Gundam AC Timeline

***Gundam After Colony***

The After Colony timeline, or AC for short, deals with the events of Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and its follow-up New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. This series is set in a universe in which the Gundams are the primary arm of the space colonies' resistance, rather than forming a small part of a larger army. The After Colony timeline ends sometime before the present-day events of Frozen Teardrop, and is continued in the Mars Century, or MC era, during which that novel takes place.

**Factions, Organizations, & Nations**

Not everyone you meet is working for someone, but some times they are. A syndicate, a nation, a corporation, a guild, a religious order, or even a miscellaneous other organization. These groups and organizations may all vary greatly in, size, structure, goals, ideology, methodology, technology, influence, and membership, but what they all have in common is that they have an impact on the daily lives of the common peoples of groups given region.

**Barton Foundation**

The Barton Foundation was a colony based organization run by Dekim Barton, the patriarch of the family. The Barton Foundation funded the efforts of the Gundam scientists to construct five superior Mobile Suits. The Foundation was also behind the scientists efforts to find and train pilots for four of them, as Dekim's own son Trowa Barton was intended to pilot the Heavyarms Gundam.

The Barton Foundation was also responsible for the funding and construction of the colony X-18999 in the L3 Colony Cluster. This colony was the intended first strike of Foundations infamous Operation Meteor.

**Earth Sphere Unified Nation**

The Earth Sphere Unified Nation, or ESUN, was created in AC 195 out of a plan by the Romefeller Foundation to unite the world against the Colonies. The former leader of the Sanc Kingdom, Relena Peacecraft, was made the Queen of the Earth Sphere as a kind of figure head. Because of her skills as an orator she was able to become more than just a figure head in that her ideal of pacifism was shared by others of the Romefeller Foundation. After the death of Duke Dermail, Treize Khushrenada moved in and forced Queen Relena to give up her post as Queen and he moved in as her replacement, essentially becoming King of the Earth Sphere.

Treize led the military forces of the ESUN against the White Fang in the last battle of the war. During the battle Relena, with the help of Lady Une was able to show the people of Earth and the Colonies the futile nature of the conflict that had plagued the Earth sphere for many years. As a result, the Colonies renounced support of the White Fang group and called for peace between the Earth and the Colonies. Thus, a new era of peace and prosperity began with the end of the battle, and the ESUN became a democracy.

**Post-AC 195**

The ESUN continued to exist into AC 196 and cultivated a peaceful relationship between Earth and the Colonies. However, in December, AC 196, a small group known as the Mariemaia Army overthrew the ESUN with a sudden assault of Mobile Suits. The ESUN had no way to defend themselves because of its policy of total pacifism, (Which the conservative block disagreed with but could not do anything about it because the liberal block held significant power within the government) and the Gundam pilots (Except Wufei) had sent their Gundams on a collision course with the Sun. The pilots retrieved their Gundams and along with Preventer agents Zechs Merquise (Operating under the alias of *Preventer Wind*) and Lucrezia Noin were able to defeat the Mariemaia Army and restore the ESUN.

**Military**

At the time the ESUN was created, the militaries of the nations of the world essentially became the military of the Earth Sphere. OZ once again formed the core of Earth's military as it had in the days of the Alliance. Under Queen Relena, a call was made for complete disarmament of the Earth, as well as the Colonies, but with the ascension of Treize Khushrenada, no disarmament was attempted. In fact, a large military force was assembled to deal with the White Fang which threatened the destruction of the Earth.

After the battle at the end of AC 195, the ESUN took a stance of total pacifism and dismantled all Mobile Suits against the conservative blocks wishes. Thus, the ESUN dissolved its main military force, but did reintain a small force known as the Preventers who still maintained mobile suits. The Preventers existed solely to diffuse potentially dangerous situations that could endanger the peace.

**Maganac Corps**

The Maganac Corps (sometimes pronounced *Maguanac Corps*) are a forty-man private army of Arab mobile suit pilots from *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing*. Led by Rashid Kurama, they are often seen at Quatre Raberba Winner's side, who they refer to as "Master Quatre". Almost all the Maganac have the same mobile suit, but each of the squad leaders have their own personalized touches, the most notable being Rashid's wing-shaped antenna atop his suit's head.

**History**

**Mobile Suit Gundam Wing**

In AC 194, the Maganacs crossed paths with Quatre Raberba Winner when they hijacked his Earth-bound shuttle for a ransom. Their leader, Rashid Kurama, taught Quatre to take pride in his own life despite being a test tube baby and told him that all members of the Maganac Corps were test tube babies (Quatre did not know that he was born naturally). In return, Quatre saved them from a traitor who was about to sell them out to the Alliance. Grateful for his help, they agreed to be at his service when he next visited the Earth. They participated with him in battle against OZ.

When Quatre sets Sandrock to self-destruct during his return to space, OZ confiscated the remains. The Maganacs were intent on stealing it back when OZ finished repairing it. Unfortunately, a United Earth Sphere Alliance soldier named Sally Po attempted to destroy the pieces so that they couldn't be used. However, the explosive failed to destroy it and the Maganacs escaped with the pieces. They managed to restore Sandrock and gave it back to Quatre.

The Maganacs also assisted the Gundams in ending the Eve Wars. They participated in destroying one of *Libra'*s blocks as it fell to Earth.

**New Mobile Report Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz**

When it almost seemed like there was peace for the Earth Sphere, a revolution begins with Mariemaia Khushrenada, who invaded the Earth Sphere Unified Nation with soldiers loyal to the Barton Foundation and Treize. Quatre and half of the Corps set out to catch up to the disposal asteroid containing the to-be-disposed Gundams with their ship's interplanetary engine. The problem was, they did not have enough fuel to return to Earth. However, Quatre came up with a plan to use the gravity of Venus to slingshot the ship back to Earth, while he lept to the asteroid and sent it and the Gundams back as well.

After the end of the Mariemaia Rebellion, the Maganac Corps helped finish the construction of X-18999.

**Mariemaia Army**

The Mariemaia Arm is a private army created under the Barton Foundation to invade and conquer the Earth Sphere.

