Cosmic Era
The timeline takes place in the Cosmic Era (CE), a universal calendar adopted to celebrate the end of the Reconstruction War, and heralding the space colonization program.
The main element of the plot is the fear generated by a new race of superior Humans, the "Coordinators". The Coordinators are not the result of a natural evolution of the human species, but are genetically improved upon fertilization of the egg by the sperm: they are thus more resistant to diseases and have better skills than the Man then qualified as Natural (physically stronger, more intellectually mature, faster).
The Chronology
It is not really known what calendar was in place before the Cosmic Era calendar, but it can be assumed that the Gregorian calendar was still in place. We only know that the year 01 CE will be marked by a nuclear attack on the borders of Central Asia.
A young man barely 20 years old, Georges Glenn (born on April 1st, 16 years before the establishment of the CE calendar) was then nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics in CE 04, he would join the army 1 year later in CE 05.
It is only in CE 09 that the new calendar will be definitively adopted by the entire world, marking the end of the war then called "War of Reconstruction" and the beginning of a whole new challenge for humanity, the space colonization program. Thus, the new space colonization program will see the resumption of the construction of the Yggdrasil space base, located at LaGrange 1 point. The same year will also be created the Atlantic Federation, Eurasian Federation, and the East Asian Republic.
Colonization was truly launched in CE 10, the construction of the Copernicus lunar base began. The Atlantic Federation then set up two new branches, the FASA (Federal Aeronautics and Space Administration) and the FFS (Federal Space Force), Georges Glenn would join the FASA. The FFS being purely military, its creation would be followed by the other blocs which would create their own.
In CE11, the Yggdrasil space base is finally completed. The Copernicus base will be completed 1 year later, in CE12, the FASA then launches a new program, that of the exploration of Jupiter, with the development of a new ship, the Tsiolkovsky. The ship is built in the freshly completed Yggdrasil station, and its chief engineer is none other than Georges Glenn.
It will take nearly 3 years to complete the Tiolkovsky, it will then take off in CE 15 for a mission of several years on Jupiter, on board it has exoskeleton type equipment, for assisted spacewalks, this equipment is then called Mobile Suit (the prototype of all weapons bearing the same name). George Glenn is then on the ship as the only crew member, when he leaves he will reveal the truth about his nature to the whole world. Indeed George Glenn did not come into the world in a classic way but was created artificially, he will thus reveal the existence of genetically modified human beings, the Coordinators . The world then sinks into total chaos, the question of genetic manipulation is then strongly debated, the Blue Cosmos group then declares itself anti-Coordinators, finding all these manipulations unnatural. The Blue Cosmos group will be followed by many religious institutions, declaring the Coordinators as heretics, touching life is the domain of God. The Azrael family is the most influential within Blue Cosmos.
A conference will be held in Italy in CE 16, the topic is to discuss about the Coordinators, a law is then voted, thus prohibiting the use of Coordinator technology and gene manipulation, restrictions against George Glenn are also decided. Nevertheless, many families secretly have their children modified.
In February of CE 17 the first Mass Driver (an electromagnetic catapult used to send shuttles into space more easily) was built in Panama in Central America. In December of the same year, a Chicago hospital, which was rumored to be performing genetic manipulation to change embryos into Coordinators, was the victim of arson. Authorities suspected Blue Cosmos of being responsible for the fire.
A second Mass Driver will be created near Lake Victoria in CE 21.
The Tsilkovsky continues its mission and arrives near Jupiter in CE 22, a fossil will then be discovered which will then be named "proof 01", the FASA will then order to bring the fossil back to Earth. During this time the world is still in the grip of total chaos. The births of the Coordinators are then hidden, in the Kingdom of Scandinavia the Coordinator Siegel Clyne will be born.
On CE 23 another birth of Coordinator will be hidden from the world, that of Patrick Zala.
George Glenn is finally back from his trip, we are then in CE 29, he brings back with him proof 01, a fossil. The fossil will then be taken to the Zodiac colony, located at LaGrange point L5, a thorough study of the fossil will determine that it is indeed real and cannot be a fake. The same study will reveal that the abilities of the creature must have been equal, or even superior to that of a whale (it will be named after this the space whale), this revelation will upset the religious communities.
The religious authorities of the world gather at a conference in Palestine in CE 30, but they will not be able to find conclusions on the fossil, nor agreements, their influence will then be on the decline. In parallel to this, tensions rise again against the Coordinators, the first attacks against the Coordinators will begin. New colonies are built at LaGrange point L4, among them the Mendel colony. For its part, the kingdom of Orb begins the construction of its Mass Driver in Kaguya, as well as that of its mining colony Heliopolis.
The restrictions on George Glenn have been lifted and he can study the fossil "Proof-01". The colony's alien research center is becoming increasingly important, this is now CE 31.
The Moon will be colonized again with the creation of the Ptolemaeus base, the Atlantic Federation base in CE 35. The Federation also develops the first Mobile Armor. For its part, the Eurasian Federation begins the creation of its new fortress in the asteroid Artemis.
In CE 38 the Zodiac colony is expanding, many similar colonies are then built, George Glenn announces the design of new colonies, different in scale and shape. The project is then financially sponsored by the 3 Earth blocks at LaGrange point L5, each group will be represented within these colonies.
The first generation of Coordinators born in secret demonstrate their abilities to surpass the Naturals on many physical and intellectual levels. Tensions increase during CE 40, the Catholic and Islamic religions join forces by secretly joining the Blue Cosmos.
The 1st generation Coordinators marry (among themselves), the children from these marriages, second generation Coordinators, inherit the genetic manipulations of the parents, becoming more accomplished and efficient Coordinators. The EC 41 will thus see the tensions grow even more towards the Coordinators, it will also see the birth of Muruta Azrael (Murta Azrael in VF).
The construction of the L5 colonies is progressing well during the year CE 43, Patrick Zala and Siegel Clyne will then meet for the first time on the construction site of the future colonies. Mwu La Flaga will see the light of day the same year on November 29.
The first colony is completed in CE 44 (future Aprilius City). The complexes are renamed PLANT. They are production sites, but they are forbidden to produce food, everything must be exclusively imported from Earth.
CE 45, the Coordinator population is estimated at more or less 10 million, they are apparently the only ones who can work effectively on the PLANT. The colonies are capable of producing everything, except food, which is always forbidden to them. The PLANT are also victims of terrorist acts against their installations. Having no political autonomy or military infrastructure, the Coordinators living on the PLANT are increasingly anxious. On October 12, Murrue Ramius (Mariu Ramius in VF) will be born.
Al La Fraga, the father of young Mwu, goes to the L4 Mendel colony, he goes to see Dr. Ulen Hibiki, head of the GARM R&D research center, Al La Fraga wishes to create a clone of himself, wishing for a pure "descendant". Hibiki will accept to finance his research, he will thus create the clone of Al, known as Rau La Fraga. EC 46 will also be the year of birth of Arnold Neumann (June 9) and Natarle Bajirule (December 24).
Patrick Zala and Siegel Clyne form the Zodiac Alliance political movement, which aims to give PLANT real political autonomy. They establish food production sites and install security systems. Not approving this, the Earth powers remove their sponsorship in the year CE 50. The Zodiac Alliance movement will not last more than a few months, without funding it is difficult to keep the movement active.
The first step in the escalation of the ever-growing hatred is taken in CE 53, the assassination of George Glenn orchestrated by the Blue Cosmos, according to rumors, because of his origins as Coordinators. This incident will then motivate the PLANTs to form what will be called the Supreme Council composed of representatives from each PLANT colony.
CE 54 will be a year full of births, Dearka Elsman on March 29 in Februarius City (PLANT), Sai Argyle on Earth on July 20, and Yzak Jule on August 8 in Martius City on the PLANT. However, she will not be the happiest, the Type S virus (which decimated a large part of the population during the Reconstruction War) has mutated into the Type S2 virus. The existing vaccines against Type S being ineffective, the virus spreads quickly. Rumors are rife, the Coordinators are accused of having created the virus to avenge the death of George Glenn, in fact only the Naturals die from this virus, while the Coordinators are spared. In all this tumult, Dr. Hibiki seeks to advance his project of creating the ultimate Coordinator, he then extracts one of the embryos from his wife, then pregnant with twins.
