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FAITH
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FAITH
FAITHFAITH (Fast Acting Intergrate Tactical Headquarters) is an elite subset of
ZAFT personnel that have remarkable war records and certain character traits.
They are appointed by the PLANT council or the Chairman, to whom they are solely
answerable. Their authority is above those of Squadron Commanders, and can
presumably give strategic orders on the spot or override any orders given to
them by anyone other than the Council.
FAITH members wear badges resembling a white wing emerging from a golden
elliptical orb.
Known members of FAITH include: Henri Eugenie, Heine Westenfluss, Athrun Zala,
Talia Gladys, Shinn Asuka(rank seemed revoked in GSDSE),and Rey Za Burrel.
Terrestrial Nations allied to ZAFT
Oceania Union
A nation composed primarily of Australia and New Zealand. The Oceania Union is
allied with ZAFT, and one of ZAFT's two primary military bases on Earth,
Carpentaria, is located there. At the start of the second Earth/PLANT war, New
Zealand is shown to be included within Earth Alliance territory. It is unclear
whether New Zealand has sitched sides under their own free will, or if it was
forced upon them by the Allaince. However, when the Junius Treaty was signed on
March 10th, CE 72, all national boundaries were restored to their pre-war
status, indicating at this stage that Oceania was still united. This also makes
it likely that New Zealand joined the Alliance by choice, since any invasion by
OMNI after that date would have been considered an act of war and reignited the
conflict between the Alliance and ZAFT.
African Community
A loosely-affiliated group of nations and tribes in the northern sections of
Africa, the African Community is one of only two nations on Earth openly allied
with PLANT, though there are resistance movements, including Desert Dawn.
Supposedly its territory includes Gibraltar, where the second ZAFT's main
military base is located. At the end of the first war ZAFT is forced to remove
its Earth based forces from all territories other than Carpentaria and
Gibraltar, as per the Junius Treaty. Because of this, the African Community
finds itself under Alliance control. It is not until ZAFT's Operation Spear of
Twilight at the start of the second Earth/PLANT war that parts of the African
Community are taken from Alliance control.
Neutral entities
Orb Union
The Orb Union (also known as the United Emirates of Orb or Aube In the Del Rey
manga) is a small Pacific island nation, located to the east of New Guinea which
has a tradition of neutrality and thus is neutral in the war between the Earth
Alliance and ZAFT. [2] Orb's government consists of both an elected legislature
and an aristocracy of five noble families (most notably the Athha, Sahaku, and
Seiran families), and has a mixed population of both Naturals and Coordinators.
Though small, Orb is both wealthy and militarily powerful, and the local arms
maker Morgenroete, Inc. is one of the world's top producers of advanced
weaponry. Orb also has, unusual for its small size, a considerable presence in
space, including the space colony Heliopolis, the space fortress
Ame-no-Mihashira ("Pillar of Heaven"), at least four powerful Izumo-class
battleships, and the Kaguya mass driver located on Onogoro Island.
At the start of the Bloody Valentine War, the chief representative of Orb's
government is Uzumi Nara Athha, who declares the nation's neutrality in the
conflict. Despite this, the Sahaku family sponsors Morgenroete's efforts to
assist the Atlantic Federation in the development of their mobile suit
prototypes behind the backs of Representative Athha and the other
representatives of Orb.
Unfortunately, the Earth Alliance does not respect that neutrality as the war
progressed, and conquers Orb in CE 71, resulting in the death of Representative
Athha and many high ranked politicians. Orb's remaining forces, including the
Izumo-class battleship Kusanagi and the defecting Earth Alliance assault ship
Archangel, escape to space under the command of his daughter Cagalli Yula Athha,
and join forces with the stolen ZAFT warship Eternal to form the Three Ships
Alliance, which would play a critical role during the end of the war.
In the Second Bloody Valentine War, the Seiran noble family gets control of the
Parliament and ends Orb's neutrality. Orb joins the Earth Alliance. However, the
military remains loyal to the Athha family and dislikes the actions of the
Seiran family. Because of this low opinion for the new rulers of Orb, the
military's motivation, morale and fighting ability is weakened. Despite his
personal sentiment, Todaka is promoted to Colonel and chosen to lead the Orb
expeditionary fleet in the nation's first active support of the Alliance. This
effort ends in a disaster at Crete, when the flagship Takemikazuchi and most of
the other ships present are sunk. Colonel Todaka orders the Takemikazuchi
abandoned and remains behind to go down with his ship.
After the Battle of Crete, many of the surviving members of the Orb
expeditionary fleet join the crew of the Archangel, including Todaka's second in
command Lieutenant Amagi, who becomes the Archangel's new executive officer.
After Durandal's speech about Logos and the attack on Heaven's Base, Lord
Djibril flees to Orb where he meets with the Seirans. Because of this, ZAFT
attacks the country but thanks to the Archangel's intervention, ZAFT is driven
back. Djibril escapes and ZAFT forces decide to withdraw, as there is no longer
any reason to attack Orb.
During the battle, the Seirans and many Orb politicians are killed, giving
Cagalli the chance to regain her position as the leader of the Orb Union.
Afterwards Orb, together with the Kingdom of Scandinavia the Atlantic
Federation, defuncters of ZAFT resists Durandal's Destiny Plan and becomes the
target of the now ZAFT-controlled Requiem. However, after the Requiem is
destroyed and Durandal killed, Orb makes peace with PLANT.
In the novelisation of the Gundam Seed series, the title of the third volume
"Country of Peace" (平和 の国 Heiwa no Kuni) refers to Orb. Also, Orb is given this
nickname (the land of peace) in the title of the 25th episode of the anime.
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