Tuesday, January 2, 2007

The One Year War

The One Year War, also known as the Orbital War of Independence to the soldiers of the Principality of Near Earth Orbit, is the first major war of the Universal Century (UC). The One Year War is analogous to World War II, where almost all nations choose one of the sides, and only very few neutral factions remained on the sidelines.

The One Year War began on January 3rd, 0079 of the UC calendar (Universal Century starting AD 2050). A short period in the first week of the declared war was known as the "One Week War" where most civilian casualties were accrued by indiscriminate use of WMDs. It technically ended on January 1st, U.C.0080, when the Republic of NEO (reinstated after the fall of the Principality) signed a peace treaty with the Earth Federation.

Introduction

After the Earth Federation forced the emigration of the major part of humanity to the space colonies, tensions between the space colonists and the Earth elites were common and ubiquitous.

The Republic of NEO at Side 3, started pushing for a peaceful independence under the leadership of Karl Rothschilde. The Earth Federation considered this to be a threat of instability to the Earth Sphere, so they applied economic pressure in an effort to force them back into the Federation, an effort that failed. In U.C.0068, Karl Rothschilde unexpectedly died (though never confirmed, his death was strongly suspected of being unnatural), and the independent Republic became the Principality of NEO when Rothschilde's deputy Xavion Chrysylophax seized control of the administration. When Xavion Chrysylophax took over, he rapidly militarized the state by expanding the size of the NEO National Guard, elevating it to the status of a full fledged army. The battle mechs and the majority of the NEO space force were formed during this time period, as was the Flanagan Institute.

Alarmed at the sudden build-up of arms at Side 3, the Earth Federation launched the Year 60 Armament Reinforcement Plan and the Year 70 Armament Reinforcement Plan, both aimed at building up the strength of the Earth Federation Space Force. Federation engineers converted the mining asteroid Luna II into a major military base and roll out the Salamis and Magellan-class warships during this time period.

The One Year War
In October of U.C.0078 the Principality of NEO officially announced mobilization orders, and split the army into the space attack force and the mobile assault force. The Federation, anticipating a traditional ship-to-ship type warfare, began reshuffling its fleets and issued a general alert to all of its forces.

The One Week War
The opening to the One Year War was originally referred to as the One Week War or One Week Battle, due to the horrific scale of civilian casualties inflicted.

The Three Seconds of Declaration
At 0720, January 3rd, U.C.0079, the Principality of NEO unilaterally declared war against the Earth Federation. Merely three seconds later (known to UC historians as NEO's "Three Seconds of Declaration"), the NEO forces launched all-out surprise attacks against the Federation's garrisons at the space colonies located in the Zahn province of Side 1 (Lagrangian point 5), Hatte Province in Side 2 (L4) and Mua Province in Side 4 (L5). NBC weapons were used indiscriminately, while the NEO nerve gas attacks (used to suppress the garrisons from mobilizing) slaughtered the colonists it claimed to protect. Over 2.8 billion innocent civilians were killed during one day of fighting.

Operation British
The One Week War culminated in Operation British, supposedly named after the American Revolution against British rule in the 1770s. Operation British's goal was to destroy the Federation's central military command at Jaburo in South America, a facility hardened against nuclear assault. The plan called for the use of a recently depopulated colony cylinder. During the opening battles of the One Week War, NEO troops launched a gas attack on Island Iffish, a colony in the Hatte province of Side 2, employing a highly-toxic nerve gas known as GG, which was able to enter even into the gas shelters via the colony's ventilation system. The cleansing of the colony's entire population was accomplished within 20 minutes. After the gas attack had concluded, NEO forces then prepared the colony by attaching it with nuclear propulsion engines, before initiating the second phase of Operation British.

The Federation's space forces mobilized as the Principality set the colony on a slingshot course around the moon. Intense battle raged above the Earth's orbits, but the Federation Forces was unable to stop the colony. As the colony passed the point-of-no-return, Captain Harlock issued his now-famous final broadcast from the plummeting cylinder as it began to burn and collapse in the Earth’s atmosphere. The multi-band broadcast footage of this final stand rallied NEO troops for years to follow. Both sides withdrew from battle and emergency evacuation of Jaburo was ordered. However, the heavily damaged colony fell short of its intended target, instead shattering into large fragments due to the heat of re-entry over the Indian Ocean. The largest piece, comprising most of the main colony cylinder itself, fell on the heavily-populated city of Sydney, Australia, obliterating the city outright with its 10-million population. The strike caused a 60,000-megaton blast (or estimated to be 3 million times the power of the Hiroshima bomb) and created a 500-kilometer crater along Australia's coastline (later named the Sydney Crater). The immediate effect was of a Magnitude 9.5 earthquake at the impact point and Magnitude 9 earthquake over a third of Australia, a 200m/s shockwave being detected in Melbourne; it destroyed roughly 16% of the continent. The ensuing shockwave also led to massive tsunamis around the globe, incapacitating a large portion of Earth Federation's planetary defense systems, while also causing huge humanitarian crises.