Religious institutions clearly state that the Coordinators are the cause of the virus, God punishes Natural human beings for having played with the laws of nature. We are then in CE 55, a vaccine is developed on the PLANT and distributed on Earth, but it is too late. The Torino Protocol, aimed at purely and simply banning genetic manipulation once and for all on Earth, is then adopted. Tensions towards the Coordinators continue to grow, pushing the last of them living on Earth to return to space. CE 55 is also a year full of births, with Lacus Clyne (February 5 in Aprilius City on the PLANT), but also Miriallia Haw (February 17), Tolle Koening (April 11), Kuzzey Buskirk (Kazui Baskirk in VF, August 25), Asran Zala (October 29 in Dember City on the PLANT). The same year, Dr. Hibiki's twins will be born on the Mendel colony (May 18), but the Blue Cosmos, making the Coordinators responsible for the losses related to the Type S2 virus, will attack the colony and the research center. Having learned that the attack was going to happen, Dr. Hibiki's wife, Via Hibiki, sent her children to her sister Caridad Yamato to take care of them. Caridad, wishing to protect the two children after her sister's death, will decide to separate the children, she will keep the boy named Kira, and will contact the Attha family, to protect the little girl named Cagalli, Cagalli will be adopted by Uzumi Nara Attha.
The three Earth powers establish a military presence around PLANT, this union will form the Earth Alliance in CE 57.
CE 58 Siegel Clyne and Patrick Zala are elected to the PLANT Supreme Council, the Zodiac Alliance has more and more supporters, thus swelling the group created by the two men. The same year Orb changes leader, Uzumi Nara Attha becomes the new head of state of the country, he will then launch the construction of the space elevator Ame-NO-Mahashira.
Earth increasingly imposes production quotas on PLANTs, by EC 60 PLANT colonies are the producers of the vast majority of Earth's products and energy.
Patrick Zala is targeted by a terrorist attack on a PLANT colony in CE 61, so he decides to send his son Asran Zala to school on the Copernicus lunar base. There, young Asran will meet Kira Yamato with whom he will form deep bonds of friendship.
PLANT's energy production department is destroyed by a terrorist attack by Blue Cosmos. PLANT demands to stop exports, the sponsors refuse and threaten with their Mobile Armor. PLANT's demands for autonomy become stronger and stronger following the events, we are in CE 63. Siegel Clyne and Patrick Zala become the leaders of the PLANT Council and launch an independence movement. This will also mark the beginning of the research program on Mobile Suits for military purposes.
The first prototype of an armed mobile suit is completed in CE 65, the Zodiac Alliance also changes its name to the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty aka ZAFT .
It will take 2 years for the first real MS of ZAFT to see the light of day, we are in CE 67 and the YMF-01B Proto GINN is then created. The production is then launched in series, in the greatest secrecy on Maius City.
Siegel Clyne is elected Supreme Chancellor of the PLANT Council in EC 68. Mostly composed of ZAFT members, the Supreme Council makes PLANT independence its number one priority, as well as military development. Blue Cosmos gains ground and the persecution of the last Coordinators on Earth continues, the few remaining Coordinators all immigrate to PLANT. Chancellor Clyne makes trade arrangements with the United States of South America and the Oceanic Union. PLANT's sponsors learn of this and demand Clyne's dismissal, the dissolution of the PLANT Council, and to abandon plans for independence. All of these demands are rejected. Following the Mandelbrot incident, Patrick Zala is taken over by ZAFT, which is integrated into PLANT as a military organization. A bacteriological attack on the Mendel Colony, rumored to be by Blue Cosmos, causes many deaths. The area was sterilized with a massive X-ray bombardment. Patrick Zala recalls his son Asran from Copernicus. Faced with the dangers involved, the Yamato family also leaves Copernicus for Heliopolis.
Siegel Clyne decides to change the production function of Junius 7 to make it an agricultural colony. This approach, going against the decisions of the sponsors who categorically refuse that the PLANTs are self-sufficient, will trigger a military response. Intimidation maneuvers will be carried out around the PLANTs, but without effect, the MS of ZAFT will thus make their first combat sortie which will result in the victory of ZAFT. Faced with the superiority of ZAFT's weapons, Captain Halberton proposes the "G Series" project, but this will not be heard and the project will be put aside, at least officially. ZAFT asks for its independence again in CE 69, with a proposal of fair trade between the colonies and all the nations of the Earth, in case of refusal the PLANTs will stop exports.
On January 1, CE 70, negotiations between PLANT and the sponsoring nations
were going to start, but a terrorist attack will leave only one survivor of the Supreme Council. The Blue Cosmos claims the attack, however it turns out that it is the sponsors who ordered the attack, the PLANT will then stop exports to Earth. The nations then dependent on the PLANT are removed from power. On February 5, the Secretary General of the United Nations initiates negotiations on Copernicus, but a terrorist attack will once again cause a massacre among the councilors. Siegel Clyne will only have had the chance to survive thanks to a shuttle failure. Events will follow quickly after this, on February 7 the different Earth blocs unite in the Earth Alliance (OMNI) following an attack during the Alaska Declaration, the PLANT are then accused of having led the attack against Alaska, and consequently initiated an act of war against the newly created Alliance. The same day, President Attha declared the neutrality and independence of the nation of Orb. On February 11, the Earth Alliance declared war on PLANT. An invasion force was launched from the Ptolemaeus base. The Blue Cosmos loaded nuclear missiles onto the Roosevelt ship. Although the ZAFT Ms managed to repel the Alliance, the Junius 7 colony was wiped out by a nuclear missile strike. 243,721 people were killed. Among the dead was Leonore Zala, wife of Patrick Zala and mother of Asran. This tragedy, which took place on February 14, would be called Bloody Valentine's Day. During the speech in memory of the inhabitants of Junius 7 on February 18, Chancellor Clyne declared that ZAFT would fight to the end. He announced that nations that did not join the Alliance would benefit from privileged trade links with PLANT. The Oceanic Union and the United States of South America (USAS) accept the offer. It will not take more for the Alliance to invade the Panama base, thus annexing at the same time South America which is now a member of the Alliance, we are then on February 19. The next day, on February 20, the Oceanic Union will condemn the attack having annexed South America by the Alliance, the Oceanic Union will then support the PLANT and will therefore find itself at war against the Alliance.
On February 21, Yzak Jule and Asran Zala joined ZAFT.
The Alliance sends its 4th and 6th fleets while PLANT deploys its Neutron Jammers for the first time, this operation will be known as the Battle of Yggdrasil. The losses for the Alliance and ZAFT are heavy, Yggdrasil is destroyed and will join the debris belt formed by Junius 7. Raw Le Creuset is decorated with the Nebula Order for the accomplishment of his duty by having destroyed 37 Mobile Armor and 6 ships.
ZAFT attempts to invade the Victoria base, this will be the first battle of Victoria on March 8, the operation will be a failure. On March 15, following the fiasco of the Battle of Victoria, ZAFT decides to undertake Operation Ourobouros. For the sake of propaganda ZAFT will also launch several new models of Mobile Suit ZGMF-515 CGUE, AMF-101 DINN, TMF/A-802 BuCue, TFA-2 ZuOOT and UMF-4A GOOhN.
On April 1st, Zaft will launch Operation Ourobouros, the operation consists of saturating the planet with Neutron Jammer in order to limit the capabilities of the Earth forces, as well as taking the planet's Mass Drivers to confine the Alliance forces on Earth. This day will then be called the April Fool's Crisis, leaving Earth in a serious energy crisis. ZAFT launches the pieces of a prefabricated base on Earth in the Gulf of Carpentaria on April 2nd. In 48 hours the foundations are completed. The Alliance is unable to postpone the construction.
An attempted invasion of PLANT by the 5th and 6th Fleets from the Ptolemaeus base is intercepted and thwarted by Jachin Due's forces, it is now April 17th. The following month will also be punctuated by several battles and skirmishes, on May 3rd ZAFT attacks the Ptolemaeus base and also manages to install a lunar base, this base will then split the Moon in two with what is called the Grimaldi Frontier, delimiting the two camps. On May 20th the Carpentaria base is completed and ZAFT deploys its new air MS (the DINN) there. May 22nd marks the invasion of the Mediterranean and the beginning of the program to conquer land bases and on May 25th the first battle of Casablanca saw the victory of ZAFT which will build its Gibraltar base.
