AN:

Hello!

Thank you for clicking on my story and deciding to take time to read it. I've been wanting to write a story for FF for a while, but only had time/inclination to do so only recently. Before you read though I have to give a bit of warning:

I have no guarantee that I will finish this story.

I don't, I just can't guarantee it. I plan on this story to be about 7-10 chapters long, just based on how everything is worked out in my head. This story will only cover first contact, does not go into the first game. Each game will probably get its own story. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

This is AU post Endless Waltz. Actually, AU post Wing Zero blowing up the Presidential palace. You'll see why below.

The title is something that took me a few days to come up with. I was always impressed with the title that the creators had: Endless Waltz, Frozen Teardrops, Battlefield of the Pacifists, etc. So I wanted to come up with a name that would follow that. Shattered Dreams was what I came up with, and if I get far enough into the story (I hope I do), I should be able to explain why I chose this title, much like how Mariemaia explained in universe the meaning of 'Endless Waltz.'

So, this is my first story. I have no Beta and basically proofread this myself. How? I read the story over about 20 times after it was done. Over and over and over and over again. It was exhausting. Made me realize how hard it is to write a quality story. The story itself took about a week and a half to write, 2-4 hours per day. A lot of editing was done to make everything flow, and I'm still not 100% satisfied with the end product. More like 98.5% satisfied. Had to edit a lot to make sure everything fit. God I hope the formatting isn't too messed up.

Anyways, feel free to Review after reading.

Peace

Gunkatas

Timeline

AC 195 – Events of Gundam Wing

Christmas AC 196 – Events of Endless Waltz

February AC 197 – Members of the Mars Terraform project find ancient alien ruins after a Meteorite strikes the planet. News spreads to the rest of humanity on Earth and on the Colonies, halting the destruction of Mobile Suits due to security concerns. Members of the Preventers Forces stationed on Mars travel to the uncovered ruins. Once it is deemed safe, scientist and archaeologist are brought in to study any technology and discover information that may have been left behind.

Lucrecia Noin is selected to lead the team due to her exemplary service record. Zechs Marquise goes deeper into hiding.

May AC197 – Wing Zero is fully salvaged. Repairs have not yet begun, as an estimated 60% of the Mobile Suit has been destroyed. Heavy Arms, Sand Rock, Deathscythe and Altron Gundams are all repaired to 100% functionality, as are the Tallgeese III and the personal Taurus of Lucrecia Noin. Remaining Serpent suits are put into storage under heavy guard, but are ready to be re-activated and deployed at a moment's notice. At this point, the Earth Sphere Unified Nations decide to give a blanket amnesty to those soldiers who joined Mariemaia's army. The leaders and plotters are tried and sentenced to life in prison, although it is believed that not all of them have been caught.

Rumors that Zechs Marquise is alive and in hiding start to circulate on Mars once it is revealed that Lucrecia Noin is pregnant.

Reconstruction is completed on the Presidential Palace and Bunker, as well as the city where the first and last battle of the coup attempt took place.

July AC197 – Researchers discover that the aliens who built the ruins are known as Protheans. It is revealed that the ruins are in excess of 50,000 years old, and was used as a research station to observe ancient humans. Panic erupts throughout both Earth and the Colonies. It is only after a speech asking for calm is given by Vice Foreign Minister Relena Darlian that people begin to relax.

After a lengthy debate lasting several weeks, it is decided that Mobile Suits will once again be created as the first line of defense for Humanity. Emphasis is put on enhancing and producing the Taurus mobile suits, as both the military and civilian leadership determine that a space mobility fighter would be able to fend off assaults from space better than ground based Mobile Suits. However, Mobile Doll suits remain controversial, and it is decided to halt any production for the foreseeable future. Lady Une is believed to be the only person who currently has a complete copy of the Mobile Doll OS.

Element Zero (Eezo) is discovered in the Prothean Ruins, as well as blueprints to an Element Zero core and engine.

September AC197 – The first Human Space Ship with an Eezo core is built by the Winner Corporation. It is named the Earth Sphere Navy New Destiny. Researchers also discover that an FTL device known as a Mass Relay is orbiting Pluto. Ships are sent to find the device.

