MOBILE SUIT

GUNDAM
THE ORIGIN

YOSHIKAZU YASUHIKO
ORIGINAL STORY BY:
YOSHIYUKI TOMINO ¢ HAJIME YATATE

MECHANICAL DESIGN BY:

KUNIO OKAWARA
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Humanity

had been emigrating

excess populations to space
for over half
a century.

Hundreds of enormous space

colonies floated in orbit around
the Earth.
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of space
colonists
lived there,
had
children,
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Universal
Century
0079

Side 3,
the colony
farthest from
the Earth,
declared
itself the
Principality
of Zeon and
began to wage
a war for
independence
from the Earth
Federation.
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of fighting,
4 Principality
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together
slaughtered
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half of
humanity’s
total
population.
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eight entered a
months stalemate,
went
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 MASTER
SERGEANT,
THERE'S
A SIREN
GOING
OFF!

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IT’S ON
THE
OTHER
SIDE
OF THE
BARRIER.

“TROJAN
HORSE,”
SIR?
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JUNIOR
GRADE
BRIGHT,

«BEING
AT THE
FRONT,
I THINK.
 THOUGH
I HEAR
P| CHILOREN
THAT
igi ©=YOLING
ARE BEING

WE CAN
PUT AN BUT ONCE
END TO IT WE START
MASS-PRODUCING
THE GUNDAM,
THIS WAR WILL
BE OVER.

I 0O HOPE
YOU GOT
SOME REST,
 IT’S AT
BERTH,
DOCTOR.

BY TREATY,
MILITARY SHIPS
ARE NOT
ALLOWED
TO DOCK
AT SIDE 7,

RETURN
FLIGHT...

CIVILIAN
v— Av,
SECURITY ©
LAYER. §

MORE OF
THESE
WEIRD
NUMBERS
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SQ uke THIS
CWA IN HEREP
| SN ya
 ON THE
SUPPLY
SHIP
THAT JUST
DOCKEDP FI
 SUPPLIES
ARE PRETTY
LOw. IT’S My MOM SAID
HARD ON TO GET LOTS OF
EVERYONE. SUGAR AND FLOUR,
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CONCEN-
TRATION

IF THIS TAKES
A BAD TURN,
MAKE A RUN
FOR IT AND
PUT A MAYDAY
OUT TO LT.
COMMANDER
CHAR ON
THE SHIP.

Ss
EM
RA
cs
ET
AE
NR
T

| SHOULD
| WE
 THIS
MISSION
IS
RECON
ONLY.

RIGHT
NOW THE
LT. COM-
MANDER
WANTS
INFOR-
MATION,
 RICO-
CHET-
PROOF
WALLS,
HEAT-RAY |
WEAPON.

IT’S AN
OLD-
MODEL
MOBILE
SUIT.
 THEY
MUST'VE
USED IT
ASA
MOCK
TARGET.

DO WE HAVE
ANY BEAM
RIFLES WITH
THIS LEVEL OF
FIREPOWER?
 ENEMY
SIGHTED
I]
 THEY’RE
FIRING
VULCANS
!

SERGEANT
 MASTER
SERGEANT
MASTER /
SERGEANT
/
DION’T MY
DOA HYPER-
THING RIFLE
I
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 WHAT'S
COMING?!
SERGEANT
ASH,
RESPOND!

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TODAYP

FORGET
TRAINING...
GET IT IN
TRANSPORT,
IMMEDIATELY!

THIS IS
NOT A
TRAINING
EXERCISE
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“EAN
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STRUCTION
BLOCK
BARRIER
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ZAKU
UNITS
ARE
STILL
FIRING/!
 IT’S
ON THE
CARRIER,
READY
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WITHIN
THE
COLONY

THEY’RE
UNDER-
STAFFED
ON THE
GROUND.

T
THERE!

WHAT cAP-
ABOUT TAIN,
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SERGEANT MASTER
ASH'S
DETACHMENT SERGEANT
ENCOUNTERED DENIM
A HOSTILE... CHARGED
IN?!

