Gundam Unit 1.
The echoing voice of Delaz.
Seeing Uraki in desperate danger...
...Nina confronts undeniable feelings in her heart.
There's no winner of this fight as I collapse, now exhausted.
I look up to the stars above...
...and don't even have the strength to cry.
I don't need, don't need yesterday anymore.
I don't need dreams that have crumbled away.
I got a burning heart! I just wanna keep on running!
Just chasing the thrill that's shooting through my heart!
Feelings that you just can't describe with words...
...are enough to ignite even a frozen heart!
I got a burning love! Burning with shining blue fire.
Fire that'll spread until it covers all the stars in the sky.
I got a burning heart! Love is such a lonely battle.
But is it one that will consume the world in flames?
THE WARRIOR OF VON BRAUN
Lock it down with the cables! Quit standing around!
Get another guy over here!
Move it! We're landing in Von Braun!
Christ on a crutch, he really totalled that thing!
The guys at Anaheim are gonna be crying with joy over this.
Hey, at least they didn't blow up the Albion.
Thanks to him?!
Hmpf! Gloomy SOB, ain't he?
Well, in any case, it got us some shore leave for a change.
What? Seriously?! Hey, Nina! How about a date?
You mean we're not getting any more support?!
The Federal Forces are adopting a conservative attitude towards this.
The senior staff doesn't take the Delaz Fleet threat seriously.
There are no more ships I can use my authority to send to you.
Please understand.
Captain Synapse, you're the only one I can depend on now.
Do your best. Over and out.
If we wait for Delaz to move, it'll be too late.
Captain, we're receiving a message from the Von Braun port authority.
We're clear to dock at the space port in block 1.
All passengers ofthe Colloid's 4:20 PM flight to Hong Kong:
Please report to gate 13 for boarding.
Man, that fresh air tastes good!
It'd be perfect if Nina was here with me!
Turned you down again, huh?
You...! Why, you...! Nina's got work, you know?! Work!
Nina!
- Hi, there! - Nina!
Guys!
Wow! Nothing but babes! Are they all your friends, Nina?
- Welcome home, Nina. - How are you?
We heard all about it! What an ordeal!
Director O'Sullivan!
I trust you're unharmed, Ms. Purpleton.
Sorry to have made you all worry about me, sir.
Still, that was a foolish thing to do.
You sent Unit 1 out into space combat...
...before it was equipped for zero-gravity use, didn't you?
I'm sorry, sir. I bear full responsibility.
I see. The captain told me he wanted Unit 1 repaired and...
...equipped for space combat by the day after tomorrow.
The day after tomorrow? That'll be a real rush-job.
Can you handle it, Nina?
Sir, I'd like to help out on this! Please let me do it!
Put all the data you've gathered into a report.
- I'll read it tomorrow morning! - Yes, sir!
Oh, it's time for night.
It's starting.
At 5907, which would make the Minovsky particle density...
C'mon, Scott! Can't you think about something else for a change?
L-L-Like what?
Like this!
S- Simone, you're drunk!
Lieutenant Burning!
Uh-oh.
Lieutenant! Sir, come on!
C'mon, Kou, drink up! Enjoy yourself! Enjoy!
Right...
Good boy!
And that's when I, Monsha, Federation ace, arrived on the scene!
Really? Wow!
Oh, yeah! And I tore those Delaz Fleet guys a new one, I tell you what!
So, you must be a Gundam pilot, right?
The Gundam? The Gundam's wrecked...
'Cuz they had a newbie pilot in it!
Hey, Ur-r-raki, you sure caused trouble for the guys at Anaheim!
They'll be pullin' all-nighters to get it fixed.
This any time for you to be drinkin' and enjoyin' yourself?
Or was it too hard on you seein' the Gundam all wrecked like that?
Lieutenant Monsha...
Well? How'd it feel, Ensign?
Kou? Kou!
Serves ya right!
You're in a bad mood, huh, Mr. Feddie?
Gonna just run into us without even a how do you do?
This ain't Earth you know, pal.
Not everyone here on Luna follows what the Federation does.
Okay, my turn now.
It's too soon to be going to sleep now.
- What a wimp! - Let's go!
Oh? A mobile suit pilot, huh?
G- Give it back...!
You better train more.
Or else the Delaz Fleet'll eat you alive.
Nina! Hm, you're really working hard on this.
Making deadline won't be easy. We need to push ourselves a bit.
- Want some coffee? - Please.
Listen, Nina...
I know you're Miss Career Woman and everything...
...but if you don't relax once in a while, you'll burn out.
I'm fine.
You aren't letting what happened in the past affect you now, are you?
Of... Of course not!
You should let yourself fall in love again.
You can balance your career and a relationship this time.
I... I just...
Or is Mr. Gundam enough for you?
Where...?
Um... Excuse me.
You hungry?
Wash your face, then we'll eat.
I've been waiting for you. You came sooner than expected.
Anaheim really knows how to do business.
You put your big Feddie clients' ship up in space port 1...
...and stick us down here in the resource transfer dock?
Oh, but weren't you told beforehand?
Hmpf! I'd appreciate a bit more timely information from now on.
