In U. C. 0068, Zeon Deikun, a major politician within the colonies, unexpectedly died ( though never confirmed, his death is strongly suspected of being an assassination by the Zabi family ), and the independent Republic became the Principality of Zeon when Deikun's deputy, Degwin Sodo Zabi, seized control of the administration.

Zeon type mobile suits are " fatter " and less human-like than EF type mobile suits, though neither is necessarily faster or more maneuverable than the other ; it's largely a matter of body styling and design.

Set in a fictional universe in the Universal Century year 0079, the Principality of Zeon has declared independence from the Earth Federation, and subsequently launched a war of independence.

Gundam timeline, as he has led his ships and fleets victorious in the One Year War, the Gryps Conflict, and the first and second Neo Zeon movements.

As relations between the Zeon Republic ( which has been renamed the Zeon Principality ) and the Federation deteriorate, the Federation increases their troop strength in Side 3.

Meanwhile the Earth Federal Army, which has been fighting the Zeon in the region, receive reinforcements in the form of Ensign Shiro Amada, newly named commander of the 08th MS Team.

Miller's Report also has a lot of new footage, and it introduces a new character that was not seen in the series, Alice Miller, an Earth Federation investigator sent to assist in the court martial of Shiro Amada and to determine if there was a Zeon spy in the 08th Team.

Zeon intelligence has identified a prototype Federation Gundam under development in a Federation base in the Arctic.

Alfred then discovers that the Zeon ship carrying the nuclear weapons was captured, meaning Bernard has no more reason to fight.

Given this much, general consensus tends to automatically connect Degwin Zabi with the sudden death of Zeon Deikun, but nothing concrete has ever been uncovered.

Zeon has a more advanced technology level, but the inhabitants are peaceful.

Kirk makes Gill aware of the extent to which Ekos has progressed toward resembling Nazi Germany, and Gill, now lucid enough to speak his own mind, decrees that the invasion fleet headed to Zeon must be recalled.

However, Melakon has already started the broadcast, announcing the planet's version of Hitler's Final Solution — a genocidal war with Zeon that Gill is to endorse in his speech.

The average space colony, no matter which universe it may reside in, has a set of dimension that are measured in miles or kilometers, which easily makes the space colonies the largest ( improvised ) ballistic weapons ever built, and it is not uncommon to see space-borne armies ( like the Principality of Zeon ) capturing or commandeering the colonies to drop them on the Earth.

The GM also has a better sensor system than most Zeon units that allows it much greater detection range.

It has also appeared in many video games and other media, including, but not limited to, the PlayStation 2 titles Federation vs. Zeon, Encounters in Space and Climax U. C., the Gundam Battle Assault series of fighting games, Super Robot Wars, the motion simulator attraction Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu, and in its Perfect form, the PSP titles Gundam Battle Royale and Gundam Battle Chronicle.

Zeon line normally has a more bulky design than EF line due to difference in design philosophies — Zeon manufacturers designed mobile suits by creating an external shell, and then fitting components within, while the Federation designed mobile suits by creating an internal skeletal structure and then fitting components and armor to the support structure, a philosophy eventually fully realized in the creation of moveable frame construction.

For example, the MA-05 Bigro has worse acceleration, maneuverbility and defence ( due to worse metallurgy technology on the Zeon side ) compared to the RGM-79 and this should be a better design over MA-04X Zakrello.

Fan translators have since uncovered ( and Shining Force II co-director / programmer Yasuhiro Taguchi has confirmed ) that the Devil Kings are in fact Darksol, Lucifer, and Zeon.

Dubreq Ltd under license from Zeon Ltd has released a desktop version of the Bigtrak toy called " Bigtrack Jr ".

* They had no effective way of defending themselves from colony drops, especially against the tactical advantage of Zeon mobile suits at the time

With their mobile suits, Zeon would have the tactical advantage — they already outpaced the Earth Federation in MS development, having successfully deployed their Zakus in real combat ( although the Federation engineers proposed their own mobile suit research project in U. C. 0078, the Project V didn't formally start until after the Battle of Loum, and the mass deployment of Federation mobile suits didn't appear until November, U. C. 0079 )

Axis Zeon's leader Haman Karn contacts the AEUG, using the civil war of the Earth Federation at hand to politically ask for the control of Side 3, the former Zeon colony.

On the one hand, she is shown to be fiercely loyal to the people of Zeon, and to the men under her command.

Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plot for the anime was considerably much more grim, with Amuro dying halfway through the series, and the crew of the White Base having to ally with Char ( who is given a red Gundam ), but finally having to battle him after he takes control of the Principality of Zeon.

Along the trek through Asia, the White Base was hunted by a Zeon special forces unit under the command of Ramba Ral.

After losing the support of the Earth Federation, the Titans turn to their original enemy, remnants of the Principality of Zeon now known as Axis Zeon, to form an alliance to regain control of the Earth Sphere.

For the next several years, Zeon Zum Deikun and his followers dealt with diplomatic issues surrounding their independence, chiefly the economic pressure applied to Side 3 by the Earth Federation, in their efforts to force Side 3 back into the Federation.

Surviving on their own for a long time, the Mars Zeon was later reinforced by remnants of the second Neo Zeon movement.

Mars Zeon first made their presence known in U. C.

When the wreckage of the Psyco Gundam Mark II was retrieved by the Neo Zeon they reverse engineered it and used it in several of their own units such as the AMX-103 Hamma Hamma and AMX-114 Doven Wolf.

Some remnants continue to fight till UC0120 on Mars in the story of Mobile Suit Gundam F90, but the major conflict died out on UC0100 where the Republic of Zeon officially announce they gave up their independence.

By the time of the second Neo Zeon movement, the Earth Federation had regained their military strength but lacked any political courage to fight it.

During the One Year War, the base was the target of many attacks by the Principality of Zeon, including the Operation British colony drop and a decisive battle at which the remaining bulk of Zeon's Earth Attack Force made their final attempt to destroy Jaburo.

The Ground was caught completely by surprise when the Zeon launched their drop operation for control of the earth and subsequently spent most of the time between February and August U. C.

Their main mission during the One Year War is to intercept Zeon atmospheric entry vehicles with their High altitude fighter FF-3 Sabrefish.

0079, when the Zeon introduced their mobile suits, which thoroughly decimated the Federation's Space Force during the Battle of Loum.

With the Zeon backed into a corner, and the Federation dependent on Shiro and his team for victory, the star crossed lovers must decide where their true allegiances lie: with each other, or with their respective sides.

Before he assumes this position, however, he befriends a Zeon pilot named Aina Sahalin up in space and unbeknownst to both of them their fates become intertwined.

Elite Zeon MS commandos are dispatched to destroy the prototype, but before they can accomplish their mission the Gundam is launched into space.

After the One Year War, the remnants of the Zeon forces upgraded their Zaku II units to this MS-06F Zaku II " Stutzer " configuration to counter the Titans ' new machines, as Zeon no longer had any production capabilities for any new mobile suit designs.

At the outbreak of the One Year War, the Dreadnought-oriented Earth Federation Space Forces was caught completely by surprise when the Principality of Zeon deployed the agile mobile suits against their fleets.

The White Base would later become the most famous warship during the One Year War, as the so-called " 13th Autonomous Fleet " repeatedly defeated prominent Zeon commanders, aces, and their forces, despite being used as a decoy to draw the Zeon's attention away from the space mobilization of Federation Forces.