Up to this point of the war, close to half of the population of the Earth Sphere perished. Side 1, 2 and 4, all heavily populated, were completely destroyed. Earth's climate was severely and permanently affected by the colony drop, with the environmental aftermath still felt decades after the war.

The Battle of Loum
The Battle of Loum, which took place on January 15, U.C.0079, was one of the most devastating battles during the war and one of the deadliest in all of mankind's history.

Following the failure of Operation British just days earlier, the Principality of NEO still believed it could succeed in achieving a quick end to the war with colony drops. This time it attempted to hijack and utilize colonies at Side 5, also known as Loum Province (however, it is rumored that this was false information leaked to the Federation forces to draw them away from Luna II). As the nuclear engines were being put into place, the Earth Federation 1st Combined Fleet led by General Arcturus arrived and the two forces clashed.

This battle was first ever major space battle in history, also the first time new-age war machines known as battle mechs played as a primary attacking force. The Earth Federation's fleet suffered heavy losses against the highly mobile NEO mechs, as their AntiAircraft defenses were unable to operate effectively under the dense Minovsky particle interference. General Arcturus was forced to escape after the flagship Ananke was disabled, and was captured by NEO's Black Tri-Star attack squad. The fleet's second-in-command, Commodore Rodney Cunningham, was KIA after his own ship Nereid was destroyed while single-handedly rear-guarding the retreat of the remaining fleet (however, his sacrifice minimized the fleet's casualties). With the capture of General Arcturus and loss of about 80% of Federation's Combined Fleet, the battle was tactically won by the Principality of NEO.

During the battle, nuclear weapons were used indiscriminately, resulting in massive military and civilian casualties. During the battle almost every space colony in Side 5 was destroyed, killing their inhabitants, resulting in over 2.5 billion dead. Another combined 500 million combatants were killed in action. The Second Operation British was aborted after Admiral Gloriana Chrysylophax realized her fleet no longer had the capacity to carry it out.

Several of NEO's most famous aces earned their wings in the battle. Captain Vorstagg scuttled five of the Federation's top-of-the-line Magellan battleships and earned his nickname the "Red Comet". "Crimson Lightning" Johnny Ridden destroyed three, and "White Wolf" Shin Matsunaga sank six. The Black Tri-Stars earned their fame by capturing General Arcturus, the highest-ranking general in the Earth Federal Space Forces. However, many of the original battle mech training cadets were killed (shot down or caught in explosions), leaving very few trainers. This caused repercussions for the Principality for the remainder of the war.

In the end, the EFSF lost approximately 3/4 of its battle strength. Military casualties numbered in the millions, and 2.5 billion civilian casualties resulted from the complete destruction of Side 5. Only the heavily-damaged Texas Colony survived, and the debris from Side 5's remains formed what became known as the Shoal Zone.

The Antarctic Treaty
With the capture of General Arcturus, the aborted colony drop and heavy losses on both sides, the Federation and Principality of NEO agree to a truce. Using the recent victory at Loum, Victor Chrysylophax intended to intimidate the Federation into submission by threatening dropping Luna II on Jaburo. While negotiating the conditions of the Federation's surrender, General Arcturus was rescued by federal agents within the Principality and made a speech to the Federation Assembly, revealing that "NEO is exhausted!". The Federation received a boost in morale and rejected the conditions of surrender, but agreed to a treaty prohibiting the use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, colony drops, and attacks on the Jupiter Energy fleets, whilst recognizing the neutrality of the space colonies at Side 6 (L4), and determining the rules of war. The Antarctic Treaty was signed on January 31st, U.C.0079.

The Earth Drop Operations
With the signing of the Antarctic Treaty, the rules of engagement went in favor of the Principality of NEO, who was at the advantage in close-combat range, thanks to their battle mechs. The ban on nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, and colony drops, dashed the NEO's hope for a quick conclusion to the war, forcing them to invade Earth territories to secure mining resources, which were scarce in space.

