“ | For the preservation of our blue and pure world! | ” |
—Blue Cosmos’ motto, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Nightmare Reborn |
Blue Cosmos (ブルーコスモス Burū Kosumosu?) is a radical anti-Coordinator activist group introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Overview[]
Blue Cosmos was formed by resentful Naturals and is the dominant political force behind the Earth Alliance military. According to the Blue Cosmos ideology, genetic modification is a violation of the natural order, and all Coordinators must be exterminated "for the preservation of our blue and pure world."
History[]
Blue Cosmos was originally an environmental pressure group, but after George Glenn revealed his identity as a Coordinator in C.E. 15, they changed their emphasis to terrorizing and killing Coordinators. They especially desired the destruction of the Ultimate Coordinator, Kira Yamato, and carried out an attack on the Mendel Colony in C.E. 55.[1] Over the year, the ideology of Blue Cosmos spread, particularly in the Atlantic Federation, with many of its senior military members or political figures, such as William Sutherland and Muruta Azrael.
In the following years, Blue Cosmos experimented in creating an army of obedient soldiers to fight against Coordinators. Programs were created to indoctrinate Natural children into Blue Cosmos, training them in military tactics and conditioning them to hate and kill Coordinators. These children were subsequently assigned to the covert unit, Phantom Pain.[2] Some children were taken to hidden laboratories where they were made into Biological CPUs, enhanced humans who, through the use of mental conditioning and performance boosting drugs, were superior to the average Coordinator in combat.[3][4]
During the First Alliance-PLANT War, Blue Cosmos actively attempted to destroy the PLANT Colonies, the Coordinator homeland, beginning with the destruction of Junius Seven.[5] During the war, civilian militias affiliated with Blue Cosmos waged guerrilla warfare against ZAFT forces stationed in Africa.[6] As the war continued, Muruta, the leader of Blue Cosmos, became the de facto leader of the Earth Alliance and ordered a nuclear attack on the PLANT Colonies, leading to the Second Battle of Jachin Due. The attack ultimately failed and Azrael was killed during the closing stages of the war.[7]
Unfortunately, the events of the war and the signing of the Junius Treaty did not affect Blue Cosmos. Sometime after the first war, Lord Djibril, leader of secret society known as Logos, became the new leader of Blue Cosmos, effectively putting the organization under Logos’ control. In October, C.E. 73, Orb Union's Chief Representative, Cagalli Yula Athha was forced to visit Armory One due in large part to pressure on Orb from the Atlantic Federation, which was still largely controlled by Blue Cosmos.[8]
Towards the end of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, the fall of Logos and later the death of Djibril, along with the significant shift in the majority of the Atlantic Federation populace's perception of Coordinators brought about by the Campaign Against Logos, the organization's hold on the Earth Alliance was significantly weakened.[9][10]
By C.E. 75, Blue Cosmos remnants had broken off entirely from the Earth Alliance. However, a considerable number of EA mobile weapons were taken by Blue Cosmos personnel during the split, who used them to continue fighting in guerilla attacks across the world.[11]
Members[]
- Muruta Azrael - Leader (C.E. ?? - C.E. 71) (KIA)
- Lord Djibril - Leader (C.E. 72 - C.E. 74) (KIA)
- Michael - Leader (C.E. 75) (KIA)
- William Sutherland - Captain of the Peacemaker Force (KIA)
- George Allster - Vice-Minister of the Atlantic Federation (Deceased)
- Various Earth Alliance pilots and officers
Gallery[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Blue Cosmos is similar to Ku Klax Klan as both organization's ideology revolve around a superior race who would at one point heavily dominate the western superpower (Blue Cosmos led Atlantic Federation and KKK influenced USA) to spread their ultra nationalism by leading the alliance (Earth Alliance and United Nations).
