Post by Eaon on Nov 7, 2009 21:15:49 GMT -5
The Earth Alliance (commonly known as the EA) is the group of anti-ZAFT superstates on Earth. It is composed of four political entities:
* the "Atlantic Federation"
* the "Eurasian Federation"
* the "Republic of East Asia"
* the "South African Union".
The Alliance also conquered the PLANT-friendly United States of South America, with its member states now engaged in a revolution to regain independence. Officially founded as a result of the Alaska Declaration on February 7, CE 70, the combined military forces are called OMNI Enforcer, but more frequently addressed as the Earth Forces (Chikyuu Gun). The Earth Alliance is headed by a moderate Secretary-General, but the real leaders are the Blue Cosmos and its Logos benefactors.
The Earth Alliance and ZAFT waged war on February 11, CE 70 after the United Nations's leadership is wiped out by a terrorist attack in the Tragedy of Copernicus on February 5. 9 days later, the Earth Forces launches nuclear warheads to destroy the PLANT colony at Junius Seven, in what is known as the Bloody Valentine incident.
Unlike the Earth Federation of the Universal Century era which is a relatively unified body, the Earth Alliance is a loose international military confederation of entities often working at cross purposes to each other. It is not uncommon for each faction to not reveal the key workings of their weapon and armor technologies with their erstwhile allies - when the Atlantic Federation battleship Archangel docked at the Eurasian military base Artemis, the commander attempts to acquire by force both the ship and its GAT-X105 Strike in order to acquire the secret behind their designs. Later, when Alliance headquarters JOSH-A in Alaska, controlled by the Atlantic Federation, is mostly abandoned as a trap for ZAFT's invasion forces, the token defense force left behind as "bait" (completely unaware of the trap) consists almost entirely of Eurasian troops.
The Earth Alliance develops several important military innovations during the war: second-generation mobile operating systems, Phase Shift armor, Lightwave Barrier, beam weaponry and the Mirage Colloid stealth system.
In the wake of the Junius Seven colony drop disaster in CE 73, the Earth Alliance declares war again on ZAFT, on the grounds the drop represents the true intentions of Coordinators toward Naturals. Unfortunately, popular support for the Earth Alliance weakened after PLANT Chairman Gilbert Durandal exposed the Logos organization behind the Blue Cosmos leaders and vowed that ZAFT will destroy them once and for all. Considering that many areas of the Eurasian Federation were "liberated" by ZAFT and forces from the Republic of East Asia were defecting, it could be possible that the Earth Alliance was, from that point on, defunct.
OMNI Enforcer
Oppose Militancy and Neutralize Invasion (OMNI) Enforcer is the name of the Earth Alliance's military force, more commonly known as the Earth Alliance Forces, or simply Earth Forces[1]. Unlike ZAFT, the military of OMNI Enforcer is tightly organized on a traditional model. Many top officers of OMNI, mostly those from the Atlantic Federation, are also members of the Blue Cosmos.
OMNI Enforcer's space fleet is large and well-equipped, though their warships are slightly outdated compared to ZAFT's powerful fleet. Their mobile weapons until the Battle of Porta Panama are primarily limited to the TS-MA2 Moebius mobile armor, a distinctly outdated design. At and after Porta Panama, the Earth Alliance quickly replaces the Moebius with the GAT-01 Strike Dagger and related mobile suit models, redressing the balance and turning the tide against ZAFT in the Bloody Valentine War.
Known OMNI Enforcer space fleets are the 3rd Fleet, (decimated during the Battle of Endymion), the 5th and 6th Fleets (intercepted by ZAFT during the First Battle of Jachin Due), 8th Fleet (decimated during the Battle of Orbit) and the 7th Fleet (decimated during the Second Battle of Jachin Due).
Officer
* General/Admiral: Broad yellow band, two blue tabs (conjectural)
* Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral: Broad yellow band, one blue tab (conjectural)
* Major General/Rear Admiral: Broad yellow band
* Colonel/Captain: Two narrow yellow bands, two blue tabs
* Lt. Colonel/Commander: Two narrow yellow bands, one blue tab
* Major/Lt. Commander: Two narrow yellow bands
* Captain/Lieutenant: One narrow yellow band, two blue tabs
* First Lieutenant/Lieutenant J.G.: One narrow yellow band, one blue tab
* Second Lieutenant/Ensign: One narrow yellow band
NCO
* Chief Petty Officer:
* Petty Officer 1st Class: Two yellow and two blue squares
* Petty Officer 2nd Class: One white square, one yellow square, two blue squares
Enlisted
*Crewman 1st Class
*Crewman 2nd Class
*Crewman Recruit
* the "Atlantic Federation"
* the "Eurasian Federation"
* the "Republic of East Asia"
* the "South African Union".
