Lockon Stratos (Lyle Dylandy)

Lockon Stratos (ロックオン・ストラトス), also known by his real name, Lyle Dylandy (ライル・ディランディ), is a Gundam Meister and one of the main characters in the Second Season of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. Lyle is the younger identical twin brother of Neil Dylandy, the original Lockon Stratos from Season 1. Lyle Dylandy is a member of Katharon, who inherited Neil's position as a Gundam Meister in Season 2. In Celestial Being, Lockon pilots the GN-006 Cherudim Gundam, and later its upgrade, GN-006GNHW/R Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R. Lockon stayed in Celestial Being after the events of Season 2, and pilots the GN-002RE Gundam Dynames Repair and the GN-010 Gundam Zabanya in the events of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie -A wakening of the Trailblazer-.

Personality & Character
Lyle overall is a flirty, laid-back, and secretive person. His greatest dislike is being compared to Neil. While he has no hate against his brother, Lyle self-depicts himself as the least appreciated twin and rather go somewhere else than being compared to Neil. As a child, he couldn't stand the competition and rather be away from an unappreciative family. However, all of his feelings might be personal insecurities and self-concluded reality of his youth and not how actual events occurred as he described it.

Similar to Neil, they both have a strong sense of justice and motivated to take arms to make a difference with his world. Unlike Neil, Lyle can let many past transgressions go, a more forgiving man than his grudge-wielding brother. However, while Neil is respectful with his female co-workers, Lyle more forward with women. He's the sort of person who always made his intentions known, but he hides his most negative thoughts to himself, especially his personal family history.

While Lyle agreed to be part of Celestial Being, he remained as a informant for Katharon. He would often contact them whenever it's crucial to their group, but he's often caught by a Celestial Being member in the act of contacting them. Lyle would also use his contacts in Katharon as an unofficial liaison to help Celestial Being and has proven a crucial benefit in several occasions in their campaign.

Over time, due to the loss of his beloved Anew Returner, Lyle learned to hold a real grudge and have a sense of vengeance against Innovators. Through his experiences of losing Anew, Lyle had the chance to understand his brother's obsession with vengeance and the reason for his death. After Celestial Being ended their campaign against A-Laws and Innovators, Lyle decided to dedicate his life to CB. He resigned from Katharon to be come a devoted Gundam Meister.

Skills & Abilities
According to Lyle's CB aptitude test, it shows high marks in MS piloting and shooting skills; however he has never achieved an accuracy rate of more than 80% on his simulations, despite the fact that Neil's record is 90%. Despite what he said to CB, about only having MS piloting skills with a Workloader, he actually had previous combat experience in a MS while with Katharon and has scored several victories as a pilot. It can be inferred that he knows some spy and infiltration tactics as well from being an agent for Katharon.

Early Days
Lyle Dylandy and his older twin brother, Neil, were born in the 3rd of March in 2283 AD. Lyle was raised in Ireland together with his brother, and later younger sister Amy, by their parents, Owen and Lindsay Dylandy.

While growing up, Lyle was frequently compared to Neil, which caused some inferiority complex within him. Due to this, Lyle left home for boarding school during middle school years to avoid his older brother. When he lost his parents and younger sister in the KPSA bombing in Ireland, Lyle only felt emptiness. In contrast to his brother, Lyle decided to move on with his life after the tragedy.

Lyle had been further detached from his brother after their family's death. Neil has never showed himself to Lyle despite sending money to support Lyle's lifestyle and education. Despite this, Lyle gladly used Neil's support to live his life to the fullest, as a sign of respect to Neil. Lyle finished his studies and became an employee of a top trading company.

In A.D. 2307, Lyle didn't know Neil was a member of Celestial Being. He was not even informed about his brother's death during the United Nation's Operation Fallen Angels in A.D. 2308. After death, Neil has left to Lyle his Lancia Rally 037.

Joining Katharon
After the defeat of Celestial Being in A.D. 2308, the world began its path to unity. In A.D. 2311, members of United Nations decided to form a single government entity, the Earth Sphere Federation. However, this fast pace revolution also comes with a price. The UN, and later the ESF, imposed tyrannical and oppressive policies on non-member countries and government dissidents. Their secret autonomous force, the A-Laws, has committed many massacres just for the sake of world unity.

Unable to keep a blind eye from these horrible reality, Lyle joined the anti-government group, the Katharon. Lyle was an important asset to Katharon, being a reliable informant and a skillful pilot of the group. Lyle went by the code name, Jean 1.

Recruited as a Gundam Meister
During the return of Celestia Being in A.D. 2312, Lyle received a message from an unknown source asking to meet him at the memorial of the Ireland Tragedy. It was unknown what was the topic presented for the meeting, but Lyle went and waited at the meeting place. When the messenger arrived, Lyle was surprised that the stranger knew of his connection to Katharon; he suspected the messenger right away as a member of ESF Security Agency. However, the young man introduced himself as Gundam Meister Setsuna F. Seiei from Celestial Being and has come to recruit Lyle as one of their Gundam Meister.

Lyle was confused about what he just heard, but Setsuna went on and told him that his brother, Neil Dylandy, was a Gundam Meister, by the codename Lockon Stratos, and had been killed in battle 4 years ago. Lyle asked if Setsuna wanted him to carry on his brother's legacy. Setsuna responded that it was not about that, but rather if Lyle wanted to change the world just like how Neil had wanted to. He then gave Lyle a memory stick containing information about Celestial Being. Lyle jokingly asked what if he turned their information to the authorities, but Setsuna brushed it off and informed him that the Federal Security Agency was focusing on wiping out the Katharon bases in Europe. Later that night, Lyle confirmed that the Security Agency has raided their bases in Europe. He then called and asked to meet with Katharon higher-ups to discuss his recent contact with Celestial Being.

Later, Lyle met up with Setsuna at the orbital elevator, where he accepted his position as Gundam Meister Lockon Stratos of Celestial Being. Former Celestial Being Tactician Sumeragi Lee Noriega was with Setsuna and was surprised of how close the resemblance Lyle has with his older brother. The three continued their way to Celestial Bing ship, CBS-74 Ptolemaios 2, where Lyle first saw the GN-0000 00 Gundam in action against the A-Laws. In the Ptolemy II, Lyle met up with the crew, generating the same reaction Sumeragi had back in the orbital elevator.

Return of Lockon Stratos
After being assigned to GN-006 Cherudim Gundam, Lockon was taught how to operate the Gundam by fellow Gundam Meister Tieria Erde. While getting prep for Cherudim, Lockon lied to Tieria it was his first time to operate a mobile suit. He added he would be relying on his adorable instructor, further annoying Tieria.

Celestial Being was later informed about the whereabouts of their imprisoned comrade, Allelujah Haptism, and has decided to launch an operation to bust him out of the Federation detention facility. Lockon was assigned for support. He was also given his brother's orange Haro. During the mission, a squad of A-Laws' GNX units began to surround Tieria's GN-008 Seravee Gundam. The Ptolemaios Crew signaled Lockon to provide cover fire. Lockon asked Haro about what his brother says before going to mission, and after getting the answer, Lockon proclaimed, "Lockon Stratos, targeted and firing!". Lockon has shot down few of the enemy A-Laws mobile suits, which shocked the crew.

The Katharon also joined in during the operation and busted out their comrades from the facility. Before the mission, Lockon has informed the Katharon about Celestial Being's plan. Before retreating, Lockon checked on the Katharon's fleeing ships to confirm their safety.

Later, Lockon met with the rescued comrade Allelujah. Allelujah was surprised that Lockon (referring to Neil Dylandy) was still alive, which prompt Lockon to say he's getting tired of the usual reaction.

Anti A-Laws Campaign
After gathering all of their comrades, the Celestial Being started their campaign against the A-Laws. Lyle, on board the Ptolemy II, was acting as spy for Katharon, providing the group with intel about Celestial Being's actions.

Underwater A-Laws Assault
Underwater, Celestial Being decided to head towards the Middle East to drop off the Azadistan Princess Marina Ismail, who was also rescued from the Federation detention facility. Lockon has informed the Katharon about the Ptolemy II's destination.

