Copernicus is a city on the moon introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Overview[]
The first lunar city, Copernicus was built inside a 93-km-diameter crater located in Oceanus Procellarum. Construction of this large city began in C.E. 10 as a means of providing raw materials for the space colony program. By the time it was completed in C.E. 12, it was also opened to civilian inhabitants. In the C.E. 70s, it was a free and neutral city, not belonging to either the Earth Alliance or PLANT.
History[]
Athrun Zala and Kira Yamato attended a preparatory school in this city when they first met in C.E. 61.[1] In C.E. 68, Athrun and his mother Lenore Zala left the city due to Patrick Zala calling them back home to PLANT. In the same year, the Yamato family also left the city and moved to the Orb Union-controlled space colony, Heliopolis.
In C.E. 70, the city was chosen by the United Nations as the site of a final round of peace negotiations between Earth and PLANT. However, a terrorist bombing on February 5 killed the sponsor nations' representatives and senior leadership of the UN, with PLANT representative Siegel Clyne only surviving because a shuttle malfunction had delayed his arrival.
In C.E. 74, three Izumo-class battleships of the Orb Force's Second Space Fleet, the Kusanagi, the Susanoo, and the Tsukuyomi, were docked at the Copernicus’ spaceport. After the Archangel met up with the three ships, a second assassination attempt on Lacus Clyne, guided by Meer Campbell, took place, resulting in Meer's death.[2] Later, the four ships launched from Copernicus to neutralize Requiem before it could destroy the Orb Union.[3]
Gallery[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- Copernicus is visually identical to the lunar city Genganam seen in episode 40 of Turn A Gundam. It is one of several locations seen in SEED Destiny that resembles a location from Turn A. Shigemi Ikeda served as the art director for both series.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-01, False Peace
- First Appearance; Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-03, Collapsing Land
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-24, War for Two
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-28, Kira
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-30, Flashing Blades
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-31, Grieving Skies
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-39, Athrun
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-01, False Peace
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-46, The Song of Truth
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-04, Silent Run
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-46, The Song of Truth
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-47, Meer
Cosmic Era locations | |
Space | |
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Apollon A | Armory One | Ame-no-Mihashira | Artemis | Boaz | Debris Belt | Development Facility Satellite | Dock | Erudou | Factory | Heliopolis | Jachin Due | L4 Colony Cluster | Liteiria | Messiah | PLANT Colonies | Troya Station | Yggdrasil | ZAFT Military Station | Zodiac | |
Debris Belt Locations Graveyard | Junius Seven | |
Heliopolis Locations Morgenröte Facility | |
L4 Colony Cluster Locations Mendel | |
Mendel Locations G.A.R.M. R&D Facility | |
PLANT Colonies Locations Aprilius One | Junius Five | Junius Seven | |
Aprilius One Locations Clyne Manor | PLANT Supreme Council Building | ZAFT Military Factory | |
Junius Five Locations White Symphony | |
Moon | |
Arzachel Lunar Base | Copernicus City | Daedalus Lunar Base | Endymion Base | Lorenz Base | Ptolemaeus Lunar Base | |
Earth | |
Berlin | Carpentaria Base | Diocuia | Fortaleza | Gibraltar Base | Giga-Float | Gulnahan Ravine | Heaven's Base | Indian Ocean | Kaohsiung Base | Kirgitz Plant | Lagash Base | Lodonia Lab | Mahamul Base | North Africa | North America | Orb Archipelago | Orbit Traffic Observation Center | Red Sea | Reverend Malchio's Orphanage | Scandinavia | South Africa | South America | Victoria Base | Yap Island | |
Diocuia Locations Diocuia Base | |
Gulnahan Ravine Locations Lohengrin Gate | |
Indian Ocean Locations Indian Ocean Base | Indian Ocean Island | |
North Africa Locations Al-Jairi's Factory | Al-Jairi's Home | Banadiya | Desert Dawn Base | Moula | Suez Base | Talbadiya Factory District | Tassil | |
Banadiya Locations ZAFT Banadiya Base | |
North America Flaga Estate | JOSH-A | Panama Base | White House | |
Orb Archipelago Locations Akatsuki Island | Kaguya Island | Onogoro Island | Sadeyori Island | Yalafath Island | |
Akatsuki Island Locations Akatsuki Manor | |
Onogoro Island Locations Morgenröte Headquarters | Morgenröte Underground Dock | Orb National Defense Headquarters | |
Yalafath Island Locations Allster Family Home | Athha Estate | Ceremonial Temple | Orb Administrative Building | Seiran Family Estate | |
Others | |
Bautroya | Jupiter | Mars | |
Bautroya Locations DSSD Supply Station |