Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (Manga)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt(kidou senshi Gundam ,機動戦士ガンダム サンダーボルト)is a manga sidestory written by Yasuo Ohtagaki,published by Shôgakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior magazine March 23 2012.

Story
The Universal Century began with mankind moving its burgeoning population into outer space. The year is UC0079. The cluster of colonies furthest from the Earth, Side 3, proclaim themselves the Principality of Zeon and launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Now, it is nearly one year since the war broke out. In the “Thunderbolt sector”, a reef section of space where a large quantity of wreckage from battleships and destroyed space colonies from the war lay, a violent battle plays out as the Earth Federation forces sets their sights on recapturing the Zeon controlled sector.

Chapters
EPISODE.01:

A Zaku II Sniper type hides itself in the Thunderbolt sector. Meanwhile, an operation was started with the intent of gaining total control of this sector, which is a supply route to the fortress A Baoa Qu within the Zeon’s sphere of influence. To accomplish this task, as well as taking out snipers, the Federation Forces fleet and mobile suit unit is led by the “Mua Brotherhood”, former inhabitants of Mua space colonies destroyed by the Zeon. All 24 units of the mobile suit unit sortie. Amongst them was Ensign Io Flemming, pilot of the GM204F.

Principality of Zeon

 * Mysterious Man

Earth Federation

 * Tem Ray
 * Io Flemming
 * Cornelius

Mobile Weapons

 * Zaku II Sniper Type

Mobile Weapons

 * GM204F