On the day of the ceremony marking the transition from the A.D. to the Universal Century calendar, the space station Laplace, official residence of the Earth Federation prime minister, is destroyed by a terrorist bombing. One of the terrorists, a young man named Syam Vist, is caught in the explosion but barely manages to survive. He obtains a forbidden box that will come to be known as Laplace's Box.

Almost a century later, in Universal Century 0096...
I was able to get hold of
a staff officer on Luna II.
.لقد استطعتُ التواصل مع ضابِط أركانٍ في لونا 2
Ich konnte mit der Crew
der Luna II Kontakt aufnehmen.
Contacté con un oficial
delegado en Luna II.
Contacté con un oficial
delegado en Luna II.
J’ai pu contacter
l’état-major de Luna 2.
Ho avuto delle informazioni
da un funzionario di Luna 2.
Consegui contatar um oficial de Luna II.