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...
Which means we won't get to go on the
field trip to see the Snail tomorrow.
ممّا يعني أنّنا لن نستطيع الذهاب في
.الرّحلة الميدانية لنشاهد القواقع غدًا
Dann verpassen wir morgen
den Forschungsausflug zur Schnecke. 
Eso significa que no iremos
a la excursión para ver el Caracol.
Eso significa que no iremos
a la excursión para ver el Caracol.
J’imagine que la visite de l’Escargot,
demain, sera annulée.
Quindi, in sostanza, possiamo scordarci
la gita di domani alla Chiocciola.
E com isso, não vamos na viagem 
de campo pra ver o Caramujo.