The conflict rages on in the second season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 as the crew of the Ptolemaios resurfaces after four years in hiding. A plucky band of rebel fighters known as Celestial Being must employ guerilla warfare - and the help of four humanoid machines called Gundams - to combat a corrupt military force, the A-Laws.
Fans of the franchise will remember the three world superpowers joining together to form the Earth Sphere Federation (ESF) at the end of the first season. Their goal is to crush Celestial Being, so they form the A-Laws, an independent security force.
Four years after Season One's climatic battle, protagonist Setsuna F Seiei has been separated from his comrades and dreams of a peaceful existence.
But the Gestapo-like A-Laws are using their superior military might to strong-arm dissenters and invade non-federation countries under the pretence of world security.
Unable to sit on the sidelines any longer, Setsuna pilots his battered Gundam Exia against the A-Laws who are massacring an orbiting space station's population, saying they are a part of a dissident organisation.
Unfortunately Exia is unable to fight the newer, more powerful A-Law's mobile units, and Setsuna is almost beaten. Right at the crucial moment, his Celestial Being come to the rescue. Reunited, they plan on exposing the A-Laws for what they are.