The NEOs began mobilizing for the invasion of Earth. A new unit, the Earth Attack Force, was quickly formed and staged its first drop operation on March 1st, U.C.0079. With Earth Federation's defense severely undermined by Operation British, the drop operation quickly captured the Earth Federation Force's Baikonur launch facilities and then moved onto the resource center of Odessa.

A second drop operation occurred in North America, with two divisions being dropped on both coasts and moving inward. One division captured the strategically important California Base, a series of massive manufacturing plants and ports along the West Coast of North America. Along with this, much of the Earth Federation's naval fleet was captured and later pressed into service under the NEO flag.

A third drop was directed at the destabilized region of Australia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

The fourth drop operation commenced on April 4th, and landed on the Red Sea and in the Persian Gulf.

Stalemate
For the next five months, the NEO battlefronts expanded. However, lacking knowledge about atmospheric battle, the NEO forces failed to achieve any air supremacy, and the Federation managed to stop the NEO advance with out-of-date but sufficiently massed conventional weapons. NEO advances were halted, and the situation solidified into a stalemate, which would persist for over 8 months until the Odessa Campaign. At this point, the NEOs had control of over two-thirds of the Earth's landmass, although guerrilla resistance and defense vacuums in NEO-occupied territory are a common sight.

IN DEPTH UNIVERSAL CENTURY/ONE YEAR WAR TIMELINE
1999.07.29 - The Earth Federation is formed in response to global concerns over pollution, overpopulation, resource shortages, famine, crime and violence. Earth is divided into 11 administrative areas: North America, South America, Europe, North Africa/Arabia, South Africa, Russia/Siberia, Central Asia, East Asia, India, Southeast Asia and Oceania.

2000.01.01 - The Federation formally announces its Space Colonization Plan.

2001 - Lunar bases constructed in Cayley, Clavius, Copernicus and Tycho craters.

2005 - First Solar Power Station Satellite (SPSS-1) launched.

2009 - Earth Federal Force (EFF) peacekeepers established to enforce Federation edicts. GHQ constructed at Jaburo, Amazonas, Brazil. EFF Academy established at Nijmegan, Netherlands.

2022 - Lunar mass driver built in Censorinus crater, near Tranquility Base.

2026 - The Jupiter Energy Fleet is launched from Lunar orbit to collect helium³, hydrogen and methane from Jupiter’s atmosphere.

2045 ~ 0001 - With Earth’s population at 9 billion, an ambitious space colonization program begins. Construction of the Shangri-La colony at Side 1 (Zarn Province) begins in L5. Upon its completion in 2081, the calendar is changed to the Universal Century era.

0001 - Human migration into space begins in earnest. Construction of Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) space colony is completed. The calendar is changed to the Universal Century era. The Colony Management Corporation (CMC) is established.

0010 - The Jupiter Energy Fleet is reorganized into the Jupiter Development Enterprise Group.
The population of the space colonies reaches 250,000.

0015 - The population of the space colonies reaches 1½ million.

0016 - The Federation establishes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau.

0018.06 - One-millionth “Spacenoid” baby born in Side 2 (L4). Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) selected as site of Olympiad LII, the first to be held off the Earth.

0020 - The population of the space colonies reaches 5 million. The EFF is divided into separate land, sea and air services. The first total unification of Earth's military power in History.

0025 - The population of the space colonies reaches 50 million.

0027 - Von Braun City, the first permanent lunar settlement, is completed. The Lunar Economic Development Authority (LEDA), an independent non-governmental organization, is established.

0030 - The Federation privatizes the Frontier Settlement Transport Bureau, which becomes the Space Transport Enterprise Group (STEP). The population of the space colonies reaches 500 million.

0034 - The Federation again reorganizes the Space Transport Enterprise Group. An independent non-governmental organization, the Public Corporation of Space Transport (PCST), is established.

0035 - Construction of Side 3 (Munzo Province) begins in L2 using Minovsky “closed-type” design.

0040 - Total human population reaches 11 billion, of whom 40% (about 5 billion) have migrated to space.

0041 - The orbit of asteroid 3 Juno is altered to send it to the Earth Sphere.

0044 - Half of the total human population now lives in space. Ere-ism, the philosophy that the Earth is sacred and that humanity should leave it in peace, begins to spread.

0045 - The asteroid 3 Juno is moved into Lunar orbit to provide materials for colony construction and renamed Luna² (“Luna Two”). The Minovsky Physics Society is founded at Side 3 (L2). Migration to Side 1 (L5) and Side 2 (L4) ends.