In A.C. 195, the Barton Foundation began recruiting a private army in secret. Dekim Barton, the leader of the Foundation, used his granddaughter and the supposed daughter of Treize Khushrenada, Mariemaia, to rally supporters, claiming to uphold Treize's ideals. The army trained in secret, and by A.C. 196, the Mariemaia Army already numbered hundreds of soldiers, equipped with the latest Serpent mobile suits. Dekim planned to use this army to seize control of the Earth sphere, now almost defenseless due to the post-war disarmament.

Sometime in A.C. 196, after White Fang's failed attempt to capture the five Gundams for their own use, Chang Wufei joined the Mariemaia Army, wanting to find out whether peace built on sacrifice can truly be called peace.

On the Christmas Eve of A.C. 196, the Mariemaia Army finally made their move after a year of silence. They kidnapped Relena Darlian, the vice foreign minister of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation, and took over the space colony X-18999, preparing to drop it if the Earth government does not surrender. Trowa Barton infiltrated the organization under the pseudonym "Ralph Kurt" and attempted to assassinate Dekim, but was stopped by Wufei and was forced to pledge allegiance to Dekim.

The Gundam pilots managed to stabilize the colony, but the Mariemaia Army's main force had already been moved to MO-III. They successfully descended to Earth from there and seized the Presidential Mansion in Brussels. Three of the Gundam Pilots, along with Zechs Merquise and Lucrezia Noin, fought the Mariemaia Army, and disabled the majority of the Mariemaia Army mobile suits without killing the pilots. Inside the mansion, Dekim tried to shoot Relena, but Mariemaia stepped in the way, took the bullet, and was left paraplegic. Dekim showed no remorse for shooting Mariemaia, and attempts to shoot Relena again before one of the soldiers in the room shot and killed him. The soldier in question then expressed his sincere apologies for betraying "His Excellency" Treize Khushrenada. Mariemaia no longer desired to continue the war, and the Mariemaia Incident ended, with the army laying down its arms and dissolving.

**MO-V**

MO-V is a resource satellite, industrial colony, and space exploration outpost located in the asteroid belt. It is the primary setting of *New Mobile Report Gundam Wing Dual Story: G-Unit*. Located on the other side of the asteroid belt, further than any other colony from Earth. It possesses a population of 100,000.

Though it was originally going to be a major port for extra-planetary travel, the untimely death of Mark Bernett has led to MO-V reorganizing its functions and to specialize in the manufacturing of mobile suits. Swayed by Lady Une's speeches to the colonies as part of OZ's effort to bring them into the fold, MO-V's leadership signs on almost immediately and decides to join them. However, its exact usefulness to OZ is debated until their reconnaissance learns that the colony has built powerful new prototype mobile suits called G-UNITs. Upon discovering this, the Romefeller Foundation orders the special forces group OZ Prize to capture the G-UNITs while forbidding any regular members of OZ from investigating.

In the ensuing war, OZ Prize completely isolates the colony from the outside world by jamming all of MO-V's communication lines, embroiling it in a conflict for its very survival.

**Inhabitants**

• • Odin Bernett: Test pilot and younger of the Bernett brothers. Odin starts out as a rash pilot who rushes headlong into fights before evaluating them. Initially enthusiastic about his role as a peacekeeper and Gundam pilot, Odin is forced to face reality as the war drags on. He is a talented pilot with potential whose skills are forced to improve in order to survive the hard task of defender of MO-V – a role that he is thrust into after his brother goes missing in action.

• • Odel Bernett: Test pilot and older of the Bernett brothers. Odel is calm and collected and possesses a good intuition both in and out of battle. His piloting skills are impressive, but he often finds himself on the losing end of fights. Still, he never loses his resolve to help MO-V survive, nor does he ever lose sight of his objectives. After losing Geminass unit 02, he dons a mask and adopts the identity of "Silver Clown" to continue fighting from within Prize as a double agent.

• • Mark Bernett: Odin and Odel's late father. He developed a new type of engine that would go on to be used in the Gundam Griepe. He and his wife were killed in a shuttle explosion that was thought to be an accident, but had actually been planned by Dr. Berg.

• • Lucille Aisley: Mechanic. Her duties include programming the units' systems and repairs, and she is highly proficient in both. She secretly harbors feelings for Odin but tends to be vocal in her displeasure for his various shenanigans, rarely displaying signs of affection toward him.

• • Tricia Farrell: Communications officer. Her chief duties are operating the colony's communications and tracking equipment. She is Odel's fiancée.

• • Roga Hermann: Colony representative and adoptive father of the Bernett brothers. He formerly worked with their father Mark and dreamed of humanity crossing the stars. Hermann cares deeply about the lives of his people and is determined to save the colony with as minimal damage as possible.

• • Dick Higasaki: Chief engineer. Higasaki is an expert at repairing the Gundams and has made several impressive modifications to their complicated PX systems. He even whips up mobile dolls to serve as colony defenses from spare Leo parts and stolen data Odel brought from Grand Chariot.

• • Dr. Berg: Creator of the mobile suits at MO-V as part of their latest development, he defects to OZ Prize and continues to play both sides against the other by continually upgrading their Gundams. His goal is to develop the perfect weapon and will happily make whatever sacrifices necessary to achieve this without any question of morality.

**OZ Organization of the Zodiac**

The Organization of the Zodiac (OZ), formerly known as the Special Mobile Suit unit (SMS), is an organization that appears in the *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing* TV series and novels.

**History**

The Organization of the Zodiac, or OZ, is the military wing of the Romefeller Foundation, which came to the forefront in the waning years of the United Earth Sphere Alliance. OZ operated as a division of the Alliance Military and served as a form of Special Forces or black ops group. Officially, they were known as the Special Mobile Suit unit, more commonly known as "Specials" (スペシャルズ). The events of Episode Zero and Frozen Teardrop acknowledge that the original leader of OZ was General Chilias Catalonia, the son of Duke Dermail and the father of Dorothy Catalonia. He was replaced by Treize Khushrenada in AC 193 after he died in battle.

