The story is set in "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED", two years after ZAFT and Earth jointly signed a peace treaty, namely C.E. 73.Just as OB's representative Kagarie Yula Asha held talks with the new ZAFT Speaker Gilbert Durandal, members of the Earth's Joint Special Forces "Phantom Pain" raided the ZAFT Armory Base and robbed three of the latest mobile suits. This pursuit, originally carried out by refugees who were exiled to Aubu - Asan Sarah, and the crew of the LHM-BB01 "Minerva", was eventually transformed into a huge storm that shakes the world order, pushing all forces to the brink of war again. The war rekindled, the gears of destiny turned again, and a conflict about faith, hatred and redemption quietly began.