Cosmic Era

The Cosmic Era (CE) is the fictional timeline of the anime television series "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" and its spinoff projects. This "Gundam" timeline is noted for its similarities with the Universal Century timeline started by the first "Mobile Suit Gundam" series.

With "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny", the Cosmic Era universe is the only "Gundam" universe after the original Universal Century with multiple TV series (two so far). Before that, the second most developed universe was "Mobile Suit Gundam Wing"'s After Colony universe, with one TV series, two OVA series and a compilation movie. The Universal Century universe remains by far the most developed one, with four TV series, four OVA series, fifteen theatrical releases, and various specials.

eries

*"Gundam SEED" - 50 episodes, plus a five minute After-Phase OVA.
*"" - 3 movies/episodes which recap "Gundam SEED".
*"Gundam SEED Destiny" - 50 episodes, plus a special episode entitled "Edited" which recaps the first 15 episodes, and an After-Phase OVA that is an extended version of the last episode of "Gundam SEED Destiny".
*"" - 4 movies/episodes which recap "Gundam SEED Destiny".
*"" - 3 ONA episodes, side story of "Gundam SEED Destiny".
*"Gundam SEED Astray" - manga side story of "Gundam SEED".
*"Gundam SEED Destiny Astray" - manga side story of "Gundam SEED Destiny".
*"Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray" - manga follow-up to "Gundam SEED Destiny Astray". It will also tie in with the ONA side story "Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer".
*"Gundam SEED Frame Astray" - second manga side story of "Gundam SEED Destiny".

Chronology

;AD calendar: A worldwide economic collapse occurs, due to petroleum resources running out, and worsening environmental pollution. The world's nations form economic blocs, and the Earth becomes divided into a handful of major powers.

:Religious and ethnic friction leads to a global conflict, the third world war, known as the "Reconstruction War", while the Type S influenza virus spreads throughout the world. War and disease produce massive casualties.

;CE -16 April 1: George Glenn is born.

;9: Reconstruction War ends. The United Nations adopts the Cosmic Era calendar and announces a new space development program.

;15: While departing for Jupiter aboard the "Tsiolkovsky", George Glenn reveals that he is a Coordinator, and releases the genetic engineering techniques onto the "worldwide network".

;16: A protocol on genetic modification is adopted, after discussions at an international conference on the Coordinator controversy, prohibiting the manipulation of human genes. However, some wealthy individuals secretly have their children turned into Coordinators.

;29: George Glenn returns with a fossil of a winged whale from Jupiter, known as Evidence 01, providing proof that extraterrestrial life exists.

;30: The Earth's religious authorities are unable to reach any conclusions at the Palestine Conference, and their influence begins to weaken. Acceptance for Coordinators spreads throughout Earth, and the first Coordinator boom begins.

:The space industry intensifies, and construction of numerous space colonies begins at Lagrange point 4.

;35: The Atlantic Federation establishes a lunar base in the Ptolemaeus crater, causing international disapproval, and reveals its first series of mobile armours.

;38: Based on George Glenn's concept for a new type of space colony, construction of new space colonies begins. The construction is funded mainly by the Atlantic Federation, the Eurasian Federation, and the Republic of East Asia, and the new Lagrange point 5 colony cluster is to be managed by representatives of these sponsor nations.

;41: Marriages among first generation Coordinators, who were born in secrecy, produce a purebred second generation, who soon prove to have inherited their parents' abilities.

;44: The first ten space colonies (later known as Aprilius City) of the new Lagrange point 5 cluster are completed. These new type of space colonies are known as PLANTs.

;45: The estimated Coordinator population exceeds ten million.

;46: In the Mendel colony located at Lagrange point 4, Al Da Flaga hires Dr. Ulen Hibiki to create a clone of himself. Rau La Flaga is born later this year.

;50: The Zodiac Alliance is formed by Siegel Clyne and Patrick Zala.

;53: George Glenn is assassinated by a Natural.

:A PLANT Supreme Council is formed.

;54: The mutation of the Type S influenza causes existing vaccines to become useless, and a Type S2 influenza outbreak begins. Rumours begin to spread that Coordinators created this virus to exterminate the Naturals and avenge George Glenn.

;55: Religious authorities claim that the Type S2 influenza outbreak is a divine punishment, and public opinion again turns against genetic modification. Genetic modification is once again prohibited anywhere on Earth.

:A vaccine for the Type S2 influenza is successfully developed in the PLANTs, and delivery of the vaccine to Earth begins. Nonetheless, anti-Coordinator feelings remain strong, and Coordinators remaining on Earth begin leaving for space.

;63: Within the PLANTs, research into the military use of mobile suits begin.

;65: The first prototype mobile suit is secretly completed in the PLANTs. Zodiac Alliance renames itself Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (ZAFT).

;67: Within the PLANTs, the first fully functional mobile suit, the ZGMF-1017 GINN, is completed. The PLANTs secretly begins production of mobile suits.

;68: Blue Cosmos expand to the hundreds of thousands members, and discrimination of Coordinators living on Earth intensifies. It results in almost all Coordinators emigrating to the PLANTs.

;69: Captain Halberton of the Atlantic Federation's 4th Fleet (which will later become the 8th Fleet of the Earth Alliance) proposes the development of the "G series", after recognizing the mobile suit's effectiveness in space combat. Halberton's proposal is rejected by his superiors, but some of them contribute assistance so that the project can carry on in secrecy.

;70, February 5: A terrorist bombing wipes out the United Nations on the Moon in the Tragedy of Copernicus.

;70, February 7: The Earth Alliance is established by the Atlantic Federation.

;70, February 11: The Earth Alliance declares war on the PLANTs.

;70, February 14: With the attack on the Junius Seven colony, the Bloody Valentine War begins.

;71, September 27: Hostilities end with a cease-fire after the Second Battle of Jachin Due.

;72, March 10: The Treaty of Junius is signed, formally ending the Bloody Valentine War. [ [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/background/glossary_misc.html#juniustreaty GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Glossary :: Miscellaneous Terms ] ]

;73: The Second Bloody Valentine War begins after the Earth Alliance declares war against the PLANTs.

;74: Second Bloody Valentine War ends with a peace treaty.

*See Bloody Valentine War and Second Bloody Valentine War for a detailed chronology of events during the wars.

References

*cite web |url=http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/background/timeline.html |title=Cosmic Era timeline |accessdate=2007-04-14 |publisher=GundamOfficial

External links

* [http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Cosmic_Era Gundam wiki Cosmic Era page]
* [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/index.html Official Cosmic Era section at GundamOfficial]