Today in history: February 22nd, C.E.70
With the destruction of Junius Seven, the First Alliance-PLANT War officially started as the skirmishes in Lagrange Point 5 turned into full-scale war across Earth Sphere. ZAFT demonstrated remarkable force projection capability as they began to undertake offensive actions against the Earth Alliance far away from the PLANT homeland. The first target of ZAFT’s new strategy was the space station Yggdrasil, located in Lagrange Point 1 near Luna, and served as the bridgehead for Luna’s Alliance forces.
On the 22nd, the advancing ZAFT expeditionary force finally engaged Alliance’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets that were defending the station, and ZAFT deploy the N-Jammers for the first time in combat. The resulting battle between the two sides was fierce, and after intense fighting, the station was destroyed in the crossfire. Eventually, its ruins become part of the debris belt.
With the destruction of the space station, The Earth Alliance lost a vital bridgehead in space and suffered heavy casualties as the 1st and 2nd fleet were annihilated, with only the 3rd showed up later in Luna engagements. However, it was a pyrrhic victory for ZAFT, as they also suffered heavy losses.
During the battle, Rau Le Creuset managed to destroy 37 Moebius mobile armors and 6 warships.