The clashes continued unabated, and on May 30 it was the turn of the Battle of Suez, which ended in defeat for the Alliance, notably thanks to the feats of arms of Andrew Warthfeld during which he earned his nickname of "Tiger of the Desert".
In space, the fighting continues as well, the Battle of Grimaldi is still raging, and on June 2, at the Endymion Crater, the Alliance will find itself in great difficulty, it is only thanks to the use of the Cyclops system that victory against ZAFT will be possible, but at the cost of heavy sacrifices. The only survivor of the Alliance and the 3rd fleet, Mwu La Flaga at the controls of his TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero will then be nicknamed "Falcon of Endymion". Following this defeat, ZAFT decides to abandon the conquest of the Moon.
On June 14th, the Battle of Nova will begin, located at Lagrange Point 4 (L4), the Nova satellite is targeted by ZAFT, which is controlled by the East Asian Republic. No less than a month of conflict will cover the area and the surrounding colonies with blood, a ceasefire will then be signed by both parties, and the East Asian Republic will drop the Nova satellite which will be taken over by ZAFT. Following this failure, Commander Halberton's project is reassessed and implemented. The "G series" project is then initiated with the assistance of Morgenroete, the MS and the Archangel combat ship are designed at the same time and are sent to the Heliopolis colony.
The year 70 of the CE will end with, on September 20th, the graduation of Asran Zala from the military academy, he will then be assigned to the squadron Le Creuset with Yzak Jule, Dearka Elsman, Nicol Amarfi and Rusty McKenzie. On October 22nd, a secret meeting will take place between Siegel Clyne and Secretary General Olbany with Reverend Malchio as an intermediary to negotiate a peace treaty to stop the war and famine that is falling on Earth, unfortunately the negotiations fail.
But this calm will not last, on January 15 CE71 the activities in the Pacific intensify. ZAFT attacks the Kaohsiung spaceport in the Republic of East Asia, the base will fall on January 23. Meanwhile the 5 MS of type GAT-X and the Archangel ship are finally finished and are then in the finalization phase, we are then on January 20.
The Le Creuset team investigates a report that the Alliance is building a base on L3. This is false. However, thanks to a spy on Heliopolis, they learn of the existence of the MS present in Heliopolis. The next day, January 25, the Le Creuset team infiltrates Heliopolis and manages to capture the GAT-X series prototypes: GAT-X102 Duel, GAT-X103 Buster, GAT-X207 Blitz and GAT-X 303 Aegis, Rusty is killed in combat. Asran Zala and Kira Yamato then find themselves on Heliopolis, but in the middle of a fight. Kira Yamato is rescued by Murrue Ramius by making him board the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam , this will be the first real fight of the Strike Gundam which will be
piloted by Kira Yamato by the force of events. He manages to shoot down Miguel Ayman and his GINN, the Archangel is activated by Ensign Natarle Badjirule after a failed attempt to destroy the latter. The Strike Gundam, Kira Yamato, Murrue Ramius, and Kira's classmates are brought aboard the Archangel. 6 hours later, Heliopolis disintegrates following the repeated explosions due to the ZAFT assault on the Archangel ship and the evacuated civilians. Lieutenant Mwu La Flaga who escorted the pilots intended for the Gundams joins the Archangel with his Moebius Zero and Murrue Ramius is named captain of the Archangel. The ship begins a silent sortie to flee Heliopolis towards the Artemis base. On January 27, the Archangel finally arrives to join the Artemis satellite base under the command of Eurasia. Eager to appropriate the Archangel and the Strike, the base commander wanted to keep the ship in order to better arm his economic bloc, but ZAFT will attack the Artemis base with one of the freshly stolen Gundams. The GAT-X207 Blitz will use its ability to make itself invisible thanks to the Mirage Colloid technology, it will then do heavy damage to the base which will be destroyed by Le Creuset's ship, the Archangel will take advantage of the ambient chaos to escape.
Lacus Clyne is en route to Junius 7 aboard the Silverwind ship, which will be attacked on February 2, 71, she will be saved by Kira Yamato who picked up her signal on February 3, less than 24 hours after the attack that sank the Silverwind. Meanwhile Asran Zala is summoned to the PLANT Supreme Council to give a briefing about the weapons stolen by Le Creuset squadron.
On February 6, the Archangel picks up a message from the 8th Fleet, the ship will then try to join the fleet but will be intercepted on the way, on February 7, while trying to join the vanguard of the fleet, it is attacked by ZAFT and the Le Creuset squadron in particular. The vanguard is completely wiped out, on board was Flay Alstar's father, the Archangel being the next target, Lieutenant Badjirule warns ZAFT that the ship holds Lacus Clyne, previously saved, now serving as a hostage to get out of this delicate situation. Kira Yamato who does not support the use of Lacus will decide to save her, he will hand her over to Asran Zala who will once again ask his childhood friend to join him.
On February 13th, the Archangel finally managed to join the 8th fleet led by General Halberton, the civilian personnel of the Archangel were then invited to leave the ship or to enlist, they had been declared as volunteers in order to avoid any problems. Kira Yamato, Flay Alstar, Miriallia Haw, Tolle Koening, Sai Argyle and Kazui Baskirk definitively enlisted on the ship. Sent to Earth, the Archangel then began its descent when the Le Creuset squadron attacked the fleet, the Alliance armada was completely wiped out to protect the Archangel, the Strike was then part of the game and was engaged with the Duel, its pilot, Yzak Jule having been injured by Kiralors in a previous confrontation wants his revenge, Yzak destroyed a shuttle full of civilians as it tried to re-enter the atmosphere. This incident will have the consequence of deeply upsetting Kira Yamato, he will then miss his return and will be saved in extremis by the Archangel. ZAFT under pressure from the Supreme Council will then put the double efforts to the Ouroboros operation, the African front and especially the taking of the Victoria base are now the priority.
On February 14 of CE 71, the commemoration of Bloody Valentine's Day takes place on the PLANT, it will be all the more important since ZAFT announces the capture of the Victoria base on the same day. Far from all this, the Archangel landed in Africa, in the middle of territory controlled by ZAFT. Having been dragged by the force of gravity of the Earth, Yzak Jule and Dearka Elsman were recovered with their respective Gundam by the Gibraltar base. There will be no respite for the crew of the Archangel who will be attacked that same evening by the forces of Andrew Warthfeld, the ship will owe its salvation to the help of a resistance group called "the Desert of Dawn", but also to the extraordinary abilities of Kira Yamato. This organization counts in its ranks Cagalli, who will in fact be the daughter of the leader of Orb.
In retaliation for the destruction of his army's MS, Warthfeld will decide to completely raze the city of Banadiya, he will warn the civilians so as not to kill innocents, but the resistance fighters will go in pursuit of the regiment that attacked the city, and many will perish.
On February 20, while Kira and Cagalli are dispatched to the city to resupply the ship, they will meet Andrew Warthfeld, the famous Desert Tiger, Kira and he will discuss each other's role in this war, Warthfeld will let them go, knowing that they were his enemies.
On February 22nd, a Supreme Council on PLANT is held, the Minister of Defense Patrick Zala wants to strengthen the offensive, only Chancellor Clyne opposes it, the divergences begin to be felt. Meanwhile Asran Zala visits Lacus, his fiancée.
On February 26th, Yzak Jule and Dearka Elsman are assigned to Warthfeld's team, on February 28th, the operation to destroy the Archangel by Warthfeld's forces known as the Battle of Banadiya will be launched. The Archangel's victory will be limited and the damage significant, Kira Yamato will find himself facing Andrew Warthfeld and his TMF/A-803 LaGOWE, at the end of a fierce fight Kira will overcome his opponent, but he will be left with a bitter taste in his mouth at the end of this confrontation.
