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The Ptolemaeus Lunar Base is a military facility located on the Moon, introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Overview[]

Located on the Ptolemaeus crater, the Ptolemaeus Lunar Base was built by the Atlantic Federation for the purpose of overseeing the construction of the PLANT colonies. Following the outbreak of the First Alliance-PLANT War, the base was transformed into the military headquarters of the Earth Alliance's space force. The base received supplies from Earth via the Mass Drivers located within the territories of the Earth Alliance.

History[]

The Ptolemaeus Lunar Base was built in C.E. 35 by the Atlantic Federation to oversee the space colonies. It was built in the Ptolemaeus crater from which it derived its name. The trait to name moon bases after craters they are built in was carried over to future bases and cities.

When the First Alliance-PLANT War broke out between PLANT and the Earth Alliance, the base became the headquarters of the EA's Space Forces, from where they launched their attacks on PLANT. The Ptolemaeus Lunar Base was a strategically significant target in the early months of the war, with ZAFT initiating the Grimaldi Front, a month long campaign to claim supremacy on the Moon. On June 2, C.E. 70, ZAFT forces retreated from the Moon following the Battle of Endymion Crater, the final battle of the Grimaldi Front, leaving Ptolemaeus intact, and the Moon in the hands of the Earth Alliance.

By C.E. 71, ZAFT had shifted it strategy towards the Lunar Base, and sought to cripple the base by starving it of supplies from Earth by destroying the EA's Mass Drivers. This strategy proved effective, as after having lost their Mass Drives to ZAFT in the Battle of Kaohsiung,[1] the Second Battle of Victoria,[2] and the Battle of Porta Panama,[3] the Lunar Base was estimated to quickly exhaust its supplies if not replenished.[4] The EA eventually reclaimed their Mass Driver at the Victoria Base and re-established there supply route to the Moon.[5] The base was destroyed on September 27, CE 71, the last day of the war, by ZAFT's superweapon GENESIS.[6]

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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 | Kira and Lacus' Mansion | 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 | Ishtaria | Kaohsiung Base | Kirgitz Plant | Lagash Base | Lodonia Lab | Mahamul Base | Moscow | 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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