Cosmic Era Legacy Timeline

The Legacy Era takes place in early CE 75, and is Azkaiel's personal catch all name for the events in the Cosmic Era timeline, which happen after Gundam SEED Destiny, as well as the short-lived 3rd Bloody Valentine War, which was instigated by Librarian Works.

Background
The year is now C.E 80, six years after the tragic events of the Second Bloody Valentine War. Humanity is now on verge of fully recovering from the ravages of the Second Bloody Valentine war, and embarking on the path of a new golden age, regardless of race and genetic background.

The original cast, having survived the events of war, return to their pre-war lives, while rebuilding their shattered homelands. Cagali Yula Athha, having successfully regained her position as head of the Orb Union, worked in conjunction with other sovereign nations, to ensure that other supremacist groups like Blue Cosmos would never be able to manipulate any nation like before. As a result of having purged the radical elements from their respective governments, a good majority of the nations on Earth voted to reform into a new cohesive entity, which would become known as the United Earth Alliance, or UEA in short.

Lacus Clyne, having rejoined PLANT, took over her deceased father's council position. Using her new position as Chairwoman of the new PLANT Supreme Council, she advocated peace and tolerance among Naturals, Extended and Coordinators throughout PLANT and ZAFT controlled territories. In addition to her duties, Lacus Clyne also urged the PLANT Supreme Council to extend an olive branch to the newly formed UEA, as a gesture of peace and goodwill. In time, PLANT was invited to join the UEA, which Lacus gladly accepted, on behalf of PLANT and ZAFT. With both sides working in conjunction, humanity seemed poised to leap into a new era of peace and prosperity.

However, despite the efforts of the UEA, there were still those who chose to believe that the path Blue Cosmos had taken was indeed the right one, while others became supporters of the deceased Patrick Zala's anti-Natural campaign. These groups started small initially. But as they gained momentum, both sides evolved into terrorists groups, and started to rebel and commit acts of wanton violence. The UEA was able to contain the situation, but as the old hostilities were awakened once more, there were those who flocked to either banners. As a result, both radical groups swelled with the influx of new personnel and equipment.

Coming under threat from both radical factions, the UEA was forced to create a special task force to deal with the crisis at hand. Many distinguished and prominent veterans of the Second Bloody Valentine War were invited into the new Autonomous Expeditionary Force. However, in light of present circumstances, the AEF had to be deployed with the utmost of discretion, with regard to the tense situation. In spite of the prowess of the aces and their superior mobile suits, the number of radical machines soon swelled beyond their control. Eventually the task force was forced to split into two battle groups. One would remain on Earth, while the other would cover the PLANT and other UEA space assets. In the meantime, to alleviate the manpower issue, the UEA debated on whether to draft in the regular forces in this fierce battle. After much deliberation, it was agreed that the regular forces would be called on, to supplement the task force.

Having made up numbers wise, the UEA forces went on the offense, and easily handled the situation. However, time after time, the military brass refused to land the decisive blow, thereby allowing both radical factions to be pushed back to their respective strongholds, and effectively allowing the radicals to resupply and rearm themselves. Having achieved a status quo, all 3 factions were perfectly content to wait and see what the other would do.

January

 * ZAFT and Orb forces pull back to respective territories.
 * Terminal take on role of mediator between both sides.
 * ZAFT and Orb forces declare armistice.
 * Lacus Clyne continues to devote her efforts to mediating between both factions.
 * Terminal Treaty signed by both ZAFT and ORB.
 * Lacus Clyne formally reinvited back to ZAFT and PLANT Supreme Council. She takes up the former seat of Siegel Clyne.
 * Kira Yamato takes on role of personal aide for Lacus Clyne. Yzak Joule, Dearka Elsman, Shiho Hahnenfuss, Shinn Asuka and Lunamaria Hawke serve as Lacus's personal security detail when permitting, in addition to their other duties.
 * Athrun Zala takes up similar role in relation to Cagalli Yula Athha. Meyrin Hawke and Amagi serve on as assistant aides.
 * Murrue Ramius, as well as the crew of Archangel and Eternal, retire back to civilian life in Orb.
 * Librarian Works, strongly believing that neither Cagali and Lacus have the necessary experience and capability to administer the Earth Sphere, instigate events, using Carbon Humans and advanced Librarian Works mobile suits, leading to start of Third Bloody Valentine War

February

 * ZAFT, Earth Alliance, ORB and other smaller power entities come under assault from Librarian Works.
 * Due to limited resources and personnel, all three major parties end up being hard pressed to repulse Librarian Works
 * Retired veterans of Second Bloody Valentine War are requested back into active duty, to temporarily swell the numbers.

