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Antarctic Base - Neutral
Located deep within Antarctica, this remote facility was the place where Zechs Merquise completed the restoration of the self-destructed XXXG-01W Wing Gundam. After the arrival of its pilot,Heero Yuy, he and Zechs engaged in a duel, as Zechs desired to finish the fight in Siberia that was interrupted by OZ. However, Heero chose to use Trowa Barton's XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms instead, feeling that using Wing would make him feel beholden to Zechs. The duel raged over the frozen ground, only to be interrupted by Relena Darlian, who was seeking Heero in order to give him an important message. The duel was abruptly brought to an end when OZ's assault force arrived, and Zechs took off to fight them in order to give the Gundam Pilots and his younger sister the chance to escape.
Brussels - UESA
This Belgian city is the site of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation's government, including the Presidential mansion, which can retract deep underground beneath several heavily-shielded shutters, designed to withstand a nuclear attack. During the events of Endless Waltz, Mariemaia uses the mansion as her base following the successful landing operation on Earth. A large-scale battle was launched by Preventer and the Gundam Pilots to rescue the captured Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, but they were unable to break through heavy opposition from the Mariemaia Army's MMS-01 Serpent troops. Despite the shelter's heavy layers of shielding, the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero managed to break through with three successive shots from its twin buster rifle, though the attack destroyed the Gundam in the process.
Lake Victoria Base - UESA
The site of the primary training facility for the Specials (and later OZ), Lake Victoria is overseen by Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin, who graduated from the facility as the second best pilot, after Zechs Merquise (though it is implied she held back to make Zechs look better). Though Noin hated war, she taught soldiers out of her love of space, and tried to instill that love in all of her trainees as well. Shortly after Operation Meteor was launched, Gundam Pilot Chang Wufei killed the latest graduating class by bombing the barracks at night. Enraged at herself for being unable to do anything to stop Chang, Noin left the base to join Zechs in the frontlines against the Gundams. After her departure, the base was apparently converted into a supply depot. Zechs temporarily used Lake Victoria as his base while he was reconstructing Wing Gundam, but with increased pressure from Romefeller investigators, he moved the operation to Antarctica.
Luxembourg - OZ
This small European nation was the home to the Treize Faction's headquarters, which was Treize Khushrenada's private estate. While confined to his estate, Treize constructed the OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon in secret. When Romefeller attempted to kill Treize to end his supporters' rebellion, Heero Yuy went to Luxembourg to do the same, only to have Treize give him the Gundam before fleeing the attack.
Maganac Village - UESA
Located somewhere in Mesopotamia, this Middle Eastern village is home to the Maganac Corp mercenary group. The people of the village admired the Maganacs for their courage and dedication, and its members were celebrated as heroes whenever they returned. Following OZ's threats on the colonies, Quatre Raberba Winner and Duo Maxwell came to the village with the Maganacs to rest. Unfortunately, OZ tracked them there and attempted to flush the pilots out by planting time bombs all over the village. The Maganacs used their secret underground base to help evacuate the civilians while striking at OZ, capturing a transport which Duo and Quatre used to head to the young Winner heir's mansion.
Mogadishu Base - UESA
A major Alliance base, primarily noted for the presence of the Noventa Cannon, a very powerful wide-area saturation beam cannon emplacement. The Alliance believed the Noventa Cannon to be a flawless defense, but this was proven wrong by an assault staged by OZ's Somalia force, wherein Zechs Merquise's attack got the Alliance to point the cannon inland, which made it vulnerable to an attack force lead by unit commanders Alex and Meuller.
New Edwards Base - UESA
Located in California, the New Edwards Base was a prominent Earth Alliance military base and the site of a conference in mid-May regarding the Gundams. The Alliance's more prominent members decided to seek peace with the colonies, but unfortunately the Gundam Pilots were deceived into thinking that the meeting was one of top OZ officials. Treize Khushrenada allowed the Alliance peacemakers the use his personal shuttle, which led to Heero Yuy killing them all, believing the shuttle to contain important OZ members. The backlash from this incident led to OZ's takeover of the Earth. The New Edwards Base also stored a number of nuclear warheads, which were programmed to go off and destroy the Gundams; however, the efforts of the five pilots allowed them to disarm the warheads.
