The Battle of Requiem Station Gounod (The Requiem Tragedy) is a conflict of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, featured in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
Prelude[]
Ever since Operation Ragnarök, Lord Djibril had been on the run from ZAFT's forces, being the last remaining member of Logos either not captured or killed. Their attempt to capture him in the Orb Union, Operation Fury, had been a failure on two fronts as not only had Djibril escaped but Cagalli Yula Athha had been able to reassert her authority as leader of the island nation and reaffirmed her nation's neutrality stance. Even more, ZAFT's credibility was tarnished when Meer Campbell's duplicity was exposed after Lacus Clyne made her first televised appearance in two years, denouncing both sides' actions.[1][2]
Djibril made his way to the Daedalus Lunar Base with the intent of using the Requiem superweapon to attack the Supreme Council on Aprilius One and end the war his way. Unbeknown to him at the time, the Joule and Channis teams, by pure chance, had discovered one of the special components of the weapon, Station Gounod, and attempted to attack it. PLANT Supreme Chairman Gilbert Durandal was also informed of the situation, though both he and most of the military were unable to properly identify the device that the Alliance forces were moving.
The Battle[]
Upon finding a large Alliance fleet escorting a modified open space colony, the Joule Team's commander, Yzak Joule, wasted little time in engaging. After a brief skirmish, however, the Alliance forces began pulling out suspiciously. Unable to discern their enemy's thoughts, Yzak ignored the fleeing opponents and ordered his troops to destroy Gounod's engines to stop the colony's movements and subject it to an investigation.
Before the Joule and Channis teams could examine any further, Djibril finally fired Requiem from the Daedalus base at the far side of the moon intending to hit the PLANT capital of Aprilius One. Seeing the impending danger, ZAFT forces scattered and escaped its line of fire, but to their horror, Requiem's beam would finally reach the PLANT colonies. Januarius 1-4 would be hit directly by Requiem, and Januarius 4's spiral out of control would also cause it to collide with December 7 and 8.[2]
It would be revealed at Daedalus that the destruction of Gounod's engines resulted in its angle going off and causing its line of fire to deviate. Infuriated by the turn of events, Yzak ordered the remaining forces to eliminate any remaining Alliance forces in the vicinity. The enraged ZAFT forces would then destroy Gounod in retaliation before moving to hunt down any other relay station they could find.[2]
Aftermath[]
Though Aprilius One was saved from destruction, the damage done to the other PLANT colonies by Requiem was harsh. Januarius 1-4 were completely destroyed and December 7 and 8 collapsed, killing over a million Coordinators. Though Gounod was destroyed, the weapon's other relay station could be used in its place, Djibril's key strategy exposed his location and Requiem's ability to ZAFT. ZAFT would then order a simultaneous attack on both relay station Faure as well as Requiem's control center at Daedalus.[3]
Gallery[]
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Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- First Appearance; Conclusion
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-43, A Call for Counterattack
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-45, Prelude to Revolution
