Gundam Sentinel

Gundam Sentinel (ガンダム・センチネル, Gandamu Senchineru) is an original story which takes place in the Universal Century timeline. Set during the same timeline as Mobile Suit Gundam Double Zeta (which is the sequel to Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam), after the fall of the Titans the Federation sends an expeditionary force called Task Force Alpha to deal with a group of elite Federation officers who’ve formed their own Earth-supremacist faction called the New Desides. Conceptualized in the fall of 1987, the Japanese magazine Model Graphix began serializing a monthly Gundam novel named Gundam Sentinel. It ran from September 1987 to August 1988 and was a groundbreaking combination for a Gundam novel, featuring extremely-detailed mechanical designs by Katoki Hajime (Gundam Sentinel being his debut), paving the way to his becoming the main mechanical designer for the Gundam franchise, and the technically detailed storyline by veteran Gundam fan Masaya Takahashi, writer of the "MS Senki" comic called Gundam Sentinel: Alice’s Confession.

The story realistically depicts Mobile Suits as military equipment rather than heroic robots. After Gundam Sentinel completed its run, Model Graphix combined all the work, and with the addition of new material, it was published as Gundam Wars III: Gundam Sentinel -The Battle of Real Gundam-. The story was republished in July 1990 as novel subtitled Alice's Confession.

Plot Synopsis
It is UC 0088, in the last weeks of the struggle between the AEUG and the Titans, when a small group of elite Federal Forces officers stationed at the asteroid fortress Pezun revolt against the pro-AEUG Federation leadership. The rebels, led by Brave Cod, declare themselves the "New Desides" (a hybrid of "decision" and "dissident"). They swear to fight on for the Titans’ ideology of Earthnoid supremacy. A quick battle erupts between the Federation Barzams and the newer New Desides Xeku Eins, and New Desides is successful in gaining control of the asteroid. Although Axis is the major threat on the horizon, the Federation decides that this rebellion must be put down.

Taskforce Alpha, a small force of Federal Forces, AEUG and Karaba veterans, is dispatched to Pezun to suppress the New Desides rebellion before it gets out of hand. In order to intimidate the rebels, Taskforce Alpha is equipped with the very latest advanced mobile suit hardware, including a handful of Gundams - the most powerful of which is the Superior Gundam, piloted by 22 year-old pilot Ryuu Roots. The Task Force Alpha fleet is made up of an Ahgama Class Carrier called the Pegasus III, and four Salamis Class Cruisers. The Superior Gundam is equipped with an artificial intelligence system called ALICE, which will intervene many times to save Ryuu and, over time, develop true self-awareness.

Earth Federation Forces

 * Ryu Roots
 * Shin Crypt
 * Tex West
 * Eton Heathrow
 * Stole Mannings
 * Sigman Shade
 * Chung Yung

New Desides

 * Brave Cod
 * Tosh Cray
 * Brain Aeno
 * Josh Offshore
 * First Side

Civilians

 * Mike Saotome
 * Kaiser Pinefield

Mobile Weapons

 * FA-010A FAZZ
 * MSA-007 Nero
 * MSA-007E EWAC Nero
 * MSA-007T Nero Trainer Type
 * MSA-0011 S Gundam
 * MSA-0011(Bst) S Gundam Booster Unit Type
 * MSA-0011(Bst) S Gundam Plan 303E "Deep Striker"
 * MSA-0011(Ext) Ex-S Gundam
 * MSZ-006 Proto Zeta
 * MSZ-006A1 (MSK-006) Zeta Plus A1
 * MSZ-006AIB Zeta Plus AIB
 * MSZ-006A2 Zeta Plus A2
 * MSZ-006A3 Zeta Plus A3
 * MSZ-006B Zeta Plus B
 * MSZ-006BN Zeta Plus BN
 * MSZ-006C1 Zeta Plus C1
 * MSZ-006C1(Bst) Zeta Plus "Hummingbird"
 * MSZ-006C4 Zeta Plus C4
 * MSZ-006D Zeta Plus D
 * MSZ-006E Zeta Plus E
 * MSZ-006R (RGZ-006) Zeta Plus R
 * ORX-013 Gundam Mark V
 * RGM-86R Nouvel GM III
 * RMS-154 Barzam Refined Type

Vehicles and Support Units

 * Argama class (Pegasus III)
 * FE-08WR Queenbee
 * FF-08GB G-Core (Atmospheric Version)
 * FF-08WR Wivern
 * FF-S4 Daggerfish
 * FXA-08GB G-Core
 * FXA-08GB(Bst) Core Booster
 * G-Attacker
 * G-Bomber
 * Magellan Kai class
 * Salamis Kai class

Mobile Weapons

 * AMA-100 Z'od-iacok
 * AMA-100 Zoon
 * ORX-013 Gundam Mark V
 * RMS-141 Xeku Eins (Type 1 Armament)
 * RMS-141 Xeku Eins (Type 2 Armament)
 * MS-141 Xeku Eins (Type 3 Armament)
 * RMS-142 Xeku Zwei

Vehicles and Support Units

 * Columbus Kai class
 * Enterprise class (refit)

Mobile Weapons

 * AMA-100 Z'od-iacok
 * AMA-100 Zoon
 * AMX-003 (MMT-1) Gaza-C
 * AMX-007 (MMT-3) Gaza-E

Vehicles and Support Units

 * Gwadan-class
 * Musai-class