I'm in the middle of writing a fanfic for ZZ, and while I did actually go and watch it myself, it's not very useful in terms of consistant displays of Axis' military. And the fandom wiki, unfortunatly, isn't too helpful either with some of the questions I have.
So, essentially, I just need to confirm some information as at least close enough to correct. Browsing through the older threads on similair topics (thank you, honored elders, for paving the way), the common consensus seems to be that Axis' population, following the exodus to the Belt, had somewhere around 30 000 people, and 10 000 of those were soldiers. I expect that number would have increased somewhat during the decade away from the Earth Sphere. Say, maybe, 30 000 left and 35 000 - 40 000 came back? At the very least, Axis would have more soldiers, what with children growing into enlistment aid.
And as for their Mobile Suit and warship count...
Brave Fencer Kirby wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:55 am In an old thread from Gundam Watch, toysdream said that Axis had about 250 Gaza C pilots when they first showed up in Zeta Gundam, and by the end of the series it's been reduced to around 80. He also notes that the total population of Axis is around 30,000 people -- 10,000 Zeon soldiers plus their families -- though whether that's the figure for 0080 when those who choose to flee from Side 3 first arrive, or for 0087 when they return to the Earth Sphere, I don't know.
mcred23 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 28, 2009 2:02 pm For the original Aixs, they come back to Earth with 300 Gaza type machines, 250 Gaza-C's and 50 Gaza-E's. As BFK mentioned, only 80 of the Gaza-C's survive the fighting with the AEUG and Titans at the end of the Gryps War. Mark explained some details on that, and a few other Axis MS numbers, in this thread, which end up being quite large in some cases (Such as the 800 Gaza-Cs built). There was another thread that mentioned the numbers for other Axis MS, so I'll dig around and see if I can find that. For their ship numbers, IIRC, it was very small, something like 20 warships (If even that) of all types (Most being Endra class crusiers).
Axis Zeon, from the looks of it, seemed to have had upwards of at least 250 Mobile Suits (and at most, somewhere around 800) by the time Glemy threw his coup, and at least 20 warships combined. And with their return to the Earth Sphere, a good many veterans who had stayed in Side 3 joined up with them, bolstering their muster count by quite a bit-- and that's not counting the Remnants still waiting on Earth or doing 'Cimas' in space.toysdream wrote: ↑Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:44 am I think I wasn't entirely clear in that thread; according to Newtype magazine, the ZZ-era Neo Zeon ends up with 800 mobile suits total. Specifically, Newtype claims that during the Neo Zeon civil war at the end of the series, Haman's forces have about 500 mobile suits and Glemy's forces have about 300, and each side has at least 10 warships.
I'm not sure how well this meshes with the animation, though. Judging from the animation, Glemy only seems to have a handful of ships and relatively few mobile suits, and it's only his Newtype Corps that enables him to hold his own against Haman. But judging by episode 44, Haman's main fleet (commanded by Chara) may have as many as 15 ships, so I have no trouble believing that the combined Neo Zeon fleet has more than 20 ships by the end of the series.
And on the topic of space and warships... the Gwadan-class page on the wiki states that, besides the Gwadan (RIP you beautiful beast) itself, there were at least two others of its class built, the Inxs and the Gwaley. I have to wonder what happened to them.
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Total Estimates (by my count, excluding the Remnants):
Military Personal: 10 000 - 20 000? Side 3 enlisties muddle things.
Mobile Suits: 250 - 800
Warships: 20 - 50? Again, Side 3 muddles things.
Correction would be much appreciated, honored elders.