Mobile Suit Gundam Century

by Nyron

After countless centuries, Humanity has finally moved into space using orbiting space colonies. Many believed that this would bring an end to war, as humanity was united in a common goal. However, the peace did not last, and war soon broke out. After it ended, tensions remained high. In NC 100, war looms on the horizon yet again, and many wonder if peace will ever be obtainable.

1. Prologue

Mobile Suit Gundam Century

Prologue:

For the last 21 centuries, mankind has waged war against itself in countless battles. Even before that in the BC era, humanity fought against each other. In the 21st century, the citizens of the world have begun to grow tired of the constant wars that bring nothing but tragedy and grief. As a result, the United Nations put Project Exodus into motion during the 2050's. Project Exodus' purpose, was to research and develop space colonies capable of orbiting Earth. They believed that by focusing all of their resources on one shared project, the fighting would end. In the year 2103 AD, the first 5 colonies: Archimedes, Borealis, Elysium, Gaia, and Nautilus, were completed. In 2104 AD, 100 million colonists made the mass exodus to the colonies, breathing life into them. With the transition to space well underway, humanity entered a new era. On the eve of 2105 AD, the calendars were officially changed. Anno Domini was now mankinds past, and they pushed into the future of the New Century(NC).

The years following the completion of the original 5 colonies were prosperous ones. Economies all across Earth and the colonies boomed like it never had before, and more colonies were constructed to further relieve Earth of its large population. However, like with all golden ages, it eventually came to an end. Similarly to how it had originally been on Earth, greedy politicians found seats of power in the new united government, the UEG(United Earth Government), and began to drain the economy of life through useless spending and self-payment. In the year NC 67, the colonies demanded independence from the UEG.

Fearing they would lose their greatest source of income, the politicians of the UEG placed the colonies under military jurisdiction. This was further enforced upon the completion of the UEG's prototype Mobile Suits, human-like war machines. As the years pressed on, the colonists became more rebellious. The UEG was soon forced to open fire on civilians The most notorious of these was the Nautilus Massacre of NC 76. This event triggered an all-out war between the colonies and Earth. In secret, the colonies had constructed their own Mobile Suits, mostly on the colony Gaia. Nowhere was safe from the war. Land, sea, sky, and space were all fair game as battlefields. The war lasted 7 years.

In NC 83, both sides were desperately low on resources. In a last ditch effort, the Colonial Federation forced an under-construction colony onto Earth. Due to its barely begun state, the devastation caused by the drop did not render Earth uninhabitable, rather, it caused climate changes globally. Places that were once tropical resorts were now sheets of ice like Antarctica, which no longer existed. The heat generated by the colony melted the polar ice caps and caused worldwide flooding, further changing the geography of the world. Billions of lives were lost in the ensuing chaos, dramatically reducing the Earth's population. The war was finally over, but at a grave cost. As the UEG forces withdrew from the colonies and space, the colonists gathered together and held multiple memorial services for all the lives lost during the war.

A formal treaty between the United Earth Government and the Colonial Federation was signed a month later, and the Colonial Federation was recognized as the independent, collective government of the colonies. Many hoped that the events of the Colonial War would prevent any further bloodshed for centuries. However, war is the very nature of humanity, and is not so easily purged. 17 years later in NC 100, the drums of war, would beat once again.