Jovian Rebellion World

The series takes place in the year 2196. Earth is at war with a race of alien invaders called the "Jovian Lizards". A company called Nergal designs a space battleship, the ND-001 Nadesico. While the ship is powerful and its crew consists of the top civilian experts in their fields, these individuals tend to have "some slight personality disorders".

Setting

The War for Lunar Autonomy is a conflict featured in the backstory of the Martian Successor Nadesico television series.

The UEAF space fleet drove the rebel groups out at gunpoint. The scattered remnants disappeared, first to Mars, then to the Asteroid Belt and Jupiter. (Nadesico: "The Beginning of Nadesico's War")

The UE government eliminated all records of their existence, as if they never even existed in order to cover up their own role in fermenting the rebellion. and for other reasons as well According to Genichirou Tsukiomi, the Earth had justified the theft of their homes in the name of pacifying an unstable political situation. The survivors of the purge had settled on Mars when the UEAF attacked again. They used nuclear warheads to destroy the new colony. Additionally, Tsukumo Shiratori believed it was all part of a plan to keep the Earth profitable and under control. In the end, Jupiter and its satellites were the only place left for their ancestors to go, and that was where the Jovians found the artefact; a factory for the construction of phase transition engines and unmanned weapons such as the Grasshoppers, the Jiross and the Chulips. Discovering the plans in Jupiter's orbit gave the separatists the technical base they needed to survive. It also gave them the ability to build weapons for their revenge.

Several centuries in the future, Earth is at war with a mysterious alien species dubbed the "Jovian Lizards", who use immense hyperspatial gateways to instantly deploy remote-controlled troops from Jupiter. The war is going badly for Earth when a private defense contractor, the Nergal Corporation, decides to cut out the middleman and field its own battleship, the Nadesico. In addition to being the most powerful and advanced battleship that Nergal has ever produced, they hire the top civilian operatives in each field to be its crew, who turn out to be a ragtag bunch of Bunny-Eared Lawyers.

Nergal Heavy Industries

Nergal assists the United Earth government with their war against the Jovian Lizards attacking from the planet Jupiter, which have annihilated the UE military forces on Mars and captured the planet. Conventional weaponry proves useless against the invaders, and so a new type of battleship must be created; the ND-001 Nadesico, armed with the same weaponry and defenses used by the Jovian forces. However, though the ship was commissioned by the UE, it remains the property of Nergal, which has its own plans for the vessel and its crew: Project Schiaparelli, named for the astronomer who named the seas and continents on the Red Planet.

Nergal's first interest was to itself; to that end, the Nadesico was created to break through the massed Jovian forces and re-capture technology and research from Nergal laboratories which were abandoned when Mars was occupied. One of the revelations made on the planet was that the Nadesico itself was not fully realized by Nergal. An ancient vessel which had crash-landed on the planet was discovered by the corporation. Realizing its technological value, Nergal built a facility around it, and the design of the Nadesico and all future ships in its class, the Nadesico-class were based on this ship. However, the Nadesico was overwhelmed by a massive attack and heavily damaged, forcing its desperate retreat from the planet using a Jovian transporter device. Learning of this failure, the chairman of Nergal made the decision to formally ally the company with the UE and integrate the Nadesico with the military for the time being.

Jovian Federation

he Anti-Earth Cooperative Federation of the Jovian Sphere: Ganymede, Callisto, Europa, and Associated Moons and Asteroids (木星圏ガニメデ・カリスト・エウロパ及び他衛星小惑星国家間反地球共同連合体 Mokusei-ken ganimede karisuto europa oyobi ta eisei shōwakusei kokka-kan han chikyū kyōdō rengōtai?, lit. Jupiter Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and other satellite asteroid inter-state anti-earth joint coalition), better known as the Jovian Federation (木連 Mokuren?) or the Jovian Lizards (木星蜥蜴 Mokusei Tokage?), and they fought against the United Earth Forces and Nergal Heavy Industries during the Jovian War.

The Jovian Federation are made up descendants of the losers of the War for Lunar Autonomy.

Technology

Dimensional Jump Gate

Dimensional Leap Gates are unmanned spacecraft featured in the Martian Successor Nadesico television series. Known as Chulips to Nergal Heavy Industries and Untied Earth, they were used by the Jovian Federation during the Jovian War.

The true name of the Dimensional Leap Gates was first revealed when Tsukumo Shiratori took prisoners, Haruka Minato and Megumi Reinard, on a tour of his ship and encountered Genichirou Tsukiomi (whom Tsukumo believed had died). Genichirou was confused by the term "Chulip" used by Minato, Tsukumo explained to Genichirou that she meant the Dimensional Leap Gates.