Mineva Lao Zabi

Mineva Lao Zabi
Mobile Suit Gundam character
First appearance	Episode 34, The Glory of Solomon (MSG)
Voiced by	Miki Itō (Japanese, MSG-Z TV & ZZ) Ayu Hiramoto (Japanese, MSG-Z Movies) Ayumi Fujimura (Japanese, MSG Unicorn) Katie Rowan (English, MSG-Z) Stephanie Sheh (English, Unicorn)
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Aliases	Audrey Burne
Nationality	Principality of Zeon
Notable relatives	Dozle Zabi (father) Degwin Sodo Zabi (grandfather)
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Allegiance	Axis Zeon

In the TV anime Gundam (Universal Century series) universe, Mineva Lao Zabi (ミネバ・ラオ・ザビ, Mineba Rao Zabi^?) is the last surviving member of the Zabi family and heir to the Principality of Zeon; she is the daughter of Dozle Zabi and Zenna Zabi.

Mineva was born during the One Year War. During the Federation siege on the space fortress Solomon, Dozle insisted that Zenna took the young Mineva and flee to the Zeon's Axis base in the asteroid belt. Zenna later died, leaving the young princess in the hands of Maharajah Khan; Haman Karn took over as regent for her father after his death, guiding Mineva until she was ready to take over.

At the conclusion of the first Neo Zeon movement, the Mineva found by the AEUG declares herself a fake — Bright Noa surmises that the real Mineva had gone missing since the end of the Gryps War. In a PlayStation game for Z Gundam, a secret ending in Char's scenario reveals two escorts guiding Mineva to a private cabin in a resort colony, which leads the assumption that Char had a hand in Mineva's disappearance, freeing her from the burden of being a puppet for Haman's schemes.

Mineva later plays a prominent role in Mobile Suit Vs. Giant God: Gigantis' Counterattack, a non-canon crossover manga with Space Runaway Ideon.

Mineva is the female lead of Gundam Unicorn, under the guise of alias Audrey Burn. The series would seem to suggest that in her adolescenece she has at least partly awoken as a Newtype. Burdened with being a member of the family directly responsible for the One Year War, Mineva stows away aboard the Garancieres for the noble purpose of preventing the Vist Foundation from giving the Neo Zeon remnants Laplace's Box, fearing that it might cause another war. Along the way she meets Banagher Links who agrees to help her.

Mineva also plays a prominent role in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam: Moon Crisis (U.C. 0099). Bellm Hyeres (one of chief instigator in the story) told "Mineva" (when she tries to stop the conflict through broadcast) that she wasn't the real Mineva, but a clone, as they need a name and a reason to declare war.

Mineva's appearance in the Moon Crisis conflicts with her appearance in Unicorn (and vice versa), but as Moon Crisis is non-canonical, the validity of her appearance in the manga is disputable, especially since Unicorn, as an OVA, is a part of official Gundam continuity and the Manga is not.

In movie version of Zeta Gundam, Mineva was planned to go to Earth to study after the Gryps Conflict, which this act turns down the timeline of both Gundam ZZ and Char's Counterattack. The movies however are considered as part of an alternate version of the timeline, or at least Tomino has yet to address how this retcon fit into larger Gundam continuity.