ZAFT/Phantom Pain Conspiracy

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ZAFT/Phantom Pain Conspiracy

So who exactly where the conspirators that let the Extended Trio into Armory One? (SPOILERS)I know there was conspiracy for another war, that was somehow tied to Durandal, but what exactly was the endgame for the rest of ZAFT? The EA is shown to be trying to wipe out Coordinators completely , so any ZAFT members who would have assisted would have ended up losing out in the end. It's like in Gundam Age where Aaron Simmons decides to throw his lot in with the Vegans who want to kill every Earthling.
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Re: ZAFT/Phantom Pain Conspiracy

Probably something that got lost in the script/story of Destiny. It became pretty sloppy and didn't even keep a consistent tone in the 2nd half.
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I don't think the show or the spin offs ever officially explicitly pointed out the exact identity of the culprit (dunno about all those lore books), but i always thought it was orchestrated by Durandal in his effort to get the world in chaos in order to implement his Destiny plan. All those smirks, not to mention the cliche chess games, kinda put him as the secret mastermind.

The rest of ZAFT was not involved, anyone that is was probably not aware of the full extent of the matter, only a tiny portion of the full picture.
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Re: ZAFT/Phantom Pain Conspiracy

It's definitely implied that Durandal did it for the reasons mentioned above about his Destiny Plan. Furthermore, Destiny Astray tells us that he specifically selected Shinn as the pilot of the Impulse Gundam over its original test pilot, so he was definitely pulling many strings long before the TV series events started.
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Chris wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 6:30 pm Furthermore, Destiny Astray tells us that he specifically selected Shinn as the pilot of the Impulse Gundam over its original test pilot,
Speaking of Shinn, even in the show it was specifically mentioned that he was appointed as Impulse pilot by Durandal himself. Even Gladys initially wondered why Shinn would be the pilot of Impulse even tho Rey seems like a better choice to her.
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