Palau
Mining asteroid operated by Side 6 and later The Sleeves.
Palau was a mining asteroid originally located in the Asteroid Belt before being moved to the Side 6 region by the Earth Federation. It later served as a base for The Sleeves in UC 0096.
History
The Earth Federation moved Palau from the Asteroid Belt to the Side 6 colony cluster to provide construction resources. The asteroid primarily served civilian mining operations with a population of around 30,000 miners.
When Side 6 declared independence from the Federation and became the Riah Republic, Palau came under its control. The asteroid returned to Federation jurisdiction in UC 0084 when Side 6 rejoined the Federation.
In UC 0096, the Governor General of Palau, a Zeon sympathiser, offered the asteroid to The Sleeves as a military base. The Earth Federation Forces task forces Londo Bell and ECOAS launched a joint operation to attack the base and retrieve Banagher Links and the RX-0 Unicorn Gundam.
During the attack, ECOAS forces planted explosives that separated Palau’s four corolla sections. The Nahel Argama then fired its hyper-mega particle cannon to seal off the military port, allowing Federation forces to engage The Sleeves while minimising civilian casualties.
Behind the scenes
According to the novels, Gilboa Sant mentioned that Palau’s governor named it after the Earth archipelago of the same name as a reference to Solomon. However, the governor was apparently unaware that Solomon was named after the biblical King Solomon rather than the Solomon Islands.
Appearances
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (novel)
External links
- Palau on the Gundam Wiki