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 tried Londenion, but their commander
is a very tight-lipped person.
.حاولت مع لوندينيون، لكنّ قائدهم شخصٌ كتومٌ جدًّا
Als ich Londenion kontaktierte, …
Probé con Londenion,
pero su comandante no es muy hablador.
Probé con Londenion,
pero su comandante no es muy hablador.
Rien du côté de Londenion.
Leur commandant est resté muet.
Ho provato a contattare Londenion,
 ma il comandante supremo è uno con la bocca cucita.
Tentei contatar Londenion, mas o 
comandante é bastante reservado.