MASTER
THE SERGEANT
COLONY DENIM
IS LOSING AND
AIR DUE LANCE
CORPORAL
TO AN
GENE
EXPLOSION MOVED
!
IN FOR
BACKUP.

£
AND
OBEYED
CLEARED THE
OUT OF THE MASTER
CONSTRUC- SARGE'S
TION BLOCK!
ORDER
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MZOD0

YOU'LL WILL 0O,

BE DE- NOW
BRIEFED RETURN
LATER! TO SHIP!

DETACH
THE SHIP
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THING?! FIGHTING
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 WE'LL FINO
EVERYONE'S
MOMMIES SOON,
OKAY?

YOU CAN
AT LEAST
wrap
BANDAGES,
RIGHTP
LIEUTENANT,
THEY ‘VE
SENT OUT
SOMETHING.
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SERGEANT.

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INJURED
AND
UNABLE
TO MOVE
el {
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A LIFT,
WOULO
yap
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AGAIN. WELL,
ar PACK ‘EM IN...

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 GUNDAM
MADE IT HERE,
WALKING
BY ITSELF!
THAT'S,

RELIEF,
 FIFTEEN I’M
YEARS
OLD!

I'VE BEEN orn ea

OPERATING IT
AND TOOK OUT
TWO ZAKUS!

== ABOUT THE

OUST
GET THE
GUNDAM
ABOARD.
 WITH
THAT
GETUPP

WE'LL
GET
THE UNIT | fo

THERE!
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AREN'T

SO THE
SIMULA-
TIONS
WEREN'T
REALLY
 MISS YASHIMA f,
MAY BE YOUNG,
BUT IT’S NOT
AS THOUGH OUR
FORCES HAVEN'T
BEEN FULL OF
OUTSTANDING
FEMALE OFFICERS.
 WE
ARE IN
POSITION
FOR
TAKEOFF
!
PERMISSION
TO
LAUNCH!

AIRLOCKS
ON EVERY
BLOCK!

DONS
HAVE:
MUCH
OF A
CHOICE
 EQUIP MY ZAKU
ANO SLENDER’S WITH
TYPE 1 GEAR AND
PREPARE TO LAUNCH
US ALONG THE
LASER LINE.
 I’M I've
NOT GIVEN
USUALLY THEM
S$ O PLENTY
PATIENT. OF TIME

HATCH!
QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE
BEAM RIFLE
Pl
 ARE
YOU ON
STANDBY
7 AMURO,
COME IN!
 WITH THE
CURRENT BATTLE
CAPABILITIES OF

OUT AGAINST
A MUSAI’S
FIREPOWER,
CO

IT’S NOT
ALITTLE
 RELEASE ALL ANTI-Ale
MINOVSKY BLOCKS,
PARTICLES GEAR UP
AT BATTLE FOR INTER-
DENSITY! DICTION!
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CATAPULT
!
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wa

am : . a
 HIGH-HEAT
SOURCES
EVASIVE APPROACHING

Te
ACTION, f

JUST
SHOOT
OUT THE
MISSILES,
RIGHT?
 OUT BOTH
MISSILES!

SUITS!
 CHAR
SINGLE-
HANDEDLY
SCRAPPED
FIVE OF
OUR
BATTLE-
SHIPS.
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(f
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poh

YOU
DON’T
STAND
A
CHANCE

ZAKU!!
WITHOUT
EVEN
USING
THE
BEAM
RIFLE!
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4

Anil TTqL
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7 BEHIND THE
 THEY'VE
GOT HIM
PINCERED,

ARM THE
Wy STARBOARD
MEGA-
PARTICLE
CANNONS!
LOSING

MOBILITY
WHEN
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HAVE TO
TELL ME...
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SUSPECTED ;
AS MUCH...
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6000 euEss
MATCH | THEY'RE
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LASER
COMM
CIRCUIT
IS

LAST EVENING,
T WAS ALL
THANKS READY TO
TO your CELEBRATE
ff, OAWOLING THE COMPLETION
OF your
MISSION.