On March 3, the Archangel set sail for the Red Sea, Cagalli and one
three man, Kisaka Ledonir. The ship will be attacked by Commander Morassim's team, he has indeed received orders from Le Creuse to pursue and shoot down the Archangel before it reaches JOSH-A's base in Alaska. The Vosgulov-class submarine then chases the ship, and sends two AMF-101 DINNs and 2 UMF-4A GOOhNs into combat, the two GOOhNs will be destroyed by the Strike Gundam, while one of the two DINNs will be destroyed by the Archangel and the second damaged by Mwu La Flaga (Morassim himself is in command of this customized DINN). Asran Zala and Nicol Amarfi land on the Gibraltar base and join Yzak Jule and Dearka Elsman, the Zala squadron is then formed and Asran appointed squadron leader on March 6. The next day, a new skirmish between the Archangel and Morassim's submarine takes place, the Zala squadron is then en route to Carpentaria aboard a carrier. During the fight between the Archangel and Morassim's men, Cagalli who is then at the controls of an FX-550 Skygrasper, will help Commander La Flaga to destroy the submarine while the Strike will destroy the other enemy units, including Morassim's UMF-5 ZnO (which will perish at sea). While Cagalli suffers damage to her aircraft she returns to the Archangel, but she meets a ZAFT carrier on the way, exchanges of fire take place and she will damage the carrier which will have to drop its cargo, Cagalli's Skygrasper being hit too, she will make a splashdown off a small island. On this island is also Asran Zala who was in the attacked carrier, they then meet and spend the night on the island as enemies, however they will end up forging links, considering each other then as people and no longer as adversaries.They will be picked up by their respective camps on March 8.
The Archangel reaches the Strait of Malacca where it fights ZAFT forces. The Zala team was unable to reach the Strait in time due to a malfunction of their submarine. The Archangel escapes without major damage on March 15.
The ship will be attacked by the Zala squadron on March 25 not far from the coast of Orb, it will then be targeted by the forces of Orb, who in fact cover the ship, thus allowing it to dock at the port on the island of Onogoro. Following this subterfuge, the president will ask for compensation for the help provided, because if they were saved it is also because Cagalli is the daughter of President Attha. On February 25, Kira Yamato is then called upon to contribute to the development of the MBF-M1 Astray, more precisely to improve their OS. A few days later, on February 28, the Zala squadron secretly infiltrates Orb to investigate, Asran will then have an unexpected encounter, he will meet Kira, separated by a fence, they discuss while Asran returns the small robot Tori (Birdie in VF) to Kira.
On April 1st, Patrick Zala was elected Supreme Chancellor of PLANT, he launched Operation Spit Break to intensify the effect of Operation Ouroboros which was approved the same day by the Council.
April 15 marks the departure of the Archangel from the nation of Orb, it leaves the port of Onogoro early in the morning, but the Zala squadron is waiting for them, barely has the ship left the territorial waters of Orb that it is attacked. A violent fight that will end in a duel between Kira and Asran, while Kira wants to deal a mortal blow to his former friend, Nicol interposes himself between the two young men with his Blitz Gundam, hit in the cockpit he will perish following the explosion of his Gundam. 
The Archangel is attacked by Team Zala over the Marshall Islands on April 17. Tolle Koenig is killed in combat by Asran, Kira Yamato is missing following his fight against Asran Zala which ended with the explosion of the Aegis Gundam against the Strike Gundam, at the same time Dearka Elsman is captured by the Archangel with the Buster Gundam. Orb receives a message from the Archangel, a search party is then sent on April 18, Cagalli then finds Asran injured, he will be rescued and returned to ZAFT. Kira will be found alive by Reverend Malchio, he will then be secretly transported to Aprilius 1 in the Clyne residence.
Reverend Malchio, who is traveling on the PLANT as a peace emissary, presents a peace compromise on May 1st, which will be rejected.
The Archangel continues its journey to the JOSH-A base in Alaska, arriving there on May 2nd. The same day Asran Zala leaves for the Carpentaria base to be sent into space and is decorated with the Order of Nebula, Yzak will be assigned to Operation Spit Break. The Officers of the Archangel are under investigation to report their actions since the departure from Heliopolis on May 5th, the launch of Operation Spit Break with a 72-hour delay due to the last-minute change of target. Operation Spit Break begins on May 8th, the Archangel is assigned to the defense of the base, and some members of the crew are reassigned, such as Natale Badjirule, Flay Alstar, and Mwu La Flaga. During the chaos that will follow the attack, La Flaga will join the Archangel to warn them of the threat, the Alliance has decided to sacrifice many soldiers on site as well as the ship to annihilate a large part of the ZAFT army thanks to the Cyclops system. Kira who is then on Aprilius 1 wants to join his friends to defend them, but especially to try to end this war. He will be helped by Lacus Clyne, she will entrust him with the controls of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam, he will manage to join the Archangel thanks to the great performances of the MS and to save them, he will also try to save as many soldiers as possible on the battlefield by warning them of the danger, regardless of their camp.
The Clyne family is then considered as dissidents to the PLANT regime and accused of high treason, following the theft of the Gundam Freedom. On May 11, Asran who learns the news decides to go in search of Lacus, in order to obtain explanations, he will end up finding her and a discussion on the stakes of the war, the true enemies of peace is held between them. Asran will finally let Lacus go. Chancellor Zala declares that the failure of the attack on Alaska and the theft of the Freedom are the cause of the Clyne faction, the Faction is dismantled by the Supreme Council on May 12, Siegel Clyne is executed. Lacus manages to escape with the help of Andrew Warthfeld.
The Archangel then joins Orb on May 15 and definitively deserts the Alliance, on May 17 Asran receives the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam, with the mission of destroying the Freedom if it is impossible to recover it. In response to the events in Alaska, ZAFT decides to destroy the Panama base, so on May 25 ZAFT sends a maximum of its forces as well as Gungnir-type EMPs to destroy the base, despite the intervention of the Alliance's brand new MS models, the GAT-01 Strike Dagger, the Mass Driver and the base will be destroyed. On May 29, the Alliance organizes a meeting, Muruta Azrael, representative of an industrial conglomerate of arms proposes to recover the Mass Driver of Orb, an operation to reconquer Victoria is also set up, the forces of the Eurasian Federation and the Republic of East Asia are against, however they are sent to the front and constitute the largest part of the army for the attack.
Following this meeting, June 1st marks a call from the Alliance for solidarity and unification, this call is launched to Orb, the Kingdom of Scandinavia and the Ecuadorian Union, the only states still neutral. By doing this the Alliance thinks it will convince the public opinion of the neutral states to join them, in the shadows the Alliance puts pressure on the various heads of state to push them to join them.
Orb will then be put against the wall on June 13 with a 48-hour ultimatum, if Orb does not dismantle its parliament, does not provide its weapons and technologies, and if Uzumi Narra Attha does not give up his title of president, the Alliance will invade Orb. The goal of the maneuver is to recover the Mass Driver, and in fact recover the Alliance's ability to return to space. The members of the Archangel are then warned of the situation, and volunteers to help Orb are invited to stay and fight, a dozen members of the crew, including Kazui Baskirk, will leave the crew and the ship. At the same time, Asran who is on the Marshall Islands meets Reverend Malchio, he will then realize that the conflict is wreaking havoc on both sides.
On June 15, 48 hours after the ultimatum that Orb rejects, the ships of the 4th fleet then attack the nation with their Strike Dagger, but also the new series of GAT-X, the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, the GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam and the GAT-X370 Raider Gundam. The M1-Astray are put for the first time in real combat situation, Asran joins the battle with his Justice Gundam and will come to the aid of Orb's forces. Civilians are being evacuated during the fighting and losses are to be deplored, the parents and sister of the young Shinn Asuka are killed by a stray shot from the fighting in their escape from Orb. Kira and Asran meet again after the battle, no longer as enemies, but as friends, they then take the time to discuss this war and its consequences, their respective roles and mistakes. Asran Zala definitively joins Orb, accompanied by his former ZAFT comrade, Dearka Elsman and his Buster Gundam. The next day, June 16, the Alliance launched a new offensive against Orb, Uzumi Nara Attha decides to evacuate to space and sends back the Kusanagi and the Archangel, during the attack he will push Cagalli to evacuate, and while he leads her to the Kusanagi he reveals to Cagalli that Kira is his brother. He then self-destructs the Morgenroete facilities, Kaguya's mass driver, and the underground weapons factory of Onogoro, Uzumi Nara Attha as well as members of the Orb government will perish in the explosion, a new temporary government is elected in Orb, this one has become sympathetic to the Alliance.
The Kusanagi which has joined space begins its completion, on June 18 all the parts of the ship are assembled and it takes the road to point LaGrange 4 accompanied by the Archangel. Meanwhile on Earth, the OMNI forces attack the ZAFT forces based on Victoria, in order to recover the base. Thanks to the new Gundam of the Alliance this attack will be a victory. On June 20 the new Archangel class ship, the Dominion, is finished, the new captain will be Natale Badjirule. On June 25 the Mass Driver of Victoria being fully operational again, it will be used to send Alliance forces into space, in particular the 3 Gundam of the Alliance which will join the Dominion. The Supreme Council of PLANT decides on June 26 to build new lines of defense, Raw Le Creuset is recalled to the PLANT, he will take off the next day accompanied by Flay Alstar and Yzak Jule. On June 28th it is the turn of Muruta Azrael and the 3 new GAT-X to join the space. The Archangel and the Kusanagi arrive near the Mendel colony in L4, on June 30th.
Asran decides to return to PLANT to confront his father. However, the latter refuses his change of side and has him arrested for high treason, Asran is rescued by the men that Lacus Clyne has recruited, Lacus Clyne and Andrew Warthfeld steal the new ship designed by ZAFT the FFMH-Y101 Eternal, they will be accompanied by Kira Yamato. On July 5th the Eternal joined the Mendel colony and the two other ships, they thus form an alliance. The Crucible is given the mission of pursuing the Eternal and it takes the direction of the Mendel colony, on July 7th. On July 12th the Dominion launches its attack against the Mendel Colony, the Archangel then advances to fight it and thus allow the Kusanagi and the Eternal to escape. But the Crucible is also part of it, and it goes into battle against La Flaga (who is at the controls of the Strike Gundam). Le Creuset takes La Flaga and Yamato to the Mendel colony, where he will reveal his identity to them, but also the true nature of Kira. Kira and Mwu escape from the colony and return to the Archangel, Mwu wounded returns to the ship, but Kira continues the fight, disturbed by what he has just learned he will be hit while trying to recover Flay, released by Le Creuset a few moments earlier. Flay Alstar and her escape pod will be recovered by the Dominion, she holds a file that Le Creuset entrusted to her, with the plans of the Anti N-Jammers, and therefore the use of the nuclear weapon.
The factions are moving from side to side, the Eternal establishes contact with the Orb nationals, the members of the Clyne faction and the pacifists of the Alliance, Reverend Marchio also helps by putting them in contact with the Junk Guild to end the war. ZAFT is preparing for an offensive by the Alliance. The Alliance is in full production of its new nuclear missiles, it is then July 6th.
On July 24, the Alliance launched an attack on the Gibraltar base, and ZAFT, defeated, left Europe.
On June 15, 48 hours after the ultimatum that Orb rejects, the ships of the 4th fleet then attack the nation with their Strike Dagger, but also the new series of GAT-X, the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, the GAT-X252 Forbidden Gundam and the GAT-X370 Raider Gundam. The M1-Astray are put for the first time in real combat situation, Asran joins the battle with his Justice Gundam and will come to the aid of Orb's forces. Civilians are being evacuated during the fighting and losses are to be deplored, the parents and sister of the young Shinn Asuka are killed by a stray shot from the fighting in their escape from Orb. Kira and Asran meet again after the battle, no longer as enemies, but as friends, they then take the time to discuss this war and its consequences, their respective roles and mistakes. Asran Zala definitively joins Orb, accompanied by his former ZAFT comrade, Dearka Elsman and his Buster Gundam. The next day, June 16, the Alliance launched a new offensive against Orb, Uzumi Nara Attha decides to evacuate to space and sends back the Kusanagi and the Archangel, during the attack he will push Cagalli to evacuate, and while he leads her to the Kusanagi he reveals to Cagalli that Kira is his brother. He then self-destructs the Morgenroete facilities, Kaguya's mass driver, and the underground weapons factory of Onogoro, Uzumi Nara Attha as well as members of the Orb government will perish in the explosion, a new temporary government is elected in Orb, this one has become sympathetic to the Alliance.
The Kusanagi which has joined space begins its completion, on June 18 all the parts of the ship are assembled and it takes the road to point LaGrange 4 accompanied by the Archangel. Meanwhile on Earth, the OMNI forces attack the ZAFT forces based on Victoria, in order to recover the base. Thanks to the new Gundam of the Alliance this attack will be a victory. On June 20 the new Archangel class ship, the Dominion, is finished, the new captain will be Natale Badjirule. On June 25 the Mass Driver of Victoria being fully operational again, it will be used to send Alliance forces into space, in particular the 3 Gundam of the Alliance which will join the Dominion. The Supreme Council of PLANT decides on June 26 to build new lines of defense, Raw Le Creuset is recalled to the PLANT, he will take off the next day accompanied by Flay Alstar and Yzak Jule. On June 28th it is the turn of Muruta Azrael and the 3 new GAT-X to join the space. The Archangel and the Kusanagi arrive near the Mendel colony in L4, on June 30th.
Asran decides to return to PLANT to confront his father. However, the latter refuses his change of side and has him arrested for high treason, Asran is rescued by the men that Lacus Clyne has recruited, Lacus Clyne and Andrew Warthfeld steal the new ship designed by ZAFT the FFMH-Y101 Eternal, they will be accompanied by Kira Yamato. On July 5th the Eternal joined the Mendel colony and the two other ships, they thus form an alliance. The Crucible is given the mission of pursuing the Eternal and it takes the direction of the Mendel colony, on July 7th. On July 12th the Dominion launches its attack against the Mendel Colony, the Archangel then advances to fight it and thus allow the Kusanagi and the Eternal to escape. But the Crucible is also part of it, and it goes into battle against La Flaga (who is at the controls of the Strike Gundam). Le Creuset takes La Flaga and Yamato to the Mendel colony, where he will reveal his identity to them, but also the true nature of Kira. Kira and Mwu escape from the colony and return to the Archangel, Mwu wounded returns to the ship, but Kira continues the fight, disturbed by what he has just learned he will be hit while trying to recover Flay, released by Le Creuset a few moments earlier. Flay Alstar and her escape pod will be recovered by the Dominion, she holds a file that Le Creuset entrusted to her, with the plans of the Anti N-Jammers, and therefore the use of the nuclear weapon.
The factions are moving from side to side, the Eternal establishes contact with the Orb nationals, the members of the Clyne faction and the pacifists of the Alliance, Reverend Marchio also helps by putting them in contact with the Junk Guild to end the war. ZAFT is preparing for an offensive by the Alliance. The Alliance is in full production of its new nuclear missiles, it is then July 6th.
On July 24, the Alliance launched an attack on the Gibraltar base, and ZAFT, defeated, left Europe.
The war intensifies, on September 26 the Alliance launches a new offensive 
against the PLANTs, simultaneously the squadrons then named "peace squadron" (Peacemaker) attack the Jachin Due base and the PLANTs. The alliance of the three ships formed by the Kusanagi, the Eternal and the Archangel then intervenes to defend the PLANTs, the Justice and the Freedom, equipped with their METEOR support units they manage to protect, with the help of ZAFT, the PLANT colonies. On Jachin Due the fighting is also raging, President Zala orders the use of the GENESIS. This GAMMA particle cannon which uses nuclear energy, makes a shot which will destroy the nuclear missiles which target the base and will also destroy 40% of the Alliance fleet. Following this shot ZAFT replaces the shooting mirror with another, during this time the base is assaulted by the remaining Alliance forces in order to prevent a new shot, in fact Commander Bajirule had ordered a withdrawal in order to reorganize the forces, but Azrael contradicts this strategy and gives the counter-order to launch the attack immediately. In his murderous madness, Azrael wants to annihilate the PLANT definitively, the lunar base then sends a fleet of ships containing missiles. The alliance of the three ships launches an analysis of the GENESIS data, according to the calculations if a shot hits the Earth all life would then be destroyed, and the planet made uninhabitable. The Archangel then goes to contact the Dominion, while the Eternal and the Kusanagi head towards the GENESIS in order to destroy it, Gundams of the triple alliance then protect the PLANT, while the others try to destroy the ZAFT cannon.
