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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]

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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

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Cosmic Era locations
Space
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
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