While on the way, Lockon decided to run stimulation test aboard the Cherudim. He only achieved a 78% accuracy rating, a score below that of his brother. After the training, he noticed that Feldt Grace was watching nearby. As Lockon approached her, Feldt started to act weirdly. Lockon couldn't help but notice that she seemed to be interested in him. Haro blabbed out that Feldt liked the previous Lockon, causing embarrassment to Feldt. Lockon reminded her that he's not his brother, but Feldt seemed to be unsure what to feel. With that, Lockon closed in and kissed Feldt, suggesting that they could spend time together and, if she's up for it, stop by his room. Feldt was offended by Lockon's remarks and slapped him. As she tearfully ran away, Haro remarked that Lockon was rejected. Lockon commented he did it to open her eyes and added that he couldn't stand being compared to Neil.

Later, the A-Laws launched an attack, bringing one of their underwater mobile armour, the GNMA-04B11 Trilobite. The Gundams Meisters were ordered to standby in their Gundams while the Ptolemy II was being attacked from above and below. The attacks of the Trilobite flooded the mobile suit hanger, and with that, the Gundams immediately launched after the ship has reached a safe depth. Lockon in Cherudim provided close range firing against the Trilobite to lure it away from the Ptolemy II. After destroying the Trilobite, the 00, with the GN-007 Arios Gundam, headed out to eliminate the A-Laws ship from above, but the two Gundam were intercepted by A-Laws' custom Aheads. The battle was immediately stopped with the interference of the Katharon forces, forcing the A-Laws to make a tactical retreat.

Katharon Incident
After their recent encounter, Celestial Being agreed to Katharon's invitation for a meeting. Lockon and Allelujah in their Gundams escorted Celestial Being's VTOL Craft, containing Setsuna, Tieria, Sumeragi, Marina, and Saji, as they head towards the Katharon base within the Rub' al Khali desert. While heading there, Lockon noted how the Katharon used the ESF's GN Particle emitters, which was built to choke the economy of the Middle East, to hide their presence in the area. Tieria was amazed about how much Lockon knew, which Lockon responded that it's only common sense. As they entered the Katharon hanger, many Katharon members have gathered to greet Celestial Being, and were excited to see the Gundams and the faces of the Meisters. Tieria was against in Gundam Meisters showing their faces to others, but Lockon assured him it was alright. Lockon didn't attend the meeting, but later met up with Katharon leader Klaus Grad and Shirin Bakhtiar. The meeting with Celestial Being didn't produced any solid alliance between the two groups, but Klaus expressed optimism that they would need each other's help someday.

The Celestial Being team shortly went back to the Ptolemy II, except for Saji, who was entrusted to the Katharon, and Marina and Setsuna, who both went to Azadistan. However, just after they reached their ship, Celestial Being agent Wang Liu Mei informed the crew about the unfolding A-Laws' attack on the Katharon base. The Ptolemy Crew immediately launched to Katharon's rescue. Lockon impatiently waited in his Cherudim Gundam. At the sight of Katharon base, the Meisters saw that the A-Laws has already torn up the base and has launched their automatons to kill every people inside. Lockon left the rest of the Meisters to face the A-Laws forces as he eliminate all of the active automatons. A-Laws Lieutenant Soma Peries in GNX-704T/SP Ahead Smultron tried to stop him, but Lockon kept Soma at bay. As he saw the people being killed by the automatons, he angrily said, "This... Is this something that human beings would do?!" After finishing up destroying all of the automatons, Lockon then turned to shoot down the retreating A-Laws forces. Lockon wasn't able to shoot down anything, but continued to fire Cherudim's GN Pistol in rage, telling the enemy not to run away.

The A-Laws' attack on Katharon base left so much destruction at its wake. While the Gundam Meisters checked on some of the survivors, one of the Katharon rebels began accusing Celestial Being of leaking the location of the Katharon base and aimed his gun at the Meisters. Lockon immediately grabbed the guy's wrist and told him they weren't responsible. As the rebel broke down to tears, Lockon promised to avenge their fallen comrades. Lockon later informed Klaus that Celestial Being has decided to helped out Katharon until the latter has managed to relocate on another base. Klaus began to wonder who leaked the info about their base, which led Lockon to express irony as he himself is also a spy.

After providing relief supplies to the Katharon survivors, Lockon and the rest of the Ptolemy Crew head out towards the coastline to lure the returning A-Laws forces. Lockon has launched with Cherudim, telling Haro that he would be in "serious mode". At the start of the fight, he immediately shot down one of the enemy GNX-609T GN-XIII. Lockon continued to engage against the A-Laws mobile suits until the 00 overloaded during its Trans-Am. Cherudim and Seravee were forced to provide cover fire for 00. The A-Laws later retreated after Ptolemy Crew, under Sumeragi's instructions, provided smoke bombardment on the battlefield. The Ptolemy II retrieved the Gundams, except the Arios, which has gone missing after the fight.

Search for Allelujah
Sumeragi ordered Lockon and Tieria to re-launch and search for Alleujah and Arios around the area of Arios' last known position during the previous battle. Cherudim and Seravee sortied under heavy rain and low visibility as the Meisters began their search through the evening. As the night went by without progress, Lockon began to worry as there was no way they'll find Allelujah if Arios had crashed into the ocean. Just then, a non-hostile Federation Army GN-X III appeared before Cherudim and gave a data about Allelujah's whereabouts. Lockon immediately proceeded to the provided coordinates. Upon arriving at the site, Haro alerted Lockon that they have found Allelujah. Through the monitor, Allelujah was shown kissing a young woman in A-Laws pilot suit on the ground below. Lockon couldn't help but laugh to himself seeing the couple and reported the good news, through live feed of the scene, to the Ptolemaios Crew, both relieving and shocking them at the same time.

Neil's Nemesis
Lockon later learned from Klaus that Katharon had managed to safely relocate to a new base. However, despite the good news, the Federation has finally made its move to reform the Middle East. In addition to securing the national borders in the Middle East, the Federation also announced its plan of sending hostile groups into space. Lockon was surprised about how ridiculous the announcement was, which Sumeragi commented that even then, the citizens wouldn't be minding it much since it was the least of their concern. The citizen's standard of living has risen through the years, and with the A-Laws and Security Agency suppressing all the dissident activities, no one would even suspect anything. Setsuna commented that despite all these, there were still people dying senselessly, and that's not what the world was meant to be. Lockon added to that that it was the ones who founded the A-Laws who were to blame.

Upon the news of Federation Banquet, Meisters Tieria and Setsuna were sent in a reconnaissance mission to find out the identity of the A-Laws top leaders. Their mission was later compromised, however, and the two were forced to retreat with their Gundams. When the Ptolemy Crew learned that an enemy mobile suit has intercepted the two, Lockon and Allelujah were dispatched to provide back up. At the arrival of Cherudim and Arios, the enemy GNW-20000 Arche Gundam retreated immediately. Despite this, Tieria continued to pursue. Allelujah stopped him, but Tieria insist as the enemy was the one who had killed the previous Lockon. To Lockon's surprise, Neil had an nemesis. The Arche Gundam got away and the Gundam Meisters eventually returned to Ptolemy II under Sumeragi's orders.

After getting out of their Gundams, Lockon followed and questioned Tieria about the recent enemy. Tieria repeated that the pilot of the Arche, Ali Al-Saachez, was the one who had killed Neil in combat. Lockon demanded more details and Tieria obliged to tell him. After hearing that Neil went up against al-Saachez to avenge their family's death, Lockon couldn't help but chuckle to know his brother put a past grudge above reforming the world. Tieria questioned Lockon if he have a problem with that, which Lockon responded that, on the contrary, he gained respect for his brother because of it. However, he also noted that he himself couldn't see the point of brooding over their family's death, which had happened more than 10 years ago. Setsuna, who was listening to their conversation, then intervened and questioned Lockon even if he could avenge them at that moment. Setsuna revealed he once had been a part of KPSA, which was responsible for Dylandy's tragedy. He felt if he had stopped his comrade from doing the suicide mission, Neil Dylandy wouldn't have become a Gundam Meister and died in battle. Lockon replied, "Even if you had stopped them at that time, the terrorism would still have continued. It's a stream of events that was inevitable... It's all in the past now. No point in dwelling on what happened. That's right. We're fighting for the future, not the past."