THE
BANQUET
I ORDERED
PREPARED
TOTALLY
WENT TO
WASTE.
 WE NOW HAVE
A COMPLETE
GRASP OF
THE FEDERATION
FORCES’
OPERATION V.

THAT
“SUPPLY SHIP” f
1S OUTFITTED
AS HEAVILY CONSTRUCTION
AS A STATE- L BLOCK ON SIDE 7
OF-THE-ART INDEEO TURNED
BATTLESHIP y
‘ S OUT TO BE
A MOBILE SUIT
FACTORY.

THAT IS
SOME
INTEL.
6000
woORrK,

4
lE i D') ¢
nncgyig
ze
 IT MAY THAT’S HOW
VERY WELL CAPABLE
DETERMINE THE ENEMY’S
NEW MOBILE
SUIT IS.

WE WILL
SEIZE THE
MOBILE
SUIT,
IT WILL ANO AS
BURN. FOR THE
SsHipP—

TOUCH
OOWN
ON EARTH
INTACT.

THIS IS
MORE
LIKE IT,
WE CAN'T
AFFORD IT’SA
RECK- PROTOTYPE,
LESS WE DON’T
USAGE! HAVE SPARE
PARTS LYING
AROUND.

WE'VE
ENTRUSTED
THE GUNDAM
TO YOU AND
YOU'RE ITS
PILOT!
 KNOW
THAT OUR
SITUATION
IS SUCH
THAT I
HAVE TO.
EVEN KNOW...
IF T CAN...
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 The asteroid
-Juno was hauled
into Earth’s orbit
- exactly. opposite
the moon for use
in colony —Luna II—
construction. -
At its widest,
-_itis 180 km
. across.

Here, at the point

farthest from the
Principality of
the Federation Zeon,
Forces have their
only off-planet
military base...
 CANNED
RATIONS,
EVERY-
ONE!

ISN'T THERE
ANYTHING
ELSE ON
THE MENUP
 I'VE BEEN
ASKING FOR
SOME HOT
WATER FOR
FORMULA...

YOU MEAN
THIS SHIP
ISNT
HEADING
STRAIGHT
FOR
EARTHP!
 SURVIVED
WHAT
HAPPENED
AT SIDE 7/
 I HEARD
YOU WERE
STUDYING
MEDICINE
BEFORE YOU
CAME TO
 : =
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4i coe

WE'VE BEEN
TRACING IT
THE WHOLE
TIME, SIR—
THERE’S NO
MISTAKE!
 I DOUeT
HE’LL COME

FIGHT NOW,
THOUGH...

WOULO HE
REALLY START
A BATTLE RIGHT
IN LUNA IT’S
BACKYARD

UNTIL WE REACH
AOMINISTERED
SPACE, ALL
YOU HAVE
TO DO IS KEEP
| AN EYE ON
| THE REAOCOUTS,

RATHER
THAN
ATTACKING.
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 ALL
CREWMEMBERS,
REPORT
TO THE
SECONDARY
BRIDGE
OPERATION
 ON THE
VERGE OF CHAR’S MUSAI
CRUISER,
RESUPPLYING
WHICH HAS BEEN
TO OFFSET PURSUING US,
ITS LOSSES! |S NOW

WE'VE
OBTAINED
SINCE
ESCAPING
 SIR, ISN'T IT
HIGHER PRIORITY
TO GET THE WILL WE
REFUGEES AND
STAND

en
INJURED TO
LUNA ITP! AROUND
WRINGING
our
HANDS,

THEY’RE
THEY’RE GETTING
EVEN UNRULY.
RUNNING MORE THAN THEY WON'T
AROUND IN Te THAT— PUT UP WITH
THEY'RE IN
BATTERIES. THE WAY!
THIS IS A
MILITARY
SHIP!

