AC
001 - Several nations establish permanent space stations in low Earth
orbit. This is the first year of the After Colony (AC) calendar.
AC
022 - Construction of space colonies begins at Lagrange point 1. The
project is complicated by difficult working conditions and conflicts between
the sponsoring nations, and work proceeds very slowly.
AC
050 - Earth's nations begin abandoning the troubled colony project,
until the oil-rich countries of the Middle East decide to invest in the
effort. Colony construction begins at Lagrange points 2 through 5.
AC
070 - Disputes break out among Earth's nations, due to a shortage of
colony construction materials. The Middle Eastern nations intercede and
negotiate an end to the conflicts. Construction resumes, using asteroids
as raw material.
AC
102 - An Island 2 type colony is completed at Lagrange point 1. Soon
there are population centers composed of multiple colonies, popularly known
as "colony clusters." As international disputes flare up on Earth, people
escape these conflicts by emigrating to the colonies, and soon much of the
human population is living in space.
AC
133 - Earth's warring nations finally negotiate a peace agreement, forming
the "United Earth Sphere Alliance." In order to keep the peace, and deal
with nations that oppose the new world government, the Alliance Forces are
established. One of the Alliance's key supporters is the military-industrial
combine called the Romefeller Foundation.
AC
140 - One by one, Earth's nations join the Alliance. As their mother
countries join, the colonies are also enrolled, willing or not. The colonies
are critical of the Alliance and its intentions, and the Alliance decides
to respond with force in order to silence its critics.
AC
147 - In the name of peace and justice, and under the authority of its
member nations, the Alliance forcibly seizes control of the space colonies.
AC
149 - The Alliance assembly transfers control of the once-independent
colonies back to the countries that originally constructed them. These nations
then kindle a new colony emigration boom.
AC
165 - In order to peacefully oppose the Alliance, the citizens of the
colonies choose Heero Yuy as their representative. His charismatic leadership
strengthens solidarity between the colonies.
AC
170 - Colony leader Heero Yuy proclaims policies of demilitarization
and non-violence, which are well-received by many of Earth's nations.
AC
173 - OZ, a subsidiary of the Romefeller Foundation, begins development
of humanoid weapons known as "mobile suits."
AC
174 - Colony leader Heero Yuy makes a goodwill tour of Earth's nations,
laying the groundwork for colonial independence.
AC
175 - On April 7, colony leader Heero Yuy is assassinated by an unknown
gunman. The leaderless colonies are thrown into chaos, and the Alliance
plans a second military intervention.
AC
176 - The Romefeller Foundation begins production of military mobile
suits. The Alliance forms the Special Mobile Suit Corps, or "Specials,"
made up of Romefeller Foundation employees. Under the pretext of suppressing
the chaos in the colonies, the Alliance again sends in the military, and
the new mobile suits are first used in combat. All space colonies are placed
under military control, and communication between colonies is prohibited.
AC
182 - The Alliance attacks the Sanc Kingdom, an advocate of Heero Yuy-style
total pacifism. The capital falls in one day, and King Peacecraft is killed.
The whereabouts of Peacecraft's children are unknown.
AC
193 - Treize Khushrenada becomes leader of the secret society OZ, and
commander of the Specials.
AC
195 - On April 7, "Operation Meteor" begins. Each colony cluster sends
an advanced Gundam mobile suit to Earth. After landing, the five Gundams
begin attacking Alliance military bases and factories; their goal is to
cripple the secret society OZ.
AC
196 - A new faction of the rebel group White Fang rises up and attempts
to start another war by kidnapping Vice Minister Relena Dorlian.
AC
197 - The idea for the gundam's destruction is raised as all forms of
weaponry have been banned by a new treaty. Late in the year, on December
24, the daughter of Treize Khushrenada, Mariemeia, kidnaps Vice Minister
Relena Dorlian and attempts to start another war. The attempt is thwarted
and the gundams are finally destroyed. Mobile suits become a thing of the
past.