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The Junk Guild is an NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) introduced in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray. It is devoted to the upkeep, maintenance, and salvage of the technology forming the infrastructure of Cosmic Era society.

Overview[]

Most Junk Guild teams spend their days either going through battlefields salvaging usable equipment or working under contract. Contracts can vary from salvage operations to repair to recovery of equipment. Large contracts may necessitate multiple Guild teams - it is not uncommon to see a large contingent of Guild techs working on major projects, such as the Giga-Float mobile mass driver. The Guild espouses non-violence - Junk techs will only fight to defend themselves, and even then will refrain from killing unless there is no other option.

Thanks to the work of Reverend Malchio, the Junk Guild has non-aggression treaties with all three major factions (Earth Alliance, ZAFT and Orb Union) - any person or vessel that bears the emblem of the Junk Guild cannot be denied entry to any treaty signatory, as long as they obey the laws within (though they may be restricted as to where they may go - ZAFT, for example, does not allow Junk Guild members onto the PLANTs unless they are granted special permission). The Junk Guild is rather decentralized - while there is an overseeing body that governs the organization as a whole, most of the work is done by small teams of technicians who act independently.

Unlike the nations of the world, who prefer to standardize their equipment, Junk Guild's equipment was an eclectic mix of whatever they could afford/repair/salvage. It was not uncommon to see a Guild team using an assortment of repair pods and salvaged ZAFT mobile suits for work in space. Teams tended to stick with lightly armored and armed vessels as bases of operation in space, as they place a premium on cargo space as opposed to combat ability. On Earth, retrofitted military transports are often used - the Lesseps-class land battleship was popular with the Guild, due to its large cargo bay and ease of retrofitting for repair duties - the turrets on the top deck could easily be replaced with manipulator arms.

The Guild acquired new recruits from all walks of life, Natural and Coordinator alike. New recruits underwent basic training and indoctrination, then were sent to a team for on-the-job training. After a probationary period, the Guild then accepted the recruit as a Junk Tech, and they were assigned to a team. Because Junk Techs tended to trust each other (lacking a reason to do otherwise), it was occasionally possible to infiltrate the Junk Guild, as Juri Wu Nien did in an attempt to steal the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

History[]

During the First Alliance-PLANT War, the Junk Guild team led by "The Professor" discovered two of the mobile suits created under the Astray Project within the remains of the collapsed space colony, Heliopolis, and successfully recovered one of the machines - the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.[1] It was later revealed that this was in fact a result of the Professor's long-time friend Erica Simmons informing her of the Astrays and asking her to recover them. The Professor's team was not informed of this until months later, when they entered Orb Union and met with Dr. Simmons. Near the end of the war, Reverend Malchio made arrangements for the Junk Guild to aid the Three Ships Alliance in a non-combat capacity. The Junk Guild space vessel Re.H.O.M.E. served as a tender ship for the Three Ships Alliance until the end of the war.[2]

Known Members[]

Lowe Guele[]

Natural technician and pilot of one of three Astray prototypes, the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame.

Liam Garfield[]

Coordinator pilot of a customized Kimera and a Works GINN.

Kisato Yamabuki[]

Natural Junk Guild Tech with Lowe, Liam, and the Professor. She has the hobby of collecting memorabilia of the First Coordinator George Glenn.

8[]

Artificially Intelligent computer found by Lowe on a drifting spacecraft, named for the only visible writing on its casing. It serves as a co-pilot for Lowe Guele's Astray Red Frame and later Jess Rabble's Astray Out Frame.

The Professor[]

Though her real name and her past are unknown, she is the brilliant Natural scientist and captain of the HOME. She creates a holographic body for George Glenn so that she won't have to bother with commanding the ReHOME. She is also a close friend of Erica Simmons.

Yoon Sefan[]

She's the clumsy Natural and former Morgenroete Inc. engineer who joined the Junk Guild after being left behind during the evacuation of Orb before its destruction at the hands of EA forces. She's the designer of the Raysta civilian-use MS and pilot of a custom Raysta.

Former Members[]

Juri Wu Nien[]

A member of Orb's M1 Astray Team. She infiltrated Lowe's Junk Guild group as "Marlin" in an attempt to steal Lowe's Astray Red Frame to figure out how a Natural could pilot a Mobile Suit.

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Cosmic Era Nations and Factions
Earth Alliance
Earth Alliance Subdivisions
Atlantic Federation | Earth Alliance Council | Eurasian Federation | OMNI Enforcer | Republic of East Asia | South African Union | United States of South America
OMNI Enforcer Subdivisions
3rd Space Fleet | 7th Space Fleet | 8th Space Fleet | 13th Autonomous Corps | 4th Naval Fleet | Archangel Corps | Phantom Pain
3rd Space Fleet Subdivisions
Moebius Zero Corps
7th Space Fleet Subdivisions
Dominion Corps | Peacemaker Force
Eurasian Federation Subdivisions
Task Force X
Earth Alliance Affiliates
Azrael Conglomerate | Blue Cosmos | Logos | National Defense Industry Association | PMP | The Clan | United News Alliance | World Security Treaty Organization
Earth Alliance Predecessors
United Nations
PLANT
PLANT Subdivisions
PLANT Supreme Council | ZAFT
PLANT Supreme Council Subdivisions
Moderate Faction | Neutral Faction | Radical Faction
ZAFT Subdivisions
FAITH | Gaze Team | Glasgow Corps | Ruddle Team | Joule Team | Laconi Team | Le Creuset Team | Minerva Corps | Morassim Corps | National Defense Committee | Porto Team | Waltfeld Corps | Willard Corps | Yuna Law Team
PLANT Affiliates
African Community | DEFROCK | Integrated Design Bureau | Maius Military Industries | Oceania Union
Orb Union
Orb Union Subdivisions
Five Great Clans | Orb Disaster Relief Team | Orb National Defense Force
Orb Union Noble Families
Athha family | Kiou family | Mashima family | Sahaku family | Seiran family | Tokino family
Orb National Defense Force Subdivisions
21st Airborne Team | M1 Astray Team | Second Escort Fleet | Second Space Fleet
Second Space Fleet Subdivisions
Archangel Corps | Kusanagi Corps
Orb Union Affiliates
Morgenroete
Three Ships Alliance
Three Ships Alliance Subdivisions
Archangel Corps | Clyne Faction | Kusanagi Corps
Clyne Faction Subdivisions
DOM Trooper Team
Kusanagi Corps Subdivisions
M1 Astray Team
Three Ships Alliance Affiliates
Terminal
Foundation
Foundation Subdivisions
Black Knight Squad
Neutral Entities
Equatorial Union | Kingdom of Scandinavia | Martian Government
Martian Government Subdivisions
Mars Sphere Austrell Colony Delegation
Non-Governmental Organizations
Actaeon Industries | Adukurf Mechano-Industries | Agstar-Sikorsky | Anti-factice | DSSD | Desert Dawn | Fujiyama Company | G.A.R.M. R&D | Junk Guild | Librarian Works | Mercenary Unit X | Rogue ZAFT Terrorists | Serpent Tail | Winslet World Konzern
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