THEY’LL THEN FIGHT , I 7

ALREADY ALONGSIDE OON’T WE
BE DONE : DROP
RESUP- OFF THE
PLYING! PEFLIGEES

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op 7
 OH, IT
SUITS YOU,
AMURO!
AND IT’S
JUST THE
RIGHT SIZE!

‘ WE 00
| MOBILE HAVE A WAY
THE SAME SuIT y TO FIGHT
TACTIC ATTACK ] 3 WITHOUT
THE ENEMY ! 1 : PLITTING
USED TO mn WHITE BASE
HARASS j a IN THE LINE
us! OF FIRE!

WE ALSO
HAVE THREE ANDO, IF
LANO-BATTLE- THE ENEMY
EXCLUSIVE SHIP GETS
GUNTANKS THAT CLOSE
WE CAN USE, ENOUGH
TO THE . Y HOW
SURFACE, [ MANY
; GUN-
CANNONS

WHO'S
GOING
TO PILOT
 WELL, I CAN
PILOT IT... MASTER
BUT I'MMA SERGEANT ABE
NEED A ANDO HIS
GUNNER, CO-PILOT FOR

IT’S ALWAYS
BEEN SAID, SIR—
“PULL BACK IF ESSENCE
YOUR OPPONENT OFA
ATTACKS, AND MATCH
IS TO SEIZE
ATTACK WHEN
HE PULLS BACK”! CHANCES
AS THEY
ARISE!

RYU JUST
GAVE ME
SOME
DION’T HANOS-ON
KNOW TRAINING
AT WITH AA
YOU HAD LEAST,
ITIN YA, GUNS.
THEY DO
HAYATO/S IN JUDO
L~ORRS WORRY

ALL
| RIGHT.
iS)Q iora fe) a a 2
ear) w
Lo,
5BS° OE
 I OON’T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT
WEAPONRY, BUT
AT THE CONVOY
RACES PEOPLE
KNOW THE NAME
KAI SHI OEN.
 YOU'LL GO
OUT IN THE
GUNDAM,

THE
GUNDAM
1S BEING
REPAIRED
!

MAINTENANCE
ON THE POWER
SYSTEMS IS
ALL DONE,
SO WITH JUST
ALITTLE
MORE TIME,
 ANO WE
CAN'T BE
RECKLESS
WITH IT,
ISN'T THAT
 AZOQ-MM
ar

LIKE AMURO
SAYS, WE WE CAN
SHOULD AVOID ACE THIS
DEGRADING OPERATION,
IT AS MUCH EVEN |
AS POSSIBLE.

THEN USE THE

TIME TO GET
THE GUNDAM’
CONDITION
 CHAR’S
MUSAI IS
NAVIGATING

ANO
APPROACHING
THE SURFACE
TO CONNECT
WITH A
SUPPLY
SHIP!

THEY'LL
PROBABLY TRY
TO TRANSFER
THE SUPPLIES
INSIDE THIS
CRATER.

WE CAN SURMISE
THAT BOGEY WILL
FILL THE CRATER
WITH MINOVSKY
PARTICLES
 I CAN’T
BELIEVE
THE BEAT-LIP
OLD BOAT
IS STILL IN
SERVICE.
 INTHE | THE
MIDDLE [| GREAT
OF AN : RED
OPERATION COMET
? NEEDS
SUPPLIES

BUNGLE
IT, NOW,
DID You

WE GOT INTO
A TUSSLE
WITH A NEW
Fi MOBILE SUIT
WELL, . is MODEL OF
NEVER £ THE ENEMY’S.
MIND <
THE
DETAILS

GET THOSE
CONVEYOR
PIPES
OOCKED,
Now!

THIS PLACE
IS SO
THICK WITH
MINOVSKY
PARTICLES,
 THEY’RE
GONNA WHAT,
SEE THAT. IS THAT
HAYATO’S
TANKP
IOIOT!

CONTINUING
APPROACH
AT CURRENT
VELOCITY!

SOON WE
SHOULD HAVE
A VISUAL ON
THE TARGET
CRATER.