0046 - Karl Rothschilde begins to propagate his philosophy of Contolism, a synthesis of Ere-ism (the philosophy that the Earth is sacred and that humanity should leave it in peace) and Side-ism (the belief the Sides should be treated as sovereign nations).

0047 - Development of the Minovsky-Ionesco fusion reactor begins.

0050 - Out of the total human population of 11 billion, 9 billion (82%) have migrated to space.

0051 - The Federation halts development of new colonies. Alien Landholding Law passed.

0052 - Karl Rothschilde moves to Side 3 (L2) to realize his philosophy of Contolism. Migration to Side 6 (L4) ends.

0053 - Karl Rothschilde is elected as the premiere of Side 3 (L2).

0058 - Side 3 (L2) declares its independence, and the Republic of Near Earth Orbitals is founded with Karl Rothschilde as its chairman. A militia, the Colony Republican Guard, is formed.

0059 - The Federation adopts the Bardot Policy and applies economic sanctions against Side 3 (L2).

0060 - The Federation launches the Year 60 Armament Reinforcement Plan, spearheaded by the EFF. The Earth Federal Space Force (EFSF) is established as a seperate service. Luna² is converted into a military base.

0062 - The Colony Republican Guard is elevated to the status of a full-fledged military, the NEO Elite Force (NEOEF). The Alien Exclusion Act passed.

0064 - The EFF conducts a naval review. The new spaceships developed as part of the Year 60 Armament Reinforcement Plan take center stage.

0065 - The Minovsky Physics Society observes a unique electromagnetic wave effect within the Minovsky-Ionesco fusion reactor. Subsequent research results are kept secret. A political schism between Karl Rothschilde and the influential Chrysylophax family is made public.

0067 - The Federation rejects a motion for colonial autonomy. Construction plan for Side 7 (L3) announced. Terrance Richman and Ullhammer T. Keynes demonstrate the Raiant R-7 prototype humanoid robot.

0068.02 - Field test of Raiant R-8 prototype humanoid robot.

0068.10 - Karl Rothschilde dies of unknown causes (possibly assassinated) and is succeeded by former advisor Xavion Chrysylophax.

0069.08.15 - The Principality of Near Earth Orbitals is established, with Xavion Chrysylophax as Sovereign. His second son is assassinated and his first son, Victor, leads a purge of Karl Rothschilde’s followers. Victor and Artesia Rothschilde are taken to Earth. The NEOEF becomes the cadre of a new and vastly expanded NEO Military Force (NEOMF).

0069.10 - The NEOMF commissions the first Papua-class transport ship. The validity of Minovsky physics is confirmed by the discovery of the “M” particle.

0070 - The EFF launches the Year 70 Armament Reinforcement Plan.

0070.03 - The NEOMF successfully experiments with the Minovsky jamming effect.

0070.05 - The NEOMF completes the megaparticle beam gun.

0070.06 - The NEOMF commissions the first Chivvay-class heavy cruiser.

0070.10 - The EFF Year 70 Armament Reinforcement Plan produces the Salamis-class cruiser and Magellan-class battleship.

0070.12 - Luna² is moved to L3 to begin construction of Side 7 (Noa Province). Sides 1 and 4 (Zarn and Mua Provinces) are in L5, Sides 2 and 6 (Hatte and Reah Provinces) in L4, Side 3 (Principality of NEO) in L2, and Side 5 (Loum Province) in L1.

0071 - The NEOMF begins development of new weapons for use within a Minovsky particle field. The Minovsky-Ionescu compact fusion reactor is completed. Victor Chrysylophax proclaims his “Master Race” theory.

0072 - The Principality of Near Earth Orbitals begins construction of the mobile asteroid base Solomon in the asteroid belt. Scandal involving the defection of a NEO scientist (Minovsky).

0073 - The NEOMF completes the first of a new type of weapon, dubbed the Battle Mech. The NEOMF adopts the M73-Mark II as its general issue mech.

0074.02 - The NEOMF rolls out the prototype BATTLE MECH-05A Aasimon, equipped with a Minovsky-Ionescu compact fusion reactor. 27 are produced.

0074.04 - The NEOMF commissions the first of an improved series of Papua-class transport ship.

0074.08.15 - Foundation Day marking the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Principality of NEO observed throughout Side 3 (L2).

