.	. In Universal Century year 0079 there was a war. The war had been brewing for many years between the Earth Federation government and a colony on the far side of the Moon that wanted its independence. In order to beat the Federation's space fleet the Zeon's developed a Robotic war-machine called a Mobile Suit that leveraged new advances in technology, turned the tide of war in their favor.The Timeline describes events from the beginning of the U.C. calendar until the end of the One Year War. The Characters page details brief histories of the people who fought and died in that war. Click any of the buttons on the left to begin.