Hathaway's rebellion isn't about saving the world, it's about a kid who watched his father die for nothing, watching the Federation commit the same sins, and deciding that this time he'll kill them himself. The mobile suits are window dressing. What destroys you is watching someone good become a terrorist because the system left him no other choice. Twelve years of "peace" that never actually stopped the dying.

Twelve years after Char's Rebellion, in U.C. 0105, the world is still unsettled and armed clashes keep flaring up. The Earth Federation has grown more corrupt than ever, its leaders are worsening Earth's pollution, and a cruel policy forces civilians off the planet into space. Into this oppressive landscape emerges Mafty, a resistance movement striking back through calculated violence and targeted eliminations. Its leader, known as Mafty Navue Erin, is secretly Hathaway Noa, son of the Federation officer Bright Noa and a veteran of the fight against Char's Rebellion. Haunted by that war, he fights with giant mobile suits against the Federation while hiding his double life. His path shifts when he meets Federation officer Kenneth Sleg and a mysterious young woman, Gigi Andalucia, who uncovers his secret. War has never stopped. It only learned to hide better.