R
fe)
SG
E
R

THE ENEMY IS
STATIONARY
AND HAS
COMMENCED |
RESUPPLYING. }
 THEN, AT
YOUR SIGNAL, DON'T RUSH,
EMERGE OVER SLOWLY
THE RIM AND ENCIRCLE
CATCH THEM
INA
CROSSFIRE!

WE CAN'T
TERMINATING RISK THEM
EXCHANGES. INTERCEPTING
GOOD LUCk!

DEFEAT
 a JURURLNIA
,
= ee )\ = Aig oan
(0)re)Zz= w > re)x
PIPES
ARE IN
PLACE!
 THINK THIS

THE
BALANCE
1S ALL
OFF WHEN
THEY'RE
ATTACHED.

AN

IF YOU
HAVE ANY DELIVERING
COMPLAINTS, THE
TAKE IT UP ZAKUS!
WITH VICE
ADMIRAL
DOZLE!
IT ASKED FOR
ONE PLATOON.
BUT THERE ARE
ONLY THREE...
ANDO INITIAL
PRODUCTION
MODELS,
AT THAT?
 YOU SEE,
THE
BIGWIGS,
TOO, ARE
DOING
WHAT THEY

DOWNWARD
WITHOUT
EXPOSING
us TO
THEIR LINE
OF FIRE.
 A WHITE
MOBILE
SUIT,
AMONG
THE STRIKE
FORCE,

THEY ALL
APPEAR TO
BE OLD
MODELS,
sie!

HIT THEM
WITH EVERYTHING
WE HAVE.
KEEP THEM

MUST BE
THE TROJAN
HORSE—
HMPH, HAVING
GOTTEN THE PRETENDED
BETTER TO FLEE...
OF ME...
NO MEAN
BUNCH,
EVERYTHING
SHE'S
CARRYING
 fh
i)

~~

WE MIGHT
SUFFER FROM
FRIENOLY FIRE fi)
IF WE'RE NOT C( rN
CAREFUL...
 GUESS T’LL

| ee,
THOUGHT 7= - Pp
THEY 0? al
 AND NOW...
AT THE END...
ez
Welle
\ ie
—
 MEGA-
PARTICLE
CANNONS,
BOTH SIDE
re Sy >

, UNKNOWN
WITH WHAT , z ' VESSEL,
PERMISSION ARE ay 7% sGIVE YOUR
YOU ENGAGING | ™ NAME AND
WITH ZEON IN FLEET
THIS SPACE?! i AFFILIATION!
 UNLESS YOU
RESPOND
IMMEDIATELY,
A FRIENDLY
OR NOT,

€ 4&é hi

ye

UNDER THE
WE'RE
AUTHORITY
BRINGING
OF LUNA IT
your VERY WELL.
SHIP ae BASE
COMMANDER WE ACKNOWLEDGE
CUSTOD THAT YOU OO NOT
REAR
AOMIRAL INTENO TO
WATKEIN RESIST.
READING
MADA-
GASCAR
BEACON!
| HANDS IN
MOORING
STATIONS!

MAGELLAN
DOCKING
COMPLETE

WHITE BASE
IS NOW
| DOCKING!
 I'M
LUNA
It
CcCOM-
MANOER
WATKEIN,

you
MUST BE .
LTUS BRIGHT om Pin
NOA, ACTING jamin
CAPTAIN /
OF THE
TRANSPORT
SHIP
WHITE BASEP

I'VE ALSO
MADE AN
INQUIRY TO
JABLRO ae
REGARDING
tie SEAT.
CURRENT
MISSION.

I CANNOT
OVERLOOK
THE ACTIONS
Seri A © SAFETY OF
ey LUNA IT

sie,
WE NOW
HAVE ALL
THE Ceew OF |
Kee WHITE BASE
gone RANKING NCOS
HENS ANO ABOVE
fegnes IN CUSTODY!
THE
SHIP!
ALL
OTHERS,
INCLUDING
THE
REFUGEES,
 IF YOU'VE
SPOKEN TO JABURO, | THIS
THEN YOU TREATMENT
UNDERSTAND IS {
HOW SERIOUS COMPLETELY
OUR MISSION IS! HNGUSTIFIER:

SG WA >

AZ »—
é AES J,

WE COULD
HAVE TAKEN
OUT THE
RED COMET, TO DESTROY
THE FEDERATION'S CHAR’S
NEMESIS! MUSAL...

