Belfast

Belfast (ベルファスト, Berufasuto) was a Principality of Zeon mobile suit manufacturing base located in Northern Ireland during the One Year War. The facility produced mobile suits for Zeon’s Earth operations, representing Zeon’s strategy of establishing distributed manufacturing to support their Earth campaign whilst separated from space-based production.

Facilities

Belfast’s manufacturing infrastructure included:

Production Lines

Mobile suit assembly facilities
Parts manufacturing and component production
Quality control and testing
Storage for completed units

Support Infrastructure

Maintenance bays for existing mobile suits
Repair facilities for damaged units
Ammunition and supplies storage
Personnel quarters and support facilities

Strategic Role

Belfast served Zeon’s Earth operations by:

Producing mobile suits locally rather than shipping from space
Reducing logistics burden of Earth-space transport
Providing maintenance for Earth-based mobile suit forces
Enabling sustained Earth operations through local manufacturing

Manufacturing Capability

The base produced:

Zaku variants for Earth combat
Gouf ground combat mobile suits
Dom units for special operations
Replacement parts and components

Operational History

During the One Year War:

Production Operations:

Manufactured mobile suits throughout mid-war period
Supported Zeon Earth forces with locally-produced units
Enabled Zeon to maintain Earth presence despite Federation pressure
Represented Zeon’s distributed manufacturing strategy

Target:

Federation recognized the base’s strategic importance
Subject to sabotage and commando operations
Eventually targeted for elimination
Loss contributed to Zeon’s declining Earth capability

Significance

Belfast demonstrated:

Distributed Manufacturing

Zeon’s strategy of establishing Earth-based production
Reduction of logistics burden through local manufacturing
Strategic vulnerability when bases were eliminated
Importance of industrial capacity to sustained operations

Earth Campaign Economics

That space forces required Earth manufacturing support
Local production enabled sustained Earth presence
Loss of bases degraded operational capability
Economic/industrial dimension of military campaigns

Historical Reference

Belfast’s role as manufacturing city
Real-world industrial heritage influencing UC geography
How UC incorporated real Earth locations into fictional conflict

Behind the Scenes

Belfast was created for Mobile Suit Gundam as one of Zeon’s Earth manufacturing bases, representing the industrial infrastructure supporting military operations. The choice of Belfast referenced the city’s real-world history as industrial and shipbuilding center.

The inclusion of manufacturing bases like Belfast emphasized that mobile suit warfare required extensive industrial support – that battles were won not just through combat but through production capacity and logistics.

Appearances

Mobile Suit Gundam

External links

Belfast on the Gundam Wiki