ZAFT

Evil Organization
Full Name	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Alias	ZAFT
Origin	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Foundation	50 C.E.
Headquarters	PLANT Supreme Council Building ZAFT Military Station
Commanders	PLANT Supreme Council Chairman (Commander-in-Chief) Chairman of the PLANT National Defense Commitee (Head of ZAFT forces)
Agents	PLANT Intelligence Division FAITH ZAFT Lunar Fleet (main space force) Joule Team Le Creuset Team Waltfeld Corps Minerva Corps
Powers / Skills	Powerful military Advanced technology
Goals	Achieve independence for the Coordinators (original). Defeat the Earth Alliance. Wipe out all the Naturals (under Zala). Impose the Destiny Plan onto the world (under Durandal; all failed).
Crimes	Abuse of power Genocide Mass murder Terrorism
Type of Villains	Oppressive Military Forces

The Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty, abbreviated as ZAFT, is the military of the PLANT colonies and seeks to gain their independence and ensure their supremacy over Naturals. They are one of the two main antagonistic factions of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, alongside Blue Cosmos.

History

ZAFT was originally the Zodiac Alliance, an organization created by Patrick Zala and Siegel Clyne to peacefully fight for the rights and independence of Coordinators, who faced discrimination from the Earth Alliance. However, as the ZAFT was later reorganized by Zala into a militaristic organization comprised of civilian volunteers to serve as the official military force of the PLANT colonies.

After an attack occurred on the lunar City Copernicus that wiped out the United Nations leadership, ZAFT was held responsible and a war erupted between the Earth Alliance and the PLANT colonies. During this conflict, Patrick Zala rose to power within PLANT, taking control of both the PLANT Supreme Council and ZAFT, and sought to wipe out all the "Naturals" on Earth, seeing the Coordinators as the superior race.

With the increasing tensions between the more radical Patrick Zala and the more moderate Siegel Clyne and the former consolidating more power in the PLANT Supreme Council, ZAFT would experience a schism, resulting in the moderate party reorganizing as the Clyne Faction.

After both Alliance-PLANT Wars, Lacus Clyne would return to the PLANTs and become the Chairwoman of the Supreme Council, and most of the Clyne Faction would reintegrate into their former military.

Members

PLANT Supreme Council Members/Heads:

• Siegel Clyne - Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council (deceased)
• Patrick Zala - Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council (deceased)
• Eileen Canaver - Chairwoman of the PLANT Supreme Council (formerly)
• Gilbert Durandal - Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council (deceased)
• Lacus Clyne - Chairwoman of the PLANT Supreme Council (formerly)
• Walter de Lament - Chairman of the PLANT Supreme Council (current)
• Ezalia Joule - Member of the PLANT Supreme Council as National Defense Committee Member (formerly, resigned)
• Hari Jagannath - Chairman of the PLANT National Defense Committee (deceased)

ZAFT Officers/Agents:

• Andrew Waltfeld - Leader of Waltfeld Corps and Captain of the Eternal Crew (defected from ZAFT, later reinstated due to Lacus Clyne's role as Chairwoman of the Supreme Council)
• Talia Gladys - Captain of the Minerva Corps, FAITH Special Forces Officer (deceased)
• Rau Le Creuset - Leader of Le Creuset Team (deceased)
• Athrun Zala - Member of Le Creuset Team, FAITH Special Forces Officer (both formerly)
• Yzak Joule - Leader of Joule Team, Head of the PLANT Intelligence Division (current)
• Dearka Elsman - Co-leader of Joule Team, Deputy Head of the PLANT Intelligence Division (current)
• Nicol Amalfi - Member of Le Creuset Team (deceased)
• Shiho Hahnenfuss - Member of the Joule Team, PLANT Intelligence Division Officer (current)
• Shinn Asuka - Member of the Minerva Corps, FAITH Special Forces Officer (transferred as Compass Forces member)
• Rey Za Burrel - Member of the Minerva Corps, FAITH Special Forces Officer (deceased)
• Lunamaria Hawke - Member of the Minerva Corps (transferred as Compass Forces member)
• Hilda Harken - Member of ZAFT under Lacus Clyne's faction (transferred as Compass Forces member)
• Mars Simeon - Member of ZAFT under Lacus Clyne's faction (transferred as Compass Forces member, deceased)
• Herbert von Reinhard - Member of ZAFT under Lacus Clyne's faction (transferred as Compass Forces member, deceased)
• Sato - Defected ZAFT member (deceased)

Gallery

Trivia

• Much like the Principality of Zeon, which served as a basis, ZAFT in many ways is supposed to mirror the German military and the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII, due to the lower rank soldiers wearing green as their primary color while the symbol dons the red color that is shown in the flags of the Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. Though the upper echelons wearing black of ZAFT do mirror Nazi Germany's paramilitary uniforms and to the extent that mobile suits like GINN, GuAIZ, and ZAKU Warrior do wear helmets akin to the German military helmets.