History Fanfic / MobileSuitGundamAlpha

* TheBattlestar: The ''Ark Royal'' and her sister ships for the Earth Federation. The "Dolowa" for Zeon.

* AdaptationExpansion: Imagine every ''Gundam'' series merged together into a single story and setting. The latter based around the whole of the Milky Way.

* TheBattlestar: The ''Ark Royal''.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Sleggar Law, ladies and gentleman. Eagle of Arcturus by day, mecha otaku man child by night.

* CoolStarship: The story is basically the One Year War on the galactic scale, so (like almost everything else) the resident spaceships are greatly expanded to fit the setting.
** First and foremost, the ''Ark Royal''. Basically the resident ''White Base'', but tuned up to eleven; imagine what the WB would have looked like as a true analogue to a modern day aircraft carrier (i.e. a seven hundred meter long version of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket Gray Phantom]]'' style ''Pegasus''-class). With battleship level armament, a standard carrying capacity of forty-eight mobile suits and a fully professional (if initially inexperienced) crew at her helm, it's no wonder the ''Ark Royal'' keeps surviving battle after battle.

** The Federation utilizes the ''Montana''-class battlecruiser (''Ra Cailum'') and the ''Chicago''-class cruiser (''Clop'') as their main forces. And then there's the ''Lexington''-class fleetcarrier line, which the ''Ark Royal'' is the thirteenth member of.

* GeneticAdaptation: Zeon's eugenics based civilization stems from this. The original Zeon had to turn to selective breeding early on in order to survive their homeworld's hostile environment. When full on genetic engineering was conceived, it quickly became a social mainstay.

* HumanPopsicle: It's hinted that Sleggar was one of these, originally having been a United States Navy fighter pilot that ended up in some kind of accident and placed into cryogenic suspension for the next few hundred years.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Part of Hayato's beef is that he has an idealized image of his warrior ancestors and his father. He believes the former taking part in those ancient battles helped shape the course of history, while the latter is one of the best ship captains the Federation has to offer. As such, he desperately wants to prove himself worthy of their lineage, but sees himself inferior because he's "only" survived through the Galactic War to this point (as opposed to playing some essential role in its outcome).
* InUniverseSoundtrack: As part of the Mythology Gag (see below), real life ''Gundam'' tracks are regularly presented as modern music that the cast members listen/reference to.

** Kowloon Alliance - Yellow

** Chapter 28 - "Burning of Cibola" ("Cibola Burn")

** Benerit Group - Teal

* MegaCorp: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury Benerit Group]] is described as a collection of these rather than an actual unified state.

** Benerit Conglomerate - Teal

* MegaCorp: The [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury Benerit Conglomerate]] is described as a collection of these rather than an actual unified state.

And yet, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as one can tell from the description]], there is no [[JustForPun peace in this time]]. Due to a variety of developments, the galaxy has since been divided into two camps: the Inner Powers, who hail from the inner and middle parts of the galaxy, and the Outer Powers, who are closer to the rim. Both sets of nations would become increasingly belligerent toward each other, but, namely through the efforts of the republican [[TheFederation Earth Federation]] (on the Inners' side) and the eugenicist [[TheEmpire Zeon Empire]] (on the Outers'), a shooting war is otherwise avoided for the last two or three centuries or so. And then, on June 7, GC 364, it would all change.

* JustForPun: The ''Ark Royal'', as captained by Bright Noa. Her nickname is even Noa's Ark.

** Walpurgis Conglomerate - Teal

* MegaCorp: The Walpurgis Conglomerate, which is the story's ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' faction, is described as a collection of these rather than an actual unified state.

* WhatMeasureIsANonBadass: Zeon under Gihren sees the Lowborn (baseline humans) as being sub-human, and thus genocidal war crimes against them aren't crimes at all.

* ThePowerOfRock: Part of the ''Ark Royal'' crew's strategy on Anges was to broadcast a jamming signal that used music as a carrier wave. This resulted in the Zeeks not only losing their sensors and comms, but also being subjected to continuous Terran rock and pop songs (starting with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans "Raise Your Flag" by the Orphans]]).

* MegaCorp: The Walpurgis Conglomerate, which is (rather obviously) the story's ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' faction, is described as a collection of these rather than an actual unified state like the other factions.

** Mercury Conglomerate - Teal

''Mobile Suit Gundam Alpha'' is an ongoing {{Fanfiction}} series by Wing Zero Alpha of ''[[Fanfic/CodeGeassMegiddo Code Geass Megiddo]]'' fame. It is available on [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5767287/1/Mobile-Suit-Gundam-Alpha Fanfiction.net]], [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/27436870/chapters/67071028 Archive of Our Own]] and [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mobile-suit-gundam-alpha.938157/ Spacebattles]]. As can be guessed from all of this, ''Alpha'' is a retelling (and ''huge'' expansion) of the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' story, only now with the setting revised to the galactic scale instead of just the Earthsphere. As with his earlier work, the story is told from multiple perspectives of both canon and OriginalCharacters, with the former often [[AdaptationExpansion expanded]] beyond their original forms. And, of course, the action remains [[HumongousMecha incredibly]] [[GunFu detailed]].

* TheDreaded: Amuro Ray is arguably more feared as the White Devil here than he ever was in the Universal Century. And for good reason.

* GracefulLoser: Garma, ''especially'' compared to his original counterpart. Far from the VillainousBreakdown one expected, Garma not only accepted his fate [[spoiler:while resolving to take Amuro with him]], but more or less forgave Char for the backstabbing as he realized Char was actually Prince Casval and that his betrayal was driven out of misplaced vengeance. He even prays (huge for a Zeon, who are all essentially univeral agnostics) that his twin sister Alicia (who's also Char's love interest here) manages to save his friend from his own inner demons.

** Several characters and events in the Galactic Century, such as Alicia Zabi (Degwin's second daughter and overall youngest child) and Amuro single-handedly destroying the [[KillSat Colony Laser]] at Juno are elements taken from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam 0079's]]'' original 52-episode outline.

* TheDreaded: Amuro Ray is arguably more feared as the White Devil here than he ever was in the Universal Century. [[KillEmAll And for good reason]].

** The ''Gundams'' and other Earth mobile suits being colored standardized grey falls back on Tomino's original intentions with the RX-78-2 and its cohorts (to emphasize they were military machinery) until ExecutiveMeddling forced him to adopt the familiar tricolors to purportedly increase toy sales.

* TheKingdom: Sanc. In keeping with ''Gundam Wing'''s aesthetics, it's described as being exceedingly beautiful and utopian compared to other nations.