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Jachin Due is a space fortress that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.

Overview[]

Jachin Due is the ZAFT space fortress that forms the PLANT's final defense line. Thanks to its thick rock walls, the former resource-mining asteroid serves as an ideal location for a military base as a massive nuclear assault would be needed to destroy it. The size of Jachin Due also allowed for ample construction of command bays and service docks while still being able to withstand massive bombardment. After conversion into a military base, the asteroid was outfitted with multiple beam gun turrets to shoot down incoming enemy units and protected by a large fleet of warships and mobile suits. Jachin Due was also the building site, location, and control center for ZAFT's massive GENESIS superweapon. Jachin Due would be the site of two major battles during the First Alliance-PLANT War.

History[]

First Battle of Jachin Due[]

The first battle took place on April 17, CE 70, when the Earth Alliance attacked the PLANTs with its 5th and 6th fleets in the vicinity of the asteroid. ZAFT successfully repulsed the attack and the PLANT Supreme Council afterwards decided to convert the asteroid into a military space fortress for ZAFT forces. Jachin Due was thus one of two asteroid fortresses meant to protect the PLANTs; the other being Boaz.

Second Battle of Jachin Due[]

Later, Jachin Due became the base of operations for the GENESIS project and the only remaining space fortress after the destruction of Boaz by the Earth Alliance on September 23, CE 71. One day later, the massive Second Battle of Jachin Due began during which the Earth Alliance again targeted the PLANT homeland with nuclear missiles. This attack, however, was thwarted by the Three Ships Alliance.[1] As a result, Patrick Zala relocated to Jachin Due and ordered the use of GENESIS, which was capable of destroying a vast part of the Alliance fleet as well as the Ptolemaeus Lunar Base after two shots.[2] On September 27, the third shot was to be fired at Earth (specifically at the Atlantic Federation capital, Washington D.C.), which would have resulted in the death of the entire human race. To prevent this, all the other factions attacked Jachin Due, while Zala's own officers questioned his decisions, which eventually resulted in the chairman being shot by one of his officers. Before this happened, the self-destruction of Jachin Due was initiated, which was linked to the firing sequence of GENESIS. It was Zala's son Athrun Zala who decided to enter GENESIS with his ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam to detonate its nuclear reactor inside it to prevent it from firing. Jachin Due eventually self-destructed and only a small amount of energy was released from GENESIS before it was destroyed in the explosion of the Justice's reactor.[3]

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • Jachin is the name of one of two pillars of the Biblical Solomon's Temple (the other being Boaz), while "Due" means "two" in Italian. This may be a reference to the Solomon fortress in Mobile Suit Gundam.
  • It is possible Jachin Due was not completely destroyed at the end of the series. The mostly intact remains of the station can be seen during the series' closing credits.

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Cosmic Era locations
Space
Apollon A | Armory One | Ame-no-Mihashira | Artemis | Boaz | Debris Belt | Development Facility Satellite | Dock | Erudou | Factory | Heliopolis | Jachin Due | L4 Colony Cluster | Liteiria | Messiah | PLANT Colonies | Troya Station | Yggdrasil | ZAFT Military Station | Zodiac
Debris Belt Locations
Graveyard | Junius Seven
Heliopolis Locations
Morgenröte Facility
L4 Colony Cluster Locations
Mendel
Mendel Locations
G.A.R.M. R&D Facility
PLANT Colonies Locations
Aprilius One | Junius Five | Junius Seven
Aprilius One Locations
Clyne Manor | Kira and Lacus' Mansion | PLANT Supreme Council Building | ZAFT Military Factory
Junius Five Locations
White Symphony
Moon
Arzachel Lunar Base | Copernicus City | Daedalus Lunar Base | Endymion Base | Lorenz Base | Ptolemaeus Lunar Base
Earth
Berlin | Carpentaria Base | Diocuia | Fortaleza | Gibraltar Base | Giga-Float | Gulnahan Ravine | Heaven's Base | Indian Ocean | Ishtaria | Kaohsiung Base | Kirgitz Plant | Lagash Base | Lodonia Lab | Mahamul Base | Moscow | North Africa | North America | Orb Archipelago | Orbit Traffic Observation Center | Red Sea | Reverend Malchio's Orphanage | Scandinavia | South Africa | South America | Victoria Base | Yap Island
Diocuia Locations
Diocuia Base
Gulnahan Ravine Locations
Lohengrin Gate
Indian Ocean Locations
Indian Ocean Base | Indian Ocean Island
North Africa Locations
Al-Jairi's Factory | Al-Jairi's Home | Banadiya | Desert Dawn Base | Moula | Suez Base | Talbadiya Factory District | Tassil
Banadiya Locations
ZAFT Banadiya Base
North America
Flaga Estate | JOSH-A | Panama Base | White House
Orb Archipelago Locations
Akatsuki Island | Kaguya Island | Onogoro Island | Sadeyori Island | Yalafath Island
Akatsuki Island Locations
Akatsuki Manor
Onogoro Island Locations
Morgenröte Headquarters | Morgenröte Underground Dock | Orb National Defense Headquarters
Yalafath Island Locations
Allster Family Home | Athha Estate | Ceremonial Temple | Orb Administrative Building | Seiran Family Estate
Others
Bautroya | Jupiter | Mars
Bautroya Locations
DSSD Supply Station
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