Aires City

Aires City
Aires City
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Location	Moon
Usage	Civilian City
Builder	Earth Federation
Controller	Earth Federation New Desides
Miscellaneous

The Autonomous Lunar City Aires (also Ayers City) is a lunar city introduced in the Photo-Novel Gundam Sentinel.

History

Aires city is a southern lunar city in a position such that it never rotates to face the Earth during the Moon's orbit. Because of this and other historical factors, citizens of Aires developed a bizarre cult-like desire for the Earth. This worshipfulness lead them to be leading supporters of the Titans, despite the Titans' atrocities towards both the colonies and lunar cities, such as the attempted colony drop on Von Braun. This loyalty was so fierce that at the end of the Gryps Conflict the militia of Aires, including the Mayor, Kaiser Pinefield sortied in order to defend Gryps 2.

After the return of Kaiser Pinefield and the militia in shame public opinion damned them for not being able to prevent the Anti-Earth Union Group 's victory.

When the Earth Federation Instructor's Corps planned a rebellion to form New Desides, they eagerly supported the rebellion. Kaiser Pinefield arranged to have Aires City as the New Desides fallback location if Pezun fell and even prepared the city's mass driver to allow New Desides transit back into space in the event that the city was overrun.

On March 12, UC 0088, the New Desides landed at Aires City. The city prioritized letting them land over the regularly scheduled craft. Mayor Pinefield met with New Desides leader Tosh Cray and the two coordinated the defense of the city, launching a propaganda campaign to incite support among the other lunar cities, the results of which gave them little success.

The first day of the battle for Aires city and Operation Eagle Fall was March 17th. In the week that followed the city militia along with New Desides put up a desperate defense, losing parts of the city every day until finally on March 24th the noose was tightened. The area held by New Desides and their lunar supporters was only four kilometers. The militia and New Desides covered the cities mass driver and continued to defend it while New Desides forces were launched into space.

By March 28th Aires city had no choice but to surrender to Task Force Alpha, but by that time the city was largely destroyed.

Notes & Trivia

• Like many aspects from Gundam Sentinel, Aires City name and fate referenced those in Boshin War, specifically Aizu domain.
  • Ayers is Western phoneticalization of Aizu domain, which was known as a supporter of the Shinsengumi.
  • Kasier Pinefield - Matsudaira Katamori - The kanji that composed to "Matsudaira"(松平) consist of "Pine" and "flat", which is a characteristic of a field. "Kasier" is westernized phonetically from "Katamori". Matsudaira is the 9th Daimyo of Aizu, just as Pinefield is the mayor of Ayers.
  • Battle of Ayers City events mirrored those of Battle of Aizu (While the Battle of Ayers City also referred to many battles of Boshin War)
  • The White Squad of Ayers City is a reference to Byakkotai (The White Tiger Squad), both of which compose of young and new soldiers. The suicidal runs of the White Squad paralleled the seppuku of the Byakkotai.
  • At the end, Ayers city losses due to political abandonment from both Titans and other Lunar cities. This reflect that Aizu was abandoned by its allies just prior to Battle of Aizu.