Solomon

Solomon (later renamed Konpei Island) is an asteroid situated at Lagrange point 5, amid the ruins of the Side 1 cluster. The area of space surrounding the asteroid is known as the Sea of Solomon, giving the fortress its name. Solomon was one of the Principality of Zeon's asteroid fortresses, which served as the frontline base of Dozle Zabi's Space Attack Force. It is from here that Zeon launched its first attacks against the Earth Federation during the opening days of the One Year War. From this strategic base, the Principality's space fleets carried out numerous sorties against the Earth Federation Space Force. As such, it became a large target for the Earth Federation as the war began to shift back into the federations favor.

On December 24, UC0079, a massive battle was fought here for control of the asteroid. The battle was rather one sided towards the federation, as it was the first battle that saw wide scale deployment of the federations mobile suit forces. During the battle Public-class assault boats were able to neutralize the space fortress' beam cannon defenses with beam-dispersing smoke clouds, forcing Zeon mobile suits stationed there to advance beyond the base's defensive radius, making them easy targets for advancing Federation warships. The Federation also unleashed their secret weapon: a solar reflector array, known as the Solar System, utterly decimating Solomon's primary space gate and all mobile suits and ships attempting to sortie from there.

With casualties mounting and reinforcements being delayed by "political complications", Zeon Space Attack Forces commander Dozle Zabi orders the evacuation of the base and boards the mobile armor Big Zam. While the Big Zam's initial deployment decimates many Federal warships and mobile suits, allowing many Zeons (including Dozle's wife Zenna and daughter Mineva) to retreat from Solomon, it is ultimately disabled by a daring and sacrificial maneuver on behalf of 13th Autonomous Corps pilot Sleggar Law, and subsequently destroyed by Amuro's RX-78-2 Gundam. Solomon is quickly run over thereafter by the EFSF.

After the battle Solomon was used a staging area for their invasion of the Principality of Zeon's home territory and was renamed Konpei Island. As the war came to a close Konpei Island remained a base for the Earth Federation and in U.C. 0083 it's the site of a full-scale naval review. This made it the main target for the Delaz Fleet during Opration Stardust. Zeon ace Anavel Gato used the RX-78GP02 Gundam Physalis to attack the Naval Review at Konpei with an MK-82 nuclear warhead, destroying or crippling 1/3 of the Federation's naval forces that took part in it.