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Carta Issue (カルタ・イシュー Karuta Ishū?) is a character that appears in Mobile Suit Gundam IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS.

Personality & Character[]

Although she has violent emotional ups and downs, she is also a proud and pure-hearted maiden. From an early age, she has had a reputation as a competitive, naughty girl who does not listen to those around her, but on the other hand, she has the integrity to treat her enemies and even lower-ranked people as equals. One of the few non-corrupt Gjallarhorn officers, Carta believed heavily in code and honor. As such, she highly disapproves of Tekkadan's tactics, such as using other ships as shields or being shot at when she's introducing herself. She also sees battles as an opportunity to honor the Issue family. She is a highly respected officer and generally cares for her comrades as well. She is also meticulous, to the point where she lightly scolds her elite guards about being late for a second when they recited their speech. She has been in love with McGillis since she fell in love at first sight with him in her childhood, calling him "that man." For this reason, there are many male officers with blond hair and blue eyes just like McGillis in the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet.

Skills & Abilities[]

As the eldest daughter of the Issue family, she received a high standard of education in her childhood. As a fleet commander, she is vulnerable to unexpected situations due to her almost complete lack of actual battle experience, and even on the battlefield she prioritizes her own values, the maintenance of formation, and fairness, and her inexperience in recognizing the battlefield as a battlefield is conspicuous.

For this reason, she has almost unilaterally suffered psychological and physical damage in battles with Tekkadan, who have a great deal of actual battle experience, as she has been forced to fight in a manner that is both deceptive and disregardful of etiquette, and she resents it.

History[]

Background[]

Carta is the only daughter of the Issue family, the first seat of the "Seven Stars," which unites Gjallarhorn. However, her family position is weak because her father, the head of the Issue family, is on a sickbed, and she is currently working with the backing of her guardian, Iznario Fareed, the head of the Fareed family.

Although the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet led by her is a direct support fleet for Earth orbit, it has little actual battle experience due to the presence of the Arianrod Fleet stationed in lunar orbit, and in reality, it is so quiet that it is called a "decoration fleet" with no opportunity to go into battle. However, while she is aware of this fact, she is proudly training every day under the slogan of "nine years of solidity and firmness," and maintains a high level of integrity in the midst of the corrupt Gjallarhorn.

P.D. 323[]

Upon receiving a report from Gaelio, who had turned to her for help in pursuing Tekkadan, she took operational action to prevent the Tekkadan from descending to Earth. When the Isaribi approached her blockade, Carta ordered her ships to open fire when Tekkadan failed to respond to her halt order. Her mood quickly changed once she realized that Eugene Sevenstark was using the Brewers ship as a shield, which she labeled as barbaric. Both ships soon separated and Carta yelled at her men to fire on both ships. The Brewers ship then released a nano-mirror chaff that blinded the fleet's sensors, so Carta ordered light signals to signal the fleet to fire missiles with time fuses to burn away the chaff. By then, the Isarabi rams one of the orbiting satellites, allowing Orga Itsuka and his party to slip past Gjallarhorn. Infuriated, Carta ordered her fleet to redeploy to the satellite's rescue while the mobile suits engaged in pursuit.

Humiliated by her failure, she and her elite guards went down to Earth to take part in the mission to take Kudelia Aina Bernstein and Togonosuke Makanai. As she made her entrance, her team went into formation and started to introduce themselves, when they were cut short by a shot from Akihiro Altland's ASW-G-11 Gundam Gusion Rebake. After that, she orders her team to attack using the Spearhead Formation, but Mikazuki Augus in his ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos quickly broke it by focusing his attack on the EB-06r Graze Ritter that Akihiro had damaged before. She watched as her team was ruthlessly beaten by Tekkadan's forces.

She was then subsequently attacked by Mikazuki by clamping her Graze's forearms using the 'Wrench Mace'. But she manages to notice Orga riding a TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker and unknowingly inside it, Biscuit Griffon, not too far from the battle site. She escapes from Mikazuki and pursues the machine and succeeds in finishing it off, but not before it threw Orga off. The blow sent the vehicle flying and killing Biscuit, who was still inside. Mikazuki furiously attacks her and throws her to the ground trapping her again, but Orga's cry seemingly distracts him, allowing Carta's remaining forces to rescue her and retreat.

After repeated defeats, she became humiliated and impatient at having brought disgrace to her family's name, and through negotiations with Iznario, she won the appointment to pursue Tekkadan, and with the encouragement of the McGillis, she was determined to go after them. In the third encounter with Tekkadan, Carta insisted to go for a three on three fair and square duel with Tekkadan on the railway, wagering custody of Kudelia and Makanai against safe passage. Eager to avenge Biscuit, Mikazuki ignored her request and immediately dispatched her elite guards on his own, dismembered Carta's Graze and slammed it into an icy lake, causing cold water to flood the cockpit and weakening her at once, and she tearfully asks for help from McGillis. She was rescued by Gaelio's Gundam Kimaris Trooper, which rushed to her aid, but she was already deeply injured from the damage to her machine, and the cold water that had entered her cockpit and the cold air outside had put her in a state of hypothermia, causing her to lose her judgment. She died after repeating her apologies to her loved ones.

