Gaia Gear
Sound Theater Gaia Gear CD-1
Disc.01

Track.01 Opening Narration
(Narrated by: Makoto Otake)

NARRATION: Two hundred years have passed since man came {rose to} to the islands in space called space colonies. During that time, several wars broke out. They were battles to protect the star of blue water {Earth}. Amongst the twinkle of the stars, man was {people were} hated, wounded, and defeated yet never forgot love. Much blood was shed and grief had. The souls of those who died wander the silence of space, turn into light and fade into the Milky Way. The vast comic arena swallows people’s emotions, forever marking the passage of time. One sole transcended time when the Earth lost its radiance and people’s prayers turned into signs of grief. Perhaps that was the harbinger people awakened.

第1話：シャア再び (20:05)
Episode.01 – The Return of Char

SYNTHESIZED:  The shuttle terminal is a zero gravity bay. While moving, please wear the magnetic boots.

KRISNA:  Please don’t shove me! I’m not wearing magnetic boots!

MADRAS: Krisna, grab this. Ah, Joe, not that way, to the right, the right!

JOE:  But the Spasias is at pier no. 8.

MADRAS: If we go directly {straight to it}, we’ll be discovered by those MaHa bastards. Let’s find a way around.

BROADCAST: All shuttles are currently…

MAHA #1: There! Over there! Metatron! Fire!

KRISNA: Captain!

JOE:  This is bad! It’s MaHa!

MADRAS: Come on! We’ll force our way through the gate!

NARRATION: Universal Century 0203. The Earth Federation government’s secret police “MaHA” commenced their suppression of Metatron, namely, anti-Earth Federation government activities. “Hellas,” a popular space colony of Side 2, was the first to be a target by MaHa. Using mobile weapons called “man machines”, they ambushed Hellas {carried out a surprise attack on}. Prior to MaHA’s overwhelming military force, Metatron was silent and although their surprise attack seemed to be a success, Metatron wasn’t completely eliminated as many members evaded unmasking and escaped from Hellas…

KERAN:                  Instrument check complete! We can head out {depart} at any time!

MICHEL:                 Captain Madras isn’t here yet?

CREW:                    Urgent message from the operating control station. They’re saying the departure clearance for the
                             Spasias has been rescinded {revoked/retracted}.

JOE:                        Act like you didn’t hear the message.

MADRAS:              Yo, sorry to keep you all waiting. Is everyone in place?

MICHEL:                 You’re late, captain!

MADRAS:              We had a run in with MaHA {or those MaHa bunch} and somehow got wound with them.
Joe, Krishna, to your posts {positions}.

JOE:                        Yes, sir. Krishna, I’ll leave this monitor to you.

KRISHNA:               Right.

MADRAS:              What about the Gaia Gear?

KERAN:                  It’s loaded in the container.

MADRAS:              Excellent! Initiate departure! We’re going to Earth, folks.

MICHEL:                 Earth?! No one told me that!

MADRAS:              Orders from the higher ups. It’s a top secret mission. Spasias, launch!

MARISSA:              Captain Dargol, do you have a moment?

DARGOL:               What is it?

MARISSA:              The suppression within the colony is complete. MaHA suppression forces are hunting down Metatron                                remnants hiding in the city as we speak.

DARGOL:               Seems we’ve failed to capture Metatron’s leaders…

MARISSA:              Sir.  Although we’ve blockaded all ports, Metatron’s movements were earlier {faster} than expected…

DARGOL:               Don’t let any more get away.

MARISSA:              Yes, sir!

DARGOL:               MaHA’s first battle is a success. Lieutenant Knazis, join me in a toast won’t you? To the glory of MaHa                                and the future of Earth…

MARISSA:              Cheers. Captain. About Ensign Urian, it seems he’s obtained something from a Metatron hideout.

DARGOL:               Oh? I’d like to have a look at it right away. Summon him here.

MARISSA:              Sir.

GUARD:                 Mayor, you can’t just barge in there like that!!

MAYOR:                Captain Dargol!

DARGOL:               Mayor, is something wrong?

MAYOR:                Don’t give me that! Hurry up and get your man machines flying around the city out of the colony! At                                this rate there’ll likely be a war!

DARGOL:               The man machines entered the colony to maintain the safety of my men. We have intel that suggests                                 Metatron is in possession of a new model man machine.

But, in actuality it seems they have even been constructing a battleship in addition to the man machine. At this rate, we can’t help but regard this colony as a Metatron stronghold.