March

 * Librarian Works defeated eventually
 * Terminal works quickly behind the scenes, to salvage and recover as much of Librarian Work's assets
 * Subsequently, Terminal begins on work on understanding and reverse engineering Librarian Works technologies
 * Orb Union and other sovereign nations vote unanimously to from a new world government

April

 * United Earth Alliance comes into being.
 * OMNI Enforcer and other major armed forces incorporated in the newly formed United Earth Alliance military organization.
 * Lacus Clyne suggests extending an olive branch to the UEA to PLANT Supreme Council

May

 * UEA formally accepts PLANT's offer and enters into a formal alliance with ZAFT.
 * In light of achievements in race relations and mediation efforts, Lacus Clyne is formally installed as the new Chairperson of Supreme Council

June

 * Remnants of radical factions start gathering, after news of Lacus Clyne's installation as PLANT Supreme Council Chairwoman.

September

 * First overt act of hostility by radical anti-Coordinator faction occurs at ZAFT's Gibraltar Base. Major casualties, as well as property damage resulted.

September

 * Radical anti-Coordinator faction finally reveals itself as Purity, dedicated to cleansing the Coordinators into extinction
 * UEA decides to scrutinize Purity in an attempt to nullify future attacks
 * Explosions occur in the capitals of the former Atlantic and Eurasian Federations. Countless lives are lost as a result.
 * Culprits of the bombing reveal themselves to be The Faithful, followers of the ideology set down by the deceased Patrick Zala.
 * UEA Intelligence appalled that a second radical faction has sprung up.

October

 * UEA declares the month of October to be one of mourning, as the Alliance struggles to deal with these two new threats
 * Cagalli, in her capacity as chairperson of the Alliance, devotes extensive UEA assets to further information gathering

November

 * After extensive consultation with Lacus, the two decide that the military approach would be the only way deal with both radical factions. Both return to their respective councils to prepare for the formation of this group.
 * After winnowing their way through the personnel on both sides of the UEA-ZAFT, the members of the new taskforce are drafted in.

January

 * Major arms manufacturers start to develop new equipment and machines, in light of recent developments.
 * Research into alternative means of power generation are encouraged.
 * UEA Government announces ambitious plans to construct and administer Giga-Floats 02-10 in major oceans.
 * Giga-Float 02 – North Pacific Ocean. Offshore Eastern coastline of Japan
 * Giga-Float 03 – Eastern Pacific Ocean. Offshore Western coastline of Central America
 * Giga-Float 04 – Eastern Pacific Ocean. South China Sea, South East Asia
 * Giga-Float 05 – Southern Pacific Ocean. Coral Sea, Australia
 * Giga-Float 06 – Indian Ocean. Arabian Sea
 * Giga-Float 07 – Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal
 * Giga-Float 08 – North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda
 * Giga-Float 09 – North Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, France
 * Giga-Float 10 – South Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Guinea, Africa

Feburary

 * Construction begins on Giga-Floats 02 and 08

March

 * Purity and Faithful conduct series of probing attacking on UEA/ZAFT territory. Attacks were easily repulsed

April

 * PLANT announces ambitious plans for expansion also. One new city, “Intercalaris”, to be added to the current twelve.

May

 * Ground work commences on Intercalaris 1 to Intercalaris 3
 * UEA and ZAFT announce joint plans to refurbish the lunar ruins of the Messiah fortress as new space HQ and facility for both forces.

June

 * UEA officially phases out the following designs, in a bit to streamline the UEA armed forces
 * GAT-01 Strike Dagger
 * GAT-01D Long Dagger
 * GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger
 * GAT-02L2 Dagger L
 * GAT-04 Windam
 * GAT-706S Deep Forbidden
 * GAT-SO2R N Dagger N
 * GAT-X399/Q Wild Dagger
 * TS-MA Moebius
 * TS-M1B Euclid
 * YMAF-X6BD Zamza-Zah
 * YMAG-X7F Gells-Ghe
 * MBF-M1 M1 Astray
 * MBF-M1A M1A Astray

September 19
 * Following UEA's cue, ZAFT does the same with its military and demobilizes selected units.
 * AMA-953 BABI
 * AMF-101 DINN
 * TFA-2 ZuOOT
 * TFA-4DE GAZuOOT
 * UMF-4A GOOHn
 * UMF-5 ZnO
 * UTA-TE-6P Geo-GOOHn
 * ZGMF-515 CGUE
 * ZGMF-600 GuAIZ
 * ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior
 * ZGMF-1017 GINN

November 01

 * Giga-Floats 02 and 08 near completion
 * Satisfactory progress reported on Intercalaris 1,2 and 3
 * UEA and ZAFT continue to monitor Purity and The Faithful for potential terrorist acts

January

 * Giga-Floats 02 and 08 completed.
 * Construction begins on Giga-Floats 03, 04 and 09
 * Intercalaris 1,2 and 3 completed ahead of schedule
 * Ground work commences on Intercalaris 4 to Intercalaris 6

Feburary

 * UEA-ZAFT begin to reopen discussion to discuss the continued removal of Neutron Jammers embedded in Earth, during Operation Uroboros, at CE 70

