Chapter 2:

Seven Years of History, abridged

"On August 10th, 2010 a.t.b the holy Britannian Empire declared war on japan. The war had

been going on for one month when the Bloody Valentine Tragedy occurred. When Britannia claimed

that Junius Seven had deliberately self-destructed, the Plants declared their independence from the

holy Britannian Empire. The Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, better known as ZAFT fought and won

numerous battles against the Empire. The Britannian forces suffered greatly. The soldiers stationed in

Japan, Britannian's newest battlefield, reached a new level of brutality, no longer distinguishing between

civilian and soldier. They burnt down numerous towns in order to end the war in Japan quickly to finish

what they had started with the so called "Space Aliens."

Atsushi Sawasaki of the Kururugi administration in Japan argued for Japan's surrender due to the

Britannians brutal approach to the war. He said that if the Japanese did not surrender they would risk

annihilation via the Britannians. Eventually as the death toll rose Genbu Kururugi grudgingly surrendered

to the Britannians. The treaty of Area Eleven as Japan was to be known, was signed on April 25th 2011,

eight months after the war had begun."

-Excerpt from the ZAFT Rebellion and Japan by Sir Alex of Tirragen

"The initial success of the invasion of Japan was due to the introduction of the fourth generation

Knightmare frames—the RPI-11 Glasgow. The Glasgow devastated the Japanese population. It's success

and the success of the Britannian Empire at large was cut short with the introduction of the Mobile Suit

Gundam. The Japanese upon seeing the destruction that the Knightmares caused had created their

own mobile suit to negate the threat. It is believed that the Japanese used the specs from the captured

Glasgows to create the first Gundam.

The RX-78-2 Gundam was the first Japanese Mobile Suit to participate in an actual battle.

Standing at six and half meters the Gundam was two meters taller than the Glasgow. The Gundam's

thrusters gave it the ability to keep up with the land-spinners on the Glasgows. The RX-78-2 Gundam

made its first appearance during Kururugi's coup d'état. Where it managed to not only forced the

Britannian forces to retreat but was a direct factor in the liberation of Japan.

Due to its service record and perhaps out of a sense of honor and tradition, all Japanese Mobile

Suits based off of the RX-78-2 were dubbed "Gundam."

-excerpt from The Rise of the Knightmare and the Mobile Suit Gundam by Amuro Ray, Gundam pilot.

"When the PLANTS declared their independence from Britannia chaos erupted in the Holy

Britannian Empire. The military was put to the test as it defended the Empire against ZAFT on one hand

and seeking to keep the Japanese people under control. The Britannian government in Japan began to

lose its tight defense as more soldiers were called away to fight ZAFT.

Genbu Kururugi saw this as his chance. He had surrendered under the advice of Atsushi Sawasaki,

who had been bribed by the Britannians. Unbeknownst to the Britannians Kururugi had been gathering

the remainder of the Japanese army to him and had been creating a Japanese Mobile Suit to combat the

Britannian Knightmares.

In September of the year 2011 a.t.b , Genbu Kururugi staged a successful coup d'état. He took

the entire Britannian civilian population hostage and declared himself Emperor of Japan. He ordered that

the Mobile Suit Gundam be mass produced and set up a martial law throughout Japan. Many historians

regarded Emperor Kururugi the first as a tyrannical leader but one cannot negate the fact that he, a

Natural, had done what only Coordinators had achieved. Independence from Britannia."

-an excerpt from The Liberation of Japan by Sir Miles of Olau.

"On February 15th 2011 our people watched in horror as the peaceful Junius Seven was hit with

nuclear warheads for no reason other than it was filled with Coordinators! The Britannian Emperor has

done nothing to rectify this wrong. What has Britannia done for us? I move that we secede from the

Empire and punish the ones responsible for this tragedy! "

-an excerpt from Patrik Zala's address on the Bloody Valentine Tragedy.

"All Naturals have forty-eight hours to vacate the PLANTS, any Naturals that are found in the

PLANTS after this deadline will be dealt with severely."

-Warning given before the Massacre of the Naturals.

"Last night a terrible event occurred in the Plants. Shortly after declaring their independence

from the holy Britannian Empire, the Coordinators led an extermination of all Naturals that remained in

the PLANTS. It is believed that Prince Liam and Princess Nunnally were among the victims."

-article from the Britannian Gazette

"A new theory has been proposed by numerous scientists"—"they claim that mankind is evolving

and are developing new characteristics. They call these new characteristics 'New-type' abilities. One can

say that these scientists have been reading too many X-Men comics."

- An announcer's opinion on the appearance of New-types.

"We the Exorcists have successfully assassinated the demon king Charles Zi Britannia! Those who

share his 'Geass' abilities fear us! For we will annihilate all who threaten the preservation of our blue and

pure world!"

- The Exorcists, a terrorist cell claiming credit for the assassination of the Ninety-eighth Emperor

of Britannia

"After the death of the Ninety-Eighth emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire, Odysseus

eu Britannia abdicated the throne in favor of his younger brother the second prince, Schneizel el

Britannia…"

- Pendragon Gazette

So begins a war, so begins a revolution.

AN: This chapter is the second half of the prologue, the story starts next chapter which will most likely be uploaded in a few months.

I made several references in this chapter, can you find them all?

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Edit: this Chapter has been improved and Betaed.