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Independent Factions
Clyne Faction
The Clyne Faction started as the collection of PLANT politicians loyal to the
ideals of Siegel Clyne, leader of the PLANT moderate faction. However, as the
political situation in the PLANTs took a dark turn, the group switched to being
an underground rebel faction comprised of normal civilians and ZAFT soldiers,
spawned as a result of Patrick Zala's extremist genocidal politics towards the
Naturals. The Clyne Faction was initially commanded by former PLANT Chairman
Siegel Clyne, but after his assassination, his daughter, Lacus Clyne, took over.
Another prominent figure was Andrew Waltfeld, a much-decorated ZAFT commander.
Their first major actions were the theft of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom and soon after
the hijacking of the newest ZAFT capital ship, Eternal, which was coincidentally
assigned under the command of Waltfield by ZAFT. Even though Zala is in charge
of ZAFT and uses it to try and crush the Clyne Faction, the ease in which the
Clyne Faction managed to steal the Freedom and the swift hijacking of the
Eternal later on highlights the fact that the Clyne Faction likely has a
considerable number of supporters within ZAFT as well.
Three Ships Alliance
The Three Ships Alliance was formed near the end of the Bloody Valentine War as
a force dedicated to ending the war. It consisted of the members of the Clyne
Faction who had stolen the ZAFT support vessel Eternal, survivors from the Earth
Alliance invasion of Orb aboard the Orb battleship Kusanagi, and the crew of the
Earth Alliance battleship Archangel. The alliance takes up residence in an
abandoned space colony for a little over two months, and then sets out to
prevent the Earth Alliance and PLANT from annihilating each other. The Three
Ships Alliance was instrumental in preventing an Earth Alliance nuclear assault
on the PLANT colonies, and in preventing PLANT from using the GENESIS
Superweapon from irradiating the Earth.
After the Bloody Valentine War, the Three Ships Alliance (composed of the Clyne
Faction, moderate elements of the Atlantic Federation, and remnants of the Orb
Military) was changed into a covert moderate military and political organization
once again operating under the Clyne Faction name. This new faction received aid
from the independent intelligence group Terminal, strengthened in numbers and
technology thanks to defecting Earth Alliance and ZAFT officers and appears to
have thoroughly infiltrated the military command structure of every major
faction.[citation needed] It is also implied that Terminal has very well-placed
intelligence sources as information about current events such as the Minerva's
departure time and the Destroy's rampage across Western Eurasia were received
and sent to the proper people within a very short amount of time. And thanks to
backing from the Orb Union, Terminal became one of the world's main political
and military organizations, although its influence can be called discreet, even
subversive[citation needed]. Spawned for the same reasons as the Three Ships
Alliance, to achieve and maintain peace and stability between Coordinators and
Naturals; the Clyne Faction was lead by Lacus Clyne on the political side and
Kira Yamato on the military end.
Despite considerable military expansion by ZAFT and the Atlantic Federation (the
strongest member of the Earth Alliance), Terminal too developed advanced
military hardware with its large industrial base, which includes a secret
underwater base and a mobile suit factory hidden in an asteroid. The ZGMF-X20A
Strike Freedom, ZGMF-X19A Infinite Justice, and ZGMF-XX09T DOM Trooper, all of
which were made by Terminal from technology originally developed by ZAFT, are
generally on-par or even superior to their ZAFT and Earth Alliance counterparts.
Towards the end of the Second Bloody Valentine War, Terminal and Terminal-allied
forces consisted of one Archangel Class, one Eternal Class, three Izumo Class,
two to three Agamemmnon Class, at least four Nelson Class, at least two Drake
Class, at least two Nazca Class and at least two Laurasia Class warships. Their
mobile suit forces were spearheaded by the Strike Freedom, Infinite Justice,
Akatsuki, Gaia, and three DOM Troopers. The main body of their mobile suits
comprised of dozens of Murasame and Dagger-L and Windam mobile suits.
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