Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th M.S. Team: Trivial Operation

Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th M.S. Team - Trivial Operation is a novel originally released in Japan from 1999-2001. Written by Ichiro Okouchi and illustrated by Yukitoshi Houtani, it was serialized in Hobby Japan magazine. Set during the One Year War in UC 0079, it is a side story to the 1996 OVA series Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th M.S. Team. The novel focuses on Raychel Ferguson, a Principality of Zeon mobile suit pilot who is part of an operation to recapture the California Base after it was retaken by the Earth Federation Forces. It has not been officially released in English.