True Federal (シン・フェデラル) is a group that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam Katana. It is a splinter faction of the Earth Federation Forces dedicated to overthrowing the Federal government. Notably, it employs reproduced versions of many mobile weapons that were either never produced or did not see combat.
History[]
During Operation Stardust, half of the Federation fleet gathered at Confeito was destroyed by the RX-78GP02A Gundam "Physalis". In order to cover up the incident, the Federation officially labelled the surviving fleet as MIA, and all survivors were separated from the main force. Dissatisfied with their treatment, these survivors reorganized into a terrorist organization known as True Federal.
The leader of the organization was Kanesada Tsurugi, the captain of BGST, and it was funded by Richard Grayson, chairman of the Europe chamber of commerce and Tsurugi's disciple. In order to bolster the organization's forces, Kanesada had his son, Ittou Tsurugi, join the Jupiter Fleet, hearing that it has a higher Newtype birthrate. While there, Ittou was experimented on along with many other children and transformed into a Cyber Newtype. The knowledge gained from this later allowed Kanesada to transform many orphans into Cyber Newtypes.
However, when Kanesada went to Side 1 to garner support, Grayson arranged for his arrest. He then donned a mask and adopted the persona of Lord Sparta, taking over the organization and deceiving everyone into thinking that he was Kanesada, since he learned his martial arts from Kanesada, and shared his fighting style. Under Grayson, True Federal spread chaos in the Earth Sphere, allowing Grayson to profit from the endless wars.
Members[]
- Kanesada Tsurugi
- Kotetsu
- Richard Grayson
- Bereno Abbacchio
- Captain Silver