ARE YOU
SAYING WE
WERE IN
A BIT FAR, YOUR WAY,
AREN'T OR WHATP!
YOU, THAT'S
EXACTLY
WHAT
I'M
SAYING
{ I CAN'T
bi 4 FAULT
YOU DON'T ; your
| SEEM TO ae CANDOR.
UNDERSTAND HOWEVER
THE SITUATION. é
 AND YOU
DO NOT
UNDERSTAND HOW
STRATEGICALLY
CRITICAL
MAINTAINING
THE FRAGILE
TENSION you
DO NOT
UNDERSTAND
HOW THIS BASE,
LUNA IT,
HAS SURVIVED
ASA
LONE ISLAND

THERE IS
EVIDENCE THAT'S
THAT YOU NOT ALL!
DISREGARDED
THE FACT THAT
THE GUNDAM
ENTRUSTED
TO YOU IS

IF
IN LIGHT
NEEO @E,
OF your
MY MEN POSITION,
CAN TAKE
T MUST
OVER HOLD
YOU TO
ACCOUNT, THE UNIFORMS, WE HAD
WE HAO CAPTAIN TO
REPLACE
PERMISSION, THE CREW
TO DISTINGUISH WE LOST
AT SIDE
7—
TRANS-
PORTING REFUGEES...
THE
GUNDAM
TO JABURO,
 S ATLEAST
LET THE
REFUGEES
DISEMBARK!

THOUGH
I CAN’T
PROMISE
ANYTHING.

THE SHIP
SIMPLY OOESN’T
HAVE THE
CAPACITY TO
ACCOMMODATE
 BESIDES,
THE LOWER
LEVELS
ARE ALL
SOMEONE...
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vee
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a&z
 I THOUGHT
YOU COULON’T
GO OUT ON
THE MISSION
) BECAUSE YOU
WERE BUSY
FIXING LP
THE GUNDAM!

YOU EVEN Me.

GOT THIS erIGHT
FANCY ROOM AND THE
ALL TO
YOURSELF OTHERS
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WRONG?

AMURO...
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ZEON
SHIP IS
ATTACKING
 THEY'LL
RUN
IF WE
INTIMIDATE
THEM.

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 RELEASE
THE
ANCHOR
LOCKS!

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THEM AN
INCH ANDO
THEY TAKE
ARMOR
BLOCK,
ARE
YOU ON
STANDBY
ral

DETACHING
HOLD!
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TURN AND
B) APPROACH
THE
GATE!

GOOD LUCK,
MAGELLAN
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BATTLESHIP REALLY IN
ESCORTED IT THERE?
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WE WERE OFF
FIGHTING...
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I'VE BEEN
TRYING TO
GET AHOLD
OF THEM,

LIEUTENANT, [im
DON’T scace &

TLL
EXPLAIN
LATER,
SERGEANT.
ANDO REPAIRING
THE MAIN GATE,
AS FAST AS
WE CAN.

COM-
MANOER
WATKEIN,
 THERE'S
r NO NEED
HAPPENED FOR YOU
TO 8€ | TO BE SO
SUMMONED LIP jf} OEFERENTIAL
FROM RESERVE |}]| WITH ME.
OUTY FOR AN
EMERGENCY
MISSION...

TO ME,
CAPTAIN,
YOU'RE STILL
MY INSTRUCTOR
AT CADET
SCHOOL.

