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in the Sign of ZETA
Quattro
Baijina and two AEUG subordinates infiltrate Green Noah 1 (Side 7) to confirm
Quattro's suspicion that the EUG is doing military R&D there. He discovers
three Gundam Mark-II (RX-178 prototypes of a new line of Mobile Suit. At this
time he is discovered by a military patrol and must make a quick escape.
On
the other side of Green Noah 1, 17-year-old mechanical genius Camille Vidan gets
into an altercation with some jock schoolmates, partly his own fault. His
girlfriend Fa Yuri runs after him and together they go to the spaceport for some
sightseeing.
At
the spaceport, Camille has a powerful Newtype psychic reaction at the sight of
Titan pilot Jared Mesa. When Jared makes fun of Camille's feminine name, Camille
attacks him. The military police intervene and drag the soundly beaten Camille
off for interrogation.
The
police chief is harsh and unsympathetic -- Camille has a "history of
antisocial behavior totally inappropriate to one of his obvious talent as the
colony's Junior Mobile Suit champion" -- and summons Hilda Vidan to the
police station to take charge of her son.
Meanwhile, Jared takes off in Mark-II 01 to intercept the AEUG spies before they can escape. Quattro takes him on in mid-air -- jetpack and handgun against Mobile Suit -- and tricks him into landing on the nearby artificial mountainside. Quattro escapes during the ensuing landslide that sends Jared crashing into the police station. Camille escapes in the confusion, just missing his mother, as AEUG's White Base-type battleship Ahgama receives Quattro's signal to fire on Green Noah 1.
The
Ahgama's Mega Particle Cannon blows a hole in the side of Green Noah 1, allowing
Quattro's confederates to pilot a pair of Rick Dias (RMS-099) Mobile Suits into
the colony in an attempt to capture a Gundam Mark-II. A squad of general-purpose
GM-II (RGM-79R) Mobile Suits intercepts them. Jared has shut down his Mark-II 01
and witnesses a battle between the Rick Dias and GM-IIs as he dismounts.
Meanwhile,
Camille has made his way to the R&D station, where he boards Mark-II 03. He
is spotted by Emma Sheen, 03's Titan pilot, who tries to stop him.
Bright
Noah also sees Camille and recognizes him as the son of the "Black
Gundam" project chief engineer Franklin Vidan. He is reminded of the
original Gundam (RX-78) pilot Amuro Rei, who often worked in and around his
father's Mobile Suit projects, and does nothing to stop the boy.
Camille
surprises everyone by attacking and disabling the remaining Mark-II 02. (His
father is the chief engineer in charge of the modification, which his mother
designed, and he knows more than he should about the new Mobile Suits.)
Quattro,
back in his own "Red Comet" Rick Dias, offers to cease fire in return
for safe passage with the damaged Mark-II 02 -- the EUG forces are outclassed
and further hostilities will only destroy more of the civilian community. Bright
Noah agrees and Camille, fed up with Titan rule, follows the AEUG Mobile Suits
in the Mark-II 03.
Camille
is disturbed when he sees that Fa's house has been leveled by the conflict, but
is relieved when he catches sight of her fleeing from the wreckage.
Back
at the R&D station, Bright Noah is brutally beaten for his failure to
protect the Mark-II prototypes by Titan commander Basque Ohm's staff while Emma
Sheen looks on, disturbed by the violence of her fellow Titans.
As Camille follows the AEUG Mobile Suits toward the Ahgama, he begins to feel his Newtype power awaken within him.
Aboard
the Ahgama, Captain Henken Beckner interviews Camille and AEUG founder Blex
Forra. They are delighted to learn that he is the son of the designers of Gundam
Mark-II.
The
Titans are also aware of the possible consequences of Camille's defection and
take immediate action to rectify the situation. Layla Myra Layla, a veteran
mercenary pilot from the semiautonomous Granada Moon Base, is sent to intercept
and destroy the Ahgama. Layla launches her red Galbaldy-Beta (RMS-117) from the
Granada battleship Bosnia to attack Quattro's "Red Comet" Rick Dias.
The
battle ends in a draw when a truce is called between the two forces. Emma Sheen
comes aboard the Ahgama to hand-deliver Basque's message to the AEUG crew. She
is horrified when she hears the terms of her Titan masters: return Camille and
the stolen Mark-IIs or his parents will be executed!
Camille
overhears these demands and takes off in Mark-II 03 to rescue his mother, who is
imprisoned in a life-support capsule midway between the Titan battleship
Alexandria and the Ahgama -- but Jared is there in a Hizack (RMS-106) to prevent
that very thing.
The Titan trap backfires disastrously, however, when the shot meant to disable Camille's Mark-II 03 destroys the capsule instead. Camille goes berserk as he witnesses his mother's death in the vacuum of space.
Episode
4: "Runaway Emma"
Camille
shoots wildly at Jared's Hizack, then closes in and tries to beat it to pieces
with the Mark-II 03's "bare" hands. Quattro and Emma try to stop him,
but Layla attacks and drives them off. Camille is captured and Quattro calls a
cease-fire, regrouping his forces to fight another day.
Franklin
has the freedom of the ship aboard Alexandria, albeit under armed escort. On his
way to confinement, Camille accuses him of contriving his mother's death -- he
knows all about his father's mistress Margarita. Camille is then accosted by
Jared, who mocks him for his unmanly attachment to his mother. Emma Sheen
intervenes, but the damage is done -- Camille silently swears bloody vengeance.
Basque's hostage operation convinces Emma that she's been fighting for the wrong side. She frees Franklin and Camille from the brig and engineers an escape from the Alexandria with all three Mark-II prototypes. Layla tries to stop them in her Galbaldy-Beta, but is forced to retreat by Quattro's Rick Dias.
The
captured Mark-II 02 and 03 are partly dismantled for repairs. Franklin offers a
few suggestions, and then grabs a laser torch and forces one of the workers to
get him into Quattro's Rick Dias. He escapes from the Ahgama, hoping both to
redeem himself in the eyes of the EUG and earn a great reward for himself and
his mistress with the capture of a piece of AEUG’s best military hardware.
Quattro
gives chase in the Mark-II 01, followed closely by Camille in the one-armed
Mark-II 03 -- its left arm is still being repaired.
The
Mark-IIs and Rick Dias are attacked by the Alexandria, which is unaware of
Franklin's escape. Quattro's Mark-II 01 is disabled as Camille arrives on the
scene. Camille gets the drop on his father's Rick Dias, but is unwilling to
shoot him. Franklin doesn't share his son's reservations and empties his
magazines in a vain attempt to hit Camille's wildly dodging Mark-II.
A
shot from the Alexandria settles the matter, blowing a hole through the Rick
Dias, which explodes just as Franklin is bailing out. Camille has lost both his
parents to Titan ruthless, watching them die just a few feet away, unable to
save them.
Back
on the Ahgama, Quattro tries to console Camille by telling him about Char
Aznable, who acted entirely on his own and kept his feelings to himself until
he'd avenged the deaths of his parents. Camille is unconvinced, but Emma Sheen
and Reccoa Londo notice the change in Quattro's character.
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