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Mobile Suit Gundam: White Devil's Legacy - The Tale of Yoshiyuki Tomino's Universal Century (U.C. 0079 - 0223) (v3) [Currently Being Edited]

Summary:

"It is the year 0079 of the Universal Century. A half-century has passed since Earth began moving its burgeoning population into gigantic orbiting space colonies. A new home for mankind, where people are born and raised..."

"...and die."

"Nine months ago, the cluster of colonies furthest from Earth called Side 3 proclaimed itself the Principality of Zeon and launched a war of independence against the Earth Federation. Initial fighting lasted over one month and saw both sides lose half of their respective populations. People were horrified by the indescribable atrocities that have been committed in the name of independence."

"Eight months has passed since the rebellion began. They were at a stalemate..."

A detailed timeline looking at the history of various major events and conflicts between the Earth Federation and the many Spacenoid Independence Movements that are spread across the annals of the Universal Century, what was meant to be a golden age for humanity now bastardized by warmongers and fanatics who played people's ideals for the future to further their schemes for power and greed to continue war once more....

(Currently under Re-write) (New version of Chapter 2 up now)

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter Text

Hello, everyone. Let's get on with this mission briefing. Originally, a project that was meant to started last year to coincide with the 45th anniversary of the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. However, I was forced to abandon it due to being focused on other projects and my personal life. Thankfully, this years marks Gundam Wing's 30th anniversary and Zeta's 40th. And with the recent premiere of the new Gundam installment, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX (or "GQuacks" as some fans are calling it), I have decided that now is a good time to recommission this project of mine--Mobile Suit Gundam: White Devil's Legacy - The Tale of Yoshiyuki Tomino's Universal Century.

The contents of this fic will be a cohesive and well-detailed recounting of the Universal Century Gundam timeline, using elements from every major Gundam installment that takes place in the mainline continuity of the Universal Century up until now. So, alternate universe series such as Mobile Fighter G Gundam, New Mobile Report Gundam Wing, After War Gundam X, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, or even any of the Build series won't be included in the series at all. GQuuuuuuX won't also be included since it's pretty much of the "Klevin Timeline" of Gundam, given how much it diverges from the main U.C. timeline than others like Thunderbolt and Origin.

Also, I'll be also omitting two certain U.C.-related series in this timeline that'll probably bring up some controversy among any hardcore U.C. fans that'll be reading this--those two being Turn A Gundam and Gundam Reconguista in G. While these two series do have deep connections to the Universal Century with them both being written by the franchise's creator "Kill 'Em All" Tomino, himself, I personally don't see either of them as part of the U.C., but amalgamized settings that utilizes elements of past series prior their respective releases in order to build their stories, such as Turn A's Black History plot point and similar to how Gundam X uses a pastiche of the Earth Federation vs. Zeon conflict for its backstory.

And before anyone goes nuts in the comments, I also want to shout out that I know that certain series such as Gundam: The Origin (both the OVA and manga), the Gundam 0079 Novelization and Compilation Films, Outer Gundam, Gundam Thunderbolt, the Zeta Gundam: New Translation movies, Revival of Zeon, Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children, Mobile Suit Gundam Almarya, and Gaia Gear, while are part of Universal Century Gundam, are either considered to be non-canon or semi-canon to the main U.C. timeline and take place in their own respective continuities. But I'll be using elements from each of these series to fill out certain gaps in the timeline and expand the universe.

Series List (except major to minor spoilers of the following):

EARLY UNIVERSAL CENTURY (U.C. 0079 - 0089)

- Mobile Suit Gundam (1979-80 TV series + the lost episode "Cucuruz Doan's Island")

- Mobile Suit Gundam Compilation Movies (I: Journey to Jaburo, II: Soldiers to Sorrow, & III: Encounters in Space)

- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Novelization (I: Awakening, II: Escalation, & III: Confrontation)

- MSV (Mobile Suit Variation)

- MSV-R (Mobile Suit Variation-R)

- M-MSV (Kunio Okawara Collection)

- MS-X

- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (manga + OVA)

- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: The Hidden One Year War

- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO: Apocalypse 0079

- Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front

- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny

- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles

- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Space, To the End of A Flash

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Cross Dimension 0079

- Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: Missing Link

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Outer Gundam

- Mobile Suit Gundam Battle Operation Code Fairy

- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket

- Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance

- Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt (manga + ONA/compilation films - December Sky & Bandit Flower)

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Battlefield Record U.C. 0081

- Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Deleted Affair - Portrait of Young Comet

- Mobile Suit Gundam École du Ciel

- Advance of Zeta: The Flag of Titans

- Advance of Zeta: The Traitor of Destiny

- Advance of Zeta: The Traitor of Destiny - Blue Wings of the AEUG

- Advance of Zeta: The Traitor of Destiny - Mace of Judgement

- A.O.Z. Re-Boot: Gundam Inle - Dream of the Black Rabbit

- Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

- Gundam Sentinel

- Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ

- Gundam Evolve

- Mobile Suit Gundam Walpurgis + Mobile Suit Gundam Walpurgis Eve

- Mobile Suit Gundam U.C. ENGAGE

MID UNIVERSAL CENTURY (U.C. 0091 - 0105)

- Mobile Suit Moon Gundam

- Mobile Suit Gundam: The Revival of Zeon + Mobile Suit Gundam New Revival of Zeon

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack (1988 film, with small elements of Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack - Beltorchika's Children)

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Twilight AXIS (ONA)

- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (light novel series + anime adaptation)

- Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative

- Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash (light novel trilogy + film adaptation trilogy)

LATE UNIVERSAL CENTURY (U.C. 0112 - 1160)

- Mobile Suit Gundam F90 + Mobile Suit Gundam F90: Fastest Formula (F90FF)

- Mobile Suit Gundam F91

- Mobile Suit Gundam F91: Formula Report 122

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: The Steel Seven

- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam

- Mobile Suit Victory Gundam Outside Story: Project Exodus

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Ghost

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Dust

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: X-11

- Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Love & Peace

- Mobile Suit Gundam Almarya

- Gaia Gear (1992 radio drama + concepts and fan theories from YouTuber GaiaGaiyus in his video analysis series on Gaia Gear's story)

- G-Saviour (2000 film + PS2 video game)

- Cyber Newtype Story: MAD WANG 1160