Three days after Tekkadan's assault on JPT Trust, McGillis' faction and Tekkadan launch a coup d'etat on the Seven Stars headquarters, taking all but Rustal and Iok prisoner while preparing for a counterattack by the Arianrhod fleet. McGillis prepares to board the Gundam Bael - the first Gundam ever built, rumored to contain the soul of Gjallarhorn founder Agnika Kaieru - but he is suddenly confronted by Vidar, who unmasks himself as Gaelio Bauduin...