Hello everybody.
I think it's necessary to post this. It's one of those chapters with basically a whole bunch of background information and stuff in it. There's no plot or anything. If you read my first story, which this story is the sequel to, then please move on if you desire. If you haven't read the first story, then you can read this as a substitute, or if you have read it and you might want to clear up some questions, you might find your answers here.
If you have the intent of reading my first story but haven't yet, then I ask that you not read this or any of the rest of this story until you have. I'm only posting this summary in case you really just need to get the short version. In either case, whether you're going to read the actual story or this summary, don't read the sequel until you've read one.
Jin Yuy: The main character of the show. Jin is the son of Heero and Releena, born 1 AE in times of peace. When he was fourteen, his parents were assassinated by Colonel Vance Skye, a man looking for power who wanted to eliminate his enemies before he started a war. After his parents' murders, he joined the TAC military and became the best pilot. He comes to pilot Wing Zero eventually, and becomes damn good at it too. In terms of attitude and personality, one would say he's a blend of his mother and father. He has his father's notorious tendency to act often without emotion in mind, making the decision that would be best for the greater good, putting himself at risk. On the other hand, he possesses his mother's peaceful ideals on not wanting to start a fight, though he'll always be ready to should the need to arise.
Stephen Xavier: He was born to two murderers also in 1 AE. After his parents were imprisoned for a life sentence at the age of fourteen, Stephen had nowhere to go. Since a war had just broken out, he decided to try out as a pilot for the TAC. He made it because he possessed a natural talent, like his soon-to-be wingman Jin. Jin and Stephen spent the next two years as wingmen and best friends, inseparable in the Corps. Naturally, Stephen was adopted for the Gundam project, and became Deathscythe's pilot. One could say his personality is much like the late Duo Maxwell's. Even though he typically wears the gothic all black style, he's a jokester. Stephen simply wants to make everyone laugh, especially when he sees that laughter is needed. (This is almost always) However, beneath that comedian exterior lays the heart and determination of a warrior that comes close to the ferocity of Jin's. He's always ready for a fight, and can't wait to be there to help a friend in need.
Rachel Skye: Born to Colonel Vance Skye and Marry Skye. She once lived happily with her mother and father, but her mother was killed when it was revealed she used to be an officer of OZ. Her father, Vance, went on a quest for revenge and started the war around which story 1 revolves. She became a very skilled spy-pilot for the TAC in opposition against her father, earning herself the name of the Black Knight for her mysteriousness and skill in the cockpit. After crashing near the house of the pilots, she is adopted to the group and becomes Heavy Arms' pilot, ironically having actually been its designer in the first place, having a bit of her own influence in the project. She can get to be very emotional, whether it's being angry, confident, sad, love-struck, or motivating. This is perhaps her greatest ability, her ability to motivate Jin, because they share a connection that's more than professional.
Anita Rose: Born to tow regretful parents. Because abortion is illegal in the future (I can dream), she was put up for adoption, and Howard Canton, her grandfather, adopted her. Because Howard is the creator of the Gundams, she becomes involved and comes to pilot Sandrock. Anita has a natural ability not only to pilot, but to use her head. She is extremely intelligent, and uses her smarts to make quick and strategically useful decisions, like her predecessor, Qatre Winner. She is one of the first to be on the project, along with her companion Kreed. The story doesn't go into it, but there is a relationship between those two that will develop more in this story.
Kreed Skye: Could anyone create a person more like WuFei Chang? Perhaps, but this kid has all you need to make it. He is the twin brother to Rachel Skye, so he is the son of the infamous Vance. Though his sister still has feelings for their father and wants to see Vance come back to good, Kreed couldn't care less about the man. The way he sees it, Vance doesn't deserve to be loved by him, so he turns his back and chooses often to just avoid any topic about such. He is often cocky to a fault and ill-tempered, like his predecessor. Despite this, he wears white all the time, and believes a lot in religion, though the story also doesn't explain much about it. He likes to jump into battle without though for anything at all, his idea being that the situation at hand can and should be solved with muscle, and almost never with words.
