Review by Chris

February 5, 2001

Trowa wanders around aimlessly in a colony when Catherine finds him and realizes he has amnesia. At colony 0200, Wufei trains under the elderly Master Long. Colony 0200 has been the home of the Long clan for almost a century since they were forced off of Earth. The colony is so old now that it is degenerating. OZ Tauruses arrive and begin attacking the interior of the colony, and they demand Wufei's surrender. Wufei gets into the Altron and begins fighting back. He heads out into space and finds a large group of Taurus mobile dolls waiting for him. Master Long and the other members of the clan set off explosives that destroy the entire colony. Before he dies he tells Wufei to keep fighting. Wufei goes crazy and starts killing everyone. Nearby, Zechs and Howard monitor the battle at colony 0200. Zechs decides to approach Wufei and make an offer to be an ally. Duke Dermail calls Tubarov and tells him to stop producing mobile dolls for Operation Nova. He wants Tubarov to supervise the construction a space battleship the size of Peacemillion that will function as the symbol of OZ.

On Earth, Quatre wanders in the desert. He remembers saying goodbye to Noin so that he could find the Maganac Corps and Sandrock. He was flying over the desert in a jet fighter when OZ shot him down. Relena meets with the representatives of other pacifist nations, and they resolve to stop Romefeller's military activities. Noin returns from patrol and tells Heero that the mobile dolls from Operation Nova are gathering near the Sanc Kingdom and are ready to invade. That is why she is accepting Treize Faction and Alliance members to build a defensive army. Heero doesn't want to stay, but Noin wants him to because Epyon is a symbol of hope for Treize's soldiers. The Peacemillion approaches Wufei, and Zechs goes outside in Wing Zero to talk to him. Wufei instantly attacks him, but Zechs doesn't want to fight. Wufei refuses to trust an OZ traitor. The Zero System shows Zechs images of him destroying Peacemillion and Wufei destroying Wing Zero. Zechs accidentally fires at Peacemillion, and Wufei escapes believing Zechs to be evil. At another colony, Trowa has rejoined the circus and believes Catherine is his sister. When he hears her and the ringleader talking about a Gundam, he gets a headache.

This episode was certainly packed with characters. With the exception of Duo, all the Gundam pilots are in this one, and so is Zechs. I really can't stand Wufei at all. He seems to have his own morals, so you better be sure not to anger him. I don't understand what the point was in destroying colony 0200 because OZ was going to destroy it anyway. Romefeller seems to be preparing for something big by building a space battleship and gathering forces to invade the Sanc Kingdom. If I had to choose between mobile dolls or pacifism, I'd take mobile dolls hands down.

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

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