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| In the year UC 0218, the Earth Federation collapsed and was replaced with the Congress of Settlement Nations (CONSENT). In UC 0223, Hydro-Gen underwater rig pilot Mark Curran uses his underwater Guppy suit to harvest the ocean floor. He jokes with a man named Simmons on the radio until an emergency alert is picked up. Simmons detects an object entering the atmosphere and crashing into the ocean. He identifies the object as one of CONSENT's Bugu mobile suits. The pilot, Tim Holloway, sends out a distress call, and Mark answers. His Guppy is not outfitted for rescues, and sinking below a certain depth will cause implosion. Mark approaches the Bugu and contacts Holloway. He tells Holloway to send out a buoy to call CONSENT, but Holloway says there isn't time. Mark argues with Holloway and tells him to eject his thrusters and cockpit pod. Holloway does so, and Mark grabs the cockpit pod with his Guppy. He returns to the rig, and Holloway thanks him. A group of CONSENT soldiers led by Jack Halle arrive and take control of the facility. Mark asks Jack, his former commander, what is going on. Jack tells him that intruders have entered the rig, and a search begins. Mark says he doesn't know where they are, but it is a lie. He heads for a laboratory and tries to open a locked door. Jack arrives with several soldiers and knocks Mark aside. Inside, several people in diving suits run away and are killed by Jack's soldiers. One of them, a woman named Cynthia Graves, surrenders. Jack orders his men to kill her, but Mark jumps in the way and stops them. Mark has a flashback of being a mobile suit pilot and violating Jack's orders. He wakes up from the flashback in his apartment with his girlfriend Mimi Devere. |
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