IN THE TRAINING
OVERALL po you |}
ASSESS- ||eEMEMBER
MENT WHAT |
BOxP T PUT
DOWN
 “REGARDING
BOTH
THEORY
AND
PRACTICE,
NOTHING
LEFT TO BE
DESIRED”

THE NEWLY
DEVELOPED THOSE
MOBILE SUIT YOUNG MEN
MIGHT ALTER ANDO WOMEN
THE COURSE OF TO WHOM
THIS WAR, BUT I HANDED OVER
THERE’S MORE MY SHIP
THAN THAT, ARE QUITE
PERHAPS CAPABLE...
THE ONLY
THING THAT
CAN CHANGE
THIS WORLD
OF OURS IS THE |
UNTRIED ENERGY
OF YOUTH...

TO THERE IS
THOSE JUST WHAT SOMETHING
YOUNG KINO OF T OFTEN
MEN ANO LEGACY you
WONDER KNOW,
HAVE WE
WATKEIN, |;
 THE WAR AND DEATH AND
DEVASTATION SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS
WE'VE WROUGHT AND ARROGANCE...
UPON NATURE,
WHICH HEAVEN
GRANTED US...

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——————

OF A SO THAT
CAPTAIN a wa Wee:

AOVENT
 sO,
GUNTANKS
COME IN
HANDY FOR
THIS STUFF
TOO, Ryu!
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 LAUNCH
PREPARA-|
TIONS

+
COMPLETE
!

PROCEED
TO THE
MAIN GATE.

ENGINE
 | IN
\ACCORDANCE
WITH THE
DIRECTIVE |—_
) FROM =
IRA) FEDERATION | =
HO, | :

WE WILL
NOW
PROCEED [|

WE PRAY
FOR YOUR
SUCCESS
AND SAFE
ARRIVAL IN
JABURO
Le
aes-
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SHIP MAY BE |
CARRYING
) THE FATE OF
f= THE WHOLE
FEDERATION,
 HURRY
up ANO
RECHARGE
THE
GLUNDAM‘S
POWER/

THE ONE
THAT KAI
FELLOW
PILOTED
ISN’T
USABLE,
ANYWAY...
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THE OXYGEN
GENERATORS.
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SOMETHING
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ALL WE HAVE
TO DO IS
FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS

SALAMIS

I DON’T
IMAGINE
HE’S JUST
GIVEN UP...

BUT
HE TOOK
SOME
SERIOUS
LOSSES,
TOO,

THE
MAKE | Ques-
up FOR e TION IS
THAT BY Py, TO WHAT
pesue- Wh <B> EXTENT
PLYING
 YOU'LL BE
ENTERING
THE AT-
MOSPHERE
| SHORTLY!

SALAMIS’
CAPSULE
!
 ANTENNAE
ARE ALREADY
RETRACTED
SO THE
VISUAL’S

JUST WHAT
ARE YOU
 WE ARE
AND YOU : am FORTUNATE

FOR THEM ae THREE ZAKS,

 : WE WILL @€
LAUNCHING \ / ENTERING
AN ATTACK AT EARTH'S
SUCH A TIME IS, : ATMOSPHERE
T BELIEVE, ve IN 20
A MANEUVER r j = MINUTES,
WITHOUT

NEITHER THIS
SHIP NOR
A ZAKU CAN
WITHSTAND
THE HEAT OF
ATMOSPHERIC

THE PRIMARY
TARGET IS
THE TROJAN

THE
SECONDARY
TARGET,
THE ENEMY’S
MOBILE
SUIT.
 THE
I’M SALAMIS
TRACING HAS
ITS PATH! LAUNCHED

CAPSULE!

WILL LEAVE
YOU HERE.

THE MUSAL..,
LT. REED AND
THE SALAMIS
HAVEN'T
NOTICED
 EVERYONE,
We'LL BE
ENTERING THE
ATMOSPHERE
SOON!

REALLy,
THERE
ISN'T
 THEY'VE
LAUNCHED
ZAKUS/

ANO
CLOSING THEY’RE
IN AT
HIGH
SPEED!

