Zeonic Era

Battle of Mare Smythii

The One Year War

## Belligerents

Riah Republic (During OYW) Anti Earth Union Group (Post Dakar Speech)Karaba (Post Dakar Speech)Blackstar Corporation (Certain Elements) | The Principality of Zeon* Neo Zeon
* Delaz Fleet

African Liberation FrontRiah Liberation FrontRiah Republic (During Great Terra War)Titans Remnants (During Great Terra War)Mafty (During Great Terra War)Blackstar Corporation (Certain Elements) | Titans (Post Dakar Speech)* Titans Remnants
	+ New Desides

## Commanders and Leaders

	+ Amuro Ray

 Quattro Bajeena* Bright Noa

Rose Sahalin* Amuro Ray

 Riadan Lar Mohan * Monique Cadillac
	+ Augille Delaz

Haman Karn Char AznableFull Frontal  Wolf Frontal * Mineva Lao Zabi
* Marida Cruz

 Riadan Lar Mohan* Monique Cadillac

Brave Cod Riadan Lar Mohan* Monique Cadillac
* Bright Noa

Rose Sahalin* Amuro Ray

 Riadan Lar Mohan* Monique Cadillac

## Chronology

### Next Conflict/s

The Warring States Period

The Zeonic Era, or Zeonic Conflicts is a period of armed unrest and rebellion spanning nearly 33 years from UC 0077 with the Dawn Rebellion, and ended in UC 110 with the Great Terra War. They were primarily focused on conflicts between the Principality of Zeon and its successor insurgencies, and the Earth Federation, however, there were several internal conflicts within both factions.

## Prelude

It is often stated that the Zeonic Era began in 0077, with the Dawn Rebellion - an armed uprising against local Federation Forces at the Guardian Banchi National Defense Academy staged by Spacenoid cadets. However, tensions between Side 3 - the primary instigator of the conflicts - and the Federation had been building since 0060s and the establishment of the Republics of Munzo and - later - the Republic of Zeon.

The Republic of Munzo was originally established and led by Zeon Zum Deikun, a philosopher responsible for the Newtype Theory, in which humanity was destined to evolve into a race adapted for space travel which he dubbed "New Type of Being" or simply as "Newtypes". The nature of the ideology and its ramifications on the social order would be one of the major flash points of future conflicts. Particularly as it adapted to include the belief in a mass exodus from Earth, something which would be advanced by Deikun's son - Casval Rem Deikun, famously known as "Char Aznable".

By the late UC 0060s, the Zabi Family - a group of wealthy spacenoids from Munzo - had amassed power within the Republic, with the majority of the family serving in influential positions within Munzo. In UC 0068, Zeon Deikun suddenly died, resulting in a period of instability and strife in which the Zabis contended for power with the Ral Family, another influential family which had served as advisors to Deikun, which ultimately ended in the de-facto exile of most of the Ral Family, as well as the ascension of Degwin Sodo Zabi - the patriarch of the Zabi Family - to power in Munzo, whom refashioned it as the Republic of Zeon.

Once the Zabi's took power and with the Rals gone, the Zabis conducted a series of purges of remaining Ral and Deikun loyalists, while attempting to keep the Deikun Family under a tight leash, which the two Deikun children managed to slip together with the two Ral children. Despite this, the Zabis continued consolidating power within the Republic of Zeon, and began a secretive rearmament campaign in preparation for war with the Federation, with the flagship project being the MS Project, whose goal was to develop a humanoid weapon whose use would be able to take the place of standard conventional warfare, this project led to the creation of Mobile Weapons, the defining weapon of the Zeonic Era and all conflicts that would occur after it.

Shortly after, a small skirmish occurred on the moon between a small Zeon mobile suit unit and Federation troops known as the Battle of Mare Smythii. Shortly after, the Republic of Zeon transitioned into the Principality of Zeon, an absolute monarchy run by the Zabi Family.

the Zeonic Era did not truly take center stage until UC 0079 and the One Year War, the deadliest conflict of the era. The One Year War was a brutal conflict between the original Principality of Zeon and the Earth Federation which ultimately ended in a pyrrhic Federation victory and the reformation of

## Conflicts

*Conflicts are listed in order of start date.*

### Dawn Rebellion

The Dawn Rebellion was the first stumble in a slippery slope that would ultimately lead to some of the deadliest conflicts of the Universal Century. Orchestrated primarily by Char Aznable, Ryan Sahalin, and Garma Zabi, 300+ second and third year cadets proceeded to conduct an armed takeover of the local Federation garrison and its supporting Armored Depot, despite being outnumbered nearly 5 to one, they managed to swiftly overwhelm both areas and achieve a major victory over the Federation.

### Riah Civil War

The Riah Civil War was a brief conflict in late UC 0077 between the Side 6 Administration and Riahan Seperatists backed by the Principality of Zeon, which led to the formation of the Autonomous Republic of Riah.

### Battle of Mare Smythii

Following the Dawn Rebellion and Riah Civil War, the next flash point battle would not occur until a year later. The Battle of Mare Smythii was an attempt by Federation intelligence forces to secure the disillusioned and defecting Doctor Trenov Y. Minovsky - responsible for the discovery of the Minovsky Particle and development of the Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor - and catch up to Zeon in mobile suit development which ultimately led to an engagement between the E.F.S.F's Iron Calvary Squadron - consisting of several RCX-76 Guncannons supported by several FF-1F Hog Lunar fighters - and the 01st Mobile Assault Team, with 1 MS-04 Bugu and 6 MS-05 Zaku Is. Needless to say, while the Zeon forces easily wiped out the Iron Calvary Squadron, whose Guncannons severely underperformed, Dr. MInovsky was tragically killed in the fighting, and this led to a stall in Federation mobile suit development until the final months of the OYW.

### The One Year War

The One Year War was the single largest and most devastating conflict of the Universal Century, in both the number of military casualties, civilian deaths, and devastation across the entire Earth Sphere. It would only be equaled years later in the Zanscare War. It began on January 3, UC 0079, when the Principality of Zeon launched surprise attacks against the Earth Federation controlled Sides. During the fierce fighting in the first weeks of the war, weapons of mass destruction were used indiscriminately, with Zeon forces deploying G3 Gas in inhabited colonies, attempting a colony drop against the EFF's headquarters at Jaburo during Operation British, and the Principality of Zeon using nuclear weapons during the Battle of Loum. During this period of fighting, each side lost nearly half of their respective populations. After this, both parties agreed to sign the Antarctic Treaty which, among other things, forbade the use of weapons of mass destruction.

With the Earth Federation Space Forces devastated, Zeon pressed its advantage by staging an invasion of Earth, dropping mobile suit forces onto the planet during several operations in March of UC 0079. This began a long stalemate period between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon, with the Earth Federation slowly giving ground until the Zeon had control over approximately two thirds of Earth's surface.