~*~After Colony Century~*~

This is the story of five boys who thrust themselves into a war-torn world and changed the course of history. To understand its flow, let us fully comprehend the A.C. era!

001: --After Colony (A.C.) calendar established.

--Development of space colonies begins. Conflicts on Earth are still widespread.

020: --Construction of space colonies begins at Lagrange point 1 (L1), based on the results of research conducted at permanent space stations. Earth’s nations fund colony construction to promote national prestige. The number of colony workers quickly increases due to dissatisfaction with the fighting on Earth. Construction is severely delayed due to newly discovered diseases and harsh conditions.

040: --The conflicts on Earth spread to space. Acts of sabotage frequently occur between warring nations’ colonies

--The friction intensifies, and many incomplete colonies are destroyed.

050: --The companies constructing the colonies reevaluate their plans, and many development projects are discontinued or postponed. International conflicts cause a decrease in funding for the project; the colonization project itself begins to be reevaluated and its popularity wanes.

--The nations of the Middle East join the colony construction effort. With the oil industry exhausted, the Middle East turns to space colony development, and continues the construction.

--Colony construction begins at the other Lagrange points.

070: ---The limited supply of construction materials becomes a source of friction between colonies. Resource supplies from Earth dwindle; nations and colonies plunder resources from each other.

---The Middle East takes a leadership role in mediating the conflict. Special envoys are dispatched to each colony. Use of asteroids as supply and resource satellites begins. Thanks to a new resource supply system, a confrontation between colonies is avoided, and colony development continues.

102: --The first space colony is completed at L1.

--The colony construction rush begins. A Space Colony Orbital Community Cluster (or “Colony Cluster”) is formed.

--Conflicts on Earth intensify. The pace of emigration to space suddenly increases. The space colonists soon number 15% of the human population.

130: --The rate of emigration to space continues to increase, causing a degeneration of Earth’s nations.

133: --The “United Earth Sphere Alliance” is established. To help avoid conflict, a collective security organization is created, run under a council system.

--The “United Earth Sphere Allied Forces” are created for peace keeping purposes. The Alliance brings uncooperative nations under control with overwhelming military power, and takes an active role in stamping out conflict.

--The Long clan is forced to emigrate to colony A0206.

139: --A system for colonial self-government is established. The colonies are wary of Alliance rule. The Alliance sees this as opposition, and plans a military buildup.

140: --The colonies are ordered to join the Alliance

--The colonies renounce their right to self-government. A number of pro-independence activists take their activities underground.

145: --Delegations from Earth are reported missing at L1. Illegal independence movements intensify.

147: --Alliance forces are stationed at each colony. The Alliance places proxies in each nation, and begins military domination of Earth.

149: --The Alliance general assembly decides to transfer control of the colonies to their mother countries. As the colonies’ economies improve, investment and emigration increase. There is a period of tentative peace and stability.

150: --The Colony Issues Council is established. Amid increasing opposition to the Alliance, colony administrators establish an Issues Mediation Council. Chapters are established on several colonies.

165: --The Colony Issues Council elects Heero Yuy as its representative. The council establishes chapters in each colony. Heero Yuy essentially becomes the leader of the colonies. Heero Yuy advocates the principles of non-violence and demilitarization.

170: --Heero Yuy’s ideology gains supporters in the colonies and in some of Earth’s nations.

173: --The “Declaration of Colony Demilitarization” is announced at L1, with a decision to formally adopt it 2 years later. Under Heero Yuy’s leadership, the colonies declare themselves demilitarized and autonomous.

--The Romefeller Foundation begins mobile suit development. The Romefeller Foundation, the financial manager of the United Earth Sphere Alliance, is annoyed at the colonies’ independence movement, and begins to prepare for military intervention.

174: --Heero Yuy makes a tour of Earth’s nations. Beginning with the nations of Asia—the mother countries of L1—he concentrates on those that sympathize with his pacifist ideology. More countries begin to support the “Declaration of Colony Demilitarization,” and he coordinates efforts for independence.

175: --Heero Yuy is assassinated. The adoption of the “Declaration of Colony Demilitarization” is permanently halted. The colonies lose their unity and are thrown into chaos.

