ZGMF-1000/M Blaze ZAKU Warrior

The Blaze ZAKU Warrior is a Mobile Suit in the series Gundam SEED Destiny.

Combat Abilities
Besides the standard armament of the ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior, the Blaze ZAKU Warrior is equipped with the EX-M Blaze Wizard pack, which adds a large number of AGM138 "Firebee" guided missiles to the armament of the suit. The Blaze Wizard Pack also adds additional thrusters to the suit, although it doesn't grant the Blaze ZAKU Warrior the ability to fly inside Earth's atmosphere.

History
When ZAFT created the ZAKU series, it granted the ZAKU Warrior the ability to mount several Wizard Packs to adapt to different combat situations. One such configuration is the Blaze ZAKU Warrior, which is also the most common used variant of this suit. This ZAKU configuration is fielded in large numbers both in space and on Earth during the Second Bloody Valentine War.

On October 2, CE 73, when the Earth Alliance Phantom Pain special forces unit attacked the ZAFT colony Armory One and stole three of the Second Generation Gundam prototypes, Athrun Zala and Cagalli Yula Attha were present at this colony to conduct in talks with PLANT Supreme Council chairman Gilbert Durandal. While the three stolen Gundam wreaked havoc inside the colony, Athrun and Cagalli entered a Blaze ZAKU Warrior, which Athrun then piloted. He briefly fought against the three Gundams, until his suit lost one arm and Shinn Asuka in his ZGMF-X56S Impulse intervened. Athrun then piloted the ZAKU into the hangar of the Minerva, where it remained during the Minerva's pursue of the Phantom Pain ship Girty Lue. During the "Break the World" incident, when the remains of the destroyed colony Junius Seven were thrown on Earth, Athrun again piloted the repaired Blaze ZAKU Warrior during battle against the rouge Coordinators who ignited the colony drop. When the colony chunk entered Earth's atmosphere, Athrun was still on it and his suit was critically damaged. Athrun however was saved by Shinn in the Impulse.

Another elite ZAFT pilot who used a Blaze ZAKU Warrior was Shiho Hahnenfuss of the Joule squadron. Shiho and her suit also fought during the "Break the World" incident, during which Shiho spotted a single unknown mobile suit, which tried to break up the large piece while at the same time entering Earth's atmosphere. She eventually had to withdraw to prevent risking being pulled into the planet's gravity field.