Earth
Federal Forces
The Earth Federal Forces are the military arm of the Earth
Federation Government. Like a modern-day military they're divided
into several branches, the most often-seen one being the
"spacy" or space force. The space force is is sometimes
identified in the animation as U.N.T. Spacy, but the Sunrise
animation studio has now officially determined this
organization's name as being the Earth Federation Space Force.
During the One Year War, the Federal Forces are headquartered in
the underground fortress of Jaburo, constructed in a labyrinth of
natural caves in South America. With its location a
closely-guarded military secret, and protected by its
subterranean location, Jaburo proves itself nearly invulnerable
to enemy attack. This fortress is also a mighty manufacturing
base, whose mobile suit factories and spaceship docks are used to
rebuild the ravaged Federal Forces. However, within a few years
of the war the Federal Forces have moved their operations
elsewhere, and Jaburo has been relegated to a mere supply base.
The Federal Forces' other key stronghold during the One Year War
is the asteroid fortress Luna II. Originally known as Juno, in UC
0045 this 180 kilometer-wide asteroid is moved from the asteroid
belt into Earth orbit, where it becomes a mobile mine for colony
construction. In UC 0060, with colony construction halted and
tensions rising between the Federation and the space colonies,
Luna II is converted into a military base.
In UC 0070, Luna II is moved to its final location at Lagrange
point 3 to support the construction of the Side 7 colony. Since
this puts it at maximum distance from the Principality of Zeon,
the moon, and the other space colonies, its strategic
significance is pretty slight. However, as the Federal Forces'
only surviving space outpost, Luna II proves a valuable staging
area for the Federal Forces during the last days of the war.
Though its manufacturing capacity is small compared to that of
Jaburo, it also contributes some quantities of warships and
mobile suits to the Federal Forces' arsenal. After the war, Luna
II remains in use as a military base until it is raided by the
Neo Zeon in UC 0093.
During the last days of the One Year War, the resurgent Federal
Forces succeed in capturing the Principality of Zeon's asteroid
fortress of Solomon. Now renamed Konpei Island, the captured
fortress serves as a staging area for the Federal Forces' final
push into the enemy's homeland. Due to its prime location near
Side 1, Konpei Island becomes the primary space headquarters of
the Federal Forces after the war... at least until a disastrous
attack on the Federal Forces' naval review in UC 0083.