Dr. Howard Canton: Howard aided the first generation of Gundam pilots. He was a co-creator of the first MS and the Gundams, and he helped bring about Libra's downfall in AC 195, ending the war. He disappears afterward, and reappears in story 1 as the creator of the new Gundams. He's rich and possesses a mansion in Pacific City on the beach. It's hi house that the young pilots use as their base, and under which the Gundams stand. Howard is very wise, and just as old, but likes to try and take life as easy as possible. This is reflected in his wardrobe, which consists of usually Hawaiian style shirts and shorts, along with a styling pair of black shades he always wears.
Vivian Valentine: Not much is talked about concerning the brunette in story one, but she'll g more of the spot light in this one. She's smart and pretty, a college grad out of some very elite technical school. She has been helping Howard work on the Gundams for a while, and co-created the new ZERO II System for Wing Zero. She's only a few years older than the pilots of this generation. Stephen would hit on her if their age gap were a little shorter. sigh sorry Stephen.
Okay…
As everyone knows, Heero and the pilots put an end to Mariemaia's overthrow in, like, the year 196 AC on Christmas Eve. Something like that. The next year, 197 AC, became The Year AE, or 1 AE. AE stands for After Eve. The pilots all settled down to live life as normal as they could in peace. Everyone enjoyed that peace, and they had become heroes.
That year, 1 AE, is when all five of the pilots of the present were born. Jin Yuy was born to Heero and Releena Yuy. Stephen Xavier was born to two parents who were arrested and convicted for the murder of four people in the year 14 AE, two years before After Eve Gundam Wing takes place. Rachel Skye was born to Vance and Marry Skye, along with her twin brother Kreed. The two of them grew up happily until Marry was killed and Vance started a war. Anita Rose was born to two people who didn't want her. Unable to have an abortion, her parents put her up for adoption, and she was adopted by her grandfather.
In 14 AE, Vance Skye started a resistance to peace by killing all the Gundam pilots and reforming the military organization called OZ. Releena also was assassinated. The government formed a military regime in resistance, called the Terra Alliance Corps, or TAC, but it was too little to late. OZ had apparently made quite an army before surfacing, and the TAC began to fight a battle which they were only destined to loose. Two years later, the events of After Eve Gundam Wing take place, 16 AE.
Jin Yuy and Stephen Xavier, both pilots in the Terra Alliance Corps for two years, are the best pilots they have, always on the front line in combat. They're by law too young to fly, but exceptions were made to that law for those with great talent. Rachel Skye was also a pilot in the TAC at the age of sixteen, and had been for two years, since the beginning of the war, but as an elite spy pilot known as the Black Knight.
Jin and Stephen were reassigned at the beginning of the story to the house of Doctor Howard Canton in Pacific City, (Yes, the Howard from the series that owned Peacemillion) where they learn what their mission is. Howard had been secretly, with the aid of the TAC constructing five new Gundams, based on the originals. Jin and Stephen were to be two of the five pilots. Two other pilots had also been on the scene: Anita Rose, Howard's granddaughter, and Kreed Skye, a family friend of Howard.
It was clear soon who should pilot what. Kreed Skye and his cocky, battle-ready attitude, took the Nataku Gundam. Anita Rose, the brilliant, analytical girl, piloted Sandrock. Stephen chose to pilot Deathscythe. Jin Yuy, son of Heero, chose his father's Gundam, Wing Zero. They were all very talented, and only Heavy Arms remained without a pilot.
That was remedied soon also. Rachel Skye, The Black Knight, was running a special mission over an OZ base one day in her high-tech Aires MS, when she was shot down by a very strange and powerful volley of ground-to-air missiles. She crashed into the ocean, barely surviving and floating unconscious not far from the shore of Howard's seaside mansion, where she was rescued by Jin Yuy. After some bargaining with the TAC, Rachel became the pilot of Heavy Arms.
Up until this point in the story, no one know that Rachel and Kreed were the offspring of current enemy number one, Colonel Vance Skye, leader of all OZ forces and murdered of Jin's parents. They both felt bad about keeping this secret, but thought it necessary if they want to do some good. Only Howard knew, until Kreed and Howard decided it was time for Jin to know.
Jin was only mildly surprised and didn't much care, holding neither Rachel nor Kreed responsible. All he cared about was what he wanted to do to Vance. Rachel didn't know at first that Jin was informed of their past, but found out soon.
