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| - Audrey Burne (オードリー・バーン) is the alias for the main female protagonist in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn. Her real name is Mineva Lao Zabi (ミネバ・ラオ・ザビ) and she is Dozle's daughter. Born during the One Year War, she lost her entire family during the war’s later stages as well as its aftermath. Spirited away to the asteroid of Axis where she lives for the next several years, Mineva is looked after by Haman and Char. Seven years later in the midst of the Gryps War, she re-emerges on the scene as the designated leader of Neo Zeon. Due to her young age, Haman assumes most of the duties of leadership as the regent of Neo Zeon. At the end of the first Neo Zeon war, it was discovered that someone had replaced Mineva with a body double. The real one had gone into hiding and with the help of backroom dealings by the Earth Federation (rumors have stated that it was Char who was the one who spirited her away to safety on a civilian colony). Eventually the Neo Zeon remnants known as the Sleeves found her and took her back under their care. Three years after the death of Char, she learns of plans by the Sleeves to obtain and unlock the secrets of Laplace’s Box, which has the power to overthrow finally the Earth Federation. Justifiably worried at the potential of a new war and feeling a need to atone for her family’s actions, Mineva secretly journeys to Industrial 7 to persuade the keepers of Laplace’s Box to cancel turning it over to the Sleeves. On the way to the meeting location within the colony, she meets Banagher Links for the first time and uses her pseudonym. At first, she does not want him around her partially out of fear of putting him in danger but circumstances take that decision out of her hands as her worst fears come true. Working closely with Banagher, who she develops strong feelings for, Mineva searches for clues about Laplace’s Box and the secret power that it has over the Earth Federation.
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