Rau Le Creuset receives the new Gundam created by ZAFT, the ZGMF-X13A Providence, with orders to end this fight. The Alliance fleet is approaching and the mirror has been changed, the GENESIS then fires on the Ptolemaeus lunar base, the base is wiped off the surface of the Moon, the lunar fleet that was in the trajectory was also destroyed by more than 50%, and with it the Alliance reinforcements, which finds itself in a very bad position. Azrael then orders Captain Sutherland to send what remains of the peace squadron, Natarle Bajirule warns him, destroying the PLANT will not prevent the GENESIS from firing on Earth, but Azrael does not listen to him and persists in wanting to destroy the Coordinators. Azrael then points a gun at Natarle reminding him that he is in command, the Archangel then arrives within range of the Dominion, the fight begins. Meanwhile Patrick Zala designates the new target of the GENESIS, Earth.
The PLANTs are saved from the nuclear attack by the ZAFT teams who remained in protection, as well as the Gundams. Following which the forces leave for the destruction of the GENESIS cannon, as allies of circumstance. The Archangel and the Dominion are still in full battle, each of the ships having suffered heavy damage, Commander Bajirule orders to abandon ship, but she will then be hit by Muruta Azrael, the latter still having his weapon fired on the Bajirule, signifying to her that she is showing insubordination. The crew of the Dominion leaves the ship in escape pods, the Archangel seeing this ceases all attack, understanding that the fight is over, but Azrael points the remaining Lohengrin cannon at the Archangel and fires. Mwu La Fraga, which was damaged in the fight against Rau, arrives in extremis to protect the bridge of the Archangel, this sacrifice will save the ship. Captain Ramius orders to retaliate in the same way, in order to avenge the loss of his love, Mwu La Fraga, despite the fact that Bajirule is in command of the Dominion. Kira then arrives near the Archangel to assist it when Rau Le Creuset attacks with his Gundam, the fight is tough because the Providence is equipped with the brand new DRAGOON system, the remote-controlled modules (Funnel) of the DRAGOON system destroy the METEOR of the Freedom, during the fight the survivors of the Dominion capsules try to return to the Archangel, Kira then sees Flay in one of them and goes to save her, but Rau shoots with one of his Funnels, destroying the capsule and thus causing Flay's death. Kira is then touched by an apparition of Flay, who apologizes and thanks him for always watching over her, it is then full of rage and combativeness that Kira sets off again to attack Providence.
The GENESIS being in the process of replacing its mirror again to make a new shot, Asran and Cagalli head towards it to destroy it, but the GENESIS is equipped not only with the Mirage Colloide, but also with a Phase Shift, they decide to enter the control room located on Jachin Due. When Asran arrives in the control room he finds his father dying, Patrick Zala has just been shot by a soldier who does not share his opinions, but the self-destruction of Jachin Due is launched, and its destruction will cause the automatic shooting of the GENESIS. They then make the decision to destroy the GENESIS itself and inform the Eternal and the Kusanagi. The two ships arrive at firing range, but despite their firepower the GENESIS does not suffer any damage. The Providence Gundam then intervenes and destroys many of the weapons of the two ships, it will be stopped before it can destroy them by Kira.
Asran aboard his Justice, and Cagalli at the controls of the Red Strike, rush towards GENESIS and manage to enter the cannon, there Asran decides to leave Cagalli in the background, he drops his backpack in order to block the Red Strike. Once arrived at the heart of the GENESIS reactor he launches the self-destruction of his Gundam, the explosion would then reduce the cannon to pieces, he will be prevented at the last moment by Cagalli who came to save him. Asran then programs the self-destruction of the Justice with a delay in order to be able to escape. Kira is still fighting against Le Creuset, and while he suffers heavy damage and his Gundam is almost ruined, he manages to impale the Providence, at the same time the GENESIS initiates a shot that will partially damage the Freedom, the shot will be narrowly stopped by the destruction of the Justice.
The battle then ends, on September 27 CE71, Lacus calls for a ceasefire, the two warring parties then cease all fighting. Kira floats in space next to the wreckage of the Freedom, he thinks his end has come, he then sees Birdy heading towards him, and behind the small robot the silhouette of an MS is drawn. Cagalli and Asran come to rescue him with what remains of the Red Strike.
Zala's supporters are routed, in the chaos the more moderate members of the Supreme Council and in agreement with former Chancellor Siegel Clyne regain power, Eileen Canarva (Eileen Canaver in the original version) is at the head of the movement and takes control of the army, thus ceasing all hostility from ZAFT. Marking the first ceasefire of the war, the two sides began negotiations for several months.
Following this, Alliance soldiers decide to desert and flee into space, in the same spirit Orb inhabitants and fighters eager for revenge go into exile in space.
The defeat of the Alliance opened the door to internal conflicts within it, the South American bloc thus demanding its independence began a battle to obtain it, the month of November CE71 will be tainted by this conflict.
The discussions and negotiations were successful, a new peace treaty was finally signed on March 10, CE72 by the leaders of PLANT and the Alliance.
During this year 72 of the CE calendar, peace is fragile. However, there were skirmishes between certain factions, the ODR (Orb Disaster Relief team, 
consisting of members of the Orb nation wanting a rematch) will face members of the Antifactis and a few other Alliance blocs. With their new model the MVF-X08 Eclipse Gundam.
This fragile peace will be broken slowly in CE73, an attack on the Armory One colony, located at LaGrange point 4 (far from the PLANT) will mark the beginning of the return of conflicts between the Alliance and the PLANT. Armory One is a colony dedicated solely to the armament and development of new MS and ships. The new president of PLANT, Gilbert Durandal, invited the press and nationals of other nations to a presentation of their new MS, as well as their new ship in September. On October 2nd CE73, MP Cagalli Yula Athha, accompanied by Alex Dino (aka Asran Zala) visited Armory One, the primary purpose of this visit being for Orb to understand for what purpose these new weapons of war were created. During this diplomatic visit, the Alliance will launch an attack, the Phantom Pain special forces are on the move and have the mission to steal the new MS models, the Gundam ZGMF-X24S Chaos, ZGMF-X31S Abyss and ZGMF-X88S Gaia, but also cause maximum damage to the Armory One base. The new ship, the Minerva, will then be deployed, as well as the latest Gundam model that ZAFT has and which was on board the ship, the ZGMF-X56S Impulse, MS composed of modules that assemble to form an MS (as well as different packs). Asran Zala had to take the controls of a ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior with Cagalli on board, in order to protect her, but he will fall in front of one of the stolen models which will inflict damage on him, Shin Asuka and the Impulse will save them, he will in turn help Shin by charging one of the Gundams in order to create a diversion, but Cagalli will be injured during this maneuver, forcing Asran to fall back, he will win the Minerva to heal Cagalli. The 3 Gundams then leave the Armory One colony and return to their ship.
The Minerva will then be tasked with pursuing the Alliance ship Girty Lue (then named Boggey One by ZAFT), the Alliance ship will manage to temporarily deceive the Minerva, but the ZAFT ship being faster, the Girty Lue will quickly be caught up. The Alliance ship then ambushes the Minerva which will manage to escape following Asran's tactical advice, the Girty Lue escapes and the Minerva abandons its pursuit.
ZAFT's ship will soon be assigned another crucial mission the next day, October 3rd. Supporters of former President Patrick Zala go to the debris of Junius 7, it is Operation Break the World, which consists of the fall of the largest debris of Junius 7 on Earth. The intervention of the Joule team and the Minerva will not be enough and the piece will be split into two parts causing heavy damage on their impacts on Earth. Italy (Rome, the Vatican), Greece (Athens), China, the Czech Republic (Prague), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), Canada (Toronto), England (Stonehenge), Tibet (the Dalai Lama's palace) and Brazil were affected. Zaft immediately sends humanitarian aid to the regions and victims of the disaster. Following the fall of the debris of Junius 7 on Earth, many infrastructures were affected, the DSSD (Deep Space Survey and Development organization) base managed to send its prototype Mobile Suit into space before being impacted by a tsunami. The MS in question is the GSX-401FW Stargazer Gundam, developed with the aim of colonizing space beyond Mars. A unit of Phantom Pain will launch an attack on the Troya station, while the Stargazer's "light car" system is finalized. The Stargazer will participate in the defense of the base, using its ray reflection technology to damage its enemies, there will be a fight against the GAT-X105E+AQM/E-X09S Strike Noir Gundam, the heavily damaged Strike Noir will be abandoned by its pilot who will try to seize the Stargazer. Its pilot will then initiate a sequence to move away from the Earth's sphere, heading for Venus. Selene McGriff, the pilot, will engage her solar system to return to Earth slowly, they will arrive on Earth safely after 27 days and 21 hours.
