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Martin DaCosta (マーチン・ダコスタ) is a character introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. He reappeared in the sequel series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, and also made appearances in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray.

Personality & Character[]

Martin is an effective and dedicated soldier, and a loyal ally to Andrew Waltfeld, acting as his right-hand man. Following his encounter with Lowe Guele and the Junk Guild, Martin's view towards naturals became more positive, prompting him to join the Clyne Faction and later the Three Ships Alliance to help end the war of genocide between Naturals and Coordinators.

Skills & Abilities[]

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History[]

First Alliance-PLANT War[]

Desert Dawn Campaign[]

Martin DaCosta served as Andrew Waltfeld's second-in-command on board the Lesseps. Martin commanded the Petrie-class land cruiser Petrie during the Battle of Talbadiya, but was ordered to retreat when their forces were heavily damaged by the combined firepower of the Archangel and the Desert Dawn, while Waltfeld was defeated by Kira Yamato's Aile Strike Gundam.[1]

Encountering the Junk Guild[]

After the Battle of Talbadiya, the Junk Guild team arrived in Africa looking for a ship to use on land after their original spaceship had been damaged and crashed to Earth. They discovered the damaged Lesseps and decided to claim it. However, Martin encountered the group and refused to let Lowe and the Junk Guild take it (it is suggested that he was guarding a medical pod containing the injured Waltfeld). Lowe Guele then asked Martin for his permission to help him fix the Lesseps, to which DaCosta agreed. However, Blue Cosmos was also in the area, and knowing there was a coordinator aboard the Lesseps, decided to attack. ZAFT soldiers also attempted to destroy the Lesseps, having been misinformed that Blue Cosmos was using it now. However, Lowe Guele in the Astray Red Frame was able to defeat all the enemies and ultimately caused the Blue Cosmos forces to retreat. DaCosta was shocked that Lowe Guele, who was a Natural, helped a Coordinator and fought off Blue Cosmos, who were Naturals like Lowe. Afterwards, Martin parted ways with the Junk Guild, acknowledging Lowe as a friend.[2]

Three Ships Alliance[]

Later, Martin DaCosta joined the Clyne Faction and helped move Lacus Clyne underground after the Theft of the ZGMF-X10A Freedom.[3] DaCosta then helped rescue Athrun Zala, who had been held prisoner by his father, Patrick Zala, at the request of Lacus. He was successful in saving Athrun and the two escape to the Eternal, a new ZAFT support ship stolen by the Clyne Faction, which had his former superior Andrew as a captain. Afterwards, the Eternal made its way to the Mendel Colony, where it became part of the Three Ships Alliance. Martin continued to serve aboard the Eternal for the rest of the war.[4]

Second Alliance-PLANT War[]

During the Second Alliance-PLANT War, DaCosta was on board the Eternal when Lacus and Andrew returned to the ship, which had been hidden in an asteroid facility known as, the Factory, since the previous war's end.[5] Later in the war, he went on an intelligence gathering mission for Lacus to find anything about Gilbert Durandal, the chairman of PLANT. He managed to find out more about Durandal's "Destiny Plan" while investigating the Mendel Colony, where Durandal once worked as a scientist. His discovery turned out to be precisely what Lacus was seeking. Unfortunately, he was spotted by a Reconnaissance Type GINN during his escape and ended up leading ZAFT right to the Eternal and Terminal's secret mobile suit manufacturing plant. Fortunately, after the Eternal led the ZAFT forces away from the Factory, Kira Yamato soon arrived in the Strike Rouge, and after receiving the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam, disabled all of the ZAFT forces.[6]

The Foundation Conflict[]

In C.E.75, DaCosta was part of the loyalist ZAFT forces that would retake the PLANTs from a Kingdom of Foundation-backed ZAFT coup.[7]

Relationships[]

Andrew Waltfeld[]

Lowe Guele[]

Gallery[]

Anime[]

Games[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • As with the other ship captains, Martin is not a playable character despite having a cut-in and voiced lines in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Battle Destiny. He only appears in the EAF story mission "The Burning Sandstorm" and the Another Arc mission "Dog Run". In both instances, he serves as the captain of the Lesseps-class battleship.

Appearances[]

References[]

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