As unrest in the Colonies increased and their calls for independence from Earth became more forceful, the Alliance became more militaristic and OZ became a larger portion of that force. With their increased influence, Treize Khushrenada was able to gain the support of the Colonies, who believed that OZ would allow the Colonies independence. Thus, OZ was able to stage a successful *coup d'etat* of the United Earth Sphere Alliance, leaving the Earth in a loose confederation of nations held together by the Romefeller Foundation. The Colonies' hopes of independence were soon dashed as OZ began to enforce the will of the Romefeller Foundation upon both Earth and the Colonies.

OZ became the primary target of the five Gundams of Operation Meteor, sent by the Colonies to gain their final independence from Earth. The Gundams gave OZ a problem that required most of their force to be moved from space back to Earth to defend their military installations and leaders. Despite heavy losses at the hands of the Gundams, OZ was able to survive until the Gundams' return to space. By this time, the type of automated Mobile Suit known as Mobile Dolls were becoming widespread throughout the organization. Treize Khushrenada was of the mindset that without humans on the battlefield there would be no more honor in combat. He openly expressed his disapproval of the Mobile Doll Program at a meeting of the Romefeller Foundation, and was summarily relieved of command and placed on house arrest. Several OZ officers loyal to Treize created a splinter group within OZ initially known as the Treize Faction. The group ultimately began operation outside of OZ and was deemed an enemy of the Romefeller Foundation.

OZ continued its existence, and would serve as the main arm of the military of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation that was created by the Romefeller Foundation. The last major military action that OZ would participate in was in the final battle of the war in December AC 195 in which they fought against former OZ soldiers calling themselves the White Fang. After the battle, all mobile suits were dismantled and banned from use, and OZ ceased to exist.

**OZ Prize**

A group of OZ soldiers who are as powerful as Zechs Merquise or Treize Khushrenada. They are a faction within OZ who desire the G-UNIT mobile suits for their own purposes and engage in a war of attrition against MO-V, laying siege to the colony in order to seize the Gundams.

**The Stardust Knights**

• • Roche Nattono - Leader of the Stardust Knights. Roche is devoted to knightly honor and pride above all things. However, that pride got the best of him when he was humiliated in battle against Odin, and he became enraged at his supposed inferiority. After Valder Farkill assumed leadership of his team, Roche joined MO-V and learned to keep his emotions in check, fighting alongside the Bernett brothers in defense of the colony.

• • Kratz Silvy - Member of the Stardust Knights. Kratz follows Roche but does not agree with his chivalrous ways. Thus, he welcomes the arrival of Farkill and happily joins his side so he can fight as effectively and brutally as he truly desires. His lust for power leads to his demise, however, as he pushes his mobile suit and mind past their limits.

• • Broom Brooks - Member of the Stardust Knights. Although his size and custom mobile suit speak volumes about his brute force approach to combat, Broom is totally loyal to Roche's knightly ways and operates with restraint when called for. His refusal to accept Farkill's tactics upon his takeover of OZ Prize results in his destruction.

**Other Members**

• • Valder Farkill - Nicknamed the "Dark General of Destruction". In the rebellion against the UESA, he was on the same team as Zechs Merquise (the elite OZ "Specials"), but Farkill recorded more kills than everybody else combined. Farkill's abilities are nearly unmatched in combat. His motives are to gain power within OZ and is willing to kill subordinates to achieve his goals. He is driven by the mad desire to defeat Treize Khushrenada - a dream that he never got to realize.

• • Luna Armonia - Pilot and younger of the Armonia sisters. Luna's beauty and charm cover her dark past, filled with ruthless combat and painful memories. She grew up as a guerilla fighter along with her sister Soris, and both managed to survive several difficult years before becoming a mobile suit pilot. She and Soris were recruited by Farkill and served him until their units were destroyed by Grand Chariot's main cannon. She managed to survive, however, and was present at the Bernett-Farrell wedding.

• • Soris Armonia - Pilot and older of the Armonia sisters. Soris lacks Luna's grace but is a superb pilot, unwavering in the face of the enemy and unafraid to sacrifice her life for what she believes. She helped her sister Luna survive a harsh guerilla war before becoming a mobile suit pilot. She and Luna served Farkill until their units were destroyed by Grand Chariot's main cannon. She managed to survive, however, and was present at the Bernett-Farrell wedding.

• • Aretha Walker - Officer aboard Grand Chariot. She secretly harbors feelings for Roche Nattono and happily obeys any orders he gives. During Operation Pandora, she defects to MO-V to be at Roche's side.

• • Dr. Berg - Creator of MO-V's mobile suits, he defects to OZ Prize and continues to play both sides against the other by continually upgrading their Gundams. His goal is to develop the perfect weapon and will happily make whatever sacrifices necessary without any question of morality. His failsafe, the "Auto-Destruct Program Berg-01" program that he activates with his dying breath, further proves his shallow nature.

**Preventers**

The Preventers is a top secret intelligence organization formed by the Earth Sphere Unified Nation, to prevent conflicts from escalating. The Preventers use code names such as "Water" (used by Sally Po), "Fire" (used by Lucrezia Noin), and "Wind" (used by Zechs Merquise).

**History**

**Founding**

In A.C. 196, after the end of the Eve Wars and the founding of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation, the Preventers was created as an intelligence agency that answers directly to the ESUN President. The existence of the Preventers is highly classified, known only to the ESUN President and several key members of the government, since the existence of an armed peacekeeping force goes against the pacifist ideals of the ESUN.

The mission statement of the Preventers is the preservation of peace and prevention of conflicts in the Earth sphere. In order to accomplish this goal, the Preventers worked tirelessly to destroy excessive weapons (known as "kindling") and to stop large scale insurrections and terrorist activities (known as "fire disasters") before they start. Because of this, they are also referred to as the "Firefighters".

In addition to vehicles and space ships, they also have access to armed spaceships (including at least one cruiser) and mobile suits, most of which are stored in a base on the lunar surface.

**Barton Foundation Investigation**

On the colonies, there were the movements of the Barton Foundation, the original architects of Operation Meteor. This didn't go unnoticed by the Preventers or the Gundam Pilots. Heero and Duo planned on infiltrating Colony L3 X-18999 to rescue kidnapped Vice Minister Relena Darlian. Sally and Lucrezia assisted them by destroying the mobile suits guarding the entrances.

