Athrun, Nicol, Yzak and Dearka are attending the ZAFT Training Academy to train to become elite soldiers and fight back against the earth forces, following the Junius Seven disaster. But when the academy is infiltrated and attacked by enemy spies, the soldiers' skills and loyalties are put to the test. When lives are on the line, who can they trust? And who will betray them all? This is the story about the ZAFT soldiers of GUNDAM SEED before they attack Heliopolis. The chapters in the POVs of Athrun and Yzak are written by @lucindalaflaga, and the Nicol and Dearka chapters are by @susanherondale.

The wars took so much from us. Even in peacetime, life will never be the same again. Three years after the ceasefire, Athrun Zala returns to the PLANTs to visit Lacus Clyne. But all is not as it seems, and when a long-lost friend comes back from the 'dead', Athrun gets more than he bargained for.