The TV series titled “Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury” marked a seven-year gap since the release of “Iron-Blooded Orphans“. This new installment introduced the franchise’s first female lead character, Suletta Mercury, as well as its first LGBT protagonist. Throughout most of the series, Suletta pilots her Gundam Aerial until her sister Ericht, who is actually Aerial’s true identity, forces her away in an attempt to shield her from their mother’s schemes. Later, after reuniting with Miorine Rembran and being selected by the Space Assembly League to confront her mother, Prospera Mercury, and Quiet Zero, Suletta consents to pilot Gundam Calibarn. However, Calibarn was branded as a “monster” by the Space Assembly League because it lacked safety features for pilots to manage the strain of its Permet Score.