[h2]Addendum[/h2]

Dont know on how much people's knowledge is in the one year war and the UC timeline in general but here is how things are in the rp.

Due to sight of the first mobile suits and the premier of the minovsky particles the Federation was forced to increase their research into as to try and match the new weapons fielded by Zeon. As a result the prototype gundam was equipped with sensors and programs and the like that recorded and analyzed how the Zeon suits worked this as a result caused a boom in research thus creating more viable suits for the Federation. This in turn spurned Zeon to create better suits as to keep their upper hand in the war thus creating more and more advanced mobile suits for each side. With that said most gundams are still being tested and or built on earth with the sole exception of the Full armor gundam due to the fact most of the research was into the weapons rather than the suit itself. As a result the full armor gundam was sent to the thunderbolt sector a bit ahead of schedule. 

Hope this answers any questions also as for time dont remember the exact date but since I mixed some events around its going to be a bit chaotic sorry but it is set 1 month before the death of Garma Zabi.