0075 - The Zimmad EMS-04 Zudah prototype malfunctions and self-destructs during testing, resulting in the NEOnic MS-05A Aasimon winning the NEOMF BATTLE MECH development contract. The EFF begins development of the RX-75 Bebilith with stolen plans for the MS-05A Aasimon. Victor Rothschilde assumes the identity of B. Vorstagg, with a falsified age of 18 (birth date 0057), and enrolls in the NEOMF officer training school.

0075.05 - The NEOMF rolls out a combat-ready version of the MS-05B Aasimon.

0075.07 - The NEOMF commissions the first Musai-class light cruiser and decides to mass-produce the MS-05B Aasimon. Nearly 800 are produced.

0075.11 - The NEOMF forms Mech Training Battalion.

0076 - The EFF begins development of the VX-76 Ball prototype.

0076.03 - The NEOMF commissions the first Gwazine-class battleship.

0076.04 - The NEOMF expands its Mech production facilities.

0076.05 - The NEOMF Mech Training Battalion secretly begins practicing combat maneuvers. Future “Black Tri-Stars” team members are assigned to D Platoon, 2nd Company, Mech Training Battalion.

0076.06 - The NEOMF commissions the first Zanzibar-class mobile cruiser.

0076.12 - In anticipation of an Earth invasion, the NEOMF begins development of localized Battle Mechs.

0077 - The EFF completes the component vehicles for the RX-75 Bebilith prototype. The NEOMF terminates evaluation of the experimental YMT-05 transformable mecha-tank.

0077.04 - The Reah Revolution. A Nationalist faction seizes control of the local military force in Side 6 (L4), inciting a civil war with Federation loyalists. The NEOMF backs the Nationalists, deploying a squad of MS-05B Aasimon I and blockading the EFF. The Nationalists win and Side 6 declares independence as the Reah Republic. The EFF begins experimenting with the Minovsky Craft System (MCS).

0077.08 - The NEOMF rolls out the prototype MS-06A Aasimon II. It will not be mass-produced.

0077.09 - The NEOMF begins trial production of the MS-06C Aasimon II.

0077.10 - The NEOMF produces the last run of the MS-05B Aasimon I.

0078.01 - The NEOMF begins mass production of the MS-06C Aasimon II. It will make up the majority of their Mech force at the outset of the One Year War.

0078.02 - Inter-colony transportation accidents become frequent.

0078.03 - The EFF secretly begin Battle Mech development. Several projects are begun simultaneously as part of the RX Plan.

0078.04 - The EFF strengthen their colony garrisons.

0078.06 - The NEOMF begins development of the Tivvay, a heavy cruiser of the Chivvay class.

0078.10 - The Principality of NEO announces a state of national mobilization in response to a “revolt” in the Side 3 Quintzem colony. The NEOMF is divided into a Space Attack Force, under the command of Gloriana Chrysylophax, and a Mobile Assault Force, commanded by Titania Chrysylophax.

0078.12 - The NEOMF secretly begins development of the Dolos-class carrier. A conspiracy to assassinate Victor Chrysylophax is uncovered and all of the suspects are executed.

0079 - The One Year War.

0079.01.03 - The One Year War begins. The period from 3 to 10 January 0079 becomes known as the One Week War. The Principality of NEO declares war against the Federation, simultaneously launching surprise attacks on Zarn Province in Side 1 (L5), Hatte Province in Side 2 (L4) and Mua Province in Side 4 (L5). Nuclear, Biological & Chemical (NBC) weapons are used indiscriminately and 2.8 billion lives (25% of the total human population) are lost as the EFF garrisons and the colonies that house them are destroyed.

06:31—Side 2 (L4) Bunch 13 security chief Rosenberg receives a coded message that the NEO are mobilizing, but the line is cut before he can hear the code signifying that an attack has been initiated.
07:00—NEO forces begin attacking Side 2 (L4).
07:45—The EFF receives word of the NEO attack.
08:02—Side 2 (L4) Bunch 13 is completely destroyed.

0079.01.04 - Operation British, the dropping of the depopulated Side 2 (L4) Bunch 8 (Island Iffish) onto the EFF Jaburo GHQ via a slingshot orbit around the Moon, goes awry and destroys Sydney, Australia, instead. Experimental Support Cruiser Jotunheim, a conscripted civilian transport ship, makes rendezvous with a Papua-class transport and Musai-class cruiser escort to obtain the experimental anti-ship cannon QCX-76A Jormungand, which can fire from outside any ship’s range, with a range estimated at 300km even when suppressed by Minovsky particles and an expected destructive power 10 times that of normal cannons. Two Salamis-class cruisers attack mid-transfer, destroying the Papua, which jettisoned its cargo before attempting to retreat. The Musai engages, destroying one Salamis and damaging the other, which retreats. Jotunheim then recovers the QCX-76A Jormungand and Papua survivors. NEO 2nd Fleet, escorting Island Iffish toward Earth as part of Operation British, directs Jotunheim to change course to avoid collision.