Eventually, OZ came to inspect the area of the crashed TAC MS they'd shot down. What they found was the mansion of Howard and five sixteen year olds. Commander Max Marquis, son of the legendary Zechs, was the one who recognized Jin, having been present at the assassination of Heero and Releena. His mind put two and two together, and he figured something wasn't right. Jin knew that Max would find out Rachel was the spy, and fearing the consequences of her identity being compromised, he said the he was the pilot, and turned himself into Max. Max immediately took Jin to the base and to his superior, Colonel Vance.
Colonel Vance and Jin had a strange reunion, where Jin talked to Vance about his children and vented his anger about his parents being killed. Vance had taken a liking to Jin, admiring his courage and ability, and allowed Jin to leave the base unharmed and free from any OZ harassment.
Jin soon met with the Colonel again though when he visited Varsity City, his home town. He was there to pay his respects to his buried parents when he ran into his mortal enemy at the graveyard. They exchanged some words and arguments, and Vance even gave Jin the chance to kill him. It seems Vance is starting to regret this war thing, and doesn't like any of the blood shed. However, Jin turns down the offer on the premise that it wasn't honorable to kill an unarmed man like Vance had killed his parents, and also because Vance spared his life also-twice. This scene is where Jin learns Vance's purpose behind the war, that it was a fight for revenge because his wife, an ex-soldier of OZ, was killed for being such.
Jin returns home to Pacific City with some extra equipment. Having visited his old home, he picked up his father's two handguns and his own katana, a sword which he'd won in a martial arts tournament. The guns were mementoes of his father, and the sword was a token to remember the times when martial arts were used for fun and during peace.
Things begin to heat up when the kids take the war into their own hands and choose to take the Gundams out for their first combat run. Their Mission: To find out what exactly Rachel was taking pictures of when she got shot down. (the pictures couldn't be analyzed when her MS was destroyed) It was a success, until Max came in with his own MS, the Scorpion, a remake of the Tallgeese Three. Max won, but the victory was questionable, as Jin had to basically sacrifice his Gundam to save the others. Vance, in an act of surprising kindness, ordered Max to not kill them, and took them into custody until Jin got better in OZ's hospital wing. Again, he is spared by Vance. They safely return home.
Jin at this point is both physically and mentally defeated. As repairs begin on Wing Zero, he stays locked in his room where he sulks and tries to cope with having lost to someone he feels he shouldn't have lost too. It takes a few days, but after Rachel gives him a very emotional pep-talk, Jin returns to his senses. Also, Jin and Rachel sort of confess their love for each other, and an awkward relationship begins.
After taking on a new schedule of intense simulator training, Vivian and Howard make some discoveries concerning Jin's abilities. Vivian is a young adult who has been working with Howard on the Gundams and computer technology. Analyzing his data, Vivian produces some charts and graphs. The first chart shows his battle data a few days before the first mission. The second chart shows his most recent data, and it far out-strips his previous data. He's not just better, but he's on a whole new level, even better than his father. It's concluded that his battle with Max and his new-found emotional well-being has opened up his full potential in the cockpit. Vivian, as a result, took the challenge upon herself to design a new and improved ZERO system, one that can measure up to Jin's abilities.
She succeeds, and produces a monster system with greatly increased abilities and statistics. It throws the pilot into a state of sub consciousness in which he "hallucinates" a 3D world of the battle field around him, as though his body is in place of the Gundam. This helps the feel and combat receptivity of the Gundam and Pilot relationship.
After another romantic episode with his new girl friend, Jin becomes even more determined to fight. His thirst is quenched when he has another chance the next day. OZ is attacking his old base, about to take the last stronghold of the TAC. He jumps into his recently modified WING ZERO, and he leads his friends into their second mission. The MD of OZ are quickly and easily dispatched, and Jin encounters Max once more, and they begin their second duel, but with an even playing field this time around.
Jin uses this to test ZERO II, and it takes control of him at first. He easily wins, and is ready to kill Max, but Rachel brings him back to his senses, and he spares his enemy's life.
