| Ext. Space. View of space satellite Vulkanus in the
distance. |
|
Title: |
AC (after colony),
195. After the greatest war the world has ever known, the earth and the
colonies chose to lay down their arms and peacefully coexist. Together they
formed the Earth Sphere United Nation. |
|
Title: |
Did they make the
right choice? |
|
Title: |
Can true peace be
legislated to the people? |
| Switch to an interior view of the of a satellite, and four
large coffin-like boxes, each containing one of the Gundams., and Duo and
Quatre in spacesuits in the same room. |
|
Title: |
Five young
warriors, sent from the colonies to bring peace... |
|
Title: |
Their machines of
war have folded their wings and power down for the last time. |
|
Title: |
Created to fight,
they fought for peace and now… Now they sleep. |
|
Title: |
They are Gundams. |
| Title: #1 Mariemaia Barton. |
|
Duo: |
"This resource
satellite’s got a one-way ticket to the sun, and I don't want to be around
when it reaches its destination. Are you all set, Quatre?" |
|
Quatre: |
"I'm ready. But I'm
going to miss Sandrock." |
|
Duo: |
"Now that people
have embraced peace, we don't need our Gundams." |
|
Quatre: |
"You're right.
Heero and Trowa sent us their Gundams right away, but Wufei took his and
vanished." |
| Return to exterior view of the satellite. Duo and Quatre are
in the cockpit of a space shuttle, and they watch as the satellite moves off
towards the sun. |
|
Quatre: |
Goodbye Sandrock. |
|
Duo: |
I'm gonna miss you,
Deathscythe! |
|
Quatre: |
I wonder… What is
Wufei up to? |
|
Duo: |
I don't know, but
I'm sure our paths will cross again soon. |
| Int. Natural resources satellite MO-II. In a large room
decorated for Christmas, a ceremony is being held to mark the first
anniversary of the end of the war. Attending are Lady Une and Lucrezia Noin. |
|
Title: |
Christmas Eve, AC
196 Resource Satellite MO-II |
|
President: |
A year ago, we made
a foolish mistake and entered a war which cost us the lives of many of our
friends and loved ones. But we learned from our mistake and created a new
era of peace! We must never forget the cost of this peace! |
|
Title: |
President of the
U.E.S.N. |
| Une: |
Last year, no one
had the peace of mind to celebrate Christmas. |
|
Noin: |
That's true. By the
way, do you know where Minister Darlian is? |
| Une: |
She's away on
official business. |
|
Noin: |
Listen to him. The
president just doesn't get it. |
|
Noin: |
Establishing peace
was the easy part. Maintaining it is the greater challenge. |
| Une: |
I think he
understands better than you give him credit for, Noin. |
| Une: |
Otherwise, why
would he fund our little group...? The Preventers. |
| Une: |
He's pretty
intelligent... for democratically elected leader. |
| Noin’s pager beeps. |
|
Noin: |
Excuse me. It's
"Water." |
| Noin excuses herself to Une and walks away. Lady Une thinks
to herself. |
|
Lady: |
Do people have the
will to maintain the peace? General Khushrenada... I'll do all I can to see
that your death was not in vain. |
| Ext. Preventer spacecraft. Followed by an interior view
showing Noin on a communications monitor, and Sally Po, dressed in a
Preventers uniform, addressing the monitor. |
|
Sally: |
I'm sorry to
interrupt your party, Noin. |
|
Noin: |
Don't worry about
it, Sally. What's up? |
|
Sally: |
Our worst fears
have come true. We found parts made of Neo titanium. |
|
Noin: |
Neo titanium? For
MS armor?! |
|
Sally: |
It could be a new
mobile suit. "The 13th constellation." We're to find out who belongs to. |
|
Noin: |
Roger! Let us know
as soon as you find out more. Let's put out this fire before it gets out of
control. |
| Ext. Colony X18999. Followed by views of the interior of the
colony, showing many buildings in various stages of construction. |
|
Title: |
L-3 Colony X-18999 |
| L3
Diplomat: |
Vice Foreign
Minister Darlian, our colony has only been around for seven years. We are
still building the infrastructure that the older colonies can depend on. How
can we continue to grow in this unstable economy? We need more funding! |
| Int. Conference room with colony delegates and Relena
Darlian seated at a large table with a vidscreen showing the ESUN's
President delivering his speech in the background. |
|
Relena: |
Your people must
understand that they are part of the E.S.U.N. |
|
Relena: |
We are all members
of the same nation. You can't maintain that your colony deserves more than
any other. |
| L3
Diplomat: |
We need a new
leader, Minister Darlian. |
| L3
Diplomat: |
Someone to look out
for our interests. |
| Relena drinks from her teacup. |
|
Relena: |
I disagree.
