Here's a look at the map from the episode and what the destruction of the moon (Heaven's Fall) did to the geography of the world. I'm sorry east and west coast of the America, it looks like America lost huge chunks of it's continental land. Half of Australia is gone. And poor South America...
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Originally Posted by LightningZERO
For those interested, a timeline for the world of Aldnoah Zero. I translated it from notes from a chinese board. According to the poster, it's from official booklet. The notes were posted months ago so I think it's pretty accurate if compared to what information we got today. Warning, reading this might spoil your enjoyment if you intend to learn about the show's world histories though the episodes.
Spoiler for Timeline:
1969
Apollo 11 landed on the Moon
1972
Apollo 17 found remains of ancient Mars technology on the moon surface. A teleportation device was unearthed in the ruins, which made travel between Earth and Mars possible. It was named "Hyper Gate"
1975
United Nations proposed the Mars development project and signed by the member nations. The resources on Mars would not for military purposes. The signing of the treaty was what actually ended the cold war. For the first exploration, Professor Ray Regalia was the lead.
1980
Mars development centre was set up and mankind started to move to Earth. First settlement involved 340,000 people.
1982
Ray Regalia suddenly turned again Earth and yearned Mars to armed itself. United Nations tried to contain the conflict by force but the situation escalated.
1983
Ray Regalia was arrested under the crime of disturbing peace but the retention centre was attacked and the professor freed. The conflict escalated further.
1985
Ray Regalia formed VERS Empire. As it was a single side declaration, the Mars was in the state of closed country.
1986
As precaution to VERS Empire, nations on Earth formed the Earth Federation and the cold war between them and Mars began.
1991
It was revealed that Earth Federation's military actually took bribes from civilian manufacturing companies. The scandals dealt a blow to the Earth Federation's position.
1996
Atlanta, São Paulo and Bombay were bombed in large scale terrorist attacks. 3267 deaths. Mars organization took credit for the attacks. Anti Mars rose among earthlings.
1997
Ray Regalia retired due to illness. His son Gillsaia ascended to the throne.
1999
VERS Empire declared war on Earth and used their military robot Cataphract to attack Earth Federation's bases on Moon. In the fierce battle, the Hyper Gate lost control and the Moon was heavily damaged. The disaster was named "Heaven's Fall". Debris from the moon formed the satellite belt. Gillsaia, who was fighting on front line was KIA. The two force decided to cease fire. Ray Regalia returned to the throne and Gillsaia's first daughter, Princess Asseylum was born.
2000
Earth Federation and VERS signed the peace treaty. The military forces were called back and a neutral zone was set up.
2002
VERS mass produced their space ships and a route between Mars and Moon was set up. Most of the Mars Knights resisted the call back orders and stayed within the moon area. The peace treaty was actually ignored on Mars' sides.
2003
Due to Heaven's Falls, the political situations on Earth were unstable and there were multiple large scale riots. To suppress the riots, Earth Federation used the Earth made Cataphracts, which were developed after the war, for the very first time.
2007
After Earth Federation ended the riots, the situation stabilized.
2010
In the 10th anniversary of the war end, nations held celebrations and peace meetings. Two side were walking towards peace.
2014
Earth Federation continues to promote good relationships with VERS and the peace talks are still ongoing.
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Thanks, that's really helpful. I think I understand a lot better now. The Vers Empire seem to be almost completely antagonists from pretty much all fronts.