Dakar

Dakar
Dakar
Data
Location	Earth (Africa)
Controller	Earth Federation Neo Zeon (Temporarily)
Miscellaneous
OVA	MSG-UC: First Seen in Episode #4
Novel	Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn

Dakar is a location introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.

Overview

Dakar is a city located in northwestern Africa, which was chosen as the political capital of the Earth Federation upon its founding.

History

Dakar assumed the role of capital of Earth Federation in U.C. 0001. The city was the site of the Earth Federation Assembly Hall, the building where the members of the Earth Federation Assembly convened.

Gryps War

In U.C. 0087, Anti Earth Union Group leader Commodore Blex Forer and Lieutenant Quattro Bajeena visited Dakar to attend meetings of the Earth Federation Assembly and argue against plans for the government to hand over operational control of the Earth Federation Forces to the Titans. Jamitov Hymen, leader of the Titans, spoke at the Assembly meetings to defend the Titans' request and seemingly won over the Assembly members by taking the position that politicians governing Earth should live on Earth. Forer was convinced by Bajeena to formally propose that the Assembly members should move to space to be more in touch with the space-based human population under Federation rule. However, Forer was assassinated by a Titans operative while staying at the Hotel Dakar Prince, and with his dying words he urged Bajeena to assume leadership of the AEUG. The next day, with Bajeena witnessing, the Earth Federation Assembly unanimously approved a bill to transfer the EFF to the Titans.

Later that year, following the Attack on Kilimanjaro, Quattro Bajeena interrupted a meeting of the Earth Federation Assembly to reveal himself as Char Aznable and denounce the Titans to the world in an impassioned speech advocating that humanity's future lay in space, not on the ecologically-overtaxed Earth. The Titans attempted to physically halt the broadcast of the speech via Mobile Suit warfare in the First Battle of Dakar, ironically providing a firsthand demonstration to legitimize Quattro's claims against them. During the battle, the Earth Federation Assembly Hall suffered collateral damage from stray gunfire.

First Neo Zeon War

Shortly after the end of the Gryps War, in U.C. 0088, the First Neo Zeon War broke out and Dakar was occupied by Neo Zeon. While most of the Earth Federation's leadership was detained in the city during the occupation, a number of politicians and military officials managed to leave the city before Neo Zeon sealed it off and secretly fled to Dublin, Ireland, where they continued to run the Federation until later in the war. The combined forces of AEUG and Karaba subsequently retook Dakar and forced Neo Zeon into retreat in the Second Battle of Dakar.

Third Neo Zeon War

In U.C. 0096, Dakar was attacked by the Zeon Remnants to distract the Earth Federation Forces from noticing the descent of the Garencieres to Earth. During the attack, the EFF mobile suits guarding the capital were able to destroy most of the attacking Zeon forces, but were powerless to prevent the destruction of the Assembly Hall and several other buildings by the AMA-X7 Shamblo. The fighting was over before the Londo Bell ship Ra Cailum arrived to reinforce Dakar's defenders. At least 40,000 civilians and military personnel perished in the battle.

Post-U.C. 0100

Sometime after U.C. 0100, the Earth Federation Assembly and other key administrative functions were relocated from Dakar to the Moon and the space colonies. This was well received by the Spacenoids, as the change finally gave them the power to administrate the government.

Gallery

The Earth Federation Assembly Hall in Dakar (U.C. 0087, Zeta)

Inside the Assembly Hall (U.C. 0087, Zeta)

Dakar during the First Battle of Dakar (U.C. 0087, Zeta)

The Assembly Hall is hit by stray fire (U.C. 0087, Zeta)

Dakar during the Neo Zeon occupation (U.C. 0088, ZZ)

The Second Battle of Dakar (U.C. 0088, ZZ)

Dakar under attack during the Laplace Incident (U.C. 0096, Unicorn)

The Earth Federation Assembly Hall, shortly before its destruction by the AMA-X7 Shamblo (U.C. 0096, Unicorn)

Notes & Trivia

• Despite its importance in the original series narrative, the events of Dakar were cut from the second Mobile Suit Z Gundam compilation film Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation II - Lovers.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
  • Episode 24, Counterattack
    • First Appearance
  • Episode 37, The Day of Dakar
• Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ
  • Episode 27, Leina's Blood, Part 1
  • Episode 28, Leina's Blood, Part 2

OVAs and ONAs

• Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
  • Episode 4, At the Bottom of the Gravity Well