In the year UC0105, there are reports of missing crafts and shuttle in the middle of space. The Federation decided that they should open an investigation side by side with searching for missing shuttle and spacecraft.

It is highly unusual that something could be missing from the radar from outer space. After a 2 years searching and investigation, the Federation found something that was labeled: the Bifrost Bridge. According to the classified document, it was basically a black hole-like space with the only way to notice it is how the space bends around them. The Federation decided to establish a secret expedition team to get into The Anomaly. The shuttle consists of 2 mobile suits, some heavy scientific equipment, and especially, one of the members of Anaheim Electronics’ board of directors, Aaron Marcenas, who somehow convinces the Federation to include him as a member of the expedition team.

After a 2 months expedition, the shuttle returned with some shocking information: they have traveled to the world, more specifically, a kingdom named Equestria. There are several different creatures, which are also sentient species, occupying the whole kingdom. The shuttle they were flying on nearly crashes, due to a huge storm when they just enter the atmosphere. The shuttle was a special design space craft that was used to fly in extreme weather, so they nearly crash landed at the city that is called Zephyr Heights.

They also happened to find some people who were lucky enough to survive the beautiful yet hostile world to humans. The shuttle crew has saved about 10 men, whose shuttle has crashed out of the wild. Two of them are a fast response shuttle that was developed by Anaheim that is on a secret cargo flight. According to the list that one of them has, one of the shuttle carrying 4 mobile suits, 2 base jabber and all of their weapons and maintenance equipment. “I could ensure that the other one carries the same cargo type with the same quantity on board”, Aaron wrote in his report “Perhaps they are Flight 262 and 263 that are on a drill to rapidly set up a depot base for combat.”

Also according to the classified report about the expedition, they have discovered a mine that has a healthy amount of rare alloy that could even rival the Gundarium alloy. Aaron Marcenas himself has talked to the business who owned the mines, and he has asked him whether he is interested in buying the mines or not.

“It’s nice to actually know that the ponies will do the mining for us. We just have to protect it and transport its product back to Earth. But first, I have to prevent the Queen from shutting down the mine for good!” Aaron said in one of the reports.

Turns out, the ruler of Zephyr Heights, Queen Haven, has decided that the mines have to be shut down since there are reports saying if they keep mining (because the mine was just below the city outskirts), part of Zephyr Heights might collapse. The other reason is that there are reports of labor exploitation in order to take as much material as they can, which also speeds up the collapsing process of the mine’s ceiling.

Aaron Maecenas returned to the Federation headquarters and demanded that they should buy the mine as fast as they could. “If we don’t have it first, the Neo Zeon might discover this mine and take advantage of us!” he said in the report. Luckily for him, the military brass decided that he was right. The Federation decided that they should take mines as fast as they could, so they gave Aaron about a billion dollars to buy off the struggling business. Next, they establish a special unit called “Heimdall”, named after the Norwegian god who guards the Bifrost Rainbow Bridge, the only way to get into Asgard. “Zephyr Heights itself looks quite like Asgard, so it is understandable to name the unit as Heimdall. We will guard this ‘bridge’ to prevent anyone from getting to this beautiful world!” one Federation General told his subordinate. This also means that they should keep the existence of this world as well as the Bifrost Bridge totally classified.

To make sure their plans work well, Aaron ran to Zephyr Heights itself to convince one of the Royal Guard’s commanders of the city, Lieutenant General Thunderstruck, to make a coup. They have imprisoned Queen Haven herself, forcing her to allow the mines to be transferred to Anaheim Electronics. The news that the Queen has been captured leaked out and came to the news outlet on March 4th, UC0107 (Earth day). Next, they set up 2 bases: a depot base that was set up in just a week for Heimdall’s multi-purpose Pegasus Class mother ship, the Bifrost, later renamed as the Maretime Bay Avenger, and another one, permanently, just near the mine itself. The Maretime Bay Avenger’s purpose was to act as mother ship to her 2 mobile suit teams that were stationed within Heimdall, transporting goods and supplies to the bases and transport material from the mines back to Earth.

The Federation decided that it is impossible to retrieve all missing equipment that was lost at Equestria, so they just proceed to the secret mining plan that Aaron and the military brass has set up, called Operation Asgard Liberation.

They have traveled back and forth with the Bifrost Bridge, which have both ends orbiting each respective world moon, several times before the depot base, temporarily named the Maretime Base, on March 11th, UC0107. On April 20th, the first mobile suit team, which transported John Fanning himself and his suits, arrived at Maretime Base. On board are 5 mobile suits: 3 normal Jesta, 1 Jesta cannon and the test unit, Unicorn Gundam Alpha, and all of their necessary ammunition and weapons.

“We decide that there should be a military presence at Equestria. Since the missing suits and equipment are relatively new, it is highly likely that there will be some pony who has figured out how to use them against us” an officer wrote in one of the reports on the operation. “With this, this is also a perfect opportunity to bring our latest psycho frame mobile suit for testing. There will be no restriction for us to test it in combat. The UC Project will continue!”

The coup, as well as the presence of Heimdall to support it, have created opposition and resistance among the citizens of Equestria. They have formed a military unit called: Unit 625. Consist of ponies from all around Equestria and some humans who agree to help, they have set up a mission: protect their most important ponies: Izzy Moonbow, Zipp Storm, Pipp Petals and the famous unity activist, Sunny Starscout, helping them free the queen and prevent Equestria to be separated again. Their first mission: destroy the suits at Maretime Base, prevent them from advancing further into Equestria.

At 9:13 pm, April 24th, UC0107, 4 mobile suits and base jabber, led by Lieutenant Sprout Cloverleaf, leave their base of Briddlewood, heading to the first ever battle of the Zephyr Heights Conflict.

Author's Note

Zephyr Heights kinda look like Asgard to me, honestly :)