Canard Pars

Canard Pars was a member of the Earth Alliance's Eurasian Federation and pilot of the CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Gundam Unit 1 until the end of the war in September C.E. 71. He was a failed prototype of the same "Ultimate Coordinator" project that produced Kira Yamato, and the only one who had survived. To prove that he was not such a failure after all, he went on a quest to kill Kira. However, it is possible that Canard and Kira are actually brothers, but this has not been proven yet. Although he is a failed Ultimate Coordinator clone, his abilities are still comparable to regular Coordinators or even higher.

Canard was found by a group of scientist and brought to a reaserch facility, where the scientist tried to find information on his abilitys by tourturing him and making other cruel test. The often used word "failure" left behind multipile scars in Canard's soul.

When Canard was young he had escaped from the research facility once. During his escape he met a mysterious man with black hair, and this man told him about the existence of Kira Yamato. He also told Canard about the research facility up in the Mendel space colony and how he is a failure. In Cosmic Era 73 it is revealed that the mysterious man was none other than PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Dullindal.

From words of Artemis commander Gerard Garcia, it is actually hinted that Canards was found by members of the Eurasian Federation which then made him a special operative and saving his life on this way.

When the Earth Alliance acquired the N-Jammer Canceller technology, Canard was determined to upgrade his mobile suit with it, so that he would have no constraints on his "Armure Lumiere" beam barrier. He fought against Al Da Flaga clone Prayer Reverie, pilot of the YMF-X000A Dreadnought, trying to obtain the N-Jammer Canceller several times. Canard later destroyed Hyperion Unit 2, piloted by Balsam Arendo when he deserted the Alliance. He then refitted his Hyperion Unit 1 with a N-Jammer Canceller and nuclear engine that he got from the Ptolameus lunar base.

In the end, Canard was defeated by Prayer, but did not die; Prayer protected him from the explosion of Hyperion's overloading reactor and apparently died shortly after due to flaws in the cloning process. However, it was later found out that Prayer had faked his own death, in order to convince Canard to give up his quest and get on with his life. It is not known if Canard is aware of this.

Canard shortly thereafter switched sides to the Junk Guild and piloted the rebuilt Dreadnought Gundam, the YMF-X000A/H Dreadnought H. By late C.E. 73, he had left ReHOME and joined Gai Murakumo's Serpent Tail team with his Dreadnought H.

Shortly after the end of the Bloody Valentine War, Canard finally saw Kira Yamato at Reverend Malchio's orphanage. As Canard rushed towards an unaware Kira, finally being able to fulfill his goal of killing him, he suddenly stopped, looked into Kira's eyes, turned around and walked away, finally deciding to abandon his quest and move on with his life.

He then makes an appearance in the new (apparently final) manga of Gundam SEED, Gundam SEED Destiny Astray.

Canard Pars was voiced by Souichiro Hoshi in the video game "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Generation of CE", which is fitting since both of Hoshi's roles, the other being Kira Yamato, are the only surviving products of the Ultimate Coordinator project,

Personal Data
Genetic type: Coordinator Age: 17 DOB: Unknown Rank: Captain (Army Rank) /Lieutenent (Naval Rank) (before he defected) Family: Adopted father (name unknown); Adopted mother (name unknown); Father (name unknown); Mother (name unknown); Possible brother (Kira Yamato); Possible sister (Cagalli Yula Athha) Blood type: A Mobile suit: CAT1-X1/3 Hyperion Unit 1; YMF-X000A/H Dreadnought H