Meanwhile, the Minerva is dispatched to Earth to free it from Zala's followers who continue to attack Earth bases, but also to help the victims of Operation Break The World. Asran Zala thus abandons his identity of Alex Dino and becomes a member of FAITH (composed of the elite of ZAFT having both distinguished themselves on the battlefield and demonstrated great moral quality, designated by Durandal himself), he is then entrusted with the ZGMF-X23S Savior Gundam as well as total freedom on the battlefield to perpetuate peace. Asran will also meet "Lacus", who is in fact Meer Campbell usurping the identity of Lacus Clyne, Durandal using him as an icon of peace. Officially, President Durandal designates those responsible for Operation Break the World as being supporters of Patrick Zala, but also incriminates the LOGOS, a shadowy entity that leads the Alliance, and composed of several former members of Blue Cosmos, rich and powerful. The second war between the PLANT and the Alliance then begins. In November, the Alliance launches an attack against the PLANT which will mark the beginning of the war.
The Minerva continues its missions on Earth, the ship will participate in the liberation of several cities from the hands of the Alliance, Shin Asuka will stand out during the various missions, thus becoming an ace of the ZAFT army. Shin will thus meet Stella Loussier, the young woman is the pilot of the Gundam Gaia, and they will meet again during a fight shortly after their meeting near the beach, Shin caught up with the young woman who was going to fall from the cliff, by the sea. Stella will be captured, but being an Extended (Biological CPU ) of the Alliance she must undergo regular treatment in order to guarantee her health, both physical and mental. Seeing her suffering, Shin will decide to leave the ship and return her to the Alliance, he hands her over to Neo Roanoke (Lornoké in VF) asking him to watch over her. Back on the Minerva, Shin will be placed under arrest for a few days, the time to decide on his punishment.
It is December CE73 and Orb signs a treaty that brings the nation into the Alliance, Cagalli is firmly opposed but the majority wins, she must face the Seiran who are for Orb to participate in the Alliance's war effort, and thus become an economic power. Which does not bode well for the Minerva, the ship being anchored in the port of Orb for repairs, the fact that the neutral nation joins the Alliance becomes problematic. Prime Minister Unato Ema Seiran wishes to offer the Minerva as a gift to the Alliance, thus showing all the goodwill of the country. Warned by Warthfeld, the Minerva leaves the territorial waters of Orb, but the Alliance is waiting for it, Shin will then face the YMAF-X6BD Zamza-Zah, a massive mobile armor of the Alliance forces. Shin will win his fight after awakening to the SEED.
While the real Lacus Clyne lives on Orb, in the orphanage of Reverend Malchio, she was saved from an attempt on her life, Kira Yamato will take over the command of the Freedom to protect her. Returning to the Archangel, Kira Yamato, Murrue Ramius, Warthfeld and former crew members set out to save Cagalli from her arranged marriage with Yuna Roma Seiran, another deputy, this marriage then aiming to strengthen the power of the Seiran. Kira will come to kidnap Cagalli, saving her from her marriage. The ship and its crew will remain hidden under the ocean following this, it will reach the Kingdom of Scandinavia to remain hidden there. 
The Minerva continues its journey towards the ZAFT base in the Black Sea, en route it encounters an Alliance base housing a Lohengrin Positron Cannon. The base known as "The Lohengrin Gate" is protected by a Mobile Armor equipped with a beam deflector. The Minerva then sends the Impulse into close combat to destroy the Mobile Armor, opening a window of fire for the ship. Once the Lohengrin Cannon is destroyed the Alliance leaves the area, freeing the local population.
Then the Minerva heads towards Gibraltar, but during its journey it will be attacked. In the Dardanelles Strait a fleet of the Earth Alliance and Orb launches an attack, while it was going to fire with its Tannhaüser positron cannon, the Freedom intervenes and destroys the Tannhaüser, which was then targeting the Orb flagship. Cagalli then makes a call for calm, asking the Orb forces not to fire, Yuna Roma Seiran then declares that it is a fraud and orders to open fire against Cagalli's Red Strike and against the Archangel. Kira hurts Shin and his Impulse, but also Heine Westhenfluss, another FAITH pilot in command of a ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited, but also the Abyss and the Gaia, yet being damaged will not prevent the Gaia from cutting the GOUF in two, consequently causing the death of Heine, Asran will be angry with Kira, without his intervention Heine might have been able to get out of it. The alliance will then launch a retreat, judging the situation too chaotic.
A respite that will be short-lived, because the Alliance, still accompanied by Orb's military forces, will attack the Minerva again. It is off the coast of Crete that the battle will rage, trying once again to end the fight, Cagalli and Kira will call for calm. Asran then engages in a duel against Kira, while Shin destroys the Abyss once and for all, in the middle of a tantrum he relentlessly attacks Orb's fleet. Colonel Todaka, head of Orb's armies on site, then orders the abandonment of the Takemikazuchi, Orb's aircraft carrier, while encouraging those who still believe in Orb's neutrality to join the Archangel to help Cagalli fight for peace. Shin and his Impulse will thus destroy the Takemikazuchi, Colonel Todaka still on the bridge will perish with the aircraft carrier, Shin has just killed the soldier who had helped him during the battle of Orb of the previous war.
The conflict continues to escalate, Lord Djibril, leader of the LOGOS organization, entrusts the latest model of the massive Mobile Suit GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam to Neo Roanoke, who will let Stella Loussier pilot it. Berlin will be set ablaze, several other ZAFT partisan territories are wiped off the map. ZAFt's forces are considerably weakened. The Destroy Gundam will be destroyed by the joint forces of the Minerva and the Archangel, it will be Kira and the Freedom who will deliver the fatal blow. Stella Loussier will be killed in combat, under the helpless eyes of Shin, he will carry Stella's remains to a lake not far from there, so that she rests in peace.
Durandal wants to finish with the LOGOS, Operation Ragnarok is then launched. ZAFT attacks the Heaven base, the last bastion of the LOGOS, Lord Djibril is in the base and orders the deployment of the Destroy, despite the power of the 5 giant Gundams they will be destroyed by the Destiny and the Legend, the two Gundams being more powerful than the Destroy. Lord Djibril then decides to respond with the Nibelung cannon, ZAFT which drops space forces cannot prevent the cannon similar to the GENESIS from firing, all the descending forces will be destroyed. Lunamaria Hawke, now in command of the Impulse, gives one of her swords to Rey, so they will all three finish the destruction of the Destroy, freeing access to the Nibelung. Djibril will leave the members of LOGOS in the Heaven base, he will escape to Orb, ZAFT invests the base and thus wins the victory.
During ZAFT's attack on Heaven's base, DaCosta is sent by Warthfeld to investigate the Mendel colony, where he discovers a research notebook with "Destiny Plan" written on it. He then returns to the Eternal, Lacus Clyne and Warthfeld are back in space to investigate and retrieve new MS. As the Eternal approaches Earth, ZAFT forces ambush the ship, Lacus demands that the ship get close enough to Earth to send the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam and ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice Gundam. Kira learns that Lacus is in bad shape, so he uses the Red Strike equipped with a Booster (it will also regain its original colors because of this equipment) to gain space. Warthfeld is already in combat in his Gaia, and the Strike helps Warthfeld as best it can, but it is quickly overtaken by the ZAKU and the GOUF. Heavily damaged, the Strike retreats to the Eternal, Kira then recovers his new MS, the Strike Freedom, it will only take him 2 minutes to disable the 25 MS of ZAFT, and this without human loss, he will also deploy his firepower to neutralize the ZAFT ships.
While Kira is in space with Lacus, the Archangel joins Orb, fearing that his country will be destroyed again, Cagalli wants to do everything to protect his country. Durandal having demanded that Lord Djibril be delivered to him in order to be judged, but Yuna Roma Seiran lies, Djibril wants to try to escape to the Moon thanks to the Mass Driver. Not believing the Seiran's words, ZAFT surrounds the island and begins an assault on the country of Orb.
