This is a 30-minute feint. You sit down expecting a Zeon perspective on the One Year War, the underdog narrative, the righteous resistance framing, and instead watch a soldier realize his side built a death machine, not a savior. Schmitzer sees the war clearly only after it's too late to change anything. The special never needs to say Zeon lost; by the end, you understand why they had to.

This short special recaps the One Year War through the eyes of Lieutenant Commander Garret Schmitzer. Rather than a full story, it gives a brief animated overview of the conflict from his point of view. The piece came on the disc of Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front, a PlayStation 2 game from Bandai, and it sits within the Mecha genre.