Artemis is an asteroid fortress introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Overview[]
Artemis is protected by a Lightwave Barrier known as the "Umbrella of Artemis", giving the base a reputation as an impenetrable fortress. Due to its high power consumption, the "Umbrella of Artemis" is only activated when enemy forces were sighted.
History[]
Created in C.E. 35, the Artemis asteroid fortress was built by the Eurasian Federation at Lagrange 3 during the space arms race taking place at this time.
When the First Alliance-PLANT War began, Artemis was still considered strategically unimportant so ZAFT never attacked it.[1] This however changed on January 27, C.E. 71, when the newly developed Archangel fled its pursuing ZAFT forces to the fortress, which was the closest allied base they could reach.[2] The commander of Artemis, Gerard Garcia, however, planned to steal the ship and the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam for the Eurasian Federation, the strongest rival of the Atlantic Federation. While trying to get control over both units, ZAFT pilot Nicol Amalfi used the Mirage Colloid stealth system of the stolen GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam to sneak near the fortress while the shield was down and attacked it. When the personnel of the fortress activated the shield, Nicol destroyed the lightwave barrier generators, allowing his ship and comrades to attack Artemis. The crew of the Archangel used this opportunity to escape, while ZAFT caused massive damage to the fortress.[1]
Afterwards, Garcia hired the famous mercenary group Serpent Tail for defense, in order to maintain Artemis' reputation (and also to acquire one of the Astray prototypes). When he tried to double-cross the mercenaries, he was however tricked by them.[3] By September, C.E. 71, Artemis was looked upon as an embarrassment, even within the Eurasian Federation.[4] Later, when Garcia ordered Task Force X's Canard Pars to be detained, Canard escaped the asteroid fortress with the Agamemnon-class carrier, Ortygia, whose crew were loyal to him.[5]
By C.E. 75, Artemis was towed to Lagrange 1, ostensibly for demilitarization. In reality, the Kingdom of Foundation had secretly reactivated it as a military base, turning Artemis into Foundation's main stronghold in space.[6] After concluding that Lacus Clyne is being held against her will by Orphee Lam Tao and the Foundation, Kira Yamato and several Compass allies secretly infiltrate the fortress in a similar form like how Nicol and the Blitz did four years back, by using the Mirage Colloid system in the AMGS-X18P Cavalier Aifrid, as part of the Lightwave Barrier gets turned off while Shura Serpentine launches in the Black Knight Squad NOG-M1A1 Shi-ve.A to engage the ZGMF/A-262B Strike Freedom Gundam Type II in combat, piloted by Athrun Zala. The Cavalier Aifrid proceeded to open fire on a Baldr class ship in dock while Kira, Ledonir Kisaka and several others disembarked on foot and killed several dock guard before granting Meyrin Hawke access to the system, allowing her to close bulkheads and sever communications. Soon after, they released several Haros into the ventilation system, who proceed to floor the station with knockout gas, save Lacus' VIP room, causing Aura Maha Khyber and multiple Foundation personnel to fall unconscious. Only Ingrid Tradoll managed to avoid being gassed due to her wearing a pilot and she proceeded to take Lacus hostage once Kira located her through Birdy's counterpart Blue's quantum network. After rescuing Lacus, the Cavalier Aifrid recovered the extraction team and proceeded to disable the Lightwave Barrier, after which they escaped, while Shura was forced to return to the fortress. Following the deaths of the Foundation leadership, it is unknown whether any remnants of Foundation still occupy Artemis.[7]
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Notes & Trivia[]
- Artemis is the name of goddess in Greek mythology.
- Artemis is a reference to the astroid base Luna II from Mobile Suit Gundam. Both locations are where the protagonist's ship docked at after the battle at their respective colonies early in the series.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
- First Appearance
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- PHASE-07, The Scar of Space
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-08, The Songstress of The Enemy Forces
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-12, Flay's Decision
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-41, Trembling World
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
- Manga
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray Chapter 2, Showdown! Astray vs Astray
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray Chapter 1, Parts-X12: The New G
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED X Astray Chapter 7, Parts-X18: The Changing World
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom Chapter 5
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom