Albert Schacht serves as Engineering Headquarter Commander for the Principality of Zeon, holding the rank of Rear Admiral. He commands the 603 Technical Evaluation Unit aboard the Jotunheim, a vessel testing experimental weapons during the One Year War. His duties involve overseeing prototype evaluations like the MSM-07Di Ze'Gok, MP-02A Oggo, and MA-05Ad Big Rang to assess their viability for mass production and deployment.

Schacht directly supervises Engineering Lieutenant Oliver May, tasking him with reporting on field test outcomes against Earth Federation Forces. He maintains a pragmatic and cynical view of Zeon's strategic situation and the prototypes' technical limits. He openly voices skepticism about the empire's increasingly desperate deployment of flawed weapons such as the YMT-05 Hildolfr and EMS-10 Zudah, seeing these decisions driven by a worsening war effort rather than sound engineering or tactics. This blunt realism manifests in grim assessments that cut through propaganda to highlight design flaws and Zeon's diminishing chance of victory.

Depicted as an adult male with grey hair, Schacht is frequently illustrated wearing a monocle. He interacts primarily with subordinates like May and Captain Martin Prochnow, emphasizing operational directives and providing context on the military's shifting, desperation-driven priorities. His character underscores Zeon's logistical and strategic challenges, functioning as a narrative device conveying the futility and institutional pressures within the technical evaluation process as the war nears its end.