**Mariemai a Eart h Invasion**

The Mariemaia Army was poised to invade Earth, due to the dissolution of its armed forces. However, as the first wave of transports deployed, the Tallgeese III, piloted by Zechs Marquise, destroyed all of them. Unfortunately, as he was poised to destroy the MA base, Dekim Barton threatened to drop colony L3 X-18999 onto Earth, thus completing the original Operation Meteor. Zechs had no choice but to let the other transports go past.

Luckily, the Gundam Pilots stabilized X-18999 and prevented it from dropping, allowing Zechs to destroy Dekim's base. However, Dekim managed to escape.

The ESUN capital of Belgium was invaded by the Mariemaia Army, taking control of the Earth Sphere. Lady Une infiltrated the presidential bunker from a secret passage while the Tallgeese III and a Taurus acted as distractions. Both Mobile Suits fought against more than four hundred Mariemaia Army Mobile Suits, and managed to disable many of them without killing any pilots. Soon, three Gundams arrived to help, but they, along with the Preventer mobile suits, soon ran out of energy and ammunition due to the sheer number of enemies. However, a heavily damaged Wing Zero suddenly appears in the sky and attempts to destroy the presidential bunker. Just as the shelter was about to collapse, Une saves Relena and Mariemaia from being crushed by falling debris. Soon, the populace decided to stand up against the Bartons and Dekim was killed by one of his own men, and true peace reigned over the Earth.

**Frozen Te ardrop**

In the year Mars Century (M.C.) 0022, Preventer agent Kathy Po, daughter of missing agent Sally Po, is given orders by ESUN President Dorothy Catalonia to launch a mission known as Operation Mythos. She meets her superior officer Master Chang at the Mars Preventer Base to deliver vital data and information of the orders received. There, she meets the awakened pilot Heero Yuy, who joins the Preventers along with a mysterious priest named Father Maxwell and his son Duo for the mission.

**Romefeller Foundation**

The Romefeller Foundation is a secretive archaic organization in the After Colony timeline that manipulates world affairs to suit their purposes. They are the primary driving support of OZ.

**History**

**Pre-Colonies**

The exact date for the creation of the Romefeller Foundation is unknown and its membership is just as secretive. The Foundation's membership consists of aristocrats and royalties across Europe and possibly the world. The activities of the Foundation may not be explicitly known to the world at large, but the results of their activities are recorded throughout history. The Foundation has secretly manipulated world affairs for centuries and so the true extent of their activities can't be known.

**After Colony**

In the After Colony years, the Romefeller Foundation continued in their manipulation of world affairs including inciting conflict between nations since its members owned the munitions factories and supply routes necessary for most nations to wage war against one another. When the United Earth Sphere Alliance was formed the Foundation gladly supported it and began to place its members in the upper echelons of the Alliance's leadership. This would make the Foundation the defacto rulers of the Earth Sphere.

As time went on the Foundation slowly but surely pushed for military action towards the Colonies in order to gain complete control over Earth and Space. The military wing of the Foundation, the Organization of the Zodiac, or OZ became an integral part of the Alliance Military giving the Foundation defacto political and military control of the Earth Sphere.

By AC 195, the leader of Romefeller was Duke Dermail, the step-grandfather of Treize Khushrenada and the biological grandfather of Dorothy Catalonia. It was Duke Dermail who engineered the overthrow of the Alliance by using the coming of the Gundams as an excuse to go to war with the Colonies. OZ became the prime target of the Gundam Pilots while the Foundation continued to influence the course of the world's politics.

Romefeller was beginning to solidify its control over the world by bringing more nations into its fold when the Sanc Kingdom came back into existence. The Sanc Kingdom continued spreading the ideal of total pacifism at a time when some were becoming war-weary. This began to draw some nations away from the Foundation and so it began to try and discredit or destroy the Sanc Kingdom. Duke Dermail realized that the leader of the Sanc Kingdom, Relena Peacecraft, was able to capture the attention of and persuade world leaders, and that she was someone who the people would follow. Thus, a plan was executed that resulted in the invasion and surrender of the Sanc Kingdom. Relena was taken to the Foundation's headquarters in Germany where Dermail made her Queen Relena of the new nation the Foundation engineered, the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. Duke Dermail's plan worked too well and the Foundation began to listen more to Relena than to him and was sent to space. During his trip, his shuttle was attacked and he was killed. With his death the Foundation began to falter and with the end of the war and the death of Treize Khushrenada the Foundation ceased to exist.

**Sanc Kingdom**

The Sanc Kingdom (also known as the Cinq Kingdom) is a nation in the *Mobile Suit Gundam Wing* anime series known for its convictions to pacifism.

**History**

**Pre-Alliance**

Before the creation of the United Earth Sphere Alliance, the Sanc Kingdom existed in Northern Europe, possibly along the coast of the Baltic Sea. The kingdom had been under the peaceful rule of the Peacecraft Dynasty for many years. The one of the most beloved of the Peacecraft monarchs was King Peacecraft, the last reigning monarch before the creation of the Alliance. Under his rule, the Sanc Kingdom cultivated a peaceful diplomatic and economic friendship with the Colonies through their political representative Heero Yuy. Both men became good friends in an era of tension between Earth and the Colonies. Both were also advocating pacifism in a world that was becoming more militaristic. Seemingly in rapid succession, Heero Yuy was assassinated and the Sanc Kingdom was invaded and conquered. King Peacecraft's two children, Relena and Milliardo, were sent into hiding. Soon after the United Earth Sphere Alliance was created and an increasingly militaristic stance was taken against the Colonies.