Adding insult to injury, Max returns to Vance to be told that, even though they succeeded in destroying practically every remaining MS and pilot the TAC had, it was a moral loss for them. Vance explains that the pilots of the TAC died with honor and dignity while OZ merely lost a few machines, MD, and the Scorpion was toasted. Meanwhile, the Gundams were publicly revealed to everyone, and thus they inspired hope and happiness in the hearts of billions. Those people would be motivated now to fight with everything with all they have. Vance feared this would happen, and now is faced with a whole new aspect of war. Vance continues to question why he's fighting, whether revenge is a suitable excuse for so much bloodshed, while Max grows extremely frustrated with Vance's recent softness and supposed cowardice.
After fixing up the base a little, the pilots began to return home in their newly equipped Gundams, but they encounter a troop of MD en route. These MD are new models, named the GEMINI because of their combat nature. There's simply and A model and a B model, and they take their abilities from the late Mercurius and Vaeyatte Mobile Suits used by OZ seventeen years ago. This time, however, they're Mass-produced and only a little weaker.
The Gundams split up and analyze a strategy to destroy them while Jin confronts a new opponent, Blanc, piloting none other than Max's old yet repaired Scorpion. Jin is able to easily defeat him as the others take down the MD Geminis in time, and Jin finally manages to overcome the ZERO II.
However, the high of victory is quickly sobered. The pilots finally return to their house to find it's demolished as a result of the super weapon finally perfected by OZ, the missile cannons. Howard is dead, and Vivian is severely injured. The pilots immediately decide it's time to pay Vance and OZ a visit. Rachel is given one chance to try and talk with her father, to find out what he is doing, and after that it's war.
The surprises continued to come forth though. After some intense words, the pilots find out that Vance had no idea that the weapon was used that day and that a team of the new Gemini was dispatched and then destroyed. The culprit is found out to be none other than Max, who decided the Colonel had become too soft, so he had to take things into his own hands.
In short, Vance is furious, and he immediately lets on to this. He "dishonorably discharges" the Commander, and Max leaves with contempt. Meanwhile, some sense is somehow talked into the Colonel. Some very harsh and angry words are shouted by Jin about Vance being such a hypocrite about moral value, and Vance admits that everything he is doing is wrong. He agrees to even turn himself in to authorities and face whatever punishment awaits him. There is much happiness and reconciliation for about thirty seconds, and Vance is on his way to the control tower to admit forfeiture of the war, when Max announces without words that he's not leaving without a fight.
Max begins attacking the ring of cannons and the reactor of the super weapon on the base in his new MS, a Gundam. It's explained that, if his assault continues, the weapon's reactor will explode with a blast equivalent to that of three atomic bombs. Bad news. So Vance immediately runs off in a Tauros to stop him. It's blatantly obvious that he wouldn't be able to beat Max, so Jin gets in Wing Zero and prepares to fight as well with his broken ribs, and injury received from some guards that weren't pleased with his attitude to them while on the way to talk to Vance in the first place.
Jin dismisses Vance, who leaves the heavy fighting to Jin and Max. The duel is going relatively even for each of them. They trade punches while the reactor's condition continues to grow worse and worse by the minute. Time is close to running out. Max gains the upper hand with his own version of the buster rifle, and it's all Jin can do to barely defend himself.
In a last ditch effort, Jin positions himself between the reactor core and Max, and awaits Max's next Buster energy beam. Dodging the shot at the last moment, Jin begins to flee as fast as he can, and Max realizes his folly only just as his beam hits the core. The explosion engulfs Max, who is too close to survive, and Jin is caught on the outer edges of the explosion.
His Gundam is in tatters, but Jin turns out to be okay, much to evryone's (especially Rachel's) delight. The story ends with Jin actually forgiving Vance, recognizing that revenge is just a vessel for hatred, and nothing good comes of hatred. In this example, a war was started based on revenge, and he doesn't want his revenge to start a war. So it ends with the five pilots and Vance walking away from the site of the crater, arm in arm, hand in hand, happy to be alive…happy to be together.
That's about it. I know it's kinda lame, but it's getting annoying to hear from people that haven't read the first story. To those of you who read this and have decided to not read the first, I pity you. You are missing out on a whole lot more than what I just detailed, because this summary doesn't eve touch the in depth and intricate romance, action, drama, and comedy that is my story. Please go back to my profile page, which you can reach by clicking the link to my name up above, and look up my story if you want a chance at enjoying this sequel to its full extent. Boy my head hurts.