We've... achieved... peace and... |
|
Relena: |
ohh…freedom by… |
| Relena’s cup drops to the floor, and she slumps in her
chair, unconscious. A squad of Mariemaia's soldiers enter the conference
room. |
| L3
Diplomat: |
Take her away! |
|
Soldier: |
Yes, sir! |
|
Soldier: |
Now we have
everything we need. |
|
Soldier: |
Report to her
highness! |
| Int. In a darkened room, Dekim Barton and Mariemaia
Khushrenada watch the conclusion of the President's broadcast. |
|
President: |
Many people died to
bring us peace. We ensure that their sacrifice was not in vain! |
|
Mariemaia: |
Heh, heh, heh! |
|
Barton: |
A lasting peace...
Noble sentiments, Mr. President. But are the people ready for it? |
| The monitor button is pressed. |
|
Mariemaia: |
I suppose we'll
have to teach them a lesson... Won't we, Dekim. |
|
Barton: |
Of course, your
Majesty. |
|
Mariemaia: |
Tee hee! |
| The monitor now shows the emblem of the Mariamaia Army. |
| View of a room containing three Serpent mobile suits. |
|
Title: |
New Heavy MS MMS-01
Serpent |
|
Mariemaia: |
My father entrusted
me with these Christmas presents. I must deliver them to the people of
Earth. |
| Ext. Circus tent set up on a hill overlooking a colony city
at night; followed by an interior shot of the tent, showing scattered
families sitting on tall bleachers, watching the show. Catherine and Trowa
look out at the crowd from behind a parted curtain. |
|
Catherine: |
Trowa? |
|
Catherine: |
This is creepy.
We've always filled the seats before. |
|
Catherine: |
Where is everyone? |
|
Trowa: |
People here have
other things to entertain them. |
|
Catherine: |
Other things? |
|
Trowa: |
Look... |
| Trowa points out a group of four men standing at the top of
one of the bleachers. |
|
Catherine: |
Who are they? |
|
Trowa: |
I don't know but
I'm going to find out. |
|
Catherine: |
Trowa? |
| Catherine turns from looking at the men to question Trowa,
but he has already left. She looks down and sees that Trowa has left his
mask behind. |
| Ext. Circus tent: Trowa is attacking, and flattening, the
men he noted earlier. He walks over and removes and reads the identification
from one of the fallen men. |
|
Trowa: |
Barton
foundation... That guy’s up to no good again. Or could it be Rheia's
daughter? That girl... |
| Flashback: Interior of a colony where Heavyarms is being
prepared for Operation Meteor. Trowa, currently known as No-Name, is dressed
as a technician and is working on the mobile suit when he is addressed by
Dekim Barton's son. |
|
Title: |
March, AC 195, L-S
colony. Barton Foundation's Secret MS Factory. |
|
Trowa Barton: |
Hey, you! No-name!
How's my Heavyarms? |
|
Trowa: |
Fine. |
|
Trowa Barton: |
Let me show you
something. |
| View of Trowa Barton with his arm wrapped around No-Name
from behind. Trowa is holding a photograph of a woman with blurred features
with her arm around a young girl and pointing out details in the image. |
|
Trowa Barton: |
My sister's baby
girl, Mariemaia. I thought she died with my sister, but they found her.
After we take the Earth... |
|
Trowa: |
… |
|
Trowa Barton: |
...We're going to
make her queen. |
|
Trowa: |
Hmm... Mariemaia |
| End
Flashback. |
|
| Int. Colony. View of Trowa walking away from the circus and
towards the city in the distance. |
| Ext. Space. Colony exterior. |
|
Title: |
L-1 colony. |
| Fingers typing on a keyboard, and a picture of Maremaria
[sic] Barton listing her as a member of The Barton Foundation. |
|
Heero: |
Mariemaia Barton.
Born in AC 189. Her mother died two years later. Father unknown. |
| Scene of a computer control room with Heero Yuy, dressed in
civilian clothing, typing at a computer station. Duo Maxwell walks through
the door to the room. He is wearing a party hat that says "Merry X-mas" on
it, and is dangling a wrapped present from his fingers. |
|
Duo: |
Working on
Christmas buddy?! |
| Duo walks over and leans over Heero’s chair, reading the
monitor screen over Heero’s shoulder. |
|
Duo: |
Whoa! Where did you
find all that info? |
|
Heero: |
It's the Winner
database. Quatre gave me access to it. |
|
Duo: |
Trowa has a niece? |
|
Heero: |
Apparently so. But
remember… The Trowa we know is not the real Trowa Barton. |
|
Duo: |
Yeah. You're right. |
| Heero gets up and walks away from the workstation, tossing
his jacket over his shoulder and preparing to walk from the room. |
|
Duo: |
Hey! Where [sic]
you going? |
|
Heero: |
Relena's been
kidnapped. |
|
Duo: |
So, you really do
care about her. I always thought the two of you were— |
| Duo removes his party hat and talks to himself. He realizes
that Heero has left the room, drops the hat on the desk, and calls for Heero
to wait. |
|
Duo: |
Hey, wait up! |
| Ext. Preventer shuttle. The shuttle is disguised as a
standard transport shuttle, and Noin, dressed in her Preventer uniform, is
sitting at the controls of the craft and responding to a static-filled
communication window suspended in the window in front of her. |
|
Sally: |
This is "Water." We
located the source of the fire. |
|
Noin: |
This is "Fire." Is
it L-3? |
|
Sally: |
How did you guess?