**Post-Alliance**

With the coming of the Gundams in Operation Meteor the Alliance was soon dissolved and the immediate status of the Sanc Kingdom is unknown. Of the two Peacecraft children only Milliardo was aware of his true heritage, whereas his sister Relena had been adopted by an Alliance diplomat, Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, had no idea. Milliardo would not seek to take the throne of the Sanc Kingdom for himself. Having served in the Alliance Military and as a member of OZ, he felt that he was unworthy to lead a pacifist nation, and so left it to his sister Relena. Upon his death Minister Darlian told his adopted daughter of her true heritage, and she soon returned to the Sanc Kingdom. This of course implies that the kingdom was still in existence just without a monarch, and since its name remained the Sanc *Kingdom*, we can assume that it was still a monarchy. Relena returned home and took up her post as the leader of the Sanc Kingdom calling herself the "Chief Representative" of the Sanc Kingdom. However, since she is the daughter of King Peacecraft, and since Milliardo renounced his claim to the throne, she is the rightful heir and thereby Queen of the Sanc Kingdom even though she did not take the title.

As Chief Representative she continued her father's ideal of total pacifism. The Romefeller Foundation saw the rebirth of the Sanc Kingdom as a threat to their plans of taking control of Earth and the Colonies. The Foundation attempted to isolate the kingdom, but more and more nations began to take up the ideal of total pacifism until the Foundation saw no other alternative than to invade the Sanc Kingdom with Mobile suits. Relena announced the surrender of the Sanc Kingdom and was taken to the headquarters of the Romefeller Foundation where she was made, Queen Relena of the newly created Earth Sphere Unified Nation.

At this point in time the Sanc Kingdom became a member-state of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation and therefore ceased to exist as an autonomous nation-state. Following the war, Relena chose to return to using her foster-father's surname and served as the Foreign Minister for the Earth Sphere Unified Nation as Relena Darlian.

**Treize Faction**

Following the removal of Treize Khushrenada as the head of OZ by the Romefeller Foundation, many OZ troops rebelled against the foundation and formed the Treize Faction. Mainly following Treize's moral opposition to the foundation's growing use of Mobile Dolls, the faction became a major hindrance to the foundation causing somewhat of a civil war within OZ. The Treize Faction's headquarters was eventually located in Luxembourg, where Treize Khushrenada himself secretly resided. However, the HQ was soon demolished by the Romefeller Foundation and the Earth presence of the faction was destroyed. The space presence of the Treize Faction eventually reformed under the organization of Quinze as the White Fang and forgot their allegiance to Treize in favor of a larger allegiance to space colonial life.

**United Earth Sphere Alliance**

The United Earth Sphere Alliance is a coalition of most of Earth's nations. Though it meant peace for Earth, the UESA extended an iron fist over its orbital colonies in space.

**History**

The United Earth Sphere Alliance, or UESA, came into being in the year AC 133. The Alliance was a governing body for the Earth and the Colonies that was originally intended to act as a type of mutual defense pact. The Alliance was led by elected representatives from the nations of the Earth and the Colonies. It was intended that the creation of the Alliance would lead to the end of the conflicts that had begun on Earth and then spread to the Colonies. Not everyone, however, agreed with these policies and the conflicts continued.

Any nation who defied Alliance polity was met with a swiftly moving military retaliation at the hands of their army. Peace then came to the Earth Sphere, but only under the watchful eye of the Alliance and its military. The Colonies did not want to live under the jurisdiction of the UESA and so formed a resistance organization known as the Colony Autonomy Organization in order to gain independence from the Earth Sphere. Before the movement could gain much support the Alliance moved in and began a military occupation of the colonies and coerced the Colonies' leaders to forfeit their independence. Some fought against the Alliance occupation, but this only gave the Alliance an excuse to make their military presence indefinite.

A new voice for independence and total pacifism came in the form of Heero Yuy who called for both disarmament and democracy. Yuy's ideas resonated with the colonists and Earth alike but the total pacifism part wasn't received well by conservative politicians who took various factors into account, such as alien invasion, terrorist organizations and rebellion among other things as reasons to reject Yuy's policy. In fact it is still not well received in the United Earth Sphere Nation's conservative block, but even so they can't do anything about it because they are a minority block compared to the liberal faction, who support it and currently hold a majority leadership in the United Earth Sphere Nation. The growing popularity of Heero Yuy lead the Romefeller Foundation too brand Yuy an enemy to their cause. The Foundation secretly arranged for Yuy to be assassinated. With the success of this plan, the colonists again called for defiance of the Alliance military occupation. The Alliance thus turned the colonies into a police state and crushed any nation or group that supported and continued to promote Yuy's call for total pacifism, such as the Sanc Kingdom.

The Romefeller Foundation continued to orchestrate the Alliance's policy to its benefit, but when Field Marshal Noventa became the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, he began to call for disarmament in the colonies which jeopardized the Foundation's plans. As a result, the Foundation using its military wing OZ engineered the death of Noventa by feeding disinformation to the Gundam pilot Heero Yuy, who shot down his escaping plane. OZ then staged a *coup d'etat*, in which their sleeper agents within the Alliance military (the "Specials", special and nearly independent mobile suit units) starting to slowly destroy Alliance bases, eventually defeating organized Alliance resistance.

When OZ was defeated, the Earth Sphere Unified Nation was formed to replace the dysfunctional UESA.

**Military**

The military of the UESA consisted of several Mobile Suits including, Leos, Taurus, Aries, Cancer, and Pisces types. The Alliance also maintained an air force of advanced fighter jet aircraft as well as a seemingly conventional navy. Their ground forces were also supplemented with tanks and artillery. The Alliance maintained a space force of modified Leos, Taurus, and several missile satellites. They also maintained a military base on the Moon known simply as Moon Base. The Organization of the Zodiac played a role as a kind of Special Force within the Alliance Military that would eventually come to comprise most of the large Mobile Suit force within the military.

**Structure**

The exact command structure of the Alliance Military is not known for certain. The only thing that is certain is that the leader of the Alliance was also the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces and was thus the most senior officer in any branch of the military. It can also be assumed that the officer rank structure is similar to that of most European nations and the United States military; see Ranks and insignia of NATO

• • Alliance Army: Includes Mobile Suit troops, Tanks, Artillery ground troops, and other support commands

• • Alliance Air Force: Advanced Jet Fighter aircraft

• • Alliance Navy: Seemingly conventional navy similar to most modern-day navies in the world

• • Alliance Space Force: Includes space type Mobile Suit troops and missile satellites.