CAN YOU
THINK OF
ANOTHER
way TO
FIGHT OFF

JUST WE
Buy A CAN
LITTLE DO
TIME... THIS
 CEPT
ZAKUS ARE [— THEM,
COMING IN AMURO!
FROM
PORTSIDE
AHEAD!

THAT’S HOW
WELL THEY
RESUPPLIED
HIM.

COME
BACK
FOUR
MINUTES
AFTER
LAUNCH!
ALTITUDE
AND THE
TIME
LEFT!
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; :
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THE
GUNDAM?!
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EXPECT
ANY LESS IT’S
FROM THE COME
FEDERATION'S FOR US,
NEW MOBILE JUST
SUIT! AST
THOUGHT,
” A

i
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NO CRYING,
OKAyP
NO CRYING!
MINUTES : a\ vf é :
TO OUST y I i ; ALTITUDE
ELT S » NOW
ENTey! { y " UNDER
100!
PLEASE

SALAMIS
CAPSULE
COMING
ABOARD!
 L I E
Sa BRIGHTU T E N A N T
| T
Y

IS STILL
FIGHTING ——
 IS
FIGHTING
NONE
OTHER i
THAN your
CAPSULE IS
CURRENTLY
OCCUPYING
THE STERN

ARE ABOUT
TO TURN
THE HIGHEST
SECRET
OF THE
FEDERATION
FORCES INTO
SPACE OUST!

H@ IS GOING T’LL BE |
TO HEAR TESTIFYING
SO LONG Bs ee AGAINST
YAL YOU WHEN
M eA a OF yours! WE GET TO
JABURO!
JABURO
ALIVES

CARE
WHAT
PEOPLE
WILL SAY
 —
a”
\- Taz
on

i
 PLEASE
RETREAT
INTO THE
CAPSULE!

WAS IT
mene TA

NO WAY
ARTESIA
WOULD BE
 GENTLE MORE ARTESIA
CROWN!
IS ALSO

OPERATION
was
SUCCESSFUL!

IT’S TOO
LATE FOR
THAT ONE
TO BE
RETRIEVED.
YOU'RE
AMURO STILL
HASN'T COME
BACKP!
SUPPOSED
TO DO
Pi
 THAT
MOBILE
SUIT IS
COMMUNI-
CATING

IT
SHOULD
HAVE
BURNED
up,

DON'T TELL ME —uq

THAT JUST 2. THE FEDERATION
MIGHT BE FORCES BUILT
THE CASE. A MOBILE SUIT
THAT CAN
WITHSTAND:
ATMOSPHERIC
ENTRYP

THE WEST
COAST OF
NORTH
AMERICA,
 LOOK,
YOU CAN
SEE THE
OCEAN!

MOM,
you
WERE
BORN
HERE,
RIGHTP
 THAT'S
RIGHT,
YOU'VE
NEVER
SEEN THE |
EARTH
BEFORE,
| Have you, |
 T MIGHT
HAVE TO
GIVE uP
THAT
SOBRIQUET
 THAT WAS THE
PRICE FOR
BLOWING THE ARE YOU
I'D SAY COVER ON THE TALKING ABOUT
IT WAS FEDERATION'S LOSING AN
WORTH OPERATION V. ENTIRE ZAKU
IT.
PLATOON?

HOW WILL TAILING

T EVER THE ENEMY’S
FACE HIS TRANSPORT SHIP
EXCELLENCY ANO NEW MOBILE
OOZLEP SUIT, I LOST
TWO MORE.

MY
BROTHER
ISN'T
REALLY THAT
PARTICULAR.

IS IT REALLY
THAT
POWERFUL?

WE DIVERTED IF YOU WISH,

THEM OFF YOU CAN
COURSE FROM FIND OUT
JABURO AND FOR
DOWN TOWARD YOURSELF.
YOUR MILITARY
JURISDICTION.
 CONSIDER |
IT MY LITTLE YOU CAN
HAVE THE
HONOR OF
DESTROYING
IT.

I'LL GO
be
GREET
THEM
WITH
4 GAW
CARRIER.