Sanc Kingdom - OZ
A Northern European nation, the Sanc Kingdom became famous in the late AC 100s when the ruling family, the Peacecrafts, declared their nation a pacifist state following the teachings of colonial leader Heero Yuy. The Alliance judged the Sanc Kingdom to be a threat to their dominance, an attack was staged in AC 182, leading to the kingdom's dissolution and the deaths of King Peacecraft and his wife Katrina. For years, the individual cities of the former Sanc Kingdom existed, though were not formally recognized as a nation. Thirteen years after the nation's fall, the Peacecrafts' lost daughter Relena returned and formally revived the nation, once more espousing total pacifism. The leaders of many nations sent their children to the kingdom to learn of its philosophies, of which its princess was still a student (at her own admission). However, one policy would become the nation's undoing; reaching out to all peoples, Relena declared the kingdom a neutral nation in the growing conflict and invited anyone who wanted to escape the war to join her. The presence of several former Alliance and Treize Faction soldiers (as well as Gundam Pilots Heero Yuy and Quatre Raberba Winner) gave the Romefeller Foundation the excuse it needed to stage an invasion, this time using their deadly new mobile dolls. Rather than seeing her people suffer again, Relena voluntarily dissolved the nation and gave herself over to Romefeller.
Siberia - UESA
As well as being the location of an Alliance base, Siberia was the site of a major battle. In an attempt to lure out the Gundams, OZ published news of a shipment of the new OZ-12SMS Taurus mobile suit, but mentioned two routes of transit, never saying which was real. The aerial route, which crossed Siberia, turned out to be the real route, and was attacked by Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton. During the attack, Zechs Merquise interceded, wanting to test his new OZ-00MS Tallgeese against the Gundams. Unfortunately, during his duel with Heero, OZ's Lady Une threatened to destroy a civilian colony unless the Gundam Pilots surrendered. Under orders, Heero self-destructed his Gundam, gravely injuring himself and wrecking the machine. Zechs, disgusted by OZ's actions, allowed Trowa to get Heero to safety, and collected Wing's remains so that he could rebuild it.
United States of America - UESA
As well as featuring several important locations in Gundam Wing, the US features some more generalized locations. Duo Maxwell is sent to attack an Alliance mobile suit plant in North America in the series' first episode.[citation needed] Battlefield of Pacifists features O-Star Industries, a major manufacturer of mobile suits and farming equipment, which is located in Texas.
Located deep within Antarctica, this remote facility was the place where Zechs Merquise completed the restoration of the self-destructed XXXG-01W Wing Gundam. After the arrival of its pilot,Heero Yuy, he and Zechs engaged in a duel, as Zechs desired to finish the fight in Siberia that was interrupted by OZ. However, Heero chose to use Trowa Barton's XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms instead, feeling that using Wing would make him feel beholden to Zechs. The duel raged over the frozen ground, only to be interrupted by Relena Darlian, who was seeking Heero in order to give him an important message. The duel was abruptly brought to an end when OZ's assault force arrived, and Zechs took off to fight them in order to give the Gundam Pilots and his younger sister the chance to escape.
Brussels - UESA
This Belgian city is the site of the Earth Sphere Unified Nation's government, including the Presidential mansion, which can retract deep underground beneath several heavily-shielded shutters, designed to withstand a nuclear attack. During the events of Endless Waltz, Mariemaia uses the mansion as her base following the successful landing operation on Earth. A large-scale battle was launched by Preventer and the Gundam Pilots to rescue the captured Vice Foreign Minister Darlian, but they were unable to break through heavy opposition from the Mariemaia Army's MMS-01 Serpent troops. Despite the shelter's heavy layers of shielding, the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero managed to break through with three successive shots from its twin buster rifle, though the attack destroyed the Gundam in the process.
Lake Victoria Base - UESA
The site of the primary training facility for the Specials (and later OZ), Lake Victoria is overseen by Lieutenant Lucrezia Noin, who graduated from the facility as the second best pilot, after Zechs Merquise (though it is implied she held back to make Zechs look better). Though Noin hated war, she taught soldiers out of her love of space, and tried to instill that love in all of her trainees as well. Shortly after Operation Meteor was launched, Gundam Pilot Chang Wufei killed the latest graduating class by bombing the barracks at night. Enraged at herself for being unable to do anything to stop Chang, Noin left the base to join Zechs in the frontlines against the Gundams. After her departure, the base was apparently converted into a supply depot. Zechs temporarily used Lake Victoria as his base while he was reconstructing Wing Gundam, but with increased pressure from Romefeller investigators, he moved the operation to Antarctica.
