7th Space War

The 7th Space War was a deadly conflict in the series After War Gundam X, with devastating results.

History
Although the exact reasons for the beginning of the war are unknown, it started roughly because one colony planned to seccess from Earth as well as different views about the existence of Newtypes. On one side stood the Earth government known as the United Nations Earth (UNE), on the other side the forces of the colonies, known as the Space Revolutionary Army (SRA). Both sides created many different variants of Mobile Suits and Mobile Armors to fight the other side. Some of these Mobile Weapons were part of special Operations with which both sides hoped to quickly defeat the other side. One such operation was the Operation Lilac of the SRA, which used the large mobile armor MAN-003 Patulia as well as five RMSN-008 Bertigo mobile suits. However each operation was a failure. Both sides also heavily relied upon Newtypes, although both governments had different views of them.

The war finally reached a stalement which lasted eight months, until the SRA threatened to drop dozens of colonies on the planet. The UNE responded by sending out its most powerful series of mobile weapons, the Gundam-type mobile suits consisting of three types of suits: the GT-9600 Gundam Leopard, the GW-9800 Gundam Airmaster and finally the GX-9900 Gundam X. The Gundam X was the most powerful of them, equipped with the so-called Satellite Cannon that used a microwave beam sent from a base on the moon to created a powerful energy beam, capable to destroy a single space colony in one shot. One Gundam X was piloted by young Newtype Jamil Neate who used his Gundam as well as his Bit Mobile Suits to destroy one of the colonies. The SRA responded by sending the remaining colonies to Earth, nearly wiping out the human race. Although the battle in space went on, in the end, there was no winner.

Aftermath
The effects of the colony drop for Earth and the human race were devastating: nine billion humans were killed, large areas of land destroyed and massive climate changes occured. It took about seven years until the beams of the sun reached the ground of the planet again. The human race however survived despite the hardships and started to rebuild its civilication. Also many mobile weapons survived the war, which became powerful tools in the post-war era. The time after the war also became known as the After War era.