Category:Universal Century

   The total population of Earth exceeds 9 billion. Immigration to the "high worlds" of the space colonies begin [1].

   The Laplace Space Station is built in Earth's Orbit. Ricardo Marcenas is elected as the first prime minister of the Earth Federation. During the calendar change ceremony, terrorists use solar powered explosives to destroy the Laplace Space Station, killing most of the inhabitants. One survivor, Syam Vist, comes across the Universal Century charter (Laplace's Box), which dictates that the inhabitants of space should be given self-governance without interference from the Earth. Realizing that the words contain the power to destroy the Earth Federation, Syam takes the document with him into hiding and marries into the influential Vist Family.

   Construction of Side 1 (L1) Bunch 1 (Shangri-La) space colony is completed.

   The Colony Management Corporation (CMC) is established.