Return to Lagrange 3
Predicting that the A-Laws would try to trap them on their current position, Sumeragi called the crew to prepare for their atmospheric exit for Lagrange 3. Lockon, Tieria and Allelujah were assigned to provide the particles for the Ptolemy II through the Gundams as the ship accelerated its way to space. The launch started as soon as the enemy Trilobites bombarded the Ptolemaios. The Gundams' Trans-Am gave the ship propulsion and GN Field to escape the enemies on the air. In space, Setsuna and the 00 took care of additional enemy forces. With the Gundams' help, the Ptolemy II eventually succeeded in escaping the A-Laws' net on Earth.

On the way to Lagrange 3, a sudden tactical alert informed the crew about a fast approaching enemy mobile suit. Lockon immediately went on standby in Cherudim. Setsuna in 00 first engaged the enemy GNZ-005 Garazzo, but he was outmaneuvered and has to be covered by Cherudim and Ptolemy II. The enemy shortly retreated, but the crew was made aware of the A-Laws' capabilities in the area. The Ptolemy II headed to Lagrange 3 Resource Satellites in top speed. After safely reaching Celestial Being's hidden base in Lagrange 3, Ptolemy Crew immediately proceeded with the resupplies and the testing of the new equipments due to the A-Laws presence in the space sector.

While there, Lockon and the rest of the crew were alerted about an abnormal heat activity on the Earth sphere. They learned that the heat source came from a satellite weapon utilizing the solar energy system. The target of the attack was the Middle Eastern Kingdom of Suille. With the threat of the satellite weapon, the Ptolemy Crew has decided to launch an attack after they have finished their resupplies. Before the meeting come to an end, Tieria revealed the identity of the Innovators. They were the ones who had intervened with Aeolia Schenberg's Plan 4 years ago, and was manipulating the Federation and the A-Laws from the shadows. Lockon asked why Tieria was just revealing this info right now. Tieria admitted being conflicted, as the Innovators have claimed to be following Aeolia's Plan. The crew expressed their disagreement with the Innovator's method, as it would never lead to true peace. Setsuna claimed with confidence that he would destroy the A-Laws and Innovators by his own will, and the crew concurred.

A-Laws Preemptive Strike
During the resupply, Lockon has met with Celestial Being recruit, Anew Returner. While the support units were being loaded into the Ptolemy II, Lockon and Anew talked about the new systems of Cherudim and Seravee, and the condition of the GNR-010 0 Raiser. Lockon expressed disappointment that the two of them wouldn't be able to spend more time anymore after the Ptolemy II leaves, but Anew told him she'll be boarding the Ptolemy II based on Chief Mechanic Ian Vashti's recommendation. Lockon was relieved to hear the news. Before leaving Anew, Lockon suggested that she should head to the bridge. However, he noticed that she seemed to be spacing out a bit. He asked her if there's a problem, but Anew brushed it off as nothing. Lockon commented she might be nervous, and the two head out of the observation deck together.

As the two were heading to the bridge, the A-Laws began attacking the Celestial Being base. Lockon split up from Anew to head over the hanger 2 for Cherudim. The Gundams were launched to defend the escape pods and Ptolemy II, which were heading out of the Lagrange 3 base. After the Ptolemy II had launched, Lockon and Tieria were assigned to defend the ship from the incoming enemy mobile suits. They later provided fire for 0 Raiser, as it approached towards the 00. The A-Laws were attacking in waves; coming from different directions and slowly overwhelming Celestial Being. The situation quickly changed, however, after the 00 has docked with 0 Raiser. During the battle, Lockon was caught in A-Laws Lieutenant Patrick Colasour's trap, but was promptly saved by the GN-0000+GNR-010 00 Raiser. After losing their new models to 00 Raiser, the A-Laws quickly withdrew from the battle.

After the battle, Lockon, while walking past the hangar observation room, heard an argument between Setsuna and Saji. Saji had heard his ex-girlfriend Louise Halevy during the previous battle and was devastated to learn she had joined the A-Laws. Setsuna told Saji to fight to bring her back, but Saji, who couldn't stand violence and who saw the Gundams as the reason for Louise's decision to fight, was provoked by Setsuna's suggestion and punched Setsuna to the ground. After Saji had left the room, Setsuna noticed Lockon outside and told him that eavesdropping is a bad habit. Lockon excused himself that he had simply overheard the conversation. He continued that Setsuna should have been more clearer to Saji and told him instead that he, Setsuna, would concentrate on fighting for Saji's sake, while Saji could concentrate on convincing Louise. Setsuna argued he couldn't make promises that might not work. Lockon commented that Setsuna was pretty eager to help Saji and wondered if he was making up for past mistakes. Setsuna responded that he's doing it for the future.

Battle of Memento Mori
After learning of the satellite weapon's second attack on Earth, the Ptolemy Crew has decided to head to Memento Mori using the Gundams' Trans-Am. When they got there, they noticed that the satellite weapon could also fire into space as well. The crew wondered what was the target of the laser attack on space, which Lockon announced that it was the Katharon Fleet, who were also planning to destroy the Memento Mori.

The crew sent out the 00 Raiser to help Katharon and gather data about the satellite weapon. The data that had came from Katharon has told them about the Memento Mori's limited firing angle. They also have apparently received a full schematic data from "Wang Liu Mei" that points about the existence of Memento Mori's weak point, the Electromagnetic Optical Resonator. With that, Sumeragi has decided to plan on attacking the Memento Mori using the combined efforts of Lockon and Tieria. Lockon asked what about the enemy defensive force, which Sumeragi replied that they'll charge straight pass them. The plan has called for Celestial Being's precision and brute force.

After surviving the Memento Mori's laser attack thanks to Arios' Trans-Am, the Ptolemy Crew then opened up the ship's 3rd hanger containing Cherudim and Seravee. Since all of Ptolemy II and Arios' particles were directed to the propulsion, Cherudim was assigned to defend the ship using its GN Shield Bits. Lockon launched the Shield Bits while in Cherudim's Trans-Am and let them take the attacks from the A-Laws intercepting forces. Lockon also shot down enemy mobile suits chasing the Ptolemy II using Cherudim's Shield Bits and GN Rifle II. After reaching a suitable firing range, both Seravee and the Ptolemy II bombarded the Memento Mori. The attacks opened up a hole revealing the Memento Mori's Electromagnetic Optical Resonator. Lockon then prepared the Cherudim into sniping stance. Using the last particles from Cherudim, Lockon shot the resonator and destroyed the the A-Laws satellite weapon.

Crashed & Hunted on Earth
Just as the Ptolemy II crew enjoyed their victory over destroying Memento Mori, Innovators came for a surprise attack at their weakest moment. Bring/Garazzo, Revive/Gadessa, and Divine/Empress attacked Ptolemy II and breached the port stern. With all the Gundams still recharging their GN particles from the Memento Mori battle, there was no chance to retaliate. Ptolemy II used the inertia of their assault to speed their descent to Earth while releasing a smoke screen to partially blind the Innovators and exaggerated the damage they've sustained. The ship and crew survived crash landing back on Earth and began emergency repairs. With the exception of functional engines, their weapons, navigation, and communications have been badly damaged. On top of that, Setsuna/00 Raiser got separated from the group during their Innovators attack. Ptolemy II is now relying on the camouflage system to keep them temporarily safe from A-Laws detection as they try to restore the mothership to working order. Unknown to the crew, A-Laws and Innovators are secretly tracking their position through Anew Returner.