If the Feddies are watching when our supply ships dock here...
...we'll drop a colony on Luna.
I'll bear that in mind, Ms. Cima.
Look... I...
If you're a soldier, then speak like a man!
Y- Yes, sir.
You a deserter?
You came in on that Federal Forces ship yesterday, didn't you?
Lateura, never mind my coffee. I'll see you tonight.
And you can just make dinner for me.
Thanks for yesterday.
My name's Kou Uraki. I'm a mobile suit pilot.
Why'd you desert? Get scared in battle?
No, but because of me a mobile suit got...
Then resign! If that's how you feel, do it as fast as you can.
If only I could...
Hey!
Th- This is...!
A mobile armor from the One Year War!
It still works, right?
Get away from it!
Listen, this is junk! It's my hobby!
Don't go near it again!
Still no word from Uraki?
No, sir, not at all.
Dammit, that kid's a pain and a half...
Hm, according to this, it's divided into several levels.
If he went down to the bottom, it'll be really hard.
But the lowest levels are just the factories and junk yards.
Hey! Didn't you understand what I said?!
Dammit, if you don't cut it out...!
This board's burnt out. You need to replace it.
Listen! I don't have the money to hire anyone!
That's all right. Just let me stay here for a little while.
You're not going back to your ship?
I don't know.
I didn't even realize I'd deserted till you mentioned it.
Do what you want!
By the way, I know this is sorta out of the blue...
...but if I had these parts, I could probably fix this.
Gimme that!
I'll get 'em for you.
So, you still haven't found Kou?
No, I haven't heard anything, either.
Kou...
Miss Lateura, when did you...?
Why? Why are you helping your enemy?!
Enemy?
Kelly had almost given up on fixing it.
You're with the Federal Forces!
I just wanted to stay here a little while.
Because you're a deserter?
But Kelly lost his arm in the One Year War!
That's why he had to quit being a mobile suit pilot!
It's still tearing him up inside!
Kelly was a pilot?
Yes, hello? Please connect me to that Federal Forces ship in port.
Yes, the one that came in yesterday.
In response to the just Spacenoid desire for freedom...
... the Federation builds up its crushing military might!
All to pluck it out as it buds!
I know this is true because I've seen the prooF.
Observe! The results of our battle!
This Gundam was developed for the purpose of nuclear attack!
This machine, a clear violation of the Antarctic Treaty...
... and developed in secret, is clear evidence...
... of the accursed Federation's evil intentions!
Kou, where have you gone?! Are you really this weak?!
It's even better than I thought!
Who'd guess this was hidden in here?
But, with your handicap...
I'm modifying it to be piloted one-handed.
It'll be 90% effective.
As to be expected of Lt. Kelly Layzner.
Having this for Operation Stardust will come in handy.
Th- The Delaz Fleet!
But will it be ready in time? We leave port tomorrow.
If you don't make it, you're out of the operation.
T- Tomorrow?! Well, I'll try my best.
I expect nothing less.
Kelly!
What's wrong? You're white as a sheet.
Those people were from the Delaz Fleet!
And you used to be a Zeon pilot!
It's rude to eavesdrop, you know!
Yeah, it's true!
But I never asked you to help me fix that mobile armor!
Lateura's worried about you!
A coward like you has no right to lecture me!
Got a problem with that?! If you do, then come and get me!
If you don't, then turn tail and run away!
GOD DAMN YOU!
Kelly, stop it!
Why, you...!
Enough! Let it go...
You can't do it, Kelly!
I won't be some beaten-down dog!
No matter what it costs!
Go away! Just go away!
I heard from Mora.
That you were down here.
Aren't you busy with your work at Anaheim?
"If you don't relax once in a while, you'll burn out," huh?
Were you able to work some of it out?
Come on, let's go back to the Albion.
Kou?
I'm not going back yet.
There's still something I have to do.
I need to find what's bothering me deep inside.
I will come back. I promise. Tell the captain that.
Kou!
Thanks for everything!
Kou, the Gundam trial will be at Anaheim's Livermore plant!
Tomorrow morning at ten!
Why'd you come back?!
I'm going back to my ship.
But I want to fix this before I do.
Out of pity?
No.
I was just thinking...
About what I'd do if I quit being a pilot.
I could make a living being a technician. But...
Lateura wants that sort of a life for me.
Living my life as a junk yard man wouldn't be so bad.
That's what I thought...
But I was wrong.
As much as I worked here in this junk yard and everything...
...I never felt like I really belonged here.
There's something deep in my heart...
I guess I'll always be a pilot.
Same with me.
Next time we meet, it'll be as enemies.
That punch before really worked.
Ensign Kou Uraki, returning to duty, sir!
Ensign! You forgot something!
Gundam Unit 1, Full Vernian...
MOVING OUT!
NEXT EPISODE
Gundam Unit 1 has been reborn as the Full Vernian.
Once more, Uraki stands at its side.
His new appearance brings a gleam to Nina's eyes.
But fate refuses to cease tormenting people.
Nina. Kelly. Uraki.
Tangled threads refuse to loosen...
...and on the lunar surface, the curtain rises on a battle.
WITH SHINING BLUE FIRE