Special Feature:This timeline covers the Before War and After War chronology of Gundam X. It's taken almost entirely from the timeline in volume 31 of Gundam Ace magazine, to which I've added episode number references and a couple of minor footnotes.
B.W. 0001.01 |
The 7th Space War begins. The Earth Federation begins the development of the flash system and a series of Gundam mobile suits designed for Newtypes. The Space Revolutionary Army cancels Operation Dahlia, a plan to attack Earth with a colony laser. |
B.W. 0001.04 |
The Space Revolutionary Army launches Operation Lilac, dispatching a Newtype corps to Earth in order to destroy the Earth Federation government. However, the Newtype corps is wiped out just before entering the atmosphere. The Earth Federation Forces' Newtype researchers make preparations for Operation L. The project is canceled while still in its early stages. |
B.W. 0001.08 |
The Space Revolutionary Army carries out a colony drop operation. More than 99 percent of Earth's population is killed. South America is devastated, and the Earth Federation government is destroyed. |
A.W. 0001 |
Sunlight disappears from Earth's surface, and an age of darkness begins. The 7th Space War ends, and the After War calendar is provisionally adopted. |
A.W. 0005 |
Sunlight returns to Earth's surface. The Space Revolutionary Army dispatches spies to Earth. |
A.W. 0015 |
The New Earth Federation Forces complete the unification of the Indian region. The New Earth Federation Forces complete the unification of the East Indies region. The New Earth Federation Forces complete the unification of the Far East region. |
A.W. 0015.04 |
Garrod Ran is hired to retrieve Tiffa Adill from the land warship Freeden. A large number of Vulture mercenaries gather near Saint Range to fight over the Gundam X. Garrod and Tiffa use the Gundam X's satellite cannon to wipe out the Vultures. The Vulture land warship Freeden clashes with the Alternative Company, which is then destroyed by the Gundam X's satellite cannon. |
A.W. 0015.05 |
The Freeden clashes with other Vultures at an old Earth Federation power facility near San Angelo. The facility is destroyed when its reactor explodes. The Freeden battles the old Space Revolutionary Army mobile armor Patulia at the city of Fort Severn. The city suffers severe casualties. The New Earth Federation Forces complete the unification of the African region. |
A.W. 0015.06 |
The New Earth Federation salvages the L System and its G-Bits from the Sea of Lorelei. The New Earth Federation deploys a fleet to attack the Freeden. |
A.W. 0015.07 |
After capturing the Freeden, the New Earth Federation attempts to send Tiffa Adill and Jamil Neate to its Newtype research institute. However, its plans are thwarted when the Freeden crew escape. The Freeden crew capture the Gundam Double X. Garrod Ran uses the Double X's twin satellite cannons to destroy the New Earth Federation's Zonder Epta base. Fixx Bloodman, the leader of the Government Reconstruction Committee, makes a worldwide broadcast to announce the establishment of the New Earth Federation government. |
A.W. 0015.08 |
The New Earth Federation Forces seize control of Saints Island. The New Earth Federation Forces invade the South Asian region and encounter resistance from an alliance of small nations. Heavy casualties ensue. The New Earth Federation Forces invade the United Kingdom of Northernbell and conquer its capital city. The nation is absorbed into the New Earth Federation. The New Earth Federation makes a peace treaty with the Democratic Republic of Gastar. The New Earth Federation Forces suppress an armed insurrection by the guerilla fighters of the National Liberation Front. The People's Republic of Estard surrenders to the New Earth Federation. The unification of the South Asian region is completed. The New Earth Federation Forces liquidate their Newtype research institute on suspicion of treason. Fixx Bloodman reveals the continued existence of the Space Revolutionary Army. The Space Revolutionary Army's hidden spies on Earth begin Operation Verbena. They return to space, taking Tiffa Adill with them. |
A.W. 0015.09 |
The Satyricon resistance group attempts to assassinate Space Revolutionary Army leader Seidel Rasso. The Space Revolutionary Army uses particle reaction missiles to attack the asteroid resource belt that serves as Satyricon's base. The resistance group is wiped out. After fifteen years, the Space Revolutionary Army finally launches Operation Dahlia. However, the colony laser is destroyed by Garrod Ran and Pala Sys. Jamil Neate and the former Freeden crew are rescued from the New Earth Federation Forces by a North American resistance group. An aircraft carrying New Earth Federation leaders crashes with no survivors. The New Earth Federation government blames the crash on a terrorist attack by Space Revolutionary Army spies. |
A.W. 0015.10 |
The 8th Space War begins. The New Earth Federation launches its space fleet. The Space Revolutionary Army dispatches a fleet to the DOME installation on the moon. The fleet suffers heavy casualties from DOME's automated defenses. The former Freeden crew steal a spaceship from the North American resistance group. Renaming it the Freeden II, they set off for the moon. The New Earth Federation space fleet arrives in lunar orbit. A full-scale armed conflict begins. The Freeden arrives in lunar orbit and intervenes in the fighting between the New Earth Federation Forces and the Space Revolutionary Army. The Freeden II crew and the leaders of the New Earth Federation and Space Revolutionary Army enter DOME. The flagships of the New Earth Federation Forces and the Space Revolutionary Army are destroyed, and the leaders of both sides are killed. The New Earth Federation government arranges a ceasefire with the space colonies of Cloud 9. Small-scale conflicts continue in various areas. |
A.W. 0016.05 |
The New Earth Federation government and Cloud 9 hold their third round of peace negotiations. |
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