One thousand Taurus Mk II Mobile Suits are built, as have roughly 200 Leo Mobile Suits. The Mk II suits have been designed to work both in Space and in Earth's atmosphere without any modifications needed. Aries Mobile Suits are considered obsolete by the new redesign of the Taurus, with surviving units used to train new recruits. Most Taurus suits are deployed to protect the colonies, although 200 are deployed on earth itself. All Leo suits are deployed on Earth, as are the remaining Serpent suits. Serpent suits have been re-painted and deployed to protect major government institutions, such as the Parliament Building and Preventers Headquarters. Due to training constraints, the majority of the Mobile suits are manned by soldiers who fought in Mariemaia's army. The Mobile Suit units are folded into the Preventers program.

Lucrecia Noin returns to earth due to her pregnancy. Sally Po is assigned to lead the Mars Research team while her partner, Wufei Chang, is in charge of security.

October AC197 – Ships finally reach Pluto. Deep scanning of Charon accidentally activates the Mass Relay buried under the ice. After 3 days, the Mass Relay is fully exposed and Charon no longer exists. All ships keep their distance as it is unknown if their ships are compatible with the device.

At this point in time, it is decided to rebuild Wing Zero. As they have the most knowledge of the Gundams after the pilots themselves, the Sweeper Group is in charge of rebuilding Wing Zero as well as maintaining the other Gundams in existence.

November AC197 – Zechs Marquise is discovered on Mars and arrested without resistance. He is brought to earth to begin his trial for starting the Eve War.

5 more ships with an Eezo core have been completed, one of which is the ESN New Horizons, a cruiser size vessel and the first ship armed with a spinal mounted cannon powered by Element Zero, though traditional beam cannon turrets are still mounted on the New Horizon and the other 4 ships. It is decided that these 5 ships will travel through the Charon device after New Year day to scout the system that is on the other side.

Wing Zero is fully rebuilt.

December AC197 – Two years after declaring war against Earth and losing, Zechs Marquise is found guilty of attempted Genocide for his attempt to crash Libra onto the planet. All other charges are dropped, as it was argued that though he led White Fang during the final phase of the rebellion, it was others such as Quinze and the Barton foundation that financed and planned the takeover, as well as the declaration of war against earth itself. During the sentencing, a video recording was shown to the court of Epyon detonating the power generator of the Libra section that was falling to earth. When asked why he did so, Zechs merely replied "I lost." When asked to clarify, he stated "The winner of a duel doesn't die to right the mistakes of the loser." After this, as well as the revelation that he is also the blood brother of Relena Darlian, he is sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. Critics decry the sentencing, saying that it is too lax, and that he is getting preferential treatment due to his relationship to the Former Queen of the World Relena Peacecraft. When it is revealed that it was he who was piloting Tallgeese III during the Mariemaia Coup attempt, the critics die down. Lucrecia Noin gives birth to twins and Zechs is allowed to visit his children before starting his sentence.

15 more ships are completed, 7 Frigates, 4 Cruisers, and 4 Destroyers. It was discovered during testing that while the Mass Effect canon can fire more often than a beam cannon of comparable power draw, power output of the beam cannon on ships above cruiser weight exceeds that of a Mass Effect canon. Mass effect cannons are put on Frigate class ships, but only as a Secondary weapon.

January AC198 – Enough Mobile suits have been built to adequately protect both the Colonies and Earth. Each Colony gets 300 Taurus Mobile Suits, as well as 25 LEO suits to act as a last line of defense inside the colony proper. Production of LEO suits is halted while a new design for a mass produced ground based Mobile Suit is created.

Final preparations are completed for the 5 ships to travel through the Charon Relay. The 5 Ships, led by Captain Jon Grissom, are loaded with 5 years' worth of supplies for the crew as it is unknown if there is a way back. Each of the 4 Frigates is loaded with a platoon of soldiers, as well as 4 Taurus suits. The Cruiser New Horizons has a full company of soldiers and 7 Taurus suits. The last Mobile suit comes as a surprise to the entire expedition, as it is Deathscythe. Morale is greatly improved at the knowledge that a Gundam would be joining them on the expedition, though the crew is curious as to whom exactly the pilot is. It is also revealed that a Priest would be among the crew of the cruiser, in order to provide moral guidance and raise the spirits of those aboard.

