Quentin Fermo, a Cyber Newtype operative within the Buch Junk Company’s shadowy militia Birnam, endured cyberization experiments at the Earth Federation Forces’ Augusta Newtype Research Institute. His recruitment into Birnam and motivations for assaulting Axis remain veiled, though his combat prowess proves undeniable. He commands the RX-78AN-01 Gundam AN-01 "Tristan," a heavily modified descendant of the NT-1 Alex with shrouded origins, later augmented by the RX-78KU-01 Kurwenal weapons platform. This arsenal fuels his relentless clashes against the Federation’s Mastema unit and their Zeon allies—Arlette Almage, piloting the monstrous AMA-X4 Ahava Azieru, and Danton Hyleg in his Zaku III Custom.
A turning point emerges during his assault on Danton’s R-Jarja, where a Newtype-induced psychic link with Arlette floods him with visions of their mutual torment as Augusta test subjects. This revelation stays his hand, sparing both enemies despite Birnam’s mandate. His younger brother Walter Fermo fights alongside him in Birnam’s RX-160G Byarlant Isolde, though their fractured bond remains unexplored. Quentin’s Axis campaign prioritizes securing psycho-frame data to advance Birnam’s clandestine agenda, which later fuels factions like the Crossbone Vanguard.
Quentin ultimately withdraws from Axis, abandoning both the psycho-frame data and his former adversaries to an uncertain fate. His story halts here, unresolved yet cementing his role as a mirror to fellow Newtypes grappling with Axis’s buried horrors.