| Operation Meteor
The space colonists' plan for revenge against the Alliance and the secret society which controls it. The operation is launched on April 7, AC 195 - twenty years to the day after OZ assassins killed colony leader Heero Yuy. As part of Operation Meteor five advanced Gundam mobile suits are sent to Earth, disguised as shooting stars, to wage guerilla war against the Alliance military.
OZ
As a corporate subsidiary of the Romefeller Foundation, OZ developed the first military mobile suits. Around AC 175, OZ was refashioned into a secret society, dedicated to carrying out the Romefeller Foundation's plans. Most of the Specials are in fact OZ members, and through this elite fighting force, OZ has infiltrated the Alliance military and influenced its policies.
Romefeller Foundation
An industrial combine controlled by European aristocrats, which develops and produces the Alliance's mobile suits. The Romefeller Foundation is also a major financial backer of the Alliance, and through the secret society OZ - disguised as the elite "Specials" force - it secretly manipulates the Alliance for its own purposes.
Special Mobile Suit Corps ("Specials")
An elite branch of the Alliance military, made up of Romefeller Foundation employees. The Specials were established in AC 176 as the Alliance's first mobile suit force. Though other military branches have adopted mobile suits over the last twenty years, the Specials still have the most advanced equipment, training, and tactics.
Sweeper Group
An organization of scavengers and salvage merchants, with branches both in space and on Earth. The Sweeper Group makes a comfortable living collecting the debris that drifts in Earth orbit and the scrap produced by Earth's recurring wars. Its members include Gundam pilot Duo Maxwell, as well as the seagoing scavenger Howard.
United Earth Sphere Alliance
The world government that rules Earth and its space colonies. Established in AC 133, after decades of warfare between Earth's nations, the Alliance was created to unify the human race in peace and prosperity. From the beginning, however, the Alliance used military force to accomplish its noble goals. Now, after decades of crushing rogue nations and bullying the space colonies, it's widely despised as a repressive dictatorship. |