30 more ships are completed, though only half have Eezo cores due to lack of Element Zero available in the Sol system.

February AC198 – The 5 ships travel through the Mass Relay. All contact is immediately lost, and the worst is feared. 4 days later, the Mass Relay activates again returning one of the expedition Frigates. It is revealed that the relay transported them to the region known as Arcturus, approximately 36 light years away. However, the relay on the other side pointing back to earth was deactivated and encased in rock. The expedition immediately re-activated the Mass Relay and waited for the debris to clear. One Frigate was to monitor the Relay while the other ships began to explore the region. It was discovered to be a region rich in Resource Satellites, as well as several other uncovered Mass Relays, including one that is 15 Kilometers in length. Realizing the potential of such an area, half of the ships currently guarding earth and the colonies are ordered to travel through the Mass Relay to secure Arcturus and explore what is on the other side of the Mass Relays located there.

Designs for a new type of Ground based mobile suit are completed and the first prototype is built. Heavily influenced by the Gundams, 01 in particular, the RX-79 (G) Mobile Suit is jokingly called the Ground Gundam as the designer is a self-avowed fan of the Gundam suits. At this point in time, the number of Soldiers and Pilots start to swell to a number unmanageable to the Preventers, and Lady Une request that the Military be started again, separate from the Preventers. This request is approved by the ESUN parliament, and the Earth Sphere Unified Nations Defense Force is created, with one branch dedicated to infantry (Marines) and one dedicated to the Navy (Sailors), each having their own Mobile Suit Divisions. The Preventers remain separate from the Military, acting as both the Intelligence Division and Federal Police of the ESUN, with their own force of Mobile Suit pilots.

March AC198 – Testing is completed on the RX-79 (G) Mobile Suit. It has proven to be faster, more maneuverable, more energy efficient and more durable than the venerated Leo. Due to the improved power source, the Beam Rifle is the default weapon of the RX-79 and all Mobile Suits going forward. They start to phase out the Leo suits in active units, with the Leo suits going into either going into storage or used in the training of new recruits.

Ships pass through the other Mass Relays and discover Garden Worlds ready for human habitation. The decision is made to colonize those worlds, and to better govern they would need to be closer to the worlds themselves. Parliament decides to move government headquarters to Arcturus.

Design and construction of Arcturus station begins in the Sol system.

April AC198 – Construction on Arcturus station is completed and researchers find a way to move Arcturus Station as well as 3 newly built colonies to Arcturus, using the Mobile Doll Planetary Defense system combined with Element Zero to create a harmonic Element Zero field that covers the entire station without using ludicrous amounts of Eezo. This has the added benefit of finding a way to shield both the colonies and Arcturus with barriers in case of attacks. However, the shields have to be lowered if something larger than a Mobile Suit wants to enter or exit the station, and the power draw is considerable.

At this time, it is discovered that there will not be enough soldiers available to fully protect all of humanity with the manpower available. Debate starts up again on beginning production of the Mobile Doll suits. After fiery rhetoric on both sides, Mobile Dolls are once again approved for production by a 4 vote majority. They are only allowed to be used defensively, and cannot travel more than 1000 Km from their base of operations whether that is a colony, space station or city.

Production begins on Virgo III Mobile Dolls.

June AC198 – Each Colony gets 200 Virgo III Mobile Dolls, replacing the equal number of Taurus suits that are redistributed to Arcturus and the increasing fleet.

Fearful of what may come through the other relays, Parliament is requested by the colonist at Arcturus to create a defense platform, similar to Barge and Libra. Heated debate starts throughout all the Colonies and Earth, as people remember that those battle stations were used to either suppress the Colonies or to attack Earth itself. Once again, human fear and paranoia win out and the request is approved, but only by a 1 vote majority. Design and construction begin on the new Fortress stations.

Garden worlds connected to Arcturus via the Mass Relays start to be colonized.