Anew's Concern
As the crew performed maintenance and repairs on Ptolemy II, Lyle/Gene 1 makes a phone call to Katharon. Gene 1 updated Katharon on the destruction of Memento Mori and mentions the possibility of needing their assistance in a worst case scenario. As Lockon finished his business, Anew Returner walks up behind him and wonders who he was talking to. Lockon brushed it off as "minor business". Anew then tells Lockon she's worried. Anew wondered, "How were A-Laws able to tell so precisely where the Ptolemaios would be?" Lockon responded, "I see. So you're suspicious of me, Ms. Returner?" Anew replies, "Of course no. The question is just on my mind." The conversation became lighter as Anew tells Lockon to call her Anew (as to Ms. Returner) and Lockon tells her to call him Lyle.

Innovator Attack
Lockon later detected two unconfirmed mobile suits heading their way and informs Sumeragi. She dispatches Allelujah/Arios and Tieria/Seravee to intercept them. Allelujah/Arios intercepted Revive/Gadessa while Tieria/Seravee intercepted Bring/Garazzo once again; Lockon stayed behind to guard Ptolemy II. After the fight was over, Lockon made arrangements with Katharon to rendezvous with their rebel European cell for resupply.

Coup d'état Save
After Katharon resupplied Ptolemy II, the ship and crew headed towards the coast. Not long after, there was a tactical alert, A-Laws have found them again. As Lockon scrambled for battlestations, he reflected out loud, "It's exactly like what Anew said, the enmey knows exactly where we are." A-Laws have launched a heavy assault force, consisting of A-Laws (GN-X IIIs and Aheads) and Innovators MS (Revive/Gadessa, Healing/Gadessa, and Divine/Empress) units, a total of 36 enemy units along with a mobile armor (Empress). While the Gundams hold off A-Laws, Ptolemy II and crew take cover in the mountainous terrain for limited protection.

Lockon/Cherudim performed a preemptive strike against A-Laws. Using Trans-Am, Cherudim's range extended beyond A-Laws' and Innovators firing range to reduce the numbers of enemy MS units. As Cherudim's GN particles were spent, Allelujah/Arios and Tieria/Seravee would follow up and face the brunt of the assault. Both Tieria/Seravee and Allelujah/Arios shot down several A-Laws units, but Innovators gave them the greatest challenge. Tieria/Seravee was forced to use GN Field as A-Laws and Innovators heavily fired upon him, preventing Tieria/Seravee to counterattack. Divine/Empress came within combat range and fired a taser weapon that can breach Seravee's GN Field. Allelujah/Arios attempted to assist Tieria/Seravee, only to be tased himself. Divine/Empress successfully held down both Tieria/Seravee and Allelujah/Arios with his taser weapon while the rest of A-Laws attempts to finish off Ptolemy II. Lockon/Cherudim was still hiding behind the mountain, unable to assist because GN particle recharge is still incomplete after Trans-Am. Lockon/Cherudim had his own troubles as A-Laws enemy units were raining beam fire upon him at his disadvantage. Just as the situation looks bleak, a sudden A-Laws recall order was made. AEU's orbital elevator has just been occupied by a rogue faction of the Federation army, coup d'état.

Lockon and the rest of the group eventually learned of the coup d'état at the AEU orbital elevator in Africa. Everyone believes that heading there is the best place to find Setsuna as he's likely to do the same. Once the crew reached in proximity of the AEU elevator, Setsuna/00 Raiser was found engaging Mr. Bushido/Masurao. Lockon/Cherudim, Allelujah/Arios, and Tieria/Seravee all quickly sortied, activated their Trans-Am Systems and attacked Mr. Bushido/Masurao to fend him off. The Meisters were glad to greet Setsuna. Setsuna asked, "Is everyone ok?"-in a weakened/faint voice. The Meisters wondered if something was wrong when Setsuna/00 Raiser began to fall. Lockon/Cherudim and Allelujah/Arios carried Setsuna/00 Raiser back to Ptolemy for medical aid.

Break Pillar Incident
While Setsuna was recovering in Ptolemy, Sumeragi dispatched the Meisters to intervene the standoff between the ESF-Army, ESF-Coup faction, and Katharon over the AEU elevator.

Battle at AEU Elevator
As the 3 Meisters head towards the orbital elevator, they noticed Katharon forces fleeing from the elevator. ESF forces fired upon Katharon MS units and Lyle couldn't stand the sight of his brothers getting killed and charged. Against Tieria's and Allelujah's heed(s), Lockon/Cherudim impulsively charged into the battlefield to shoot down as many ESF-Army MS units as possible. As Lockon/Cherudim fired at ESF MS units, Allelujah/Arios and Tieria/Seravee provided backup in the battle. While everyone was fighting, Lockon and everyone momentarily paused as they noticed falling debris from the elevator. Seconds later, Sumeragi made a public announcement to everyone:

"To all units within our current airspace: I'm transferring data over all the visible signals. Please destroy all pillar fragments entering the airspace indicated in the data. Below that space are densely populated areas. At this rate, millions of people will die. So I plead you, help save everyone!"

Soon as the message was over, Lockon/Cherudim, Allelujah/Arios, and Tieria/Seravee quickly flew upwards to shoot down the incoming debris. As the number of debris increased, Lockon/Cherudim couldn't keep up with the numbers and had Haro dispatch the GN Shield Bits to help him shoot down as many fragments as possible. Lockon/Cherudim fired all of his GN Missiles to prevent incoming debris to crash upon the major populace, but he couldn't catch up with one particular fragment that was about to impact a building. To his surprise, remaining Katharon MS forces came forward to aid in the battle and shot down the debris before impact. In an unusual situation, all opposing forces temporarily united in saving the civilians from the falling pillar fragments. Soon as Setsuna/00 Raiser returned from destroying the second Memento Mori, Lockon/Cherudim and Allelujah/Arios activated their Trans-Am to continue defending the African populace. After several hours of shooting down the falling debris to protect the civilians, Lockon/Cherudim and the rest of the Meisters regrouped to Ptolemy and evaded enemy forces.

Post Break Pillar Seclusion
After the battle, Lockon and the rest of the Ptolemy crew went under the radar for several months from Federation forces. With the Federation Army under direct control from A-Laws and haven't recovered from previous battles, the Ptolemy crew went into seclusion until they could be at full strength once again. In between this time, Lockon and the Ptolemy crew was attacked more than 20 times due to Anew's presence with the group. Revive Revival was able to use her as a Innovator homing beacon to locate them. The series of assaults slowed them down, but they were able to gradually resume normal operations. In between the last 4 months, Lyle and Anew's mutual attraction blossomed into a secret romantic relationship. For unknown reasons, both Lyle and Anew kept their relationship a secret and continued to pretend they're in a platonic/professional relationship until recently. After 4 months, Celestial Being is in space again and have returned to fighting strength to combat A-Laws. Their first objective after their hiatus is to destroy the 3rd Memento Mori.

Destroy Memento Mori No.3
Lockon/Cherudim and the rest of the Gundam Meisters sortied to take down Memento Mori. Lockon/Cherudim and Tieria/Seravee teamed up for a pincer attack with Setsuna/Saji/00 Raiser and Allelujah/Soma/Archer Arios. Lockon/Cherudim and Tieria/Seravee attacked from long range shooting while Setsuna/Saji/00 Raiser and Allelujah/Soma/Archer Arios closed the distance to destroy Memento Mori. After Setsuna/Saji/00 Raiser successfully destroyed Memento Mori with Trans-Am Riser, the Meisters finished off remaining forces and returned to Ptolemy.

Allelujah's Dilemma
Shortly after returning to Ptolemy, Lockon walked into the MS hanger to see Soma angrily yelling at Allelujah and charging through Lockon (he dodged). Ever since the death of Sergei Smirnov, Marie has reverted back into Soma Peries and been on a personal warpath against A-Laws to avenge the fallen Colonel. The two went to the MS hanger observation room to talk about the situation with Saji nearby to listen on their chat. Allelujah tells Lockon, "Even though I promised the Colonel I would never let her fight again...I..." Lockon responds, "Just give her some space for a while. She needs time to put her feelings in order." Allelujah retorts, "But I'm putting her in dang(er)-" Lockon tells him, "Don't force your thoughts on her. If you think it over carefully, you'll understand. The feelings of that girl, who says she wants to fight." Lockon then grabbed his helmet and left Allelujah to think things over as he heads to his room.