Cagalli, who is still on the Archangel, joins Orb, the people have not been warned of the government's intentions and civilian losses are likely to be very high. She then rebels against Yuna Roma Seiran, who is terrified of the war and recognizes Cagalli's legitimacy, the young woman, once again the military leader of her country, then dismisses Seiran and has him arrested. Ledonir Kisaka and Erica Simmons then give her her father's last wish, 
protect Orb, thanks to the ORB-01 Akatsuki Gundam. Aboard her new MS Cagalli goes to the front to defend her country, she will quickly fall against Shin and his Destiny Gundam. At the same time, Kira returns to Earth with the Strike Freedom, but also the Infinite Justice for Asran (with Lacus on board). Kira intervenes between Cagalli and Shin, the young ZAFT pilot is also surprised and disoriented to find Kira who he thought was dead, Lacus delivers the Infinite Justice on the Archangel, and it is a pitiful Asran who awaits him. Lacus and Asran will briefly discuss this war and what he intends to do, it is more determined than ever that he climbs into the cockpit of the Infinite Justice and takes part in the fight to protect Orb and peace. Rey in turn intervenes on the battlefield, with her Legend, at the sight of the Legend Kira had the vision of Rau Le Creuset and the Providence. Taking advantage of this second of inattention, Shin launches an attack against the Strike Freedom, but he is stopped by Asran and the Infinite Justice. Again facing a person supposedly dead, Shin is again destabilized and suffers damage during his fight against Asran. While the fighting rages, Lord Djibril manages to reach the Mass Driver and he then leaves Orb towards the Moon. Commander Talia Gladys orders Lunamaria to shoot down the shuttle that leaves Orb, but she will fail in her attempt, analyzing the situation Commander Gladys orders the withdrawal of ZAFT troops, judging such a fight useless, the target being Djibril, she then assumes that he was indeed in the shuttle and judges the fight over. Asran will lose consciousness, still seriously injured he will be brought back aboard the Archangel to be treated.
Cagalli then makes an announcement to the world, ZAFT and its attempted invasion are then pointed out by the young woman. During her speech she will be interrupted by Meer Campbell, still pretending to be Lacus Clyne, it is then that the real Lacus who is on Orb will appear live, showing her support for Cagalli. Lacus will declare that she supports the actions of the Archangel and that she does not approve of the actions of Durandal or Djibril, she urges the world population to question themselves, judging that the situation is everyone's fault and not the fault of others.
Djibril arrived at the Deadalus lunar base and ordered the activation of the Requiem, a powerful particle cannon, using giant Geshmeidig Panzer (ray deflection system). He targets Aprilius 1, the capital of PLANT, thinking he will destroy the Supreme Council and Durandal (who is on Earth at that time), the initiated shot will not reach Apilius 1 thanks to the Joule squad which manages to partially damage the relay station. Despite this, the shot will hit the Januarius 1 to 4 colonies, the Januarius 4 colony will collide with December 7 and 8, causing the death of 900,000 Coordinators. The Joule squad will continue to fight by destroying as many relay stations as possible. Meanwhile, President Durandal's plan, the Destiny Plan, is finally deciphered by the crew of the Archangel. Each person will be assigned a function in society in correlation with their genetic predispositions. The Archangel then decides to return to space with the goal of stopping Durandal's plan.
The Minerva is sent to the Moon, with the mission of destroying the Requiem located on Daedalus. Lunamaria will be tasked with destroying the Requiem's firing chamber with the Impulse, the Minerva, the Destiny and the Legend launches a diversionary attack to facilitate Lunamaria's task. The base is heavily armed and very well defended, the last Destroys are on site as well as a large number of GAT-04 Windams. Lunamaria will manage to destroy the firing chamber in extremis, the Minerva will destroy the base's defenses, the Destiny will destroy the hangars and the control room, as for Rey, he will destroy the Girty Lue ship which is trying to take off, with Lord Djibril on board, the LOGOS going out with Djibril.
Kira Yamato, Asran Zala, Lacus Clyne and Meer Campbell go to the free lunar city Copernicus, a little shopping day to relax. They are followed during their trip, Meer, also present on Copernicus organizes a meeting, while they are in full discussion, and Meer finally accepts that she is not the real Lacus, Sara, the head bodyguard, takes out her weapon and fires in the direction of Lacus, Kira and Asran neutralize the bodyguards. Sara still alive shoots, Meer intervenes and then takes the bullet intended for Lacus, Kira and Asran fire on Sara. Kira then calls Neo Roanoke, who has joined the Archangel, he pilots the Akatsuki that Cagalli entrusted to him, but Meer will succumb to his injury before Neo joins them.
After Logos' defeat, Supreme Chancellor Durandal announces his Destiny plan to the world. The nations that opposed it are mostly destroyed. The Requiem Cannon is recovered by ZAFT and put back into service as a deterrent. Orb and Scandinavia oppose the plan and are targeted by the Requiem Cannon. Atlantic Alliance President Joseph Copland takes advantage of Orb and other countries' rejection of the plan to appeal to Durandal, but Gilbert Durandal considers all those who reject his plan as enemies of humanity. With the Requiem operational again, ZAFT fires on the Arzachel Moon Base, destroying much of the Alliance fleet, and threatens Orb to be the next target. Orb sends his forces, the Archangel, but also the Eternal which will be followed by the rest of the Alliance fleet, and ZAFT ships opposing Durandal's choice. The Archangel and the Eternal will take charge of destroying one of the stations 
Requiem relay, while the Kusanagi and the other ships go to destroy the Requiem. The relay station will be destroyed by the Strike Freedom and the Infinite Justice, equipped with their METEOR unit, the ZAFT forces on site let them do it, questioning their uniform following Durandal's actions. For their part, the joint forces of the Alliance, ZAFT and Orb manage to penetrate the Requiem cannon. Then emerging, the Messiah base of ZAFT, equipped with the Neo-GENESIS, the base will fire and destroy part of the fleet following the firing of the cannon.
The fighting rages, the new Messiah base must be destroyed. The forces then concentrate against Messiah, the Destiny and the Legend are deployed from Messiah, Asran and Shin face each other in a duel, as well as Kira and Rey. Rey presents himself as the ghost of Rau Le Creuset, he is also a defected clone of Al La Fraga and holds Kira responsible for the state of the world.
The Minerva and the Archangel are in full combat, while the Minerva fires its positron cannon, the Archangel will be saved by Neo Roanoke and the Akatsuki, deploying a large shield thanks to his back-pack, the memory will also return to Neo, he then remembered that he is in reality Mwu La Fraga. The Minerva will then be damaged and will crash on the Moon. Messiah's defenses collapse.
Talia Gladys goes to the Messiah base, Kira Yamato does the same and will be joined by Asran and Rey. Durandal and Kira will then have a discussion about the uncertain future of the world, Kira arguing that an imperfect and free world is preferable to a perfect world devoid of freedom, Durandal will be shot, not by Kira, but by Rey. The young man in tears cannot conceive of a future because of his short lifespan he is upset by Durandal's words and will shoot him. Rey will stay on Messiah with the dying Durandal and Gladys, Gladys will ask Asran to transmit a message to Murrue Ramius, to visit his son from time to time. Kira and Asran leave Messiah, the base is disintegrating, thus marking the end of the conflict.
In CE 74, the Orb Union and PLANT sign a ceasefire and begin peace negotiations, the new PLANT Supreme Council then asks Lacus Clyne to be a mediator between the two nations. During the negotiations Kira and Shin meet on Onogoro Island, putting the events of the past behind them they become friends. Later in CE 74 Lacus Clyne is named Supreme Chancellor of PLANT, Kira will join ZAFT as an officer to watch over Lacus. Asran on his side will remain on Orb and join the military forces of the Orb Union.
The Works
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED (CE 71)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray (CE 71)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R (CE 71)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray B (CE 71)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray (CE 71)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Eclipse (CE 72)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (CE73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED CE 73 Stargazer (CE 73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray (CE 73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Frame Astray (CE 73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED CE 73 Astray (CE 73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED VS Astray (CE 73)
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray Princess of the Sky (CE 73)