Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of A Flash (Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Sora, Senkou, 機動戦士ガンダム外伝 宇宙、閃光の果てに…) is a story that was created for the video game Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space. It received a manga adaption that was written by Tomohiro Chiba and illustrated by Masato Natsumoto, published in Kadokawa Shoten and serialized in Gundam Ace magazine.
Story
The story revolves around a second Pegasus class ship, the SCVA-72 Thoroughbred and its crew. Tasked to intercept a Zeon supply route behind the Moon that leads to Space Fortress Solomon in preparation for "Operation Star One". To accomplish this, the Thoroughbred has been assigned two Gundams, the RX-78-4 Gundam Unit 4 "G04" and its brother unit the RX-78-5 Gundam Unit 5 "G05" piloted by Luce Kassel and Ford Romfellow respectively.
Chapters
Volume 1
- OPERATION 1: First battle
- OPERATION 2: Cooperation
- OPERATION 3: Flash
- OPERATION 4: Lunar surface
- 0084 - Ford Romfellow - (2015 Japanese Rebellion Rel.)
Volume 2
- OPERATION 5: Light Explosion
- OPERATION 6: Rare Light
- OPERATION 7: Peace
- OPERATION 8: End
- 0084 - Lilia Flaubert - (2015 Japanese Rebellion Rel.)
Volume 3
- OPERATION 5: if Radiance
- OPERATION 6: if Battle
- OPERATION 7: if Feedback
Characters
Earth Federation
- Ford Romfellow
- Luce Kassel
- Miyu Takizawa
- Annie Brevig
- Kilstein Lombard
- Wesley Navarro: Wesley is the leader of the Guncannon Team assigned to the Thoroughbred, where their primarily role is to support the Gundams via covering fire while at the same time protecting the ship.
- Kirk Wahlberg: Another member of the Guncannon Team assigned to the Thoroughbred, where their primarily role is to support the Gundams via covering fire while at the same time protecting the ship.
- Darryl Boyd: Another member of the Guncannon Team assigned to the Thoroughbred, where their primarily role is to support the Gundams via covering fire while at the same time protecting the ship.
Principality of Zeon
- Mallet Sanguine
- Huyman Carlyle
- Lilia Flaubert
- Gusta Piper
- Glenys Escott
- May Cowin
- Nord Wrangell
- Wolf Ransom
- Jake Guns
- Darcia Bakharov
Anaheim Electronics
- Tracey Lamour
Mechanics
Earth Federation Forces
Mobile Weapons
Vehicles and Support Units
Principality of Zeon
Mobile Weapons
- MA-05 Bigro
- MAN-03 Braw Bro
- MS-06F Zaku II
- MS-09R Rick Dom
- MS-09R-2 Rick Dom II
- MS-11 Action Zaku
- MS-14A Gelgoog
Vehicles and Support Units
Gallery
Reference
Editions
Japanese Release
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Vol.1 ISBN 4-04-713603-4-C0979
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Vol.2 ISBN 4-04-713650-6-C0979
- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Vol.3 ISBN 4-04-713693-X-C0979
2015 Japanese Release
- Vol.1 ISBN 978-4-04-101678-7
- Vol.2 ISBN 978-4-04-101679-4
- Vol.3 ISBN 978-4-04-101680-0
Triva
- Huyman Carlyle, Lilia Flaubert, and Gusta Piper serve as the Zeonic player-customizable pilots in Encounters in Space's Mission Mode.
External Links
- http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200310000292
- http://allthatgundam.web.fc2.com/comic/senkou.htm
- Gundam Thoroughbred on MAHQ
- Gundam Thoroughbred on Wikipedia