A New Wind Blows

A New Wind Blows is the first episode of the new Gundam SEED series, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Resolutions.

Plot
The episode starts off with a recap of the events that occurred in and after the epilogue of Gundam SEED Destiny and then skips two years later.

C.E. 76. The people on Earth and in the PLANTs are living peaceful lives. At a ZAFT military academy, a young teenage girl along with a few other recruits are finishing up their training. The recruits are told that tomorrow, they will graduate from the academy, be assigned to a command, and assigned a uniform. The girl meets up with three other recruits after the session is over. They talk about how finally they get to become real soldiers even if their is no war to fight in. The girl and one of the recruits say goodbye to the others and head for their homes.

Meanwhile, Kira Yamato, who is now a commander in the ZAFT military, is looking over recruit files on his computer. He comes across two recruits seen earlier, identified as Ashe Grayson and Zeo Hunter and after reading their files, seems surprised by what he read. He then smiles, saying that he hopes they are ready. The scene switches to show a hangar with two large shadowed silhouettes.

The next day, after graduating from the academy, everyone is assigned to a command and Ashe and Zeo are the last ones left. Their instructor tells them that they are being put into the command of someone special: Kira Yamato. Both Ashe and Zeo are surprised as they can't believe that they would be assigned to someone like him. The instructor tells them that Kira personally asked for them to be in his command. They are both given their uniforms and are told to meet with Kira tomorrow at a designated place.

The next morning, Ashe and Zeo get changed into their uniforms and meet Kira at the designated place. They introduce themselves and talk for a bit before Kira asks them to come with him. They walk to the hangar seen earlier and Ashe asks what's going on. Kira says that he has something he wants to show them. When they walk inside, they are greeted by two mobile suits. Kira identifies these machines as the ZGMF-X45T Spectre Gundam and the ZGMF-X25T Zephyr Gundam. He turns to them and says that they have been chosen to pilot these machines. He then says that Ashe will be the pilot of the Spectre and Zeo will be the pilot of the Zephyr.

The episode ends with Ashe and Zeo looking at their respective new machines.