Taking Back Veda
With the ESF-Army merged into A-Laws, A-Laws is now the single largest military force in the solar system. Setsuna, Tieria, and the bridge crew talked about a means to turn the tide of the battle and thought about re-acquiring Veda; they don't know where Veda is located (moon terminal). In order to find Veda, they would need to ask an Innovator(s) about the whereabouts of Veda. Sumeragi decided to take the idea into action, to capture an Innovator(s) as an overall plan to take Veda back into Celestial Being control.

Loving the Enemy
While the bridge crew talked about how to get one of the Innovators, Lockon was lying in his room with Anew as his thoughts wander. Anew asked Lockon about his older twin brother, Neil. Lockon said that he didn't remember much of him, only that after junior high school, he went to boarding school to get away from being compared to Neil. However, Anew said that both of them had become Gundam Meisters, but Lyle said they did so for different reasons, When Lockon asked about Anew's family, her head started to hurt just thinking about it (because she never had family and her memories/experiences were implanted). Lockon got up and hugged her (thinking it was just too painful for her to mention) and told her that she didn't have to talk about it if she didn't want to. Lockon and Anew started kissing when Revive Revival connected with Anew through quantum brainwave contact. Lockon noticed Anew zoned out and started to shake her while calling out her name, After Anew was conscious again, Anew was dazed and confused. Lyle was just relieved she was OK and told her not to get weirded out. Anew apologized and hugged him, Lyle saw her Innovator eyes and strongly suspects she's the mole in their ranks. Shortly after, the crew was on tactical alert and everyone had to prepare to battle.

As Anew headed towards the bridge, Lyle wanted to talk to her, but dropped the matter to sortie. As Lockon prepared to launch, he called out to Anew and told her that he loved her. To Anew's embarrassment, the whole bridge crew now knew of their relationship. Lasse joked about Lockon had "sniped" Anew, Sumeragi wanted to know when did they started. Meleina was excited and said that the flowers of love were blooming. Feldt congratulated Anew as Lockon observed everyone's reaction over the com. Blushing and unable to properly respond, she told Lockon to just launch. Lockon happily launched to engage A-Laws. As he flew towards the battlefield, Lyle's thoughts was on Anew.

Capture Innovator Operation
Sumeragi gave a quick debriefing over their impending battle, warning them of their numbers and reinforcements before they broke off to engage individual targets. While engaging A-Laws, Lockon/Cheridum and Allelujah/Soma/Archer Arios was actively engaging the enemy GNXs at different locations in the battlefield to support Ptolemy. Lockon/Cherudim deployed his GN Shield Bits in the fight as he's facing superior numbers. Midway in the battle, Lockon/Cherudim his GN Sniper Gun was destroyed in battle. To compensate, he had Haro switch the GN Shield Bits to Assault Mode and used his GN Pistols to simultaneously take out 4 GNXs.

As the battle drew to a close, Saji was observing the battle between Soma and Andrei, the former wanting Andrei's head for killing her surrogate father Sergei. He couldn't keep quiet anymore and shouted over the com for Soma to stop. Lockon and the rest of the crew heard Saji telling her that even if she killed Andrei, nothing would change and that the suffering would only increase. The battle was over and Tieria successfully captured Revive Revival to ask him for the location of Veda.

Back on board Ptolemy, Lockon, Sumeragi, and the rest of the Gundam Meisters were present to interrogate their captured Innovator about Veda. Unknown to them, while Revive Revival introduced himself and talked to Sumeragi, he was influencing Anew with his quantum brainwaves in attempt free himself, escape with Anew, and take 00 Gundam to Ribbons.

Losing Anew
When questioned about the whereabouts of Veda, Revive claims not to know, and he chuckles at the idea that Celestial Being is going to recapture it because Veda was originally created for the Innovators to use. That leads to Sumeragi asking what the Innovators plan to do with Veda, so Revive replies mysteriously that it’s for the upcoming dialogue. He comments on the limit of humans when the others don’t understand him, and that prompts Lyle to say that Revive doesn’t seem omnipotent since he got caught. Revive surprises everyone by revealing that he got caught on purpose, and as if on cue, Feldt suddenly informed them over the that Anew shot Lasse and took Mileina hostage. Everyone is surprised to hear that Anew is an Innovator, and Revive takes it as his cue to leave. Setsuna tries to stop him, but Revive explains that he and Anew are of the same type, so their thoughts can be connected via quantum brain waves, and if something happened to him, then the hostage’s safety could not be guaranteed. Sumeragi and the others thus have no choice but to let Revive go, and moments later, the ship’s systems go offline thanks to a virus.

Anew is currently forcing Mileina to bring out the 00 Gundam, but as they then move towards the hanger, they are stopped by Soma. Soma sees the Innovators as being behind everything and blames them for Sergei’s death, however before she can do anything, Setsuna and Lyle find them. Lyle immediately makes a plea for Anew to stop, and guessed from her body language that she still care for him. He smugly asked if she intended to dump him and leave him behind; Anew asked for him to join her and to see the world changed; surprisingly, he accepts her offer to come with her. Setsuna takes the cue to shoot Lyle, and Anew’s genuine concern for him opens up an opportunity for him to grab Mileina. Anew is forced to run, and instead of immediately pursuing, Setsuna first checks up on Lyle who turns out to just have a bruise on his shoulder from where the bullet grazed him. Revive meanwhile makes his way into the hanger and launches with the 0 Raiser. Unable to get the 00 Gundam, Anew has to settle for just a shuttle. Lyle and Setsuna pursue in their respective Gundams, and they’re able to catch up easily by using the Cherudim’s Trans-Am. They also have an additional trump card: a Haro inside the 0 Raiser that initiates the docking sequence with the 00 Gundam.

Revive has no control over the 00 Raiser and realizes that he has to give up on the 0 Raiser. He does, however, use a rifle that he brought along to shoot up the cockpit and make his escape, and Anew subsequently rescues him in the shuttle. Lyle points the Cherudim’s gun at the shuttle, but in his head, he suddenly hears Anew ask if he’s going to shoot her. He tries to tell himself to fire, but after remembering all of the memories he had with her, Lyle is unable. Unbeknownst to him, as Anew flies away, she notes that she really does love him.

Back on the Ptolemaios, Setsuna finds Lyle frustrated over Anew’s betrayal and he tells Lyle that Anew will show up on the battlefield. Lyle claims that he understands that their enemies are the Innovators and that he’ll do what he needs to, but Setsuna tells him not to try to act tough. Feeling that Lyle doesn’t have any reason to fight Anew, Setsuna vows to pull the trigger if that time comes, and he doesn’t mind if Lyle resents him afterward. As expected, the Innovators do attack, and they bring along Louise onboard the Regnant and Anew onboard her own custom mobile suit. Hilling isn’t expecting a hard fight because of the conditions the Ptolemaios and the 00 Gundam are in, and their goal is still to capture the latter. Celestial Being faces them with only the Cherudim, Archer Arios, and Seravee Gundam. What surprises the Gundam Meisters is that the Regnant’s main cannon beams are able to bend at sharp angles, making them very hard to avoid.

Not concerned about the mobile armor, Lyle is instead looking for Anew, and he soon finds himself clashing with her. Though not afraid to shoot at each other, neither of them do much damage to each other’s mobile suits at first. With Lyle occupied, Allelujah, Tieria, and Soma struggle against their opponents, and when Tieria fires a massive blast with the Seravee, Louise easily blocks it with the Regnant’s GN field. The Arios then gets hit and suffers quite a bit of damage. Lyle meanwhile combats Anew’s GN Fangs with his own Shield Bits, and he questions why they have to fight. Anew’s answer is that it’s because he’s a human and she’s an Innovator. When Lyle wonders if their feelings for each other were lies, Anew doesn’t answer him, so he initiates the Cherudim’s Trans-Am and pounds her mobile suit with beam fire. Instead of finishing her off though, he rips open the front of her mobile suit and tells her that he’s making her his woman again, even if she’s an Innovator. Moved to tears, Anew almost gets out of her cockpit, but at the last moment, Ribbons takes over and has her strike him back while he’s most vulnerable. Ribbons has her destroys most of the Cherudim’s Shield Bits, all while saying that the Innovators are the ones who will lead mankind. Ribbons believes that Innovators are the superior species, and he can’t stand them being thought of as equal to humans.

