The war between the Federation and the Veigans continue 25 years after the battle at Ambat.
Is that Mount Fuji in the background?
Summary:
In A.G. 140, 25 years after the battle at Ambat, the war between the Federation and Veigans continue and the Veigan agent Zehearte Galette and his superior plan to move onto stage 2 of their Eden Plan. The now 39-year-old Flit is a general in the Federation and is still determined to defeat the Veigans who has refused every attempt for peace talks. Flit gets a day off from his duties and decides to return to the space colony Tordia to check on his family.
Acquiring target... love interest identified.
Flit has got the style going on these days.
At a school in Torida, two members of the school Mobile Suit club are confronted by three bullies, but club member Asemu Asuno shows up to help his fellow club members and the fight is then broken up by a teacher. Asemu and his two friends return to their warehouse to work on their mini-mobile suit for an upcoming competition, but there is a problem with the arm programming. The school cutie Romarie and her two friends come to check out the commotion. Romarie seems interested in the club's work, but her friends aren't so enthusiastic and gets her to leave. Afterwards, Asemu gets a phone call from his dad Flit who has arrived in the colony. The Asuno family (Flit, wife Emily, Vargas, Asemu and sister Unoa) has dinner together to celebrate Asemu's 17th birthday. Flit gives Asemu the AGE device and explains that Asemu should use the device to protect the things he holds precious. Flit also states that he will recommend Asemu to go to a military academy and tells Asemu not to slack off on his studies.

No, it's not the keys to the convertible, but it's something even better.
The next day at school, Zehearte transfers into Asemu's class. During break, Asemu and schoolmates watch as Zehearte has a run-in with the big bully and Zehearte embarrasses the bully without fighting back. Later, Zehearte passes by the Mobile Suit club workshop where Asemu and friends are tuning their suit, but Zehearte isn't interested in the club. Instead, Zehearte goes into the wooded area nearby and calls for the Veigan to start their attack. Two Veigan Dorados fly into the colony and start blowing up houses, and a Genoace II and two Shaldolls show up to fight the intruders. Asemu and friends see the smoke in the distance, and Asemu decides to ride his motorcycle back home after being unable to reach his mother by phone. On the way, Asemu spots Romarie in an area that has been hit. Romarie has twisted her ankle, and so Asemu brings her along for the ride. Aesemu arrives back home where Vargas informs him that Emily and Unoa are hiding safely in the basement. Vargas motions Aesemu and Emily to go into the barn where Flit has been hiding the AGE-1 Gundam Normal among a huge stack of hay. Vargas states that he and his helpers had been maintaining the Gundam all this time and tells Asemu to use the AGE device as the key. Asemu hops into and activates the Gundam. After the barn roof is opened, Asemu gets the Gundam to jump out and head towards the battle.
The Veigans suits are looking more ninja than before.
The new Gundam isn't ready yet, so for now you'll have to settle for a dual-wielding AGE-1 Gundam.
Asemu arrives when the the two Dorados had already defeated the Shaldolls and knocked down the heavily damaged Genoace. Zehearte is watching in the distance and reports that their target (the Gundam) has been sighted. Asemu fights the Dorados by dual-wielding beam sabers, and he manages to stay in the fight despite being inexperienced and knocked down once. Asemu creates a smoke screen using the Gundam's thrusters and this allows him to isolate and destroy one of the Dorados. The other Dorado tries to retaliate but its leg is grabbed by the downed Genoace, allowing the Gundam to step in and slice it apart. After the battle, the whole area is covered by a strange fog. Outside of the colony, Flit watches news of the attack from a shuttle.
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It's now on to the second generation of Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, and the Gundam has been passed down from father Flit to son Asemu. Flit is now a middle aged general of the Federation, and having too much stuff to do Flit decides to hand the Gundam pilot mantle to Asemu. It is kind of like handing the keys to the car to the son, but of course the Gundam is much more substantial than any car. With a mustache and goatee plus the designer suit and shades, Flit's current look reminds me of Tony Stark (or the Robert Downey Jr. version of said character), so he looks kind of cool for a middle-aged guy. As we all have guessed by now, Flit married Emily, and both Asemu and his sister Unoa inherited Emily's blond hair. Seems like green hair is an even more recessive trait than blond hair. Despite Flit not being around the family most of the time, Asemu seems to be a happy and balanced kid and doesn't have issues with Flit. Through the course of the 1st generation story, Flit developed a hatred for the Veigans, and we'll see what kind of beliefs Asemu will develop through his part of the show.
Looking at the start and the OP sequence, a number of characters from the 1st generation will return to show. Millais will be the new captain of the Diva, Dique will take over Vargas' role as the Diva's mechanic chief, and Woolf will be back as well with the addition of some manly sideburns. I wonder if any of the other non-deceased characters from the 1st generation will make an appearance though. In terms of new characters, Zehearte will star opposite to Asemu as the "Red Comet" masked ace pilot of this series, and Romarie will be the love interest for Asemu. Zehearte has the same last name as Decil, so there might be some relation there.
We know for a fact that Asemu will have a newer transformable Gundam at his disposal for the majority of this part of the series, and thus he won't be using the AGE-1 Gundam for long. The AGE-1 Gundam still has enough ability to defeat the second generation Veigan grunts, but it'll probably be inadequate once tougher opponents show up. My guess is that the AGE-1 will suffer heavy damage and will be rebuilt into the new Gundam, but they can also build a new one from scratch.
Anyways, this was an okay start to the second generation. The last generation ended on an attack on a Veigan hideout. Perhaps this part will end with an attack on a more significant target? The Veigan home base will probably be saved for Asemu's son though.