Luxembourg - OZ
This small European nation was the home to the Treize Faction's headquarters, which was Treize Khushrenada's private estate. While confined to his estate, Treize constructed the OZ-13MS Gundam Epyon in secret. When Romefeller attempted to kill Treize to end his supporters' rebellion, Heero Yuy went to Luxembourg to do the same, only to have Treize give him the Gundam before fleeing the attack.
Maganac Village - UESA
Located somewhere in Mesopotamia, this Middle Eastern village is home to the Maganac Corp mercenary group. The people of the village admired the Maganacs for their courage and dedication, and its members were celebrated as heroes whenever they returned. Following OZ's threats on the colonies, Quatre Raberba Winner and Duo Maxwell came to the village with the Maganacs to rest. Unfortunately, OZ tracked them there and attempted to flush the pilots out by planting time bombs all over the village. The Maganacs used their secret underground base to help evacuate the civilians while striking at OZ, capturing a transport which Duo and Quatre used to head to the young Winner heir's mansion.
Mogadishu Base - UESA
A major Alliance base, primarily noted for the presence of the Noventa Cannon, a very powerful wide-area saturation beam cannon emplacement. The Alliance believed the Noventa Cannon to be a flawless defense, but this was proven wrong by an assault staged by OZ's Somalia force, wherein Zechs Merquise's attack got the Alliance to point the cannon inland, which made it vulnerable to an attack force lead by unit commanders Alex and Meuller.
New Edwards Base - UESA
Located in California, the New Edwards Base was a prominent Earth Alliance military base and the site of a conference in mid-May regarding the Gundams. The Alliance's more prominent members decided to seek peace with the colonies, but unfortunately the Gundam Pilots were deceived into thinking that the meeting was one of top OZ officials. Treize Khushrenada allowed the Alliance peacemakers the use his personal shuttle, which led to Heero Yuy killing them all, believing the shuttle to contain important OZ members. The backlash from this incident led to OZ's takeover of the Earth. The New Edwards Base also stored a number of nuclear warheads, which were programmed to go off and destroy the Gundams; however, the efforts of the five pilots allowed them to disarm the warheads.
Sanc Kingdom - OZ
A Northern European nation, the Sanc Kingdom became famous in the late AC 100s when the ruling family, the Peacecrafts, declared their nation a pacifist state following the teachings of colonial leader Heero Yuy. The Alliance judged the Sanc Kingdom to be a threat to their dominance, an attack was staged in AC 182, leading to the kingdom's dissolution and the deaths of King Peacecraft and his wife Katrina. For years, the individual cities of the former Sanc Kingdom existed, though were not formally recognized as a nation. Thirteen years after the nation's fall, the Peacecrafts' lost daughter Relena returned and formally revived the nation, once more espousing total pacifism. The leaders of many nations sent their children to the kingdom to learn of its philosophies, of which its princess was still a student (at her own admission). However, one policy would become the nation's undoing; reaching out to all peoples, Relena declared the kingdom a neutral nation in the growing conflict and invited anyone who wanted to escape the war to join her. The presence of several former Alliance and Treize Faction soldiers (as well as Gundam Pilots Heero Yuy and Quatre Raberba Winner) gave the Romefeller Foundation the excuse it needed to stage an invasion, this time using their deadly new mobile dolls. Rather than seeing her people suffer again, Relena voluntarily dissolved the nation and gave herself over to Romefeller.
Siberia - UESA
As well as being the location of an Alliance base, Siberia was the site of a major battle. In an attempt to lure out the Gundams, OZ published news of a shipment of the new OZ-12SMS Taurus mobile suit, but mentioned two routes of transit, never saying which was real. The aerial route, which crossed Siberia, turned out to be the real route, and was attacked by Heero Yuy and Trowa Barton. During the attack, Zechs Merquise interceded, wanting to test his new OZ-00MS Tallgeese against the Gundams. Unfortunately, during his duel with Heero, OZ's Lady Une threatened to destroy a civilian colony unless the Gundam Pilots surrendered. Under orders, Heero self-destructed his Gundam, gravely injuring himself and wrecking the machine. Zechs, disgusted by OZ's actions, allowed Trowa to get Heero to safety, and collected Wing's remains so that he could rebuild it.
United States of America - UESA
As well as featuring several important locations in Gundam Wing, the US features some more generalized locations. Duo Maxwell is sent to attack an Alliance mobile suit plant in North America in the series' first episode.[citation needed] Battlefield of Pacifists features O-Star Industries, a major manufacturer of mobile suits and farming equipment, which is located in Texas.