Lyle begs for Anew to stop, but she doesn’t let up and finally charges at him to finish him off. Before she can reach him though, a beam suddenly pierces through her mobile suit. It came from the just-arrived 00 Raiser in Trans-Am mode, and the particles it spreads as it passes them sends Lyle and Anew into the dream-like world. In each other’s arms, Anew tells Lyle that she’s glad she was an Innovator because otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to meet him, and without him, she feels that she wouldn’t have had the will power to live. She’s also glad to hear Lyle confirm to her that they understood each other, and moments later, her mobile suit explodes.

Back on board Ptolemy, Lyle confronted Setsuna and repeatedly punched him in the face. Setsuna didn't bother to retaliate and let Lyle beat him. Lyle cried out, "You bastard! You bastard! You killed Anew!!" Tieria told Lyle to "Stop it!" Lyle distraughtly replied, "Shut up! She was coming back! She was coming back to us not as an Innovator, but as a human! This is all your fault!!" Lyle kept hitting Setsuna until he broke down on Setsuna's chest.

Rendezvous at Lagrange 5
Ptolemy received a mysterious message to rendezvous at Lagrange 5. The crew was suspicious of the message, but Setsuna insisted to head towards there to meet the unknown messenger (Wang Liu Mei). With Ian's support to L5 (another resource satellite) for maintenance and upgrades, Sumeragi relented to head to L5. Due to A-Laws still in pursuit of them, Sumeragi suggested Setsuna sortie ahead to meet their mysterious messenger while the Ptolemy distracts their pursuers with a longer alternative route. Lyle intercepted Setsuna in the corridor.

Setsuna wanted to say something, but had no words. Lyle started to say, "Sorry about before. I got too emotional. I'm not fit to be a Meister" Setsuna wanted to explain himself, but Lyle continued, "I'm gonna fight. I'll fight." Setsuna replied, "I understand", and he continued his way to 00 Gundam. Lyle started to reflect, "Yeah, that's right...I'll beat those damned Innovators to a pulp...not as Katharon or even as Celestial Being. I'll beat them of my own volition. However...!" At the end of his thoughts, Lyle pulled out his gun and pointed at Setsuna. Lyle's anger over what Setsuna did to Anew was still not over, he gently pulled the trigger and struggled within himself, but his hand kept shaking. In the end he let Setsuna off. He lowered his gun and started to think about his brother.

Several days later, Setsuna returned from his mission to space colony Eclipse and Lyle attended the group meeting. Setsuna gave the encrypted message to Feldt to have the coordinates decrypted. As they waited for the decryption, he reported to the crew he received the information from Wang Liu Mei. Shortly, Feldt decrypted the coordinates and revealed Veda’s location, the dark side of the moon (Lagrange 2). When nothing was detected upon sensors, Sumeragi suspected there was more behind the blank image and had Meleina superimposed their star charts over the current coordinates. The results show a large area of space that was blank where there was supposed to be stars. After calculating the discrepancy, Feldt revealed the measurement to be fifteen kilometers in diameter. It’s suspected amongst the crew that something very large is cloaked and hidden near the moon.

In between their meeting, Ptolemy was expected to rendezvous with their lab transport ship for overall maintenance/upgrades to their Gundams and re-supply for the ship. The ship arrived in between their meeting and Cherudim was upgraded to GN-006GNHW/R Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R as part of its overall maintenance/upgrades.

As their meeting continued, sensors revealed A-Laws amassing upon their intended destination. This only further solidified the that Veda was indeed hidden at the moon. Before the Meisters launched against both the A-Laws and the Innovators, each and one of the pilots spoke their feelings and sense of commitment for their upcoming mission. Lyle told the crew his reasons are to overthrow the Federation government and shoot down Innovators. There was an additional reason, but Lyle never went into detail, suggestively revenge. Setsuna told the crew, “''We’ll change. If we don’t change, we’ll never reach the future.''” With everyone united to recover Veda, Sumeragi announced the crew will soon battle soon as maintenance and resupply is completed. There was still concern over their ability to succeed as they are short of a pilot, but Lasse just returned for duty. With the crew now ready, Lyle and the Ptolemy crew head towards Lagrange 2.

Fight Towards Lagrange 2
Sometime later, the crew had reached in range of their destination and the Meisters prepared to sortie. Lockon prepared to launch with the new GN Rifle Bits for battle. As he is about to launch from the catapult, he says, "Anew, I'm gonna do it. Cherudim, Lockon Stratos, aim and fire! and launched for battle. Lockon/GN-006GNHW/R Cherudim Gundam GNHW/R launched and soon engaged a large MS force of GNX and Ahead units.

Each of the Meisters began engaging their targets. Lockon/Cherudim fired long range beams with his sniper gun and right-shoulder rifle bit to prevent A-Laws breaking through to Ptolemy. As he shoots them down, he comments, "I'll make it through with these new weapons!" The first wave was quickly defeated, but the difficulty of the fight increased. Setsuna/00 Raiser prevented 3 A-Laws battlecruisers from completing a suicide run to Ptolemy. To everyone's surprise, the battlecruisers were decoys and was filled with particle disruptors that created a large anti-particle field. A second wave of A-Laws soon followed in larger numbers and GN Missiles launchers.

Due to the anti-particle field, Lockon/Cherudim was unable to fire with any of his beam weapons and forced to resort to melee combat. As the battle intensified, Lockon/Cherudim noticed Tieria/Seravee was in trouble as a GNX-III was about to joust, he deployed the shield bits to protect Tieria/Seravee and knocked off the enemy; his save allowed A-Laws break through their defensive line to attack Ptolemy. Lockon/Cherudim couldn't catch up with the enemy units that broke through as there were still a heavy barrage of missiles firing at them from all directions. Lockon/Cherudim used his GN Pistol II (axe form) to cleave off enemy units, but still suffered from missile hits. Just as their situation looks bleak, Katharon along with the ESF Coup d'état Faction appeared to assist. As Lockon/Cheriudim fired his GN Missiles against several GNX units, he commented, "I'm glad you came! Great timing!" The second wave was eventually defeated and Lockon/Cherudim charged through the anti-particle field to combat the remains of A-Laws. Lockon/Cherudim targeted the capital ships as Katharon and Coup forces handled A-Laws' GNX units.

Over an open channel, Kati Mannequin told the Meisters to focus on defending their ship. Seconds later, Setsuna warned everyone on the com, "Attention all ships! Take evasive action immediately! It's coming! Incoming attack! Some sinister light!" A large and powerful particle beam just fired near the moon (CBS Celestial Being). The particle beam fired in the middle of the combat zone, unbiasedly taking out various MS units and capital ships from all sides. Lockon/Cherudim flew parallel to the beam attack without suffering damage. In the middle of confusion, a giant asteroid ship decloaked before everyone, CBS Celestial Being. Sensors revealed that Veda is held within Celestial Being. Sumeragi announces to allied forces of their intention of retrieving Veda and taking down Celestial Being. Celestial Being charges forward to their final battle.

Last Mission
Ptolemy and Meisters are now cruising towards Celestial Being. As they are about to confront their greatest challenge, Sumeragi tells everyone over the com, "Everyone, let's go! To atone for how we changed the world. Let's set things right! Let's release the world from the Innovators' rule and change the world again! For the future! Last mission, start!" Lyle and the rest of Meisters received instructions from Sumeragi to destroy the gun turrets to ensure their invasion route. The Meisters acknowledge their command(s) and began firing upon Celestial Being.

