Mobile Suit Gundam: The Light of A Baoa Qu

About Mobile Suit Gundam: The Light of A Baoa Qu

The story takes place in U.C. 0084 in the form of a video documentary. It is based on interviews with soldiers and officers of the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon who participated in the final battle of A Baoa Qu during the end of the One Year War in U.C. 0079.

After the conclusion of the One Year War, the Earth Federation Forces and the Federal government established a war history research committee. This committee collected a large amount of data from various sources in order to reevaluate Gihren Zabi, the supreme leader of Zeon during the war. However, though it was able to uncover many important facts, including the Gihren assassination plan, it was still unable to accomplish this goal.

The sixth intermediate report of the committee focuses on the final battle of the war, the Battle of A Baoa Qu. This report includes numerous interviews, from both Zeon and Federation soldiers who participated in the battle. The committee believed that this was the best way to piece together Gihren Zabi's final moments during the war and serve as a lesson for all mankind.

After Zeon's loss of Earth following Operation Odessa, Gihren did not allow the battered retreating troops to return to the homeland, since it would affect the morale of citizens. Instead, he diverted them to Solomon, Granada, and A Baoa Qu, anticipating attacks on these locations. Unable to return home and recuperate, these soldiers were forced to retreat once more after the loss of Solomon and head for A Baoa Qu. The interviewee, Antonio Rezia, was one of them.