U.C. 0074. Édouard Mass camouflages his identity and enrolls in the Autonomous Republic of Zeon's Space Defense Military Academy under the name of Char Aznable. He develops a friendship with his classmate Garma, a scion of the Zabi family. Then, in Universal Century 0077, the students at last rise up in arms and begin the fight for independence against the Earth Federation's security forces.