**White Fang**

White Fang is a military terrorist organization in the After Colony timeline, dedicated to the liberation and freedom of the space colonies from the oppression of the United Earth Sphere Alliance.

**History**

White Fang sentiments go back as far as A.C. 140 when the colonies first submitted to Alliance control. One might consider them a militant offshoot of the Colony Autonomy Organization. As early as A.C. 145, violent terrorist acts were being committed in the name of independence. The violence slowed down when pacifist leader Heero Yuy rose to prominence. After his assassination, however, the new Alliance occupation created more hatred than ever, but the stepped-up security forced the rebels to go underground.

A former follower of Heero Yuy, Quinze became a pivotal leader in the colonial independence movement. Originally he advocated pacifism, but perhaps the death of Heero Yuy twisted his spirit. He orchestrated Operation Meteor, which originally involves crashing several colonies into Earth, decimating its population. The five scientists changed the plan, sending the five Gundams to Earth in order to dismantle OZ and bring peace to the Earth Sphere through less extreme measures. However, the modified Operation Meteor failed due to Treize Khushrenada's plan, allowing OZ to takeover the Earth Sphere instead.

In the chaos following the conflict between OZ and the UESA, Quinze saw a golden opportunity to avenge Heero Yuy's death. White Fang needed a leader as charismatic as Romefeller's Treize Khushrenada, so Quinze offered the position to Milliardo Peacecraft. In The Glory of Losers, it is revealed that Quinze went as far as naming the entire organization after the "White Fang", the weapon of the prototype mobile suit "Satan" that Milliardo once piloted when he was still a test pilot for the rebel army. Together, they took over the OZ Mobile Doll plant on the lunar surface and built a huge army. They also seized the space battleship Libra and made it their flagship. Its forces assembled, White Fang declared war on Earth.

During the final battle against the Earth Sphere United Nation led by Treize, in a last ditch attempt at revenge, Quinze set *Libra* on a collision course with Earth, knowing that the resulting crash would destroy all life on the planet. Peacemillion collided with the Libra, saving Earth and eliminating White Fang. In the end, the White Fang party may have been wiped out, but they still achieved their goal of peace in the colonies thanks to the modified Operation Meteor.

## **Gundam After Colony (A.C.) Timeline**

The following timeline of AC history attempts to synthesize the various official and semi-official Gundam Wing histories. It combines previously-published historical info, capsule summaries of the Endless Waltz and Episode Zero derived flashbacks.

**AC 001:** Several nations establish permanent space stations in Earth orbit. This is the first year of the After Colony (AC) calendar.
**AC 020:** The colony A0206 is constructed at Lagrange point 5. This colony will later become the home of the fierce and mighty Long clan when they are exiled from Earth by their fearful government. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)
**AC 022:** Space colony construction begins at Lagrange point 1. Due to unexpectedly severe conditions and strange new diseases, construction is greatly delayed.
**AC 050:** Nations begin withdrawing from space, until the countries of the Middle East - leaving the oil industry and looking for a new enterprise to invest in - join the colony project. Colony construction begins at the other Lagrange points.
**AC 070:** Due to scarce resources and limited supplies from Earth, disputes break out at each Lagrange point. The Middle Eastern nations intercede and negotiate an end to the conflicts.
**AC 087:** The colony V08744 is constructed at Lagrange point 2. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)
**AC 102:** An Island 2 type colony is completed at Lagrange point 1 (L-1). With this success achieved, the colony project goes on to construct population centers composed of multiple colonies, popularly known as "colony clusters."
On Earth, international disputes continue to escalate. Civilians flee the conflict by emigrating to the colonies, and soon 15% of the human population is living in space.

**AC 130:** With Earth's territorial lines redrawn, the conflicts die down. In spring of that year, twin princesses Katrina and Sabrina Peacecraft of Sanc Kingdom are born. (Frozen Teardrop)
**AC 133:** In the process of negotiating a lasting peace between the warring nations, the "United Earth Sphere Alliance" is established. In order to keep the peace - and deal with nations that oppose the new world government - the Alliance Forces are formed. One of the Alliance's key financial supporters is the military-industrial combine called the Romefeller Foundation.
**AC 139:** The colony autonomous government is established.

**AC 140:** One by one, Earth's nations join the Alliance. As their mother countries join, the colonies are also enrolled, willing or not. The colonies are critical of the Alliance and its intentions, and the Alliance decides to respond with force in order to silence its critics.
**AC 145:** The 19 year old Heero Yuy becomes the personal tutor of 15 year old Katrina Peacecraft. [Frozen Teardrop]
A diplomatic envoy from Earth is attacked by unknown assailants at L1 Colony Cluster. Sabrina Peacecraft, who was attached to the envoy, survives the attack, but was presumed killed.

Jay Null (Who would later be known as "Doctor J") develops "Wyvern", the first mobile suit to be equipped with ZERO System.

**AC 147:** In the name of peace and justice, the Alliance invokes the authority of its member nations to forcibly seize control of the colonies.
**AC 149:** The Alliance assembly transfers control of the previously-independent colonies to the mother countries that originally constructed and settled them. These nations then kindle a new colony emigration boom.
**AC 150:** The colonists, favoring autonomy, become increasingly dissatisfied with Alliance control.
**AC 165:** In order to peacefully oppose the Alliance, the citizens of the colonies elect Heero Yuy as their representative. His charismatic leadership strengthens solidarity between the colonies.
**AC 170:** Colony leader Heero Yuy's policies of demilitarization and non-violence are well received by many of Earth's nations.
**AC 173:** OZ, a subsidiary of the Romefeller Foundation, begins development of humanoid weapons known as "mobile suits."
**AC 174:** Colony leader Heero Yuy makes a goodwill tour of Earth's nations, laying the groundwork for colonial independence.
**AC 175:** Scientists Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H, Master O and Howard complete the first combat-ready mobile suit. This prototype Leo is also known as the Tallgeese.
**AC 175, April 7:** Colony leader Heero Yuy is assassinated by Odin Lowe, a sniper affiliated with the UESA Special Operations Squad (the predecessor to OZ). The leaderless colonies are thrown into chaos, and the Alliance plans a second military intervention. In reaction to the assassination, the Tallgeese developers quit the mobile suit project and disappear.
The Romefeller Foundation's OZ subsidiary becomes a secret society.