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| First Alliance-PLANT War Battle of Kaohsiung | Battle of Heliopolis | Skirmish near Artemis | Battle of Artemis | Second Nova Recapture Operation | Clash at Junius Seven | Skirmish in the Debris Belt | Battle near Junius Seven | Skirmish in the North African Desert | Skirmish towards Earth | Battle of Orbit | Second Battle of Victoria | Blue Cosmos Attack on PLANT | Desert Dawn Campaign (Attack on the Archangel | Attack on Tassil | Retaliation of the Desert Dawn | Blue Cosmos Attack in Banadiya | Battle of Talbadiya) | First Equatorial Skirmish | Second Equatorial Skirmish | Skirmish on an Uninhabited Island | Strait of Malacca Breakthrough | First Battle near Orb | Orb Infiltration Mission | Second Battle near Orb | Battle of the Marshall Islands | Theft of the Freedom Gundam | Operation Spitbreak | Shoot Out at White Symphony | Mission to Recapture the Freedom Gundam | Battle of Porta Panama | Battle of Orb | Assassination of Siegel Clyne | Third Battle of Victoria | Attack on a ZAFT Fleet | Theft of the Eternal | Battle of Mendel | Second Battle of Casablanca | Operation 8.8 (Ayers Rock Landing Operation) | Operation Elvis (Battle of Boaz | Second Battle of Jachin Due) | |
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| Unrelated Conflicts Campaign on the ZAFT Supply Route (Attack on a ZAFT Supply Station | Battle at ZAFT Supply Station 4) | Skirmish at Heliopolis | Pirate Attack on the H.O.M.E. | Recapture of Artemis | Skirmish at Artemis | Second Attack on the Graveyard | Actaeon Hostage Incident | Skirmish at Liteiria | Barnacle Incident | First Attack by the Gundam Astray Gold Frame | First Attack on the Lesseps | Second Attack on the Lesseps | Confrontation in the Deep Sea | Infiltration of the Lesseps | First Battle of the Giga-Float | Second Battle of the Giga-Float | Battle of Ame-No-Mihashira | Battle of the Gundam Astrays | Third Attack on the Graveyard | Find Kira Yamato Operation | Skirmish at Mendel | Raid on the Dreadnaught Gundam’s Transport | Attack on the Serpent Tail Transport | First Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | Attack on Supply Station 15B | Escape from Artemis | Assault on Ptolemaeus Port Seven | Attack on the Ortygia | Attack on Ame-No-Mihashira | Battle at the Abandon Colony Zone | Battle at the Mobile Suit Auction | Clash at Mendel | Second Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | Assault on the Sahaku Force | Erudou Breakthrough | Third Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | First Battle of GENESIS Alpha | First Attack on GENESIS Alpha | |
| C.E. 72 | |
| First Alliance-PLANT War Nairobi Peace Conference (Attack on the Junius Treaty Ceremony) | |
| South American War for Independence Battle for South America | |
| Unrelated Conflicts Battle of the Blue Cosmos Asteroid Factory | |
| C.E. 73 | |
| Second Alliance-PLANT War Attack on Armory One | Battle of the Debris Belt | "Break The World" Incident | Battle of Aprilius One | Operation Spear of Twilight | Ambush of the Minerva | Assassination Attempt of Lacus Clyne | Kidnapping of Orb's Chief Representative | Battle of the Indian Ocean | Attack on Lohengrin Gate | Battle of Gulnahan | Battle in Lunar Orbit | Battle of Dardanelles | Skirmish at Lodonia Lab | Lacus Clyne Shuttle Hijacking | Battle of Crete | |
| Unrelated Conflicts Second Attack on GENESIS Alpha | Third Attack on GENESIS Alpha | Second Battle of Genesis Alpha | Attack on Ed the Ripper’s Shuttle |Attack in Fortaleza | Attack on Kirgitz | Declaration of the Sky | Attack on The Clan Space Station | Assault on the Coordinator Refugee Camp | |
| C.E. 74 | |
| Second Alliance-PLANT War Minerva Breakout | Attack on the Bonaparte | Destroy Crisis (First Attack on Eurasia | Second Attack on Eurasia | Third Attack on Eurasia | Battle of Berlin) | Campaign Against Logos | Operation Angel Down | Desertion of Athrun Zala and Meyrin Hawke | Operation Ragnarök | Eternal Chase | Operation Fury | Battle of Requiem Station Gounod | Battle of Daedalus | Assassination Attempt in Copernicus City | Proclamation of the Destiny Plan | Attack on Requiem Station One | Battle of Messiah | |
| Unrelated Conflicts Attack on Toroya Station | Foundation Shock | Freedom Hijacking Incident | |
| C.E. 75 | |
| Blue Cosmos Campaign Battle of Aldrin City | |
| Foundation Conflict Eldore Incident | Moscow Tragedy | PLANT Coup d'état | Millennium Hijacking | Lacus Clyne Rescue Operation | Battle of Requiem | |