MAYOR:                 I-I wasn’t aware. I hadn’t heard of that… {lit. I haven’t heard such/Don’t say those kinds of things?}

DARGOL:               Mayor. I’ll ask that you leave now. Sooner or later some sort of disposition will be handed down from                                the Federation government.

MAYOR:                 Captain! Listen to me! Circumstances in space colonies are for space colonies. The Federation                                       government doesn’t try to understand that…

DARGOL:               Remove him from the room!

MAYOR:                 Captain!

GUARD:                 Mayor! This way! Please don’t make this more difficult for yourself!

MAYOR:                L-let go of me! It’s disrespectful! Let go of me!!

DARGOL:               Politicians and bureaucrats only focus on the interests in front of them instead of trying to look at the                                world at large. Social reform {world reformation or drastic reform} cannot be accomplished by such                                 people.

MARISSA:              Sir.

DARGOL:               And it’s the current Federation government that allows people like that mayor to live so comfortably.                                That is why we must start a revolution! But, we are different than Metatron. We are within the                                              Federation government and can cause a reform. That is MaHA’s way.

MARISSA:              Of which you’ll build up a MaHA monarchy on Earth.

DARGOL:               That’s right… We must return to the Earth. We as mankind must give birth and grow on Mother Earth.

URIAN:                   Blasted Metatron. {Damned Metatron} That was shorter than I expected. And here I thought they’d                                  resist a little more.

NCO:                      That’s the sort of people they are. Most of them joined Metatron just to get salary you see.

URIAN:                   Which means it’s nothing more than a secret organization that gives welfare to the unemployed,                                     huh?

NCO:                      True, but Ensign Urian. I’m feeling a little off by today’s ambush.

URIAN:                   What? Ah, that’s right. You’re from this colony aren’t you?

下士官：                ええ…もう家族も住んでないですけど。
NCO:                      Yes, but my family doesn’t live here anymore.

URIAN:                   But, your relatives and childhood friends are here aren’t they?

NCO:;                     Yes, well…

URIAN:                   What would you do if, say, they were Metatron?

NCO:                      Well, that’s the the thing… If it were you, Ensign Urian, what would you do?

URIAN:                   Kill them, of course.

NCO:                      Ensign…

URIAN:                   What, you’re surprised? You joined MaHa lacking such resolution {preparedness}?

NCO:                      N-no, I just…

URIAN:                   Don’t bother explaining {or don’t make excuses}. MaHa doesn’t need excuses. Actual results are                                     everything.

NCO:                      Sir!

URUAN:                 Just look straight ahead and drive.

NCO:                      Sir!

URIAN:                   Ensign Ul Urian, reporting.

DARGOL:               Well done out there.

URIAN:                   This is the disc obtained from the Metatron hideout.

DARGOL:               As expected, it’s encrypted. Lieutenant Knazis, decipher this disk right away.

MARISSA:              Sir!

URIAN:                   That disk really is related to the Char Continue Operation, isn’t it?

DARGOL:               There’s no doubt, according to the intel from a man who double-crossed Metatron and came to us.

URIAN:                   So it really exists? A memory clone of Char Aznable…

DARGOL:               Ul, what do you think of this?

URIAN:                   I believe that technically speaking, it’s considerably difficult to manufacture {produce} someone {a                                                man/character} with the memories of Char Aznable.

DARGOL:               But not impossible…

URIAN:                   Yes, but it’s the meaning behind the name Char Aznable that’s become the issue here. Char                                             Aznable is the son of Zeon Zum Deikun who started the One Year War. Char himself revolted against                                the Earth Federation government and led forces to do battle. Char Aznable, so to speak, is a                                            symbolic existence for spacenoid independence movements.

DARGOL:               So you’re saying that’s why Metatron is using that name? But, Metatron has secretly built a battleship,                                developed a man machine and even built up an army. They’re serious about making a spacenoid                                 independence movement.

URIAN:                   Captain Dargol. By the way you’re speaking, you seem to believe in a memory clone of Char.

DARGOL:               A hero from a hundred years ago has been revived {brought back to life, raised from the dead}. That’s foolish                   romanticist all over it. Although I dislike the idea itself, It’ll be a nuisance if it becomes a reality.

URIAN:                   Should we crush it? Right away that is…

DARGOL:               I’ll leave it to you, Ul Urian.

CHAR’S VOICE:    When my father, Zeon Deikun, had made a request to Earth for autonomy for spacenoids, he was                                     assassinated by the Zabi family. The Zabis had called themselves the Principality of Zeon and                                             launched a war of independence against the Earth! The rebirth of mankind started with man living in                                space. I’d like to believe that a Newtype is someone who reaches out to everyone and not just                                       someone with psychic abilities. You’ve become a strong woman, haven’t you? Artesia… With their                                                 souls weighed down by gravity, mankind cannot be reborn. The appearance of Newtypes is also                                                 impossible!