**AC 176:** The Romefeller Foundation's OZ subsidiary begins mass production of a scaled-down version of the mobile suit Leo and begins the development of Tragos, a medium-range artillery support mobile suit. (Encyclopedia of Gundam Wing)
The Alliance forms its first mobile suit force, the Special Mobile Suit corps or "Specials." The Specials, made up of Romefeller Foundation employees, are essentially a front for the secret society OZ.

Under the pretext of suppressing the chaos in the colonies, the Alliance again sends in the military. Mobile suits are first used in combat. All colonies are placed under military supervision, and communication between colonies is prohibited to prevent future collaboration.

Milliardo Peacecraft is born.

**AC 177, April:** The mass production of Aries, an aerial-combat mobile suit, begins.

**AC 180:** Doctor J, Professor G, Doktor S, Instructor H and Master O design the Wing Gundam Zero. OZ discovers their whereabouts, and they are forced to end their collaboration, split up and go underground.
OZ continues the development of the "Zodiac" series of mobile suits, which eventually includes the Tragos, Aries, Pisces and Cancer. (Encyclopedia of Gundam Wing)

Quatre Raberba Winner is born, his mother dies immediately after giving birth. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

**AC 180, April 8:** Relena Peacecraft is born.

**AC 182:** The Alliance decides to stage a military intervention in the Sanc Kingdom, an advocate of Heero Yuy-style total pacifism. The capital falls in one day. King Peacecraft is killed; Princess Relena is rescued and adopted by his trusted aide Darlian, while Prince Milliardo's whereabouts are unknown.
Conflict breaks out in Eastern Europe. The Bloom family's wagon is caught in the crossfire between Alliance forces and rebels; Katherine Bloom (age 4) survives, but her parents and her baby brother Triton (age 2) are believed to be killed. Katherine is taken in by her parents' circus troupe. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

**AC 186 Autumn:** Cadets Zechs Merquise & Elve Onegell mysteriously vanish during a battle at the Marius Plant. (Frozen Teardrop)
**AC 187:** A virus breaks out at L2's V08744 colony. A cure is developed, but is not provided to the poorer and less desirable colonists. (Endless Waltz novelization)
**AC 188:** Revolts break out in many colonies, and are ruthlessly crushed by the Alliance.
At L3's X-18999 colony, which is still a year from completion, Quinze leads an uprising. He and his followers steal eight Alliance mobile suits and attack Alliance military installations. Brigadier General Septem, the ranking Alliance officer at the colony, permits Specials officer Treize Khushrenada and three of his cadets, including 12-year-old Lucrezia Noin, to join the battle.

Assassin Odin Lowe and his young ward arrives at X-18999. Lowe's last assignment is to eliminate Septem, but the assignment turns out to be a trap orchestrated by Dekim Barton, who kills Lowe. Odin Lowe's ward destroys the military installations on the colony, and is recruited by Doctor J. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

Dekim Barton fakes his own death and goes into hiding. Officially, he was killed during the uprising. (Endless Waltz novelization)

Another uprising takes place at L2's V08744. Rebels seize the Maxwell Church. 245 people are killed in the "Maxwell Church Massacre,". (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

At A-0206, Master O, Chang Wufei's tutor, disappears from the Chang family's house. Dekim Barton commissions him, and his four fellow scientists, to develop an advanced mobile suit - a Gundam - for the resistance scheme known as "Operation Meteor." (Endless Waltz novelization)

**AC 189:** X-18999 colony's scheduled year of completion. Mariemaia Barton is born here; her mother is Leia Barton, and her father's identity is unknown.
Zechs Merquise and Lucrezia Neun graduate from the Specials' Lake Victoria academy, with the highest and the second highest marks in the academy's history, respectively. (Endless Waltz novelization)

**AC 190:** On Earth, a nameless ten-year-old boy fights against the Alliance as part a team of mercenary mobile suit pilots. His team is wiped out in a failed ambush, its location betrayed by an Alliance spy. The spy is revealed to be a girl named Middie Une. (Episode Zero)
**AC 191:** At X-18999, Leia Barton dies of an illness.
**AC 191, April 8:** Terrorists steal prototype Aries mobile suits from the Alliance's JAP point base. General Catalonia, commander of the Specials (and leader of the secret society OZ), dispatches Treize (age 19) and Zechs (age 15) to quash the rebellion. A terrorist captures eleven-year-old Relena Darlian, daughter of the Alliance's vice-minister for foreign affairs, and holds her hostage; she is rescued by Zechs. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)
**AC 192:** Howard and Professor G, both members of the salvage organization known as the Sweeper Group, complete the huge space ship Peacemillion and hide it on the lunar surface. Howard then goes to Earth to work aboard a salvage ship, while Professor G and his Sweeper cohorts remain in space.
On the return trip, the Sweepers discover a stowaway and bring him before Professor G. The stowaway gives his name as "Duo Maxwell." (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

**AC 193:** Treize Khushrenada becomes leader of the secret society OZ, and commander of the Specials.
A shuttle carrying Quatre Raberba Winner is hijacked by a gang of renegades known as the Maganac Corps. He saves Maganac leader Rasid from a traitor and fights off Alliance forces to guard their escape, winning the Maganac Corps' eternal respect and gratitude. The Maganac Corps escort the rescued workers to Earth, while Quatre brings Instructor H back home with him. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

**AC 194:** Specials ace Zechs Merquise receives the first two-rank promotion in the organization's history, and acquires the nickname "Lightning Baron."
Doctor J has given his ward, the boy later code-named Heero Yuy, an extensive course of training to prepare him for Operation Meteor. (Endless Waltz, Endless Waltz novelization)

The Alliance condemns the aging colony A-0206. Rather than attempt to resettle its inhabitants, the fierce Long clan, General Septem orders that they be wiped out with biological weapons. The Specials' attack is repulsed, and the Alliance's biological weapons are destroyed. Alliance officer Sally Po reports that the mission was successful, ensuring that A-0206 will be left alone in future. (Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

