The African Union is a nation featured in the Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS television series. The African Union's territories include Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and a portion of South Asia. They also had a territory on Mars, but following the McGillis Fareed Incident, the territory was granted to the newly formed Martian Union.
Locations[]
Martian Territories[]
After the Calamity War, Mars was divided up into territories, each of which were ruled by Earth's economic blocs. The African Union government later gave limited autonomy to this territory.
Dort Colony Cluster[]
The Dort Company built and runs six industrial space colonies as part of a public enterprise run by the African Union. Dort Two is where many factory workers live and work, including Biscuit Griffon's family. Tekkadan delivers cargo from GN Trading to the workers of Dort Two. Dort Three is where factory owners from Earth live and the home of several commercial facilities.[1]
History[]
P.D. 236[]
The African Union government had given limited autonomy to its Martian territories.
P.D. 323[]
Following Kudelia Aina Bernstein's speech to the Earth Sphere, the workers in the Dort Colonies were inspired to rise up and fight for better working conditions. Nobliss Gordon then set Kudelia up as the leader of the movement and supplied the workers with weapons while secretly colluding with Gjallarhorn to suppress the insurrection and kill Kudelia.
When Tekkadan arrived with cargo containing guns and mobile workers from GN Trading, the workers congrogate at Dort Three to organize an armed protest and Kudelia stumbled upon them, giving Gjallarhorn the last piece they needed to put their plan in motion. After setting off explosions near the main Dort office, Gjallarhorn soldiers open fire on the workers, slaughtering most of them after their weapons don't work.[2]
The workers tried to retaliate by stealing several UGY-R38 Spinner Rodi mobile suits they use for colony wall construction to launch a counterattack on the Arianrhod Fleet with container ships carrying missiles as backup. But it turned into another slaughter since Gjallarhorn sabotaged the weapons and mobile suits beforehand while Gjallarhorn used the media to paint the whole situation as an armed uprising started by the workers. Tekkadan intervened in the battle saving a few of the workers while Kudelia broadcasted a message to the entire Earth Sphere exposing Gjallarhorn's corrupt scheme using Nobliss' connections to the African Union.[3]
As a result, Tekkadan escaped from the Dort Colonies with Kudelia after the Regulatory Bureau ordered the Arianrhod Fleet to stand down.[4] Afterward, an agreement is reached between the workers and executives for better working conditions by the time Tekkadan and Kudelia reach Earth.[5]
Notes & Trivia[]
- A real-life African Union exists, encompassing most states within the continent of Africa.
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Episode 14, Vessel of Hope
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Episode 16, Fumitan Admoss
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Episode 17, Kudelia's Decision
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Episode 18, Voice
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS Episode 20, Brother