July AC198 – Due to the number of Colonist moving to new planets, exploration and expansion is halted in order to divert resources to building up the systems, as well as ensuring they are properly defended. Supply chain issues also start to appear, as Civilian Mass Effect powered ships are in short supply and high demand.

The first Dreadnaught is created for the ESUN Navy. The ESN Khushrenada is 1.2 Kilometers in length. It houses a Main Cannon with 1.5x the power output of the Buster Rifle used by Gundam 01, which is less than 1/3 of the power available to the Wing Zero Dual Buster Rifle.

Surviving Gundams are upgraded to be better suited to Front Line Fighting rather than Guerilla Tactics. Gundam 01, known as Wing, is rebuilt once again.

August AC198 – Space Fortress Titan is complete. Modeled after Barge, rather than Libra, it is a 4km long cylinder. Armed with two improved Noventa cannon, one on each 'face' of the station, multiple Beam Cannons and housing over 300 Taurus suits as well as 150 Mobile Doll suits, it provides enough firepower to defend a planetary system without being so overwhelming as to be suppressive to those it protects. The first Titan Class space fortress is moved to Arcturus to defend the station and the Colonies surrounding it. Construction begins on more Titan class stations.

Due to the amount of Forces that Titan Stations will command, as well as the fact that their role will be different than that of either the Marines or Navy, a third Military Branch is proposed. The Fortress Station Defense Force is created. Much like the Coast Guard of old, they are in charge of protecting the Space around each Colony. They hold no Ground forces, and their operating area is only the Space around the Planet and/or Colony they are guarding.

Space Colonies are being moved from their Lagrange points around Earth to new planetary systems, as Colony building has been slowed down due to fleet buildup, as well as construction of Titan class stations. As the move is both costly and difficult, only by a 2/3 majority vote of the Colonist themselves will the Colony be moved. The Colony also must pay half the moving cost, with the other half being financed by the ESUN itself. This is due to the knowledge that with Colonies in the system, it would be easier to mine and process the resources available in the asteroid fields and barren moons, as well as having a natural shipping port for resources taken from the planets themselves.

September AC198 – Protecting all the people in the new systems once again strains the man power of both the ESUN military and the Preventers. A proposal is created for man sized Mobile Doll units used to protect Bases and Colonies. A prototype is built modeled after the Leo suit and are dubbed Mini Dolls. With the programming modified from the Mobile Doll system, the Mini Dolls are rolled out to both space based and ground based Colonies, as well as Arcturus and Titan stations. With the exception of Arcturus, the Mini Dolls are stationed at the entrances to the Colonies only, such as Docking stations and Space Ports, and important government buildings such as the Governors mansions and police stations as well as Hospitals and Military Bases.

November AC198 – Each colonized system has 1 Titan Class Space Fortress guarding them, while Arcturus receives 3 and the Sol system has 5.

Expansion and exploration once again begins

Leo suits are fully phased out of active units. Most suits are either destroyed or sent to storage, while about 1/3 are instead sent to local planetary garrisons as backups and used as training tools due to their simplicity.

December AC198 – ESUN votes to change their name in the New Year to better reflect the status of Humanity. At this point in time, 5 planetary systems have been colonized. Another 10 have been discovered, 4 of them holding Garden Worlds. Plans are made to colonize the garden worlds, with the other resource rich areas getting Space Colonies for resource gathering.

AC199 – The Earth Sphere Unified Nations changes names to the Human Systems Alliance, reflecting that Earth is no longer the only planetary system humans live in.

Expansion proceeds steadily, financed by the increase in resources from the Extra Solar Colonies (ExSoCs).

AC200 – Shanxi is discovered but not colonized.

Vice Interior Minister Relena Darlian announces she is pregnant. People are overjoyed at the news. When asked who the father is, Relena states that the father is her husband and would like to remain anonymous. Surprised at the fact that Relena is married, a reporter asks the former Queen of the World when the ceremony was. She replies about a year ago, at a small private get together with her friends and family. Rumors explode all over the internet with the husband being anyone from one of the old families that supported Peacecrafts and Darlians throughout the years, to president of the Systems Alliance, to even her Blue eyed Brown haired personal bodyguard she was assigned in AC197.

