Karma Maxwell Zala

Karma Maxwell Zala is a coordinator, a Captain within the ranks of the Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty (ZAFT), and exceptional Moble Suit Pilot of the GAT-X303R Aegis Rose, a rebuilt custom version of the GAT-X303 Aegis which phase shifts into a dusty rose color. She is currently Athrun Zala's wife and the Head Engineer of the FFMH-Y101 Eternal underneath Supereme Council Chairwoman Lacus Clyne. 
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== Personality & Character ==
At first glance and as mentioned to Kira Yamato by Athrun Zala, Karma is a very charismatic and strong-willed leader. She is capable of leading the Engineering Teams aboard the Vesalius and the Eternal despite massive setbacks in her career due to the death of her brother Rusty Mackenzie and the decision to strip her of a mobile suit by Rau Le Crueset during the First Alliance-PLANT war. She has on many occasions demonstrated her talent for leadership as well as engineering by memorizing the schematics of any suit she's ever worked on; including the Aegis, Blitz, Buster, Duel, and later, the Strike, Strike Freedom, Justice, and the Infinite Justice. Because she was impressed by the X-Frame of the GAT-X303 Aegis, she rebuilt herself one from her memory, programming it's variable phase shift armor to be a dusty rose color, and upgrading the technology to the specifications of newer suits, something that had never been heard of. 
After the death of her brother on Heliopolis she had been the first of the original Red Coat graduates, which consisted of Athrun Zala, Yzak Joule, Dearka Elsman, Nicol Amalfi, and Rusty; and one of the first to start questioning ZAFT's motives. It didn't take much but a personal request from one of her childhood friends, Lacus Clyne, and the motives behind Siegel Clyne's murder for her to filly defect and join the Crew of the Eternal. Karma is also notorious for having an absurdly high reaction time and can be stubborn, like never losing her crush on Athrun even when he was engaged to Cagalli Yula Athha. She boasts that she's a lover not a fighter but won't hesitate to defend herself or her friends with a deadly precision if necessary.
== Skills & Abilities ==
Karma was the first female to ever rank alongside her male peers and brother in mobile suit piloting, ranking 3rd behind Athrun Zala and Yzak Joule, respectively. Had Yzak not cheated she may have even ranked second. She then went on to train at the Academy, garnering high scores in hand-to-hand and demonstrating natural talent in weapons marksmanship, again, being the only female to have the designation of Marksman in both Pistol and Rifle categories, earning the nickname Deadshot. Karma is also skilled in Engineering, mainly mobile suit mechanics, which caught the eye of Rau Le Crueset. She was so skilled that she was chosen above her brother Rusty to be on Zala's infiltration team into Heliopolis, but at Rau's behest, was grounded to the Vesalius hangar to maintain and record any information on the new suits they were sent to retrieve. Because of this, Karma relegated herself to Engineering, only sortieing with the newly rebuilt GAT-X303R Aegis Rose during the Battle of Messiah.
== History ==
=== First Alliance-PLANT War ===
=== Second Alliance-PLANT War ===
== Relationships ==
;Athrun Zala
:Karma and Athrun go back a ways, being closely connected through their fathers who were both radical leaning Supreme Council members. They only met a handful of times as children after the death of her mother and her father formally adopted her, yet even then they manifested an innocent kind of affection for each other. They were placed into the same schools, educated alongside each other as their friendhsip grew. It wasn't until Athrun and Karma were arranged to marry Lacus Clyne and Yzak Joule, respectively, did they part ways. Karma and Athrun grew apart over time and it wasn't until Athrun returned to the Eternal after the destruction of Requiem with the Infinite Justice that her feelings for him returned as well. They were unrequited, however, as Athrun was mourning his breakup with Cagalli Yula Athha. Instead of infringing on those feelings and making herself seem desperate, she vowed to wait for the right time to be friends with him again and decided that she'd play her own part in his life by keeping the Infinite Justice and the Strike Freedom in their best fighting shape.
:Whereas Lacus can inspire Athrun with her words, Karma has an innate ability to see through to Athrun's deepest desires, like knowing when Athrun would defect from ZAFT both times he did. She is understanding with Athrun's sudden mood shifts and doesn't take offense when he barks orders in heat of the moment. Lacus commented that Karma was perfect for Athrun because she was the complete opposite of Cagalli in that regard because Karma never thinks of herself but everyone around her, including Athrun. After the Second Alliance-PLANT war, they finally had time to talk, and when they did, decided to have a one night stand with each other. That resulted in a relationship that developed into marriage since they both realied they had really been destined for one another. 
;Dr. Aoife Zala
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;Yzak Joule
:Karma and Yzak didn't start on solid ground as neither of them truly liked each other from the get-go. Karma felt Yzak cheated her out of her rank, and Yzak saw her as a potential wife, which meant staying on the sidelines and out of battle. As time went on they grew to hate one another and the situation they had been placed in, constantly arguing over petty issues. Once she defected from ZAFT, their engagement was terminated on the grounds that she was deemed a traitor. After some time apart and Yzak changed his ideals on ZAFT's leadership, a friendship began to develop between them. After the Second Alliance-PLANT war and Athrun's official announcement of their engagement, Yzak called her a good friend and wished her well in her life with Athrun.
;Lacus Clyne
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;Chase Keller
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;Rusty Mackenzie
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== Notes ==
*Karma was named after the sanskrit (कर्म), which means action, work, or deed.Karma. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved February 5, 2021, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/karma Her mother named her after the spiritual principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein intent and actions of an individual (cause) influence the future of that individual (effect): good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths.
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