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VI. LAST JION’S WAR (CHAR JION’S COUNTERATTACK).

After Neo Jion monarchists’ final defeat AEUG is dissolved and many important members of its, including Amuro Rei and Noah Bright,enter the federal special force named London Bell. Its task is about the same of Titans’ one, that’s watching over and controlling independentist Sides’ movements, but without using terrorist strategies. London Bell’s foundation, dating March 90, follows embargo’s aggravation decided by Federal Assembly against the colonies supporting subversive organizations, such as EGM (Emancipation Global Movement), and especially NSP (New Summer Project) founded in January 90. It’s just the most extremist part of this organization, the Colored Force, to attack Texas colony in Side 6 on July 15, joining battle with Arahas’ federal garrison. The NSP guerrilla action, however, is shortly over for its moderate party’s defection. In reality, behind Colored Force hides a second Char Jion who, after Grips 2 battle, disappeared without leaving any trace. But in the meantime he had given himself in newtype’s properties studying and new technologies’ developing, besides economically and politically supporting republican resistance during Jion’s war the third. Above all, he never forgot his main goal since his father’s death: federal iniquitous colonies’ exploitation definitively stopping. He had understood that the only way was to compell left Earth’s population to move on the Sides, and so he knew he had to make the planet uninhabitable. Then, after NSP failure, Char Jion decides to carry out his plan: bombing Earth’s surface with asteroids in order to speed up glaciation. Supported by some colonies and Side 3 republican Government, thank to new newtype technologies Char Jion has got a considerable offensive potential and several mobile suits types provided with PCS: NZ-333 Alpha Aziel, AMS-119 Geara Doga, MSN-03 Jogd Doga and MSN-04 Sazabi.

On December 22 of 92 a fleet of Musaka and Reyulura class cruisers under his command land on Sweetwater colony, in Side 3, where he settles Jion Republican Army (JRA) headquarters, and on February 27 of 93 he declares another war against Earth Federation. Keeping in mind flash war strategy conceived by Degwin Zabi in 79, Char Jion decides to attack and capture lunar satellite Moon 5 in order to divert it on Lhasa, in Tibet, where is now UNT High Command. In spite of London Bell’s intervention, new JRA mobile suits’ fastness and better technologies — the old Gundam Z restyled version RGZ-91 is simply outclassed — assure operation’s success, and so, on March 4, the satellite crashes down the tibetan city, heavily striking federal forces and Earth’s climate. Jion’s troops retreat is then followed by London Bell’s mobile suits squad, now including also one new Anaheim’s RX-93 Nu Gundam, provided with a drones PCS and assigned to Amuro Rei. But a sudden JRA’s troops’ assault confuses London Bell just enough to allow a ships’ fleet under Char Jion’s direct command to go ahead to Londenion colony, in Side 6, for a secret negotiation with federal authorities. Then, on March 6 they sign a treaty by which Char Jion is bound to lay up his fleet and charged for a big quantity of gold, but he gets back the asteroid fortress of Axis.

Anyway the agreement is just a trick: Char Jion never gives up his purpose of bombing Earth, and he plans to divert Axis onto the planet as last stroke. So, at the moment of signing on Moon 2, Jion’s fleet bombs thebase and steals some nuclear warheads, while Char’s vanguard starts moving Axis towards the Earth. A first London Bell’s assault is faced by Jion’s mobile suits, and then it’s driven back thank to the returning fleet. Axis’ inertial slow motion seems to be relentless, but federal stubborness will give its outcomes. Under Noah Bright’s command, on March 12 of 93 some London Bell’s mobile workers, supported by battleship La Cairum, succeed in eluding enemy’s barrage fire and land on Axis in order to place some explosive charges. Meanwhile Amuro Rei’s Nu Gundam faces Char Jion’s Sazabi , allowing the operation going on. The huge explosion diverts the asteroid away from Earth, and then a bloody battle follows between surviving JRA’s ships and London Bell, that after all prevails, putting an end to last Jion’s war. Both Amuro Rei and Char Jion are missing in action.

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