Gundam: Crusader Company

Prologue

An excerpt from, A History of the Jovian War:

"If one wishes to understand a situation, he must understand the causes. This is true in everything, even war. The Jovian War officially started on the 10th of July, 2439, but the sources can be traced back as far as the mid-24th century. "At that point is history, a great exodus from the Earth occurred, leading humanity to colonize the other planets of the solar system. One of the earlier teams quickly recognized the value of the gas giant Jupiter, and quickly claimed it for one of the many Eurasian kingdoms. It is unknown which country originally made the claim, for eventually 75% of the kingdoms left Earth with as many supplies as could be taken, and established space colonies J1 through J10, as well as facilities on Io and Europa. Once these facilities became fully operational in 2410, the kingdoms reformed into what is now known as the Jovian Imperium. "Meanwhile, in the inner system, a treaty had recently been passed giving the U.N. complete control over Earth and the neighboring colonies on Mars and Luna. The new group was named the United Civilized Nations. U.C.N. invited the Imperium to join, but was quickly refused. A peace treaty was offered instead, which held out until 2438. "The causes for the treaty's collapse are many and varied, but the primary reason was a failed espionage action on the part of U.C.N. On many gas giants, Jupiter in particular, there exist large deposits of H3. The compound H3 led to the discovery of an easily replicable fusion reactor. Once this was discovery was made, the U.C.N. requested that they be allowed to set up H3 harvesting facilities on the gas giants. Only the Imperium refused, the other colonies quickly jumped at the chance to join the U.C.N.

"Unfortunately, of all the in-system gas giants, only Jupiter and Saturn have large enough deposits of H3 to be worth harvesting from, and Jupiter's is considerably larger. After learning of the Imperium's newest weapons, code-named "Mobile Suits", the U.C.N. activated several spies in order to accomplish 3 goals. Steal the designs for "Mobile Suits" Sabotage the Io mines Sabotage Dunarli Station, the Imperium's main source of H3 "However, the Imperium intercepted several of the transmissions, and only the 1st objective was ever completed, and then at the cost of the team's lives. Many attempts were made to appease the Imperium, but nothing could stop them from their demand of total retribution on the U.C.N.'s leaders. All talks ceased on June 29th, and war was declared within weeks. "The beginning of the war demonstrated the power of the new Mobile Suits. Entire armored companies were often destroyed by just a handful of MS, and fighters often faired worse. Even when the U.C.N. could field MS, the Imperium would often still win through sheer numerical superiority. The war was deadlocked until 2448, when a traitor in the U.C.N. colony 'Hagia' shut down the defenses long enough for several Guardsman-class MS to slip through. The colony was annihilated, and the U.C.N.'s link to Saturn lost. "Running low on H3 and other materials, U.C.N. High Council determined that the only option left was a dedicated raid on Imperium territory. The final plan was to send a regiment of MS to seize Europa, a vital supply base and the Imperium's primary source of water. Knowing that if they failed in this mission, they would not have the ability to fight of the Imperium any longer, a fleet was sent to take the planet. Riding on their shoulders, was the fate of the entire war."