The Eighth Fleet, the last mobile force deployed by the regional Allied Forces in outer space.
Its greatest purpose was to ensure the safety of Earth's orbit and prevent the ZAFT Army from freely carrying out airborne operations against any location on Earth.
After all, even back when the war had been confined to the atmosphere, every nation had placed immense importance on air power, investing enormous sums into developing more powerful aircraft. Not to mention that the war had now extended into the far broader expanse of space.
If outer space were completely lost, every military base on Earth would face a direct threat from the ZAFT Army.
So even for their own safety, they needed a fleet to hold firm in Earth's orbit and coordinate with the Moon base.
Unfortunately, the Earth Alliance was made up of several major federal powers, and internal conflicts of interest and factions were inevitable.
Duan Harbalton was a typical example of someone who had been sidelined.
From the very beginning of the war, the general had recognized Ginn's superior performance and the astonishing power it could unleash on the battlefield. He had repeatedly proposed that the Earth Alliance develop its own Mobile Suits.
Unfortunately, all those forward-looking and constructive proposals were ultimately rejected and shelved.
Because what he was doing seriously threatened the interests of other executives within the military.
In particular, it threatened Blue Cosmos, the Atlantic Federation's largest military-industrial complex, along with the capital interest groups it represented.
Left with no other choice, Duan Harbalton used every resource at his disposal to secretly fund the renowned "G Project."
The new battleship Archangel, Strike, Aegis Gundam, Blitz Gundam, Duel Gundam, and Storm Gundam were all products of the G Project.
That also included Allen's still-unnamed unit.
Without massive financial backing, Orb