Heine Westenfluss

Genetic type: Coordinator
Mobile Suit: YFX-600R GuAIZ Experimental Firearms Type; ZGMF-1001/M Blaze ZAKU Phantom; ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited

Heine Westenfluss is a ZAFT pilot who originally piloted the orange mobile suit Blaze ZAKU Phantom, and later the orange mobile suit ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited. He's is considered an ace pilot of ZAFT, not only wearing the ZAFT red uniform, given to pilots who have graduated at the top of their class, but also with the FAITH insignia on his uniform, indicating that he's of the FAITH detachment and reports directly to Chairman Gilbert Durandal.

Heine is decidedly an optimistic, but realistic, soldier who didn't stand too much on ceremony, and is also quite talkative and earnest in his attempts to raise the morale of his fellow pilots. Despite considering himself an elite, Heine is respected by both superiors and subordinates as a capable pilot and officer. Although Heine is part of Athrun's squad after his transfer to the Minerva, Heine is treated almost as a superior to Athrun by his peers, even by Athrun himself.