Just in case you thought that Witch From Mercury ending would mean that you didn't have perpetual hype about a new Gundam something coming out, they announced both a new Gundam SEED movie and a new online CGI series: Requiem For Vengeance.

Requiem is another sidestory set during the One Year War and supposed to be about Zeon pilots in the European front and I'unno. There's a lot of space to explore in the Universal Century and I know we all love Zaku IIs but there's more to life. I don't care enough about coding to make a fake Ask so just assume there's a bubble with anonymous asking "Okay smartypants what would YOU do?" and well ok I'll tell you.

I'd set it during the Gryps conflict, near or just after the events of the last stretch of Zeta Gundam, after Kamille and Quattro have gone back to space. The Titans are desperately trying to hold on now that the Federation government has turned against them instead of ignoring them. In growing more extreme they're also now taking their frustrations out on the civilians around the area, attacking innocents believing that they're related to the Zeon Remnants and drawing the attention of the real Zeon Remnants. And into this a force from Karaba arrives to fight the Titans and protect the civilians.

From the Karaba side, when do you put your life on the line to protect your former enemy? Even if the government they fought for no longer exists, does the fact they never surrendered make them combatants? If you're here to make a stand against the Earth-centrisim of the Federation government, would you offer the olive branch to Zeon?

For the Zeon Remnants, do you give up and integrate or do you still try to fight the One Year War until your last breath? Is Karaba meaningfully different to you than the rest of the Federation? If you've been living outside the protection of the law and suffering the attacks of Federation goons how could you ever trust them?

And for the Titans, the last stretch of Zeta made it clear that the rank-and-file was starting to pull in people who weren't violently anti-Spacenoid. The only good Titan is the one who died or the one who quit, yes, but before that point what do you do? Go along with the insane violence your superiors demand? Try to resist when you know you might just be put against the wall and shot for it? How can you try to save the people who know the violence your uniform represents and might well kill you even if you do try to defend them?

And y'know what maybe there is no happy ending, no perfect peace. We know the Zeon Remnants don't go away. We know they join Haman Karn and the Sleeves. Maybe all the scars can't fade away so quickly. Maybe you just have to do what is right in the moment so you can look yourself in the mirror and remind yourself that trust and mercy are not weaknesses.

And y'know as much as I get drawn into seeing if those kids can make it in this crazy world a story about the struggle of adults between the need to stay true to yourself and the desire for stability and fighting against the urge to keep the status quo could be something.

Also, potential Hayato cameos.

Even though all I have is general themes right now I'm sure Sunrise can come along and make the idealized version of the concepts in my head so chop chop get on it.