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"To the Battleground Antarctica" Noin finds Heero and Trowa and takes them to Antarctica, where Zechs is completing the reconstruction of the Wing Gundam for their intended rematch. When Inspector Acht, who ordered the destruction of the Gundam's remains, arrives to expose Zechs as a traitor, Noin and Trowa destroy the search parties before they reach Zechs.

"The Order to Destroy 01" Heero places his fate in hands of Sylvia Noventa, the granddaughter of Field Marshal Noventa, who Heero killed at New Edwards, while Relena openly defies Duke Dermail, the leader of the Romefeller Foundation, the organization of European nobles with monetary and military support for OZ, which impresses Treize. Meanwhile, Zechs begins to reconstruct the Wing Gundam until suspicious officials from Romefeller order him to destroy its remains. While Zechs complies with the order, it is revealed that he has arranged for a dummy to be destroyed.

"Catherine's Tears" Zechs returns to the Lake Victoria Base, where he meets two of Noin's former students. He agrees to join them in a military offensive, but Zechs is forced to kill them when they reveal their merciless attitudes to war. Meanwhile, Trowa uses his Gundam to attack an OZ base, planning to self-destruct afterwards, but Catherine Bloom, a knife thrower in the circus, forces Trowa to realize the value of his own life.

"Bewildered Warriors" Heero awakens at a traveling circus troupe after being unconscious for over a month following his Gundam's self-destruction, having been taken care of by Trowa. Meanwhile, a depressed Wufei encounters former Alliance Major Sally Po, who is now a guerrilla leader. Sally helps Wufei overcome his loss to Treize, causing Wufei to pilot his Gundam once again.

"The Whereabouts of Happiness" With his retreat path from Siberia blocked off by OZ troops, Duo is forced to travel with Quatre and the Maganac Corps to their base in the desert. However, when OZ troops locate the Maganac's base, they distract the enemy while Duo and Quatre escape. At the same time, Zechs gathers the remains of the Wing Gundam and plans to rebuild it, seeking a rematch of his interrupted duel despite not knowing whether or not Heero is still alive. Meanwhile, Relena attempts to take revenge on Lady Une and is nearly killed in the process, but is saved by Noin.

"Heero, Distracted by Defeat" OZ plans to transport the new Taurus mobile suits to their base in Siberia. However, Lady Une sets an elaborate trap there to lure and destroy the Gundams. Duo and Quatre arrive to attack the base's ground transportation route (which is revealed to be a decoy), while Heero and Trowa attack the base's aerial route. During the battle, Zechs uses the Tallgeese to duel Heero's Wing Gundam. However, Une interrupts this when she threatens to destroy the space colonies using the missiles of Space Fortress Barge unless the Gundam pilots surrender. Doctor J responds and agrees to surrender, but refuses to hand over the Gundams. Heero follows this implied order by self-detonating his Gundam along with himself, much to the shock of Une, Zechs and the rest of OZ. The remaining Gundams retreat in the confusion.

"Portrait of a Ruined Country" Zechs receives the restored Tallgeese mobile suit and returns to the land of his birth, the Sanc Kingdom, in hopes of liberating it from the hands of the Alliance. The connection between Relena and Zechs is finally revealed.

"The Treize Assassination" Trowa and Wufei go after Treize while Heero, Duo and Quatre attempt to stop the detonation of the New Edwards Base. Wufei and Treize duel in a battle for honor and justice, but Treize decides to spare Wufei when the young man loses and allows him to escape.

"Scenario for Bloodshed" The five Gundams all gather at the New Edwards Base in an attempt to kill the higher echelon members of OZ, but they discover too late they have been tricked; Heero has already eliminated the pacifist leaders of the Alliance while Lady Une and the leader of OZ, Colonel Treize Khushrenada, manipulate the only survivor, General Septum, into declaring war on the colonies (before they kill him too). The Alliance is overturned from within and OZ takes over as the new ruling power.

"Party Night" Relena returns to school in time for a dance, but discovers Heero is going to transfer. After she reveals she knows all about him and his mission, she persuades him into being her escort for the dance. However, the school is attacked by OZ mobile suits sent by Lady Une to kill Relena. Heero uses his Gundam to fight back (believing the enemy suits have come to get him) and ends up saving Relena, much to his own disbelief.

"Relena's Secret" When Relena accompanies her father to the colonies where he is expected at an important meeting, he is severely injured in an explosion set off by OZ's Colonel Lady Une; father and daughter are soon spirited away by Doctor J, the engineer who designed the Wing Gundam and trained Heero. Before Vice Foreign Minister Darlian dies, he reveals to Relena her true identity, and Relena soon learns from Doctor J the extent of Heero's mission and his past.

"The Victoria Nightmare" Zechs arrives at the Lake Victoria Alliance base to meet with an old friend, Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin, but the base falls under attack from Chang Wufei, pilot of the Shenlong Gundam. Trowa and Quatre part ways after a brief respite from battle, while Heero repairs his Gundam by stealing parts from Duo's and then uses it for a mission to destroy an OZ transportation carrier.

"Five Gundams Confirmed" Heero is taken to an Alliance hospital, where Major Sally Po cautiously but humanely oversees his recovery and intended questioning; however, before interrogation can occur, Duo promptly helps him escape. The two pilots later return to their pair of recovered Gundams. Meanwhile, Trowa Barton, pilot of the Gundam Heavyarms, and Quatre Raberba Winner, pilot of the Gundam Sandrock, meet in battle. However, when Trowa surrenders after running out of ammunition, Quatre asks that they become friends instead. At the same time, Zechs is introduced to the Tallgeese, the original prototype mobile suit.

"The Gundam Deathscythe" Zechs locates the sunken Wing Gundam in the Pacific Ocean and seeks to claim it for OZ, while Heero attempts to destroy his Gundam with stolen torpedoes in order to prevent OZ from getting their hands on it. However, both of their plans are thwarted by Duo Maxwell, pilot of the Gundam Deathscythe.

"The Shooting Star She Saw" In the year After Colony 195, after decades of oppression from the United Earth Sphere Alliance and its secret weapons organization, OZ, a group of rebels in the space colonies send down five mobile suits known as "Gundams" to overthrow the militaristic regime. Four of the Gundams successfully make it to Earth, but the fifth (Wing Gundam) is intercepted during its descent by OZ's Lieutenant Zechs Merquise and it crashes into the Pacific Ocean. The Gundam's pilot, who goes by the name Heero Yuy, later washes up on shore and is discovered by Relena Darlian, the daughter of the Alliance's vice foreign minister.