Your instincts are always are impressive, as always. |
|
Noin: |
It was easy enough,
based on the evidence and hand. Were you able to find out which colony it
is? |
|
Sally: |
It's the new colony
-- X-18999. They'll make their move in a few hours. |
|
Noin: |
Who is their
leader? |
|
Sally: |
Mariemaia Barton. |
|
Noin: |
Barton? |
|
Sally: |
I have bad news.
Minister Darlian disappeared while on a diplomatic mission to X-18999. |
|
Noin: |
What?! |
|
Noin: |
Sally, change the
rendezvous point. Let's move! |
|
Sally: |
Roger. |
| Switch back to the exterior rear view of Noin's spacecraft
as it takes off into space. |
| Int. X-18999. Dekim Barton is addressing the troops of
Mariemaia's Army in a large room amid a number of Serpent mobile suits. As
Dekim speaks, our view moves over the mobile suits and the ranks of soldiers
before resting on Trowa Barton, now dressed as a soldier of Mariemaia's
Army. |
|
Dekim: |
For the past year
you've all suffered the injustice of the corrupt new government. But unlike
the rest of the mindless masses, you have trained hard for a just cause! The
time for action is now! Rally behind Mariemaia and we will establish a new
order in the Earth Sphere! Today we take our first steps on the road to
glory! Will awaken humanity’s true potential and usher in a grand new era of
prosperity and order! But first we must illuminate the enemy who stands in
our midst -- Trowa Barton! |
| Dekim draws a pistol points it directly at Trowa. |
|
Trowa: |
Uh-oh. |
| Dekim fires at Trowa, but Trowa leaps into the air with an
acrobatic twist, and lands on the same platform at Dekim, and raises his own
gun to point at Dekim's heart, only to come face to face with Wufei Chang,
dressed as a soldier of Mariemaia's Army. Wufei draws his sword and points
it at Trowa. |
|
Wufei: |
Hold it. |
|
Trowa: |
Chang! |
| Trowa drops his pistol. |
|
Trowa: |
Kill me. |
|
Dekim: |
Heh, heh. We’re not
the brutes you take us for. Join our cause like your friend here… and we'll
spare your life, young Trowa Barton. |
|
Trowa: |
Do you know why I
call myself "Trowa Barton," Dekim? |
|
Dekim: |
Of course, but I
won't question your past. The future of humanity is more important than any
personal grudge. We are fighting for her highness. |
|
Trowa: |
I changed my name
to enter her Majesty service because I thought you'd kill me if he knew who
I was. If you ensure my safety… I’ll swear allegiance to your cause. |
|
Wufei: |
….. |
| Dekim turns to address the troops once more, now with Trowa
and Wufei standing behind him. |
|
Dekim: |
Ha, ha, ha! Very
well! You see, everyone, we represent justice! Even these two Gundam pilots
choose to fight with us! |
|
Dekim: |
Together will fight
for the future of the Earth sphere! |
| Ext. X-18999: Day; interior of an office with Relena slowly
waking on a sofa and sitting up with a slight groan; the camera view pulls
back to reveal Mariemaia sitting in a high-backed chair at a nearby desk. |
|
Relena: |
Uhh… |
|
Mariemaia: |
Are you awake? |
|
Relena: |
Who are you? |
|
Mariemaia: |
My name's Mariemaia. |
| Mariemaia turns to face Relena, as Relena rises and
approaches the desk. |
|
Relena: |
Did they kidnap
you, too? |
|
Mariemaia: |
No. I was the one
who ordered them to kidnap you. |
|
Relena: |
What? |
|
Mariemaia: |
You don't believe
me? Of course, you don't know who I am. My name is Mariemaia Khushrenada. |
|
Relena: |
Khushrenada?! |
|
Mariemaia: |
That's right. My
father was the OZ leader… Treize Khushrenada. |
|
Relena: |
This can't be. |
|
Mariemaia: |
It's true. I have
the DNA tests to prove it. I believe in my father's vision. I will make it a
reality. |
|
Relena: |
I don't know who's
been feeding you such lies, but you're mistaken. |
|
Mariemaia: |
Enough! I don't
have to listen to this! You're speaking to the future ruler of the Earth
Sphere! |
|
Relena: |
Then tell me, why
did you bring me here? |
|
Mariemaia: |
You were once known
as Queen Relena. I could use your support when I address the people… To
declare my rule over the Earth sphere. |