 In the future, an interplanetary secessionist war is being fought throughout the Solar System. At one station that contains a major research centre, a military attack occurs that kills the engineers and test pilots for the major project, an advanced model mobile battle suit called the Gundam. The only one who is able to pilot the mecha is a young boy called Amuro Ray, son of the chief researcher. Now, he and a select group of other teenagers must participate in a war of survival as they find themselves thrust to the front lines and facing the realities of war.