Lockon/Cherudim engaged Trans-Am and deployed the shield bits in attempt to shoot down the turrets without receiving incoming fire. The turret's firepower was too strong and destroyed 7 of his 9 bits and took two hits in the MS torso. Tieria/Seravee came in with his GN Field to shield Lockon as he recovered. The Meisters made progress in destroying the right side turrets of Celestial Being. As Celestial Being cleared half the way to Celestial Being, an unknown MS force sortied out of colony ship, Gaga Forces. The Gaga units quickly engaged their Trans-Am and began their kamikaze attack. The Meisters immediately went on the defensive to protect Ptolemy.

Lockon/Cherudim and the Meisters continued to shoot down as many Gaga units as possible, but were still overwhelmed by their overwhelming numbers. Ptolemy was almost lost if it weren't for the lab transport crew sacrificing themselves, using the ship to shield against the assault. Combat relief came when the ESF Coup d'état Faction and Katharon provided fire coverage to allow the Meisters and Ptolmey to charge through Celestial Being. Soon as Ptolemy made it into Celestial Being's ship dock, each of the Meisters split up to invade the mothership. Lockon/Cherudim penetrated into on of the MS docking hangers and encountered Ali Al-Saachez/GNW-20000 Arche Gundam.

Ali/Arche dispatched his GN Fangs against Lockon/Cherudim, Lockon countered by having Haro dispatch the GN Rifle Bits. Both opposing bits smashed into each other, leaving the match a draw. Ali/Arche then charged in for melee combat and disarmed Cherudim's GN Sniper Gun II. As Ali/Arche goes for a second swing and said, "War really is best fought hand-to-hand! Lockon/Cherudim grabbed his two pistols and said, "Keep talking!" Lockon/Cherudim returned fire, but the shots didn't cause much damage. Ali/Arche moved forward to chop down Lockon/Cherudim, but Lockon/Cherudim used both his pistols to block the attack. As Ali/Arche pushes down on Lockon/Cherudim, he tells Lyle, "Another one bites the dust, eh, Gundam!?" Lockon replied, "I'm gonna beat the shit out of you!" Lockon/Cherudim pushed Arche Gundam's GN Buster Sword II away and fired on Ali/Arche. Ali/Arche quickly lowered down to make a back right MS leg swing, extending his foot beam saber, and cut off Cherudim's right MS knee. Ali/Arche followed his back MS leg spin with a sword hit on Cherudim's chest. Ali/Arche then tried to cut down Lockon/Cherudim, but Lockon/Cherudim blocked; the maneuver forced Lockon/Cherudim stuck behind a wall. Lockon/Cherudim was able to push back Ali/Arche (due to Setsuna's Trans-Am Burst of GN particles) and go on the offensive.

Ali/Arche was temporarily distracted by the voices of other people (due to 00 Raiser's spread of GN particles) to allow Lockon/Cherudim push back. Lockon's thoughts was heard by Ali as he charged, "A bastard like you took my brother and the others!" The two in engage in MS melee combat again. As Ali/Arche clash blades with Lockon/Cherudim, Ali comments "So you're that guy's little brother!?" Lockon/Cherudim moves his pistol up close blew off Ali's right MS shoulder and arm. At the same time, Lockon/Cherudim answered Ali, "What of it!?" Ali/Arche then levitated a few feet above the floor and launched several beam saber kicks. While beam saber kicking, Ali answered, "He killed me too!" Lockon/Cherudim blocked all of Ali's MS kicks and retorted, "What!? Who the hell are you?" and shot Ali/Arche on the left side of the MS head. Ali replied, "I'm just me!" Ali/Arche grabbed Cherudim's neck and shoved Cherudim to the floor. While Ali/Arche still held down Cherudim, Lockon/Cherudim fired back and said, "I'll beat the shit out of you!" Ali/Arche had the advantage and looked as if he'll win when Arche Gundam suddenly shut down. Unknown to Ali, Tieria remotely controlled Seraphim Gundam and activated Trial System. Arche Gundam was tied to Veda and all of his systems shut down. Lockon/Cherudim took advantage of Arche Gundam's untimely shutdown and blew the MS to the floor. Ali is still trying to get Arche Gundam to activate when he realized Lockon/Cherudim is going to blast him. Lockon/Cherudim smirked over Ali/Arche and said, "I can't blame my big brother. I just can't forgive this guy!" Lockon/Cherudim fired upon the torso area of Arche Gundam to destroy both the MS and pilot. Lockon thought the battle was over, but sensors detected Ali escaping through a doorway. Lockon exited Cherudim to give chase.

Ali was escaping for his life, the left side of his torso was already bleeding. Lockon caught up to Ali and shot his right shoulder. Lockon yelled out, "That's far enough!" Ali dropped his gun and raised his hands. As Lockon held the gun on Ali, he reflected, "This guy...this guy took dad...mom...Amy...and my brother!" Lockon was about to shoot when Anew's words of mutual understanding convinced him to drop his gun. Ali took advantage of Lockon's hesitation and quickly grabbed his gun to shoot Lockon. Lockon reflexes were faster and shot Ali in the head. Lockon shot Ali two more times, left his body in the corridor, and headed back to Cherudim. As Lockon went back, his thoughts were on Anew. Lockon thought,

Final Confrontation
Lockon was resting above his cockpit when he received order from Ptolemy to assist Setsuna. Lockon/Cherudim and Allelujah/Arios met up to help Setsuna. As the reached nearby Celestial Being, Lockon noticed Revive/Gadessa attempted to fire his GN Mega Launcher upon Setsuna/00 Raiser. Lockon/Cherudim sacrificed 3 of his GN Shield Bits to save Setsuna/00 Raiser from certain death. Lockon/Cherudim then broke off to face Revive/Gadessa.

With only one right MS arm and pistol, Lockon/Cherudim engage Revive/Gadessa in a beam shoot out. Lockon/Cherudim fired a few shots, but the blasts were too light and bounced off Gadessa. Revive/Gadessa returned fire with his GN Vulcans, Lockon/Cherudim tried to evade, but received a few hits. Revive/Gadessa and Lockon/Cherudim then tried to flank each others position and returned fire, but both didn't get hit. Lockon/Cherudim then flew over Gadessa's blind spot, fired, and destroyed Gadessa's GN Mega Launcher. As Lockon/Cherudim flew from a distance, Lockon thought out loud, "So this is all the Innovators are without their systems to help them!" Lockon/Cherudim charged in to attack, but Revive/Gadessa fired a barrage with his right GN Vulcan. Lockon/Cherudim attempted to return fire, but the assault damaged his cockpit and his helmet. Lockon also received a head injury and his bleeding forehead has blinded is right eye. Lockon needed a decisive win and asked Haro if Trans-Am is possible. Haro told Lyle it's possible for only a second. Lockon/Cherudim continued to fire back and used the last two of his GN Shield Bits to fire back, but his pistol and bits were destroyed. Revive/Gadessa drew out his beam saber and charged for the final blow. As Gadessa charges in, Lockon/Cherudim activated Trans-Am and ended right behind Revive/Gadessa. Lockon/Cherudim then grabbed his spare pistol, shoved the gun under Gadessa's right torso, and kept firing until Gadessa exploded. The explosion killed Revive and hurdled Lockon/Cherudim into open space. Lockon succumbed to his injuries and became unconscious. After their major battle with Innovators, Lockon and Cherudim were later recovered by Ptolemy crew.

Staying with CB
With A-Laws and Innovators defeated, peace as returned throughout the solar system, as a reformed Federation disbands the A-Laws and return the sovereignty to the nations they forced into submission. Lyle along with the Ptolemy crew returned to Earth for some unfinished business. Lyle returned to Ireland to have a gravestone made for Anew and installed next to the Dylandy plot. Before the Dylandy gravestone and Anew's, he silently tells his loved ones, Lyle returns to Ptolemy II and takes the helm with Lasse, returning to space. It's presumed Lockon and the rest of the crew returns to one of their Lagrange point resource satellites for maintenance and rebuilding their organization.

ELS Conflict
The year was A.D. 2314. Two years had passed since the creation of the new pacifist Earth Sphere Federation government. With the world now at peace, Celestial Being quietly waits in the shadows and observes. Meanwhille, unknown beings travel into the solar system...

