Gundam: Rise

 Gundam: Rise is a fan fiction created by Kae Genson. The time line of this story is different from othe Gundam series due to it being around our actual time. The story takes place on earth in the year 2012. The world its self going through many major issues. Everything from War to Natural Disasters, to disease. At this time a group known as the Z.E.A. (Zions Eastern Alliance) reveal themselves to the world by invading all of the remaining countries in the U.N. (United Nations) at their weakest times. The world is unable to do anything due to the advanced technologies the Z.E.A. possess. Everything from Mobile Suit, Space Ships, Space Stations, and Anti Gravity Fighters.

In the incident of the invasion to the U.S. a teen named Kelven Gripps recieves a text message from his father informing him to go to a certain location, assuring Kelven that it was the only safe place. Kelven was told to go alone but instead brought all of his friends with him to the location. Everyone arrives to the location and finds a secret passage way that reveals to be a hangar for an experimental technology called project G.U.N.D.A.M. Project G.U.N.D.A.M. consisted of 5 prototype mobile suits that were originally suppose to bedesigned for the U.S. military branches but was abandoned due to the Secretary of Deffense not believing Giant Machines were nessisary in warfare.

While in the facility Kelven is able to intercept military communications. He learns that the U.S. Army is no use against the Z.E.A.'s mobile suits and other advanced technologies. Kelven, not wanting to watch his friends and home town fall, jumps into the closest Mobile Suit to him, GXM-V16S Skylark Gundam, and launcheswithout any plan of attack or proper training to handle such a machine.