--A few scientists flee from the Alliance’s mobile suit development team. The development plan is changed to focus on mass production mobile suits, and the Leo is produced.

--The secret military organization “OZ” is established.

176: --The Alliance dispatches its first mobile suit corps, the “Specials,” to the colonies. The mobile suit corps places the colonies under military control. Communications between colonies is disrupted, and colony solidarity is hindered.

177: --The Alliance’s military domination of Earth intensifies. The Specials rack up numerous achievements in battle, gaining power and influence.

180: --King Peacecraft advocates “total pacifism.” The Peacecraft royal family, which rules one of the Alliance’s member nations, receives support from some other countries for its policy of “total pacifism.”

182: --The Alliance launches a surprise attack on the capital of King Peacecraft’s Sanc Kingdom. The kingdom is destroyed in the course of the Alliance’s military intervention; King Peacecraft dies and the prince and princess are reported missing.

187: --The “Maxwell Church tragedy.”

188: --Uprising at Colony X18999. The assassin Odin Lowe dies. Heero meets Dr. J.

190: --“No-name,” a young mercenary, meets Middie Une.

191: --Terrorists attack and Allied base near Ambassador Darlian’s estate.

192: --Duo meets Professor G on the moon.

193: --Treize Khushrenada is appointed leader of OZ.

--The resource satellite MO-III is occupied by the Maganac Corps. Quatre meets the Maganac Corps.

194: --Alliance forces attack Colony A0206. Wufei pilots Shenlong Gundam for the first time.

195: --“Operation Meteor” is carried out. Five Gundams descend to Earth as a part of the colonies’ secret plot against the Alliance, and begins attacking Alliance military bases.

--Minister Darlian is assassinated.

--Field Marshal Noventa and many other Alliance leaders are killed in action. The five Gundams gather at New Edwards Air Base.

--“Operation Daybreak” is initiated. OZ begins dismantling the Alliance, placing the entire Earth under the control of the Romefeller Foundation.

--The colonies are taken hostage, and the Wing Gundam self-destructs.

--Zechs withdraws from OZ. Zechs and Heero clash in Antarctica.

--Special Envoy Lady Une begins conciliatory overtures to the colonies. OZ, assuming the guise of a peacekeeping organization, releases the colonies from Alliance control. Meanwhile, OZ develops the unmanned mobile suits known as “mobile dolls,” and intensifies its military buildup. The Gundams appear to become enemies of the colonies.

--The Gundam Sandrock self-destructs at a base in Singapore. Two other Gundams go to space.

--Internal disturbance at the Winner family’s resource satellites. The head of the Winner family dies.

--The Wing Gundam Zero attacks a colony.

--Treize defies the Romefeller Foundation, fall from power, and is taken prisoner. A schism develops within OZ; the conflict between supporters of the new OZ and supporters of Treize deepens.

--OZ invades the Sanc Kingdom. Relena Peacecraft, who had inherited the pacifist ideal and restored the kingdom, receives support from many nations, and becomes a target for OZ attack. The Wing Gundam Zero and Gundam Epyon clash.

--Relena is crowned Queen. She is inaugurated as the Romefeller Foundation’s representative. The Romefeller Foundation uses Relena’s unifying power to gain support from many nations; the Earth is temporarily at peace. The five Gundams gather aboard the space battleship Peacemillion.

--The anti-Earth organization “White Fang” rises in rebellion in the colonies. Milliardo Peacecraft, also known as Zechs, is appointed leader of White Fang. White Fang captures the giant battleship Libra from OZ’s space forces and, upon its completion, declares war on Earth.

--Treize revives OZ. Relena is relieved of her position.

--The final battle between White Fang and the forces of the World Nation. Treize’s World Nation forces confront the Libra. To bring war to an end, the five Gundams join the battle. They blow up the battleship Libra as it begins entering Earth’s atmosphere. The war ends. Treize dies in battle, and Zechs is missing in action.

--The “Earth Sphere United Nation” is established.

196: --Colony X18999 declares war on Earth. The Mariemaia army launches the true Operation Meteor.

(this official timeline of After Colony events was taken from Episode Zero Preventer Five end notes, faithfully reproduced by Midii Une)