Graham Aker

{Infobox animanga character Captain SVMS-01E Graham's Union Flag Custom SVMS-01O Over Flag }} Captain Graham Aker (グラハム・エーカー) is a fictional character in the Gundam series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00. He originally piloted a SVMS-01 Union Flag, the Union's current main mobile suit, which he had later upgraded into the SVMS-01E Graham's Union Flag Custom, and currently pilots the SVMS-01O Over Flag.
 * name        = Graham Aker
 * series      = Gundam 00
 * image       = [[Image:Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - 01 058 0002.jpg|250px]]
 * caption     = Capt. Graham Aker
 * first       = Episode 1, Celestial Being
 * last        =
 * creator     =
 * voiced by   = Yuuichi Nakamura
 * alias       =
 * age         = 27-28
 * height      =
 * born        = 2280
 * death       =
 * nationality = [American]
 * relatives   =
 * divider     = yes
 * aux1 name   = Allegiance
 * aux1        = Union of Solar Energy and Free Nations
 * aux2 name   = Rank
 * aux2        = First Lieutenant
 * aux3 name   = Mobile weapons
 * aux3        = SVMS-01 Union Flag

He is voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura.

Outline
Originally on the MSWΛD (Mobile Suit Warehouse and Development) mobile suit team with the rank of First Lieutenant, he was recently promoted to Captain, and was transferred to the Anti-Gundam Investigative Squad called "OverFlags", publically known as the 8th Independent Tactical Aviation Corps, as its commanding officer, calling his team mates "Flag Fighters".

His signature move is to transform his Flag in mid-flight, which people call the "Graham Special", although he's not the only Union mobile suit pilot known to be able to perform this move.

With Celestial Being continuing their armed intervention activities with the Gundams, he wonders that what Celestial Being is really doing is bringing the world to its ends, which Leif Aifman thinks that its a possibility for them.

Personality
Graham is the Union's ace pilot and follows a strict code of honor. With a skill unmatched by any Flag pilot, Graham is eager to find an opponent worthy to fight. When the Gundam Exia first appeared in the AEU exhibition and destroyed their new unit, the Enact, he grew completely interested in its abilities, as well as eager to fight it, or, as Billy Katagiri notes, he's "quite infatuated" to the Gundams.

Graham's personality comes off as villanous when he pilots the Flag mobile suit and fights the Gundams, as he is eager to prove himself.

His personality later changes in episode 13. In the Kingdom of Azadistan, where he was sent there knowing that Celestial Being would intervene the war torn state, he saw the Gundam Exia arriving at Azadistan's palace and noticed that it was unarmed, which completely surprised him, and witnessed the Gundam taking damage from several MSER-04 Anf. After the Gundam finished dropping off the Imam, Massoud Rachmadi, in the Palace of Azadistan, Graham was forced to let it go knowing that if he attacked it, the world would hate him. He grew completely annoyed and angry, because he disobeyed a direct order to capture the Gundams.

In episode 17, the OverFlags' base was attacked by Team Trinity's Throne Gundams, and after hearing from Billy Katagiri that Professor Leif Aifman was killed, Graham become shocked and angrily attacked one of them, which resulted in the death of Flag Fighter Howard Mason. After Team Trinity left, Graham became bitter at the loss of both Professor Aifman and Howard.

After Howard's death, Graham swore to defeat the Gundams using a Flag. As such he refused to be a pilot of the new GN-X, but instead asked for a GN Drive to be attached to his Flag. He is now the last remaining pilot of OverFlags following the death of Daryl Dutch.

It has been hinted at by fellow OverFlags pilot Joshua in episode 14 that Graham was involved in an incident of friendly fire a few years ago, during which he accidently killed his senior officer with a shot in the back, presumably during a mobile suit operation. He even remarks that his promotion to captain with the formation of the OverFlag squad might have been yet another event of killing a superior. When he noticed Joshua was talking about this matter, Graham states that he doesn't care what he thinks and that he will prove the rumors to be wrong and that he will redeem his name on the battlefield.