AFRANCHE:          I can hear it, again… that sound…

EVERLY:                  Afranche! Afranche Char!

AFRANCHE:          Everly! Leggo! We’re gonna fall down! We’re getting wet!

EVERLY:                  I don’t mind it {when} I’m with you!

EVERLY:                  What’s the matter, Afranche?

AFRANCHE:          I can hear… a sound…

EVERLY:                  Sound? You’re hearing that sound again? But, I don’t hear anything… what kind of sound?

AFRANCHE:          I don’t know how to say it… It varies day by day… It echoes from inside my head and is just there                                      without notice, out of the blue…

EVERLY:                  Afranche…

AFRANCHE:          Oh, it’s okay, Everly. It’s subsided already. There’s no need to worry.

EVERLY:                  Smile! Afranche! Show me your smile!

AFRANCHE:          Everly…

EVERLY:                  Afranche! It’s so mean of him! Gaba Suu won’t allow it… For you and I to get married.

AFRANCHE:          It’s because… I’m not someone of this island…

EVERLY:                  But you are! We’ve always been together since we were little! You dove into the sea and caught fish                                 and I grew taro in the fields and weaved…

AFRANCHE:          You’re right. Gaba Suu taught me how to catch fish. He became my foster parents and raised me.                                  But, he won’t let us get married… I wonder why?

AFRANCHE:          It’s such a big ship! Is it a freighter?

EVERLY:                  That ship is entering port, huh?

AFRANCHE:          Yesterday too, a huge ship came here, right? What did it say? Oh, that’s right! “Salvage ship!”

EVERLY:                  After the last storm, a machine that had a human shape might have been launched in the western                                 bay. A mobile suit… Seems like they salvaged that.

AFRANCHE:          Gaba Suu said that it fell into the ocean during the war a hundred years ago. I wonder what they                                      salvaged something like that for?

EVERLY:                  I heard that it’s displayed in a museum to remove the rust, but… Afranche! Let’s go back to the                                        village!

URIAN:                   You? You’re Afranche, was it?

AFRANCHE:          Huh?

URIAN:                   You’re called Afranche, right?

AFRANCHE:          Who are you?

URIAN:                   Ah. My name is Ul Urian. I arrived here {lit. to this island} yesterday on the salvage ship. I’ve taken a bit                                 of interest with your name. If you don’t mind, would you tell me your full name?

AFRANCHE:          Afranche… Char…

URIAN:                   Afranche Char… I see.

EVERLY:                  What gives? What’s the matter with Afranche’s name?

URIAN:                   Oh, it’s nothing. I just thought there was a hero with a name like that long ago. Do you know?                                              The hero of the spacenoids, Char Aznable?

AFRANCHE:          Char… Aznable?

EVERLY:                  Afranche?!

AFRANCHE:          It hurts! My head!

MAHA MP:            How did it go, Ensign Urian?

URIAN:                   Although it doesn’t mean he’s the exactly the same as Char Aznable, their features are remarkably                                 similar.

MAHA MP:            In other words, he is a descendant of Zeon Deikun after all?

URIAN:                   I can’t say for certain unless his genes are examined, but…

MAHA MP:            But that’s all too easy to do, isn’t it? Afranche Char, the name of the man who inherits Char                                Aznable’s name…

URIAN:                   If you ask Captain Dargol, Metatron are a bunch of foolish romanticists who seriously believe in the                                 rebirth of Char Aznable. It’s because of them a symbolic name was given to Char’s successor.

MAHA MP:            Still, to think a man with a memory clone of Char is here on Earth…

URIAN:                   Afranche Char… to all appearances, he is an ordinary man but, is someone like him to become                                       leader of Metatron? He didn’t seem to recognize the name Char Aznable… or was that all an act?

MAHA MP:            Ensign Urian?

URIAN:                   Round up the men. We’ll capture him as planned. Be gentle with him. I have a lot of things I’d like to ask him.

EVERLY:                  Oh c’mon! What’s with this radio?! The solar cells are dead! Afranche says he has a headache and                                 it’s all because that huge ship came here!

GABA SUU:           Everly? What’s the matter?

EVERLY:                  Gaba Suu! Banish that huge ship from the island! Afranche’s head hurts because a man from it                                         said some strange things!