The Alliance also conquered the PLANT-friendly United States of South America, with its member states now engaged in a revolution to regain independence. Officially founded as a result of the Alaska Declaration on February 7, CE 70, the combined military forces are called OMNI Enforcer, but more frequently addressed as the Earth Forces (Chikyuu Gun). The Earth Alliance is headed by a moderate Secretary-General, but the real leaders are the Blue Cosmos and its Logos benefactors.
The Earth Alliance and ZAFT waged war on February 11, CE 70 after the United Nations's leadership is wiped out by a terrorist attack in the Tragedy of Copernicus on February 5. 9 days later, the Earth Forces launches nuclear warheads to destroy the PLANT colony at Junius Seven, in what is known as the Bloody Valentine incident.
Unlike the Earth Federation of the Universal Century era which is a relatively unified body, the Earth Alliance is a loose international military confederation of entities often working at cross purposes to each other. It is not uncommon for each faction to not reveal the key workings of their weapon and armor technologies with their erstwhile allies - when the Atlantic Federation battleship Archangel docked at the Eurasian military base Artemis, the commander attempts to acquire by force both the ship and its GAT-X105 Strike in order to acquire the secret behind their designs. Later, when Alliance headquarters JOSH-A in Alaska, controlled by the Atlantic Federation, is mostly abandoned as a trap for ZAFT's invasion forces, the token defense force left behind as "bait" (completely unaware of the trap) consists almost entirely of Eurasian troops.
The Earth Alliance develops several important military innovations during the war: second-generation mobile operating systems, Phase Shift armor, Lightwave Barrier, beam weaponry and the Mirage Colloid stealth system.
In the wake of the Junius Seven colony drop disaster in CE 73, the Earth Alliance declares war again on ZAFT, on the grounds the drop represents the true intentions of Coordinators toward Naturals. Unfortunately, popular support for the Earth Alliance weakened after PLANT Chairman Gilbert Durandal exposed the Logos organization behind the Blue Cosmos leaders and vowed that ZAFT will destroy them once and for all. Considering that many areas of the Eurasian Federation were "liberated" by ZAFT and forces from the Republic of East Asia were defecting, it could be possible that the Earth Alliance was, from that point on, defunct.
Ranking System
OMNI Enforcer
Oppose Militancy and Neutralize Invasion (OMNI) Enforcer is the name of the Earth Alliance's military force, more commonly known as the Earth Alliance Forces, or simply Earth Forces[1]. Unlike ZAFT, the military of OMNI Enforcer is tightly organized on a traditional model. Many top officers of OMNI, mostly those from the Atlantic Federation, are also members of the Blue Cosmos.
OMNI Enforcer's space fleet is large and well-equipped, though their warships are slightly outdated compared to ZAFT's powerful fleet. Their mobile weapons until the Battle of Porta Panama are primarily limited to the TS-MA2 Moebius mobile armor, a distinctly outdated design. At and after Porta Panama, the Earth Alliance quickly replaces the Moebius with the GAT-01 Strike Dagger and related mobile suit models, redressing the balance and turning the tide against ZAFT in the Bloody Valentine War.
Known OMNI Enforcer space fleets are the 3rd Fleet, (decimated during the Battle of Endymion), the 5th and 6th Fleets (intercepted by ZAFT during the First Battle of Jachin Due), 8th Fleet (decimated during the Battle of Orbit) and the 7th Fleet (decimated during the Second Battle of Jachin Due).
Officer
* General/Admiral: Broad yellow band, two blue tabs (conjectural)
* Lieutenant General/Vice Admiral: Broad yellow band, one blue tab (conjectural)
* Major General/Rear Admiral: Broad yellow band
* Colonel/Captain: Two narrow yellow bands, two blue tabs
* Lt. Colonel/Commander: Two narrow yellow bands, one blue tab
* Major/Lt. Commander: Two narrow yellow bands
* Captain/Lieutenant: One narrow yellow band, two blue tabs
* First Lieutenant/Lieutenant J.G.: One narrow yellow band, one blue tab
* Second Lieutenant/Ensign: One narrow yellow band
NCO
* Chief Petty Officer:
* Petty Officer 1st Class: Two yellow and two blue squares
* Petty Officer 2nd Class: One white square, one yellow square, two blue squares
Enlisted
*Crewman 1st Class
*Crewman 2nd Class
*Crewman Recruit