AC201 – Relena Darlian gives birth to a boy. The name is withheld, citing that she wishes the child to grow up without the pressure of the media and the public.

Colonization begins on Shanxi. It is currently the furthest colony from the Sol system. As such, colonization and exploration of the surrounding space is slow going.

Taurus Mk III suit is created. When transformed, the triangular head folds to the back of the suit, exposing a second head modeled after the one on the Aries Mobile Suit, giving greater field of Vision at the cost of long range sensors being halved. It is also fitted with a Mass Effect core, allowing it to be more maneuverable as well as have basic barriers. This has the added benefit of allowing a single suit to be able to enter and exit the Gravity Well and Atmosphere of a planet without any extra assistance.

RX-79 (G) Mk II suit is created, adding a Mass Effect core to the MS. This allows better mobility and the use of shields. It also allows the Mk II suit to be dropped from orbit in specially designed pods for rapid insertion to planets. They will still need ships to return back to space.

Mobile Doll suits are not upgraded with Mass Effect cores, as they are designed to be defensive only compared to the other suits who have actual pilots, as well as already having a barrier system as part of their basic equipment.

The First Space Carrier is created. At 1.6 Km in length, it houses up to 80 Mobile Suits on 4 Decks. The tradeoff is that it lacks a main canon, having to instead rely on the Mobile Suits to be the offensive option in a fight. It also has numerous Beam Cannons for ship to ship combat should it be needed, as well as multiple Beam Gatling Guns to act as Anti-Missile and Anti-MS Defense. No Mobile Dolls are housed in the Carrier.

3 more carriers are in production.

AC202 –A Deactivated 15 Km long Primary Mass Relay is discovered in the Shanxi system. It is decided not to activate the Mass Relay at this time, as Shanxi has not yet fully matured as a colony. As a precaution, a Titan Class Space Fortress is planned to be moved into orbit over Shanxi.

Zechs Marquise is released from prison, being released a year early due to good behavior. He is personally recruited by Lady Une to head the Mobile Suit division of the Preventers.

Carriers complete construction, along with 5 more Dreadnoughts.

Serpent units are upgraded with Mass Effect cores, but are reserved for the best pilots due to their capabilities.

January AC203 – Local population on Shanxi exceeds 1 million. That number is expected to triple by the end of the year.

A Space colony is planned to be constructed and moved to Lagrange Point 1 of Shanxi within the next year.

February AC203 – Primary Relay at Shanxi activates. Nothing is detected coming through but the local population is frightened.

March AC203 – Titan Class Fortress Theia settles into orbit above the Capital City of Shanxi at Lagrange Point 1, calming the Colonist.

May AC203 – A Taskforce of 15 ships is put together to help guard Shanxi. 9 Frigates, 4 Cruisers and 2 Destroyers arrive at Shanxi with their compliment of Mobile Suits and Marines.

June AC203 – First Contact.

AN Continued:

If you're wondering why I had the Gundams survive past AC 196 when it looks like they just destroyed them outright right after the battle, remember that they destroyed them in what looks like Spring, while the battle happened just before New Year on snow covered ground. They were in a lush green field when they got detonated. Also, they probably just kept them going until they were sure all the other Mobile Suits were destroyed.

Some people will think that I had them build the Fortress Stations and Mobile Suits too quickly, and I believe so too. But this is in line with the Cannon of Gundam Wing. The entire Anime took place between April of AC 195 and New Year Day AC 196 (with the exception of the extra bit with Relena getting a Teddy Bear from Heero). That means they built a whole ton of Taurus Suits, designed and built the Virgo Dolls, designed and built Libra, upgraded the Virgo to Virgo II and had 3 changes of government in less than a single year.

That's not including Quatre building Wing Zero by himself over the course of what appears to be 2-3 weeks. An entire Gundam built in less than a month. And don't forget that the Gundam Engineers built Deathsythe and Altron from nothing in secret, while working against their will for OZ. Most of the engineering is ridiculous if you think about it, but I just roll with it, work it into the plot.

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Also, I put everything in Metrics cause the Imperial system is stupid and I wish the U.S. would switch to the Metric system. It just makes more sense.