0079.01.05 - The EFF concentrates its available forces to counterattack the NEOMF Space Attack Force.

0079.01.08 - The EFF 4th Space Fleet, commanded by Fleet Admiral (O-9) Tianem, engages the NEOMF Colony Escort Fleet. The Tianem Fleet sustains a 70% loss.

0079.01.10 -
08:00—The forward end of Island Iffish enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
08:35—The falling colony breaks into four pieces over the Persian Gulf.
08:41—The three smaller pieces fall on unpopulated areas of North America.
09:00—The fourth and largest falls on Sydney, Australia. The resulting 60,000 megaton blast destroys 16% of the continent, creating a 500-km (300-mi.) crater and setting off an “impact winter” that drastically changes Earth’s climate.

0079.01.11 - Reah Republic in Side 6 (L4) declares itself neutral, a position recognized by both the Federation and Pricipality of NEO.

0079.01.12 - The top EFF staff officers meet with an emergency session of the Federation Assembly. Surveillance by the GEO satellite network is intensified in preparation for the next NEO attack.

0079.01.13
09:00—The NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet launches toward Side 5 (L1).
20:00—The NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet movement is detected by the EFF.

0079.01.14 - The EFF 1st Combined Fleet, which is built around the EFF 3rd Space Fleet, commanded by General of the Army (O-10) Arcturus, launches from Luna² in L3.

0079.01.15 - The Battle of Loum in Side 5 (L1). NEO leaks false information that it was not satisfied with the result of Operation British and intends to try another colony drop, leading the Federation into a trap at Side 5. Half of the EFF space fleet is destroyed, along with the entire Side and its 2½ billion inhabitants, with the exception of the Texas colony, which is badly damaged. The debris field around L1 becomes known as the “Shoal Zone”. 500 million killed in action.

10:30—Jotunheim sets up the QCX-76A Jormungand cannon beyond the normal range of battle, where the EFF can clearly see it, and is told the cannon will determine the outcome of the battle, but this is a diversion to draw attention from the deployment of the newly-developed MS-06 Aasimon II.

10:45—The QCX-76A Jormungand is ready to fire. The EFF commences firing upon the NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet. The Battle of Loum officially begins. Musai-class battleship Shurebiki destroyed, breaching the NEOMF 32nd Fleet battle formation. Chief Gunnery Officer Aleksandro Hemme decides to manually fire a test shot due to the lack of the promised targeting data from the observation ship. Magnetic interference hinders manual targeting. The test shot misses all enemy ships but drags a Salamis class cruiser in its wake. Engineering Lieutenant O-2 Oliver May and O-2 Hideto Washiya launch in a shuttle to obtain targeting data themselves. The QCX-76A Jormungand fires a second shot. Before any members of the 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit can get close enough to the battle to be effective, Aasimon units pass them by. Among them, O-2 B. Vorstagg, who informs them that the remainder of the battle is to be left to the Mobile Assault Force squadrons. A Salamis-class cruiser fires missiles at the QCX-76A Jormungand before being destroyed. A heavily damaged Magellan-class battleship heads towards the QCX-76A Jormungand. The third and final shot from the QCX-76A Jormungand destroys the Magellan-class battleship.

11:20—The NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet begins the attack on Side 5 (L1). The NEOMF Mobile Assault Force begin attaching a nuclear pulse engine to Side 5 (L1) Bunch 11.22:14—The EFF 1st Combined Fleet engages the NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet and a fierce space battle begins.

22:40—The NEOMF Mobile Assault Force abandons its colony-jack attempt on Side 5 (L1) Bunch 11, leaving the attached equipment in place.

NEOMF O-2 B. Vorstagg is nicknamed “Red Comet” and promoted to O-4 by the Space Attack Force for destroying 5 Magellan-class EFF battleships.

NEOMF E-7 Johnny Ridden is nicknamed “Red Blitz” and promoted to O-3 by the Mobile Assault Force for destroying 3 Magellan battleships.

