Junk Guild

Junk Guild
Junk Guild (ジャンク屋組合, Janku-ya Kumiai)
Data
Purpose	Non-Governmental Organization
Allies	Three Ships Alliance
Mobile Weapons/Armors/Workers
METEOR Verne 35A/MPFM Multipurpose Flight Module YMF-X000A Dreadnought Gundam MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame Power Loader MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame "Powered Red" MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Dragon MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame Mars Jacket MBF-P02Kai Gundam Astray Red Frame Kai MWF-JG73 Civilian Astray JG Custom ZGMF-1017 Works GINN MWF-JG71 Raysta TMF/A-802 P-Mod.W BuCUE Waltfeld Custom Type MAW-01 Mistral Kimera MBF-P03 Gundam Astray Blue Frame
Vehicles
Lesseps-class Marseille III-class Re.H.O.M.E.
Miscellaneous
Manga	GSA

The Junk Guild is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) introduced in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray. It is devoted to the upkeep, maintenance, and salvage of the technology forming the infrastructure of Cosmic Era society.

Overview

Most Junk Guild teams spend their days either going through battlefields salvaging usable equipment or working under contract. Contracts can vary from salvage operations to repair to recovery of equipment. Large contracts may necessitate multiple Guild teams - it is not uncommon to see a large contingent of Guild techs working on major projects, such as the Giga-Float mobile mass driver. The Guild espouses non-violence - Junk techs will only fight to defend themselves, and even then will refrain from killing unless there is no other option.

Thanks to the work of Reverend Malchio, the Junk Guild has non-aggression treaties with all three major factions (Earth Alliance, ZAFT and Orb Union) - any person or vessel that bears the emblem of the Junk Guild cannot be denied entry to any treaty signatory, as long as they obey the laws within (though they may be restricted as to where they may go - ZAFT, for example, does not allow Junk Guild members onto the PLANTs unless they are granted special permission). The Junk Guild is rather decentralized - while there is an overseeing body that governs the organization as a whole, most of the work is done by small teams of technicians who act independently.

Unlike the nations of the world, who prefer to standardize their equipment, Junk Guild's equipment was an eclectic mix of whatever they could afford/repair/salvage. It was not uncommon to see a Guild team using an assortment of repair pods and salvaged ZAFT mobile suits for work in space. Teams tended to stick with lightly armored and armed vessels as bases of operation in space, as they place a premium on cargo space as opposed to combat ability. On Earth, retrofitted military transports are often used - the Lesseps-class land battleship was popular with the Guild, due to its large cargo bay and ease of retrofitting for repair duties - the turrets on the top deck could easily be replaced with manipulator arms.

The Guild acquired new recruits from all walks of life, Natural and Coordinator alike. New recruits underwent basic training and indoctrination, then were sent to a team for on-the-job training. After a probationary period, the Guild then accepted the recruit as a Junk Tech, and they were assigned to a team. Because Junk Techs tended to trust each other (lacking a reason to do otherwise), it was occasionally possible to infiltrate the Junk Guild, as Juri Wu Nien did in an attempt to steal the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

History

During the First Alliance-PLANT War, the Junk Guild team led by "The Professor" discovered two of the mobile suits created under the Astray Project within the remains of the collapsed space colony, Heliopolis, and successfully recovered one of the machines - the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame. It was later revealed that this was in fact a result of the Professor's long-time friend Erica Simmons informing her of the Astrays and asking her to recover them. The Professor's team was not informed of this until months later, when they entered Orb Union and met with Dr. Simmons. Near the end of the war, Reverend Malchio made arrangements for the Junk Guild to aid the Three Ships Alliance in a non-combat capacity. The Junk Guild space vessel Re.H.O.M.E. served as a tender ship for the Three Ships Alliance until the end of the war.

Known Members

Lowe Guele

Natural technician and pilot of one of three Astray prototypes, the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

Liam Garfield

Coordinator pilot of a customized Kimera and a Works GINN.

Kisato Yamabuki

Natural Junk Guild Tech with Lowe, Liam, and the Professor. She has the hobby of collecting memorabilia of the First Coordinator George Glenn.

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Artificially Intelligent computer found by Lowe on a drifting spacecraft, named for the only visible writing on its casing. It serves as a co-pilot for Lowe Guele's Astray Red Frame and later Jess Rabble's Astray Out Frame.

The Professor

Though her real name and her past are unknown, she is the brilliant Natural scientist and captain of the HOME. She creates a holographic body for George Glenn so that she won't have to bother with commanding the ReHOME. She is also a close friend of Erica Simmons.

Yoon Sefan

She's the clumsy Natural and former Morgenroete Inc. engineer who joined the Junk Guild after being left behind during the evacuation of Orb before its destruction at the hands of EA forces. She's the designer of the Raysta civilian-use MS and pilot of a custom Raysta.

Former Members

Juri Wu Nien

A member of Orb's M1 Astray Team. She infiltrated Lowe's Junk Guild group as "Marlin" in an attempt to steal Lowe's Astray Red Frame to figure out how a Natural could pilot a Mobile Suit.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
  • PHASE-47, The Nightmare Reborn

OVAs and ONAs

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED MSV Astray
  • Episode 1, Red Frame

Manga

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray
  • Chapter 1, RED & BLUE
    • First Appearance
  • Chapter 2, Showdown! Astray vs Astray
  • Chapter 11.5, Magic Bullet of Dusk
• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray
  • Chapter 0.5, Chapter X Prologue
  • Chapter 1, Parts-X12: The New G