Shadow Intervention
CB had received a tip from Veda/Tieria about a impending assassination attempt of Princess Marina Ismail at Colony SOE at Lagrange 2. The Union Corporation didn't want to lose their Azadistani labor force that had been sent to them by the previous government, and sent a team of GNX-609T GN-XIIIs to have her killed. While Lockon had previously boarded the shuttle disguised as a crew member, Setsuna launched from the Ptolemy II and intercepted the GN-XIII's with his CBNGN-003 [SVMS-01AP] Union Flag Celestial Being Version. After Setsuna dispatched the GN-XIIIs, the host of the party pulled a gun on Marina. After briefly hesitating, Lockon emerged from the cockpit and disarmed the man with two shots. Lockon remarked at how SOE was getting reckless by having Marina killed. Being suspicions, Shirin asked who he was, but Lockon said he couldn't and left out of the airlock and boarded Setsuna's Flag. However, Shirin could tell by his voice that they had been saved by Celestial Being.

Inside the Flag, Lockon asked why he didn't stop in and say hello to Marina. Setsuna replied that he didn't think it was necessary. Lockon sighs and says, "''Man is he dense. Innovator my ass." ''Once the two had returned to the ship, Feldt appeared and handed the two drinks (though she really came to see Setsuna). She asked how the mission went, and Setsuna said it went perfectly thanks to Veda. He left Lockon alone with Feldt to deliver his report to Sumeragi. Lockon remarked that Setsuna didn't understand Feldt's feelings about him. Meanwhille, the ESF had just destroyed a derelict space probe, the Europa, which had left Jovian orbit. Afterwards, strange events began happening on Earth, and most of the locations were close to where debris from the Europa fell to Earth. Veda's report surmised that people with high quantum brainwave activity were being targeted for infection. Realizing the danger they posed to their super soldier comrades, Setsuna and Lockon ventured down to Earth to save them. Remembering that Louise Halevy also possessed quantum brainwaves, Setsuna presumably realized that Saji was also in danger and split off from Lockon and headed to the HRL Orbital Elevator while Lockon launched in GN-002RE Gundam Dynames Repair and flew to Mongolia.

Rescue Mission & Meeting
Lockon eventually located Allelujah and Marie at a ESF base in Mongolia. While descending, Lockon saw that the couple were being chased by driverless vehicles. Lockon used the GN Sniper Rifle to destroy all the vehicles. He subsequently landed Dynames Repair and apoligized to the couple for ruining their vacation. After sending Saji and Louise to the QBW Isolation Facility on the Orbital Elevator, Setsuna rendezvous with Lockon and the group returned to Ptolemy II. While Feldt and Mileina greet the returned Allelujah and Marie, Lockon suggests that the crew take a rest before meeting to discuss their encounters.

In the meeting room, Setsuna brought up his encounter at Tenchu. While saving Saji and Louise, he came across a figure that resembled Ribbons Almark. Sumeragi explained that it wasn't Ribbons, but a Ribbons-type Innovade, Sky Eclipse. Lockon believed that the unknown beings had infected the Europa and came into contact with Sky's body and converted it.

First Encounter & Tieria's Return
Suddenly, Mileina came over the video com and reported that a large ship was headed their way. Shockingly enough, it was the Europa, which had previously been destroyed. Setsuna resolved to take the Gundams out to investigate. Lockon launched first in the GN-010 Gundam Zabanya. When the trio arrived on the battlefield, they were greeted not only by the space station, but by hundreds of strange silver beings that were attracted to mostly Setsuna and Allelujah/Marie due to their quantum brainwaves. While Lockon successfully fended off the aliens, Setsuna was unable to fire upon them due to a QBW interference. With large numbers of aliens attacking, neither Zabanya nor Harute were able to assist Setsuna, even as 00 Raiser was struck by two of the beings. Suddenly, two giant claws appeared out of nowhere and ripped off 00 Raisers left arm. The units were then rejoined by a unknown Gundam (CB-002 Raphael Gundam), which subsequently destroyed the attacking aliens, as well as the Europa by using Trans-Am. After the Gundams returned to the ship, the pilot (wearing a blue spacesuit), revealed himself to be Tieria Erde. Allelujah asks how he did it, and Tieria explains that his Innovade physioligy allows him to upload his consciousness into any terminal. Tieria then asked Setsuna why he couldn't fight the aliens, known by the ESF as Extraterrestrial Living-metal Shape-shifters, or ELS. Setsuna said that he didn't know and Lockon was flabbergasted. Later, Lasse asked if their encounters with the ELS were part of the dialogues that Aeolia Schenberg envisioned. Tieria said that Aeolia anticipated the dialogues in the future, but they were happening now. Despite Allelujah's claim that humanity was unprepared for the dialogues, Lockon felt that they had to attack, and Lasse agreed since both the ESF and CB were being attacked. Marie disagreed on the basis that they themselves don't understand the ELS, and Feldt asked for Setsuna's opinion on the matter, to which he had none. Later, a large black hole had opened up within Jupiter's Big Red Spot, revealing the increased forces of the ELS headed for Earth.

Ultimate Fate
Nothing is known in the 50 years that has passed. It's only presumed Lockon is alive and an old man, but with no confirmations, it can also be presumed he's dead.

Earth Sphere Federation
Ireland is his homeland and when not busy, he would return to visit his family's grave and circle around places of significant memory.
 * Advanced European Union


 * Owen and Lindsay Dylandy
 * Neil and Lyle's mother and father were among the accounted dead when KPSA bombed and killed their parents at a public building.


 * Amy Dylandy
 * Lockon's beloved little sister who died along with his parents during a terrorist bombing.

Celestial Being

 * Gundam Meisters


 * Setsuna F. Seiei


 * Tieria Erde


 * Allelujah Haptism


 * Lockon Stratos (Neil Dylandy)
 * Lyle's older brother whose real name is Neil Dylandy. Though it was heavily implied that Neil was the favored son over Lyle, Neil's actual feelings towards Lyle are unknown, though it could be said that Neil did love his little brother, choosing to fight for his future.


 * Crew of the Ptolemaios II
 * The relationship boundaries were less defined with the crew of the Ptolemaios. The following are defined relationships based on observation through their interactions.


 * Feldt Grace


 * Anew Returner
 * Lyle met Anew during a resupply by Ptolemy. The two immediately struck up a friendship and Lyle was immediately in love with her. While Ptolemy was stranded on Earth, Lyle and Anew became lovers. Even after her revelation as an Innovator, the two still had mutual feelings for each other until the very end.


 * Soma Peries

Katharon

 * Klaus Grado

KPSA

 * Ali Al-Saachez
 * The KPSA's leader who killed his beloved family, including his brother. First, Tieria told Lyle that Ali Al-Saachez was Neil's killer. During and after his fight with Ali and his GNW-20000 Arche Gundam, Lyle gloated that he can't judge Neil for what he did, just like Neil, Lyle also stated he can't just forgive Ali as well. But when Lyle is about to chase Ali, Ali attempts to take advantage of Lyle's hesitation, but Lyle made the first shot, and finally kills Ali by shooting him three times.

Notes & Trivia

 * Lyle first appeared in the 9th episode of Mobile Suit Gundam 00. At the start of the episode, it showed two Lockon Stratos at a graveyard; one was in front of a grave and one was watching hiding behind a tree. It was not specified who's who between the two in the scene and it was noted to be left ambiguous by the writers and directors. The scene was left to the audience's interpretation.
 * In volume 1 of novelization of the Gundam 00 Second Season, after his first mission in Celestial Being, Lyle was described humming a children's song from Northern Ireland. It is parallel to Neil Dylandy, who also hummed an Irish children song during his first armed intervention (2307 A.D.) in the first novel of Gundam 00.
 * In the final confrontation against the Innovades in Season 2 of the series, Lyle had an injury in his right eye. This was similar to the way the first Lockon (Neil) had his injury in Season 1. But, unlike Neil whose death was caused by his injury (blind on the right side) Lyle overcame his by opening his right eye, albeit covered in blood, to execute a finishing move killing Revive Revival.