**AC 195:** At each colony cluster, anti-Alliance rebels prepare for Operation Meteor. Planned by Dekim Barton and coordinated by Quinze, the plan involves dropping a space colony on Earth to create a climatic catastrophe and global chaos. Then five super-advanced mobile suits, the Gundams, will be sent to Earth to seize control of the planet. The space colonists will thus become the rulers of the human race.
At the L3 colony cluster, designated Gundam Heavy Arms pilot Trowa Barton realizes that Doktor S and his aides are trying to subvert his father's plan. When he threatens to rat them out to Dekim, he is shot and killed. A nameless mercenary, one of the mechanics working on the Heavy Arms, volunteers to take Trowa's place and assume his name. (Endless Waltz, Endless Waltz novelization, Episode Zero)

Aboard a Sweeper Group ship, Duo Maxwell attempts to blow up the Gundam Deathscythe and thus derail the operation, but finds that Professor G has defused his bombs. Professor G urges Duo to steal the Deathscythe, telling him to go to Earth and there join forces with Howard. (Endless Waltz, Endless Waltz novelization)

At the L4 colony cluster, Quatre Raberba Winner and Instructor H have completed the construction of the Gundam Sandrock. As the final instructions for Operation Meteor arrive, Instructor H smashes the display and tells Quatre to do as his own conscience dictates. (Endless Waltz, Endless Waltz novelization)

At L5's A-0206 colony, Chang Wufei likewise rebels. Realizing that Long Zi-ling plans to drop the ramshackle colony as part of the operation, and disapproving of the planned mass destruction, he takes off for Earth with the Shenlong Gundam to fight for justice. (Endless Waltz, Endless Waltz novelization)

**AC 195, April 7:** "Operation Meteor" begins - apparently ahead of schedule. Five Gundams descend to Earth and begin attacking Alliance military bases and factories. Their goal is to cripple the secret society OZ.
**AC 195, May 19:** The Gundams attack an Alliance meeting at the New Edwards base. The Alliance's military leaders, who had that very day decided to begin disarmament and make peace with the colonies, are killed. OZ then discards its Specials cover and launches "Operation Daybreak", overwhelming the Alliance's terrestrial forces and seizing control of Earth.
**AC 195, September:** Treize resigns as leader of OZ under pressure from the Romefeller Foundation. OZ splits into Romefeller and Treize factions. The Foundation launches "Operation Nova," dropping mass quantities of mobile dolls to Earth to eliminate the Treize faction and any other resistance.
**AC 195, December 24:** The Eve Wars begin. White Fang (a movement fighting for the independence of the space colonies, led by Quinze and the erstwhile Zechs Merquise) and the World Nation (the Romefeller Foundation's world government, now led by Treize Khushrenada) begin a massive space battle. Treize is killed in battle, and the World Nation surrenders. White Fang's last gambit, an attempt to drop the space fortress Libra on Earth, is foiled and Zechs disappears. Representatives of the space colonies make peace with the World Nation, and the Earth Sphere Unified Nation is established.
**AC 196, April:** Heero Yuy, piloting the Wing Gundam Zero, destroys an orbital beam cannon before it could attack Earth. Relena Darlian secretly visits the supposedly deceased Doctor J. (Gundam Evolve, Frozen Teardrop)
**AC 196, December 24:** Dekim Barton returns in order to carry out the original Operation Meteor. As the L3 colony X-18999 neared completion, Dekim revealed to the people of Earth the leader he had set up for the coming ages: Mariemaia Khushrenada, the daughter of Treize Khushrenada. During this time, Mariemaia made a speech to the Earth Sphere declaring the independence of X-18999 while simultaneously declaring war on the Earth Sphere Unified Nation. From the resource satellite MO-III, Dekim told the newly resurfaced Zechs Merquise of his intentions of dropping X-18999 onto Earth. Ironically, the colony drop was foiled by three Gundam pilots, who were originally meant to restore order to the chaos created by the destruction of X-18999 in the original operation plan.
Zechs destroys MO-III, but not before Dekim Barton escapes in a shuttle. Mariemaia's forces occupy Brussels, the ESUN capital, establishing Barton family control. However, Zechs, Noin, and the Gundam pilots engage Mariemaia's forces guarding the presidential residence. They disable most of the Mobile Suits without harming their pilots before being outnumbered and cornered. However, Wing Zero appears and fires its twin buster rifles at the presidential shelter, breaking through all of its defensive layers. Dekim, believing that he is still not defeated, calls to Mariemaia to rise up as ruler of the Earth Sphere; Mariemaia complies, only to be slapped by Relena, bringing her to her senses. Dekim refuses to let her brainwash his granddaughter and shoots Relena. However, Mariemaia takes the shot for her and falls to the floor. Dekim was unconcerned, as he could always make another puppet. But before he could take another shot, he was killed by a soldier loyal to Treize, who apologized to Treize for betraying his ideals, ending the Mariemaia Rebellion.

**AC 197, early spring:** Duo, Quatre, Trowa and Wufei destroy their Gundams.
Zechs and Noin leave the Preventers to help terraform Mars.

Lady Une takes Mariemaia to visit Treize's grave.

Duo returns to a colony with Hilde.

Trowa rejoins the circus with Catherine.

Quatre takes full control of his father's company and helps finish the construction of X-18999 with the Maganac Corps.

Relena Darlian considers a run for ESUN Presidency.

All mobile suits, including the Gundams, are destroyed and never seen again.

**AC 197, April 7-9:** Sanc Kingdom castle is taken over by terrorists during Relena Darlian's birthday party. Preventer moves to regather the Gundam pilots as a counterstrike team. Dixneuf Noinheim forces Relena Darlian to activate the PPP virus. Setting herself as the target, Relena Darlian in severely injured in the incident. (Preventer 5, Frozen Teardrop)
**AC 197, late April:** In order to prevent the activation of PPP via her death, Relena enters cryosleep in the *Little Prince* capsule. Heero Yuy soon follows her in the *Sleeping Beauty* capsule.