Cosmic Era (C.E.) 71. Humanity now exists in 2 forms. Naturals, who mainly reside on the Earth, and genetically enhanced humans known as Coordinators, who mostly live in space colonies. A year into the war between the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty and the Earth Alliance, a team of elite ZAFT soldiers attack the neutral Orb Union's resource satellite Heliopolis, attempting to seize the Alliance's new G-Project mobile suits. Kira Yamato, a high school student who gets involved in the incident, coincidentally encounters his old friend Athrun Zala, and finds that his fellow Coordinators are now his enemies. HD widescreen remaster of the original series with updated animation, 2 recap episodes omitted, and added content from the Special Edition.