U.C. 0096, 6 months after the Laplace incident and the revealing of the original UC charter, the Federation dispatches an investigation agency to probe the remains of Axis.

This agency includes two civilians by the names of Arlette Almage and Danton Hylegg.

These two were once Technical Engineer and Test pilot, working for the Republic of Zeon, and then Neo Zeon.

The group is ambushed as they were infiltrating Axis, a place that should have been deserted.

And so Arlette and Danton are caught up in a turn of events no one could have predicted…