PHThe series is set in an alternate version of the Universal Century timeline, which diverges from the original Mobile Suit Gundam series' continuity, as Char Aznable seizes the RX-78-02 White Gundam alongside the Pegasus class ship White Base during his assault on Side 7. Char becomes the pilot of the Gundam instead of Amuro Ray, renaming it the "gMS-α Red Gundam". This drastically changes the outcome of the One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, culminating with Zeon's victory. However, Char and the Red Gundam disappear after this in a phenomenon called Zeknova, prompting a search by Zeon.
Some characters in the series who had died in the original Universal Century timeline, such as Challia Bull and Kycilia Zabi, survive in this divergent timeline.[7]
Plot
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In UC 0085, five years after the Principality of Zeon won the One Year War, Amate Yuzuriha, a high school student living in the Side 6 space colony Izuma, crosses paths with Nyaan, a war refugee. Her encounter with Nyaan leads her to get involved in an incident when both the Principality of Zeon and the Space Police are pursuing the missing Red Gundam after it suddenly re-emerges. To catch the Red Gundam, Zeon sends out Xavier Olivette in the gMS-Ω GQuuuuuuX, a prototype Gundam meant for Newtype pilots. However, while trying to capture the Red Gundam, Xavier crashes into the space colony and is ejected from the GQuuuuuuX. Amate jumps into the cockpit of the GQuuuuuuX, s†éáls it, and subsequently defeats the Police Force, allowing the Red Gundam to escape. The GQuuuuuuX is taken by the Pomeranians, an underground team of mechanics participating in Clan Battles, a series of îllégâl and high-stakes mobile suit dueling matches. After meeting the Red Gundam's pilot, Shuji, Amate chooses to join him in Clan Battles with the Pomeranians, fighting alongside him in the GQuuuuuuX.