Heliopolis is a Space Colony that first appears in the series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Overview[]
Heliopolis is a space colony, which uses the old "Island 3" design and is located at Lagrange 3. The colony is reinforced with a central axial shaft and the colony cylinder is attached to a mining asteroid, providing the colony and its owner Orb with resources. The colony is mainly used for civilians with large space provided for them. Morgenroete, Inc., a military company, also holds facilities there which are used in the CE 70s to construct mobile suits for both Orb and the Earth Alliance there. In case of an attack, the colony has shelters and emergency capsules for the civilians.
History[]
Construction of the Heliopolis colony began in C.E. 30 by the Orb Union, in the same year during which Orb also built its Kaguya Mass Driver. The colony was used as a resource satellite by the small country, which lacked the large territory and vast resources the other superpowers of the planet had. Over time, the colony, like Orb itself, became home for a large number of civilians, both Naturals and Coordinators, while the military company Morgenroete, Inc. also maintained facilities there.
When the relationship between the PLANTs and the Earth Alliance began to deteriorate in the late CE 60s, the colony, thanks to the neutral position of Orb, became home for civilians who left Copernicus city, among them the Yamato family. On July 12, CE 70, the mobile suit construction program of the Atlantic Federation, known under the codename G Project, began at the Heliopolis colony in collaboration with Morgenroete. This was due to pressure from the Atlantic Federation and therefore, a few cabinet members of the Orb Union government made the decisions on their own to help the Atlantic Federation build their mobile suits.[1] However, the Orb Union also had their own plans and created the astray series from stolen data from the G-Project. On January 20, C.E. 71, the first five mobile suits of this series were rolled out at the colony. ZAFT however had a spy in the colony who informed the Le Creuset Team on the Nazca-class destroyer Vesalius about the suits.
Battle of Heliopolis[]
On January 25, C.E. 71, a team from the ship secretly entered the colony and successfully stole four of the five GAT-X suits, while at the same time causing major damage to the Morgenroete facility.[2] The last suit, the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, was boarded by Murrue Ramius and Kira Yamato, with it eventually being able to effectively fight against the invaders.[3] The ZAFT forces at first left the colony, whose central axial shaft was damaged during the fighting, while a large hole was blasted into the colony's wall by the Strike. About six hours after the first attack, the ZAFT forces attacked the Archangel hiding inside the colony again, which eventually resulted in the total collapse of the colony.[4][5] After the destruction of Heliopolis, ZAFT was blamed for the incident, therefore, the PLANT Supreme Council ordered the Versalius to return to the PLANT Colonies to solve the matter.[6][7]
The Astray Units and the Skirmish at Heliopolis[]
During and after the battle, other figures made plays for what was left inside the the colony. Unbeknown to the Earth Alliance, the Orb Union was secretly building their own prototype Mobile Suits based on the G Project technology, the Astray series. When the fighting started, one of those at the factories, Rondo Gina Sahaku, took possession of the MBF-P01 Gundam Astray Gold Frame, and used the GAT-X102 Duel Gundam's 350mm "Gáe Bulg" Rail Bazooka to escape, losing one of the unit's arms due to the recoil.[8] Sometime later, members of the Junk Guild, lead by technician Lowe Guele, investigated the ruins and discovered the Gold Frame's sibling units, the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame and MBF-P03 Gundam Astray Blue Frame along with the Gold Frame's missing arm. Lowe took possession of the Red Frame and later give the Blue Frame to Serpent Tail member Gai Murakumo as payment for accidentally wrecking his ZGMF-1017 Gai's GINN.[9]
Gallery[]
Anime[]
Illustrations & Artwork[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-01, False Peace
- First Appearance
- PHASE-02, Its Name: Gundam
- PHASE-03, Collapsing Land
- Destroyed
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
- Wreckage
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-07, The Scar of Space
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-09, The Fading Light
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-11, The Awakening Sword
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-12, Flay's Decision
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-24, War for Two
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-41, Trembling World
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-15, The Respective Solitudes
- In Flashback(s); HD Remaster
- PHASE-17, Cagalli Returns
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-25, The Land of Peace
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-27, Endless Rondo
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-28, Kira
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-31, Grieving Skies
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-39, Athrun
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-43, What Stands in the Way
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-46, A Place for the Soul
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-49, The Final Light
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-50, To a Future that Never Ends
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- Manga
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
- Chapter 1, Parts 1: RED & BLUE
- Wreckage
- Chapter 11.5, Option Parts 3: Magic Bullet of Dusk
- Chapter 1, Parts 1: RED & BLUE
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-01, False Peace
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-02, Its Name: Gundam
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-03, Collapsing Land
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-04, Silent Run
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-07, The Scar of Space
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray B Chapter 6
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray Chapter 1, Parts 1: RED & BLUE
External Links[]
Cosmic Era locations | |
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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 |