April

 * Purity and the Faithful commence another series of probing attacks, with limited success

May

 * UEA-ZAFT become greatly annoyed by continued persistence of both radical factions.
 * Operation Slayer commences, with a massive task force assembled for nothing but the absolute neutralization of both radical groups. Members of specialized task force are mobilized for this battle
 * Operation Slayer takes both radical factions by surprise. Speed and efficiency of said taskforce decimates a good portion of military assets of both groups.
 * UEA-ZAFT release a join public statement about Operation Slayer

June

 * Threat of both radical factions are confirmed to be significantly diminished by joint UEA-ZAFT action
 * In light of circumstances, UEA-ZAFT commences period of rebuild and peaceful expansion
 * Construction of current Giga-Floats and Intercalaris are sped up, due to influx of personnel and equipment

July

 * 11:42:08 EST - A networked series of expertly tasked computers logged on all major stock exchanges and launched a series of stock transactions that lasted just over one minute.
 * 11:43:11 EST – A variety of industries, including all major arms manufacturers, end up being owned by a newly listed mega corporation, Redfield Industries
 * Fallout from the “Minute Buyout” results in Redfield Industries becoming the new corporate titan of CE 77
 * Redfield Industries strengthens its foothold on recently acquired assets, and vastly improves its market value.
 * Public statement from Redfield Industries publicly declares their support of the UEA-ZAFT alliance,

September

 * Technical support from Redfield Industries swells the armed forces of the UEA-ZAFT alliance to pre war levels.

November

 * UEA-ZAFT plan for Operation Eviction, dedicated to neutralizing both radical factions
 * Massive resources and personnel are drafted and assigned to this military operation.

December

 * Both UEA and ZAFT leaders give a public address in the media, to boost public morale.
 * Refurbishing work on Messiah proceeding smoothly as planned

January

 * Removal on embedded Neutron Jammers on Earth hits 30% mark.
 * Additional resources added to speed up the process

Feburary

 * Giga-Floats 03, 04 and 09 completed.
 * Construction begins on Giga-Floats 8 and 10
 * Intercalaris 1,2 and 3 completed ahead of schedule
 * Ground work commences on Intercalaris 7 to Intercalaris 8

March

 * Redfield Industries announces unprecedented profits margin.
 * Redfield Industries releases another press statement, to announce plans for a combined donation of one billion dollars to assorted charities and causes.
 * Operation Eviction commences at 1200 hrs.
 * ZAFT and Alliance space forces move against Faithful locations in Space
 * Alliance and ZAFT terrestrial forces move again Purity locations on Earth.

April

 * Operation Eviction proves to be a resounding success.
 * Faithful forces decimated and are forced to relocate to the old Artemis asteroid, formerly owned by the former Eurasian Federation
 * Purity forces are also similarly reduced, forcing the group to split into small mobile bases around the world

June

 * Celebrations are held all over, as the terrorist threat is diminished, and also to mark the progress of both the Giga-Float and Intercalaris projects.

July

 * Messiah Lunar base refurbishments completed. Final test checks in progress

August

 * Messiah Lunar base officially opened for service by both Cagalli Yula Athha and Lacus Clyne. Other old friends also turn up unexpectedly, and are given a guided tour of the massive facility.
 * UEA and ZAFT squadrons assigned to new lunar base are rotated in

September

 * After much research in conjunction with several AIs, several theories on plausible fusion energy are developed.

October 07

 * UEA and ZAFT open tenders for new mobile units to replace existing models. Redfield Industries participates enthusiastically.

November

 * Entries are shortlisted, and extensive trials underway to determine the the winning manufacturer.

December

 * Funding for fusion energy research is passed, leading to increased research

January

 * Removal on embedded Neutron Jammers on Earth hits 40% mark.

Feburary

 * Giga-Floats 08 and 10 completed.
 * Construction begins on the Giga-Floats 05, 06 and 07, the last in the Gigafloats series.
 * Intercalaris 7 and 8 completed ahead of schedule
 * Ground work commences on Intercalaris 9 to Intercalaris 10, the final two colonies for the Intercalaris series

March

 * Redfield Industries releases a selection of new weaponry and equipment
 * As if almost by accident, Faithful and Purity forces begin their attacks on the UEA and ZAFT again
 * Continued research on fusion energy yields its first prototype reactor.
 * Unfortunately, efficiency of the reactor is lower than expected, therefore more research and funding needed.

April

 * Messiah Lunar Base reaches full combat capacity.

June

 * New MSs introduced into UEA and ZAFT inventory

July

 * New Mobile Suits officially deployed into service in both UEA and ZAFT

August

 * Terminal receives technical information and cutting edge technology from Redfield Industries.
 * UEA and ZAFT Intel services indicates both Faithful and Purity have introduced revised machines in their forces.
 * Military Intelligence from both factions devote resources to identifying new or revised enemy machines.