GABA SUU:           Oh?

EVERLY:                  I hate foreigners! {outsiders} Gaba Suu, this radio is busted!

GABA SUU:           Everly, where’s Afranche?

EVERLY:                  He’s outside. He seems to have a terrible headache.

GABA SUU:           Is that so?

GABA SUU:           Afranche, what’s the matter?

AFRANCHE:          I was just a bit dizzy, but I’m fine now. Gaba Suu. You understand, right? The sound I can hear.                                              Something is singing inside my head…

GABA SUU:           Afranche… you are not a man of this island…

AFRANCHE:          Yes, I know.

GABA SUU:           I was entrusted to raise you on this island. I don’t know your family background. I felt it wasn’t                                               necessary to hear so I didn’t ask. The man who left you with me said so. You’re to go into outer                                         space soon.

AFRANCHE:          Me? Go to outer space?

GABA SUU:           Yes… I was opposed to you and Everly getting married because I believed you’d leave the island                                   sooner or later… Everyly cannot live away from the island…

AFRANCHE:          You want me to go into outer space, Gaba Suu?

GABA SUU:           Everything is, Afranche, what you decide…

AFRANCHE:          Gaba Suu. There’s something I want to know! Why can I hear a sound in my head?

GABA SUU:           Even if you know, then what?

AFRANCHE:          I don’t know… but, I can’t stand it! If this keeps up…!!

GABA SUU:           Society often says that knowing is painful… People acquire wisdom after living without knowing.

AFRANCHE:          Is that how you’ve lived too?

GABA SUU:           No. I thought I knew many things… but now I’ve forgotten them you see. This island is all I have now.

AFRANCHE:          I’m fond of this island too! {I like this island too!} But that sound is urging me to do something… It’s like                                something cannot stay still… it makes me feel like that. I absolutely want to know, Gaba Suu! What’s                                 the reason why I can hear that sound!

EVERLY:                  Afranche!

MAHA GUY:         Over there! There they are!

EVERLY:                  It’s that guy! We met him on the beach this afternoon!

AFRANCHE:          Everly!

URIAN:                   It’s that guy over there! He’s Afranche Char!

GABA SUU:           Afranche! Run! I sense evil intentions in those men!

EVERLY:                  Afranche!

AFRANCHE:          Everly, this way!

MAHA GUY 2:      Hold it!

URIAN:                   I said not to use your pistols! I will not tolerate violations of orders!

MAHA GUY 3:      Where are they? Go around!

EVERLY:                  A-Afranche! Who in the world are those people?!

AFRANCHE:          I don’t know, but that Ul guy seems to know a lot about me.

MAHA GUY 3:      This way!

EVERLY:                  Afranche!

MAHA GUY 2:      Don’t move, you two.

AFRANCHE:          It’s okay, Everly. Stay calm.

URIAN:                   That’s right. I won’t harm the girl. So it’s best if you don’t resist strangely. {what?}

AFRANCHE:          Just… who are you?

URIAN:                   I should have introduced myself: I’m Ul Urian.

AFRANCHE:          What do you intend to do with me?

URIAN:                   I’ll take you to the salvage ship for the time being. Don’t give me any unnecessary trouble.

URIAN:                   What?! A man machine?! You mean to tell me they had a man machine hidden in the freighter?!

JOE:                        Give it up. If you don’t want to be trampled by the Gaia Gear, throw down your guns.

URIAN:                   The Gaia Gear?! Why is Metatron’s new model man machine in a place like this?!

KRISHNA:               Afranche Char!

AFRANCHE:          Huh?!

KRISHNA:               So you are Afranche Char. Follow me.

AFRANCHE:          Who are you?

KRISHNA:               Your comrade.

JOE:                        Krishna, take our guests back to the freighter right away!

KRISHNA:               Hurry now! Bring the girl this way too!

EVERLY:                  Afranche!

AFRANCHE:          Let’s go!

URIAN:                   Afranche Char!

JOE:                        Whoa there! Don’t move, MaHa scum. Sorry, but I’ll be taking out your salvage ship.

KRISHNA:               The ship! Hurry!

EVERLY:                  Afranche!

AFRANCHE:          Everly! Ah! That sound! I can hear that sound again!

 

CHAR:                    Although I, Char Aznable, want to believe in the rebirth of a humanity that lives in space, in order to develop all of us into Newtypes someone has to shoulder all the evils of humanity. I will bear that role. I will purge the foolish people remaining on Earth lending a hand to pollution!  {Unsure of this line} The time has come for mankind to pay for polluting the Earth for so long!