NEOMF E-2 Shin Matsunaga is promoted to O-2 for destroying a Magellan battleship and 5 Salamis-class cruisers.

0079.01.16 - 01:00—The EFF 1st Combined Fleet sustains a 50% loss.
03:10—The EFF flagship Ananke, carrying fleet commander General Arcturus, is crippled. The NEOMF Mobile Assault Force “Black Tri-Stars” team captures Arcturus.
04:24—The remnants of the EFF 1st Combined Fleet retreat.
06:00—The NEOMF 1st Combined Fleet breaks off the attack and disperses. One by one, the ships return to Side 3 (L2) or Solomon in Side 1 (L5).

0079.01.17 - NEOMF O-2 Oliver May files his performance report on the QCX-76A Jormungand cannon, in which he notes that it will never be used in battle again.

0079.01.28 - The Principality of NEO negotiates a temporary truce with the Federation through neutral Side 6 (L4). The NEOMF Space Attack Force conducts a private memorial service for those killed in battle, officiated by O-9 Gloriana Chrysylophax.

0079.01.29 - General Arcturus escapes from the NEOMF during an EFF rescue mission.

0079.01.31 - The Antarctic Treaty is signed. Further use of NBC weapons, colony drops or other weapons of mass destruction prohibited. Sanctity of neutral space and lunar colonies guaranteed. General Arcturus returns to Earth and delivers his “Zeon is exhausted!” speech to the Federation Assembly.

0079.02.01 - The NEOMF proclaims the formation of the Earth Attack Force.

0079.02.07 - The NEOMF begins its Earth invasion operation. Within the next two months, the NEOMF will occupy two-thirds of the Earth.

0079.02.13 - The EFF begins planning Operation V to develop a general-purpose BATTLE MECH and a carrier spacecraft.

0079.03.01 - The NEOMF stages its first battle mech drop operation. The 1st Terrestrial Mobile Division, commanded by NEOMF O-8 Yuri Kellarny, is dropped at Lake Balchas and the Aral Sea to the north of the Tien Shan mountains. It captures the Baikonur EFF base in Kazakhstan and then pushes across the Caspian Sea into Europe and the Middle East.

0079.03.02 - The 1st TMD captures the EFF Odessa base.

0079.03.04 - The NEOMF drops O-6 M’quve’s resource mining teams at Katarl, northeast of the Caspian Sea.

0079.03.05 - Victor Chrysylophax broadcasts a victory speech throughout the Principality of NEO, touting the successful completion of the first Earth invasion operation.

0079.03.11 - The NEOMF stages its second drop operation. The 2nd and 3rd Terrestrial Mobile Divisions are dropped on both coasts of North America, from which they press inward into the heartland. NEOMF O-1 Ian Greydon is assigned to the 2nd TMD.

0079.03.13 - The NEOMF 2nd Terrestrial Mobile Division captures the EFF California base, where it establishes its HQ, and sends a detachment to capture the EFF Hawaii base.
The NEOMF 3rd TMD captures the EFF bases at Mayport PA, Norfolk VA and Cape Canaveral FL.

0079.03.18 - The NEOMF stages its third drop operation. The 4th Terrestrial Mobile Division is dropped in three points in Oceania: the Gulf of Carpenteria in North Australia, the Celebes Sea between Borneo and the Philippines and the Gulf of Thailand, from whence they push up into China. It establishes bases at Subic Bay in the Philippines and Brunei, Malaysia (on Borneo Island).

0079.04 - Using captured resources and facilities, the Principality of NEO begins building up its military power.

0079.04.01 - The EFF launches Operation V, Battle Mech and battleship R&D, and Project Vinson, mass-production of V weapons and fleet replacement. Using Battle Mech facilities and factories now under development, the EFF begins Mech training.

0079.04.04 - The NEOMF drops supplemental forces. The 5th Terrestrial Mobile Division is dropped at the Red Sea and Persian Gulf, from which it fans out into North Africa and the Middle East, establishing bases at Alexandria and Suez, Egypt.

0079.04.29 - Piloting a captured MS-06JC Aasimon II, EFF O-5 Federico Czariano attacks, loots and destroys the NEOMF 128th Supply Point in Arizona.

0079.05 - The NEOMF proclaims that it will achieve total control of the Earth by August 0079. Jotunheim participates in a supply drop operation with a fleet of Papua-class transports.

