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The Earth Sphere Federation Coup d'état Faction, simply known as the Coup Faction, is a faction introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam 00.

Overview[]

The ESF Coup d'état Faction is a rogue group of dissident Earth Sphere Federation Forces soldiers that opposed the A-Laws' control and abuse of power. The group was formed and initially led by Colonel Pang Hercury. Kati Mannequin led the group after the Break Pillar Incident.

History[]

Break Pillar Incident[]

After the ESF government gave the A-Laws direct control over the regular army to further enhance "security", a number of dissidents in the regulars began to grow tired of atrocities committed by the A-Laws. Knowing that they had been ruthlessly hunting down Katharon forces, massacring countless lives in the name of unification, and using the satellite weapon, Memento Mori, to attack and even destroy any sovereign country that refused to submit to the Federation, the dissidents planned to mount an insurrection to expose the A-Laws' and the government's wrongdoings. They contacted Katharon and asked the anti-federation group to observe before deciding to ally with them. However, the dissidents refused to disclose when and where the insurrection would take place.

Lead by Colonel Pang Hercury of the information center, the dissidents took control of the AEU's orbital elevator, La Tour, taking over the mobile suits, linear trains and the solar power systems. With approximately sixty thousand civilians aboard, Hercury intended to hold out until the general public learned the truth about the A-Laws.

Words of this coup d'état filtered back to the Federation, who surround the tower on the ground and in space. The regular army also dispatches Colonel Sergei Smirnov to deliver the government's message that they will not surrender. Just then, the A-Laws deploy Automatons onto the low orbital station and slaughter everyone inside. However, Hercury's troops were able to hold many of the automatons at bay while evacuating the civilians. Unfortunately, the government altered footage from the tower's surveillance systems to display them mercilessly gunning down civilians. To make things worse, the A-Laws had deployed a second Memento Mori to destroy the elevator to silence all witnesses. Realizing the lengths that the Federation would go to stop them, Hercury orders all his forces to evacuate, willing to stay behind so that he could die a martyr. However, Sergei reminded him that it is a soldier's duty to protect the innocents and then die.

Ultimately, La Tour is damaged by Memento Mori, despite 00 Raiser's attempts to stop it. Due to the damage, the Orbital Elevator's computer systems initiate an auto-purge of the structure's wall, killing the civilians on the descending linear trains and threatening the nearby cities on the ground. A plea from Celestial Being's tactical forecaster enabled the Gundams, Katharon, the coup d'état faction and the Federation loyalists to work together to stop the falling pieces from destroying the cities. Unfortunately, in the aftermath of Break Pillar Incident, Hercury was killed by Andrei Smirnov in his GNX-609T GN-XIII.

Battle of Lagrange 2[]

The coup d'état faction later regrouped under the leadership of former A-Laws officer Kati Mannequin, who had defected after becoming disgusted by the immoral methods the A-Laws used during the Break Pillar Incident. The coup d'état faction and Katharon later assisted Celestial Being against a massive A-Laws fleet. The former caught the A-Laws by surprise, attacking them from behind. Kati broadcasted to Arthur Goodman that they should not be called an armed force and will answer to the public.

The combined might of the coup d'état faction, Katharon, and Celestial Being overwhelmed the A-Laws fleet, but the battle was brought to a halt when the Innovators fired their mothership's main cannon, destroying the ships and mobile suits of the coup d'état faction, Katharon, and even the A-Laws. After this sudden attack, the A-Laws fleet retreated, while the Celestial Being charged towards the Innovators mothership. The coup d'état faction and Katharon later caught up to the Celestial Being and assisted in driving away the horde of GNZ-004 Gagas deployed by the Innovators to stop the Celestial Being.

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