Aftermath[]

As a result, she lost her life through a ruse by McGillis, but even though it took a certain amount of time afterward for Gaelio, who knew the truth, to return to the public stage, the truth of Carta's death was revealed to the public by the mouth of Rustal Elion, ironically becoming one of the factors that led the McGillis to be hunted down. Also, after her death, the Issue family was severed (her father is believed to have died without a new successor), and the Kujan and Fareed families were also severed, thus ending the council system of the Seven Stars and transitioning to a democratic system.

Relationships[]

  • McGillis Fareed - McGillis is one of Carta's childhood friends. Carta fell for him during the first time she and Gaelio meet him, however she could not admit it to anyone, not even herself. Alongside Gaelio, they treat McGillis the same as them despite knowing him not to be a child of the Fareed bloodline. In turn, McGillis sincerely appreciates their treatment of him and regrets having to kill them to accomplish his plan.
  • Gaelio Bauduin - Like McGillis, he is also Carta's childhood friend, though they had already known each other earlier before the former's arrival. After rescuing Carta from being killed by Mikazuki, he tries not to break down as he accepts that she will not survive her injuries, telling her to rest. Discovering McGillis' involvement in her death outrages Gaelio during his battle against McGillis on Earth.

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Notes & Trivia[]

  • Carta Issue's Japanese voice actor, Kikuko Inoue, is famous for her work in various animated Gundam series, including Aina Sahalin in 08th MS Team, Aline Nazon and Death Deity in Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: The Gravity Front, and Caridad Yamato in Gundam SEED / Gundam SEED Destiny.
  • Carta's death is similar to Aline Nazon, as both are under the influence of a man who they are in love with, the only difference is Carta's death was intentional while Arleen's wasn't. On a side note, both of them share the same voice actress, Kikuko Inoue.
  • Carta's troops are blond-haired men, which is a small hint to her affection towards McGillis.
  • Because of Carta's outlook and hairstyle, certain fan arts (mainly from that of pixiv) tends to portray her with fox attributes.
  • Certain fans speculates her age to be seventeen. This is a nod to her voice actress, who is infamous for self-proclaiming to be a seventeen year-old woman.
  • The announcement for the upcoming "The Product of FSWS" in Gundam Breaker Mobile spells the Carta AI Pilot name as Karta before the actual release corrects it.
    • The AI's "Long-Shooter" Job License seems to contradict her on-screen preference for close-combat.

References[]


Tekkadan Administration Orga Itsuka · Biscuit Griffon · Eugene Sevenstark · Merribit Stapleton · Dexter Culastor · Atra Mixta
Commando Unit Mikazuki Augus
1st Working Unit Norba Shino · Dante Mogro · Derma Altland
2nd Working Unit Akihiro Altland · Ride Mass
Earth Branch Chad Chadan · Takaki Uno · Aston Altland · Radice Riloto
Maintenance Team Yamagi Gilmerton · Nadi Yukinojo Kassapa · Dane Uhai
Others Hush Middy · Zack Lowe · Elgar · Embi · Hirume · Trow
Gjallarhorn
Inspectors McGillis Fareed · Gaelio Bauduin
Mars Branch Coral Conrad · Ein Dalton · Crank Zent
Outer Earth Joint Regulatory Fleet Carta Issue · Isurugi Camice · Liza Enza · Corlis Stenja
Arianrhod Fleet Rustal Elion · Iok Kujan · Julieta Juris · Gaelio Bauduin · Yamazin Toka
Others Agnika Kaieru · Iznario Fareed
Teiwaz Administration McMurdo Barriston · Jasley Donomikols
Turbines Naze Turbine · Amida Arca · Lafter Frankland · Azee Gurumin · Eco Turbine · Chloe Turbine · Bilt Turbine · Eva Turbine
Other Factions Chryse Guard Security Maruba Arkay · Haeda Gunnel
Brewers Brooke Kabayan · Kudal Cadel · Masahiro Altland
Dawn Horizon Corps Sandoval Reuters
Arbrau Henri Fleurs · Togonosuke Makanai · Galan Mossa
Civilians Kudelia Aina Bernstein · Todo Mirconen · Cookie Griffon · Cracker Griffon · Sakura Pretzel · Savarin Canele · Fumitan Admoss · Almiria Bauduin · Nobliss Gordon · Cucubita Hughes · Allium Gyojan · Akatsuki
Urdr-Hunt Wistario Afam · Demner Kitaco Jr. · Korunaru Kousa · Range Dubrisko · Cyclase Mayer
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