Operation Stardust
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Operation Stardust is the name of a fictional conflict, set in the Universal Century from the anime Gundam metaseries.
Operation Stardust was undertaken by remnants of the Zeon forces in the year U.C. 0083 and is a major plotpoint of Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory.
Operation Details
General Anavel Gato, a feared mobile suit pilot during the One Year War, leads the operation, beginning with the theft of the RX-78GP02A Gundam Physalis, a mobile suit prototype armed with a nuclear warhead, from the Earth Federation. Rookie Gundam pilot Kou Uraki pursues Gato using the experimental RX-78GP01 Gundam Zephyranthes, but Gato escapes. Gato then moves out towards the Sea of Solomon, a former Zeon military base, where members of the Earth Federation are gathering a large number of warships and mobile suits for a ceremony. Before Kou can catch up, Gato arrives there first and launches the nuclear warhead in order to destroy the base, and a large scale battle ensues.
However, this is all only a distraction to keep the Federation away from the Zeon force's main plan. The Zeon forces collide two space colonies together, sending one of them on a collision course with the moon. While the Federation is still busy fighting at the Sea of Solomon, defensive forces on the moon fire a weapon to deflect the incoming colony, sending it careening towards Earth, and the Federation forces at the Sea of Solomon don't have the fuel to intercept it. In a last ditch effort, the Federation sets up a Solar Ray system in order to destroy the colony. Although not entirely successful, the colony's course is altered just enough, allowing it to fall with minimal damage to the Federation.
Outcome
Following the end of the operation, the Earth Military instates an elite force known as the Titans in order to suppress anti-Federation activity.
External Link
- GundamOfficial.com (http://www.gundamofficial.com)