Building the colonies was the greatest endeavor man has ever undertaken. Conditions on Earth were grim; overpopulation and constant warfare were a way of live. When the first permanent colony was constructed in A.C. 1, it offered people hope in a new frontier where war and famine would be a thing of the past.
The Earth nations all eagerly joined the colonial construction boom, not in the name of peace, but to expand their national borders into the new frontier. This nationalization of the early colonies created a microcosm of the conflicts on Earth. War broke out between the colonies and various nations, and because of the harsh conditions of living in space, casualties were high. Emigration to the colonies all but ceased and the remaining settlers lived in poverty.
While the other countries lost interest in the colonies, the Arab nations understood their future potential. With their vast wealth from the now depleted crude oil, their experience at negotiating peace between bitter rivals, and their ability to adapt to the most inhumane living conditions, the Arab Nations found great success in their new role as arbitrator. They stepped in to moderate the colonial conflicts and act as a pipeline for resources to move between the colonies. Later, as the need for resources grew, the Arab countries brokered the mining of asteroids.
Independent from the jurisdiction of their founding nations, the colonies finally found peace and prosperity. Completion of the first colony in a gravitationally stable Lagrange point, colony L1, signaled a new era of emigration to space. Construction began in other Lagrange points and people surged in to occupy the new colonies. 15% of the Earth's population moved to space during this period. But the peace was not destined to last. Certain powers on Earth would soon set their sights on the colonies once again.
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Date: 2015-06-21 12:52 pm (UTC)(pt. 1 - from the data book)
Building the colonies was the greatest endeavor man has ever undertaken. Conditions on Earth were grim; overpopulation and constant warfare were a way of live. When the first permanent colony was constructed in A.C. 1, it offered people hope in a new frontier where war and famine would be a thing of the past.
The Earth nations all eagerly joined the colonial construction boom, not in the name of peace, but to expand their national borders into the new frontier. This nationalization of the early colonies created a microcosm of the conflicts on Earth. War broke out between the colonies and various nations, and because of the harsh conditions of living in space, casualties were high. Emigration to the colonies all but ceased and the remaining settlers lived in poverty.
While the other countries lost interest in the colonies, the Arab nations understood their future potential. With their vast wealth from the now depleted crude oil, their experience at negotiating peace between bitter rivals, and their ability to adapt to the most inhumane living conditions, the Arab Nations found great success in their new role as arbitrator. They stepped in to moderate the colonial conflicts and act as a pipeline for resources to move between the colonies. Later, as the need for resources grew, the Arab countries brokered the mining of asteroids.
Independent from the jurisdiction of their founding nations, the colonies finally found peace and prosperity. Completion of the first colony in a gravitationally stable Lagrange point, colony L1, signaled a new era of emigration to space. Construction began in other Lagrange points and people surged in to occupy the new colonies. 15% of the Earth's population moved to space during this period. But the peace was not destined to last. Certain powers on Earth would soon set their sights on the colonies once again.
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More information on Lagrange Points:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lagrangian_point
(note: L1 is not actually a stable point!)
The colonies in Gundam Wing are Stanford tori:
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Stanford_torus