- According to the novelization of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom, the Eurasian Federation might have tacitly allowed the existence of Blue Cosmos after the Second Alliance-PLANT War.[12]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-08, The Songstress of The Enemy Forces
- First Mentioned
- PHASE-09, The Fading Light
- First Appearance
- PHASE-15, The Respective Solitudes
- In Flashback(s); HD Remaster Only
- PHASE-19, Fangs of the Enemy
- PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
- PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- PHASE-39, Athrun
- PHASE-40, Into the Dawn Skies
- PHASE-41, Trembling World
- PHASE-42, Lacus Strikes
- PHASE-43, What Stands in the Way
- PHASE-44, Spiral of Encounters
- PHASE-45, The Opening Door
- PHASE-46, A Place for the Soul
- PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn
- PHASE-48, Day of Wrath
- PHASE-49, The Final Light
- PHASE-08, The Songstress of The Enemy Forces
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-05, Scars That Won't Heal
- PHASE-10, A Father's Spell
- PHASE-31, The Endless Night
- PHASE-38, A New Flag
- PHASE-43, A Call for Counterattack
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- PHASE-45, Prelude to Revolution
- Movies
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-45, The Opening Door
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER Episode 2, STAGE 2
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-39, Athrun
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-25, The Place of Sin
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-19, Fangs of the Enemy
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-49, The Final Light
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-38, A New Flag
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-45, Prelude to Revolution
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Chapter 1
Cosmic Era Nations and Factions | |
Earth Alliance | |
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Earth Alliance Subdivisions Atlantic Federation | Earth Alliance Council | Eurasian Federation | OMNI Enforcer | Republic of East Asia | South African Union | United States of South America | |
OMNI Enforcer Subdivisions 3rd Space Fleet | 7th Space Fleet | 8th Space Fleet | 13th Autonomous Corps | 4th Naval Fleet | Archangel Corps | Phantom Pain | |
3rd Space Fleet Subdivisions Moebius Zero Corps | |
7th Space Fleet Subdivisions Dominion Corps | Peacemaker Force | |
Eurasian Federation Subdivisions Task Force X | |
Earth Alliance Affiliates Azrael Conglomerate | Blue Cosmos | Logos | National Defense Industry Association | PMP | The Clan | United News Alliance | World Security Treaty Organization | |
Earth Alliance Predecessors United Nations | |
PLANT | |
PLANT Subdivisions PLANT Supreme Council | ZAFT | |
PLANT Supreme Council Subdivisions Moderate Faction | Neutral Faction | Radical Faction | |
ZAFT Subdivisions FAITH | Gaze Team | Glasgow Corps | Ruddle Team | Joule Team | Laconi Team | Le Creuset Team | Minerva Corps | Morassim Corps | National Defense Committee | PLANT Intelligence Division | Porto Team | Waltfeld Corps | Willard Corps | Yuna Law Team | ZAFT Coup d'état Faction | |
PLANT Affiliates African Community | DEFROCK | Integrated Design Bureau | Maius Military Industries | Oceania Union | |
Orb Union | |
Orb Union Subdivisions Five Great Clans | Orb Disaster Relief Team | Orb National Defense Force | |
Orb Union Noble Families Athha family | Kiou family | Mashima family | Sahaku family | Seiran family | Tokino family | |
Orb National Defense Force Subdivisions 21st Airborne Team | M1 Astray Team | Second Escort Fleet | Second Space Fleet | |
Second Space Fleet Subdivisions Archangel Corps | Kusanagi Corps | |
Orb Union Affiliates Morgenröte | |
Three Ships Alliance | |
Three Ships Alliance Subdivisions Archangel Corps | Clyne Faction | Kusanagi Corps | Millennium Corps | |
Clyne Faction Subdivisions DOM Trooper Team | |
Kusanagi Corps Subdivisions M1 Astray Team | |
Millennium Corps Subdivisions Yamato Team | |
Three Ships Alliance Affiliates Terminal | Compass | |
Compass | |
Compass Subdivisions Archangel Corps | Millennium Corps | |
Millennium Corps Subdivisions Yamato Team | Harken Team | |
Kingdom of Foundation | |
Foundation Subdivisions Black Knight Squad | |
Neutral Entities | |
Equatorial Union | Kingdom of Scandinavia | Martian Government | |
Martian Government Subdivisions Mars Sphere Austrell Colony Delegation | |
Non-Governmental Organizations | |
Actaeon Industries | Adukurf Mechano-Industries | Agstar-Sikorsky | Anti-factice | DSSD | Desert Dawn | Fujiyama Company | G.A.R.M. R&D | Junk Guild | Librarian Works | Mercenary Unit X | Rogue ZAFT Terrorists | Serpent Tail | Winslet World Konzern |