In the year Cosmic Era 73, the Bloody Valentine War is ended and is now in truce. The soldiers have left the battlefield and war is a distant memory. Those that have fought seek peace now in village life. However, Shin Asuka, a young man finds that difficult to do. He now fights with ZAFT with the newest Impulse Gundam model. But ZAFT is designing these only defensive applications, or so they think. But now the Federation enemy steal some of their machines, the world is now in grave danger.