Haven't actually watched stage 2 yet (I'm being slow because the shortness of the "series" fails to pique my interest), but druggie cameos and death sounds interesting. *instant download*
It's really a shame that it's so short, indeed.
Man, a Duel being taken out that easy... just like Souryusen said, Yzak FROWNS! Hmph
Prediction for stage 3; black guy dies, Sven is emo and survives to the manga.
Edit: Okay I saw it, really good stuff, it felt like they got a lot done in so little time. Mudie's death was indeed rather harsh by Gundam standards, with tears and all, enough to make you react. I liked the whole "Sven's past" montage, gave a little insight to how they "educated" the kids and made them killing machines. Cameos are always nice too.
But there seems to have been a major timejump between episode 1 and 2, since 1 took place during the Junius 7 crash, and 2 took place when Auel is dead and Stellar has just been retrieved from Shinn (since only Sting is nearby and she's in a coma)...