0079.05.09 - Jotunheim transports auxiliary MS-05B Aasimon I units for the 3rd Battle Mech Battalion. The 603rd Technical Evaluation Unit launches a Komusai to drop the YMT-05 Hildolfr for Terrestrial evaluation, with instructions to abandon it when the test is complete, after which it will redeploy with the NEOMF 67th Supply Point in Arizona.
EFF O-5 Federico Czariano leads a squadron of captured MS-06JC Aasimon II and T-61 MBT in a raid on the 67th Supply Point during the descent of the Komusai.
NEOMF O-4 Demeziere Sonnen makes a surprise attack on the EFF commando force in the dropped YMT-05 Hildolfr, destroying all of the enemy units completely, but is mortally wounded by EFF O-5 Federico Czariano in the process. EFF O-5 Federico Czariano and NEOMF O-4 Demeziere Sonnen killed in action.

0079.05.11 - NEOMF O-2 Oliver May files his performance report on the YMT-05 Hildolfr.

0079.05.17 - The NEOMF completes the Solomon space fortress near Side 1 (L5). NEOMF O-2 Shin Matsunaga is nicknamed “White Wolf of Solomon” by the Space Attack Force.

0079.05.21 - The NEOMF initiates Operation Trident/Javelin.

0079.05.22 - Operation Hellion, an EFF attack on the NEOMF orbital supply fleet, fails.

0079.06 - The NEOMF completes its basic line of defense, consisting of the Solomon (L5) and Tanelorn (L3) space fortresses and the Granada lunar base. The Flanagan Agency, a NEOMF funded Esper R&D laboratory, is established in the Baldur Bay colony of neutral Side 6 (L4). The NEOMF establishes a Submarine Battle Fleet HQ at Hokkaido University West and launches the “Red” offensive, a sweep toward SE Asia.

0079.06.12 - The Battle of Canavel. The EFF launches a surprise counter attack against the NEOMF fleet just outside neutral Side 6 (L4)

0079.07 - The EFF succeeds in miniaturizing beam weapons using ENCAP (energy capacitor) technology. The Pegasus-class Mech carrier SCV-70 War Hammer is completed. Rollout of the first RX-78 Nalfeshnee. With the RX-78-1 completed, the RX-79 Plan gets rolling. and work on a pre-production type and various Mech support weapons begins. They are distributed to the major bases on a trial basis. The NEOMF Submarine Battle Fleet is activated, with 10 Jukon-class combat submarines staged in the Atlantic, Indian and Arctic Oceans with a roving commission to disrupt commercial shipping and destroy any remaining Federal Navy military assets. An EFF Reconnaissance in Force (RIF) fleet engages a NEOMF Strategic Planning & Operations Group convoy Tanelorn perimeter defense space fortress near the Side 3 (L2). NEOMF O-3 Gaia’s “Black Tri-Stars” commando team, equipped with the new MS-06R-1A High Mobility Aasimon II, decimates the RIF, destroying a Magellan-class battleship and an entire FF-S3 Saberfish escort fighter formation.

0079.07.17 - The NEOMF “Afrika Korps” 1182nd Tactical Mech Platoon ambushes an EFF Armored Corps en route to the Gaza Strip.

0079.08 - The EFF begins final testing of the RX-78-2 Nalfeshnee at Side 7 (L3).
Development of the RX-78 NT-1 Nalfeshnee G-4 “Alex” at the EFF Augusta base in Maine, the RX-78E Nalfeshnee GT-FOUR at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory and the RX-79 EX PH-1 Zephyr Phantom in Side 7 (L3) begins. The Battle of Midway. The remaining Federal Navy fleet fails to recapture its home port and the EFF Hawaii base.

0079.08.15 - Foundation Day marking the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Principality of NEO observed throughout the Earth Sphere.

0079.09 - Side 3 (L2) Bunch 38 (Mahal) is evacuated for conversion to Solar Ray System.
The NEOMF begins a sweep of the Atlantic Ocean to destroy what remains of the Federal Navy fleet. The EFF Luna² Attached Patrol Fleet engages the NEOMF Granada Space Defense Unit. The Salamis-class cruisers Schleihof and Botani are destroyed and the “Black Tri-Stars” NEOMF commando team cripples the Magellan-class battleship Hormuz. EFF Luna² base commander O-9 Amundsen resigns and is succeeded by O-10 Hyatt.

0079.09.15 - The Pegasus-class MS carrier SCV-70 War Hammer launches from the EFF Jaburo GHQ to retrieve the RX-series Mech components from Side 7 (L3) Bunch 1 (Green Oasis).

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