Logos

Logos
Logos (ロゴス, Rogosu)
Data
Purpose	World Affairs Manipulation
Led by	Lord Djibril
Subdivisions	Blue Cosmos Phantom Pain
Allies	Earth Alliance (Reduced; after the Campaign Against Logos) Atlantic Federation OMNI Enforcer Seiran family
Enemies	PLANT Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Orb Union Three Ships Alliance Earth Alliance (Partial; after the Campaign Against Logos)
Last Seen	74 C.E.
Mobile Weapons/Armors/Workers
GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam
Vehicles
Attack Submarine
Miscellaneous

“	Why do you think that Coordinators should not exist? That we are monsters with whom you can never reach an understanding? The real question is, "Who started saying those things in the first place?"	”
—Gilbert Durandal scrutinizing the anti-Coordinator propaganda of Logos on broadcast.

Logos is a secretive military-industrial complex introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.

Overview

Logos is a secret society made up of a handful of powerful industrialists and defense contractors who see war as a business and manipulate world events to profit from the misery it creates. Logos uses agents within Blue Cosmos and Phantom Pain to enact their plans while the leadership works from behind the scenes to create conflict. While the group had no official leader, Lord Djibril took up the role with the other members following his lead.

History

Logos shared a working relationship with Blue Cosmos throughout most of each group's existence, with Logos providing financial support for Blue Cosmos' acts of terrorism against Coordinators. Following the death of Muruta Azrael at the end of the First Alliance-PLANT War, Lord Djibril became Blue Cosmos’ new leader, effectively putting the organization directly under Logos’ control. During the Second Alliance-PLANT War, PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal gave a speech revealing the organization's existence to the world. This began a campaign to destroy Logos and Blue Cosmos by ZAFT, civilian resistance, and even Earth Alliance members.

Many people on Earth started to attack the homes of Logos members, resulting in many of them being either murdered or forced to flee. The surviving Logos members made their unsuccessful last stand against a combined ZAFT and renegade anti-Logos Earth Alliance forces during Operation Ragnarök at Heaven's Base, their headquarters in Iceland. After the battle which saw the majority of Logos members captured, Lord Djibril (the last known remaining member) fled to the Orb Union and afterward to the Daedalus lunar base to rendezvous with Blue Cosmos loyalist forces. From there, Djibril attacked the PLANTs with the superweapon Requiem, intent on wiping out all Coordinators. However, ZAFT forces counterattacked, with mobile suits from the LHM-BB01 Minerva forcing Djibril to flee on the Girty Lue. But before he could escape the ship was shot down by Rey Za Burrel in the ZGMF-X666S Legend Gundam, which also killed Djibril and thus the last remaining Logos member, bringing an end to the organization.

According to the novelization, because of the wide-reaching influence of Logos, its destruction and the ensuing manhunt for Logos members caused a massive economic crisis and led to worldwide chaos and anarchy.

Members

• Lord Djibril - (De-facto leader, KIA during the Battle of Daedalus)
• Joseph Copeland (KIA during the Proclamation of the Destiny Plan)
• Alwin Ritter (captured following Operation Ragnarök)
• Adam Vermilyea (killed during the Campaign Against Logos)
• Lucs Kohler (captured following Operation Ragnarök)
• Graham Nelleis (killed during the Campaign Against Logos)
• Bruno Azrael (captured following Operation Ragnarök)
• Celestine Groht (killed during the Campaign Against Logos)
• Lally McWilliams (captured following Operation Ragnarök)
• Duncan Luis Mockelberg (captured following Operation Ragnarök)

Gallery

Lord Djibril

Alwin Ritter

Adam Vermilyea

Lucs Kohler

Graham Nelleis

Bruno Azrael

Celestine Groht

Lally McWilliams

Duncan Luis Mockelberg

Logos members revealed by Durandal - Top Row

Logos members revealed by Durandal - Bottom Row

Notes & Trivia

• Logos is likely named after one of the titular mode of persuasion in writing (Ethos, Pathos, Logos).
• According to Cagalli Yula Athha in Gundam SEED Destiny episode 34 (Nightmare), the Seiran family and a number of Orb's influential citizens are among the list of Logos members.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • PHASE-05, Scars That Won't Heal
    • First Appearance
  • PHASE-10, A Father's Spell
  • PHASE-31, The Endless Night
  • PHASE-37, Thunder in the Dark
  • PHASE-38, A New Flag
  • PHASE-39, Kira of the Skies
  • PHASE-43, A Call for Counterattack
  • PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
  • PHASE-45, Prelude to Revolution
    • Destroyed

References

Blue Cosmos and Logos File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 141, Pg 11)

Blue Cosmos and Logos File 02 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 141, Pg 12)

Logos File 01 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 41, Pg 27)

Logos File 02 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 41, Pg 28)