ZAFT

Evil Organization
Full Name	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Alias	ZAFT
Origin	Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Foundation	50 C.E.
Headquarters	Carpentaria Base
Commanders	Patrick Zala Gilbert Durandal
Agents	Ezalia Joule Commander Waltfield Le Creuset Team
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 Terrorists

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

• Patrick Zala - Chairman (deceased)
• Ezalia Joule (formerly)
• Andrew Waltfield (formerly)
• Athrun Zala (formerly)
• Rau Le Creuset (deceased)
• Yzak Joule (formerly)
• Dearka Elsman (formerly)
• Nicol Amalfi (deceased)
• Sato (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.