Carta Issue

Carta Issue
Carta Issue
Profile
Species	Human
Hair Color	Silver
Eye Color	Brown
Gender	Female
Family	Cature Inoshee (half-sister)
Love Interests	McGillis Fareed
Affiliation	Gjallarhorn Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet Issue family
Occupation	Fleet Commander Mobile Suit Pilot
Rank	Colonel
Status	Killed in Action (323)
Mecha & Vehicles
Pilot EB-06rs Graze Ritter Commander Type
Real World
Japanese Voices	Kikuko Inoue
English Voices	Carrie Kenaren
Appearances
Television	IBO: #18 - Episode #23

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 known 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 Arianrhod 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

Carta got her first opportunity to prove her fleet's worth to both the Seven Stars and McGillis in particular upon receiving a report from Gaelio, who had turned to her for help in pursuing Kudelia Aina Bernstein, and, by extension, Tekkadan. She became so eager that she expressed her hopes that Tekkadan wouldn't change course so that she might crush them.

Later on, Gaelio's ship approached her fleet, much to her surprise though she stated she was glad to have them. Subsequently, Gaelio established a communication channel, but mistaken addressed her in familiar terms, before she reminded him to address her by rank. She made it clear that his participation in her operation was only possible due to her authority and advised him not to get in the way, much to his frustration. She then tried subtly inquire about McGillis' whereabouts, though Gaelio failed to comprehend her innuendo, provoking her into openly stating she was talking about McGillis, adding that he had gotten engaged to a "bedwetter" to further his status. Upon being told that McGillis was on vacation leave on Earth with his fiancee, she asked why he didn't report to her and got upset upon being reminded that she was not McGillis' commanding officer, accusing Gaelio of mocking her fleet like the rest of Gjallarhorn. Before cutting him off, she threatened to punish him if he failed to deliver results. She then declared to elite guards that they'll prove their true strength before the Regulatory Bureau and had them recite their motto, "We are perseverance and multitudinous."; she chastised the soldier second from her right for responding too slow.

When the Isaribi approached her blockade, Carta ordered her ships to open fire when Tekkadan failed to respond to her halt order. Following the initial barrage, she smugly assumed the ship was destroyed. Her mood quickly changed once she realized that Eugene Sevenstark was using the Brewers ship as a shield, which she labeled as barbaric. As she tried to remind her men what fleet they served, both enemy ships suddenly 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. Irritated, she ordered her men to find the Isaribi and smugly remarked that mere space rats couldn't do much in a short amount of time. But her smile quickly faded upon being told that Isarabi was on a collision course for Gladsheim 1, causing its orbit to decay, 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 mortally wounding Biscuit, who was still inside. Seeing that Orga was still alive, Carta attempted to finish him off, only for Mikazuki to grab her Graze by the head and threw her to the ground, trapping her again, but Orga's cry seemingly distracts him, allowing Carta's remaining forces to rescue her and retreat; she was too stunned to protest otherwise.

After arriving on Corlis Stenja's sea carrier, Carta ignored his pleasantries and grabbed him by the collar, shouting that she came close to dying on the battlefield while her men were being slaughtered and declared their only mission would be to pursue and destroy Tekkadan. Though Corlis informed her that the Regulatory Bureau had sent a recall order, Carta wanted to ignore it but upon hearing that the order came from Iznario, her guards reasoned that it would be unwise to ignore her guardian. Infuriated, Carta vowed to destroy Tekkadan the next time they meet.

Upon her return to Vingolf, Carta met with Iznario and humbly apologized for her failure. Iznario assured her that no apologies for necessary before reminding that her actions had shamed her family name. He offered her the chance to redeem herself, revealing he had learned that Tekkadan was escorting Makanai to Edmonton. Carta eagerly asked for leave to pursue them. Though Iznario stated that it would be too heavy a burden to dispatch her so soon after her defeat, but McGillis had convinced him to let her proceed.

After leaving Iznario's office, she encountered McGillis waiting for her and admitted she never thought he'd help her. McGillis responded that he thought she'd be perfect for the mission, but Carta accused him of coming to mock her, remarking that his patronizing smirk hadn't changed. McGillis refuted that she hadn't changed either, remarking on her strength and beauty, cutting her off when she attempted to protest, stating that ever since they were children, she was someone he could look up to and treat him as an equal. Carta was left very touched by his words.

Carta and her two remaining guards intercepted Tekkadan's train convoy on their way to Edmonton, with her Graze brandishing a red cape to issue a challenge. Carta insisted to go for a three on three fair and square duel with Tekkadan on the railway, wagering custody of Kudelia and Makanai as well as Tekkadan's unconditional surrender against safe passage. Eager to avenge Biscuit, Mikazuki ignored her request and immediately dispatched her elite guards on his own. Horrified by the brutal deaths of her men, Carta attempted to fight, even though she was severely outmatched. As she fought, she indignantly protested that she wanted a fair fight because she couldn't stand any more dishonor. Refusing to retreat even with her Graze severely damaged, Carta attempted to charge the Barbatos, which 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.

Gallery

Character Design

Young Carta.

Anime

With a young Gaelio in her childhood. (The Final Lie)

With a young McGillis in her childhood. (The Final Lie)

Carta's first appearance. (Voice)

Determined to crush Tekkadan. (Voice)

Indirectly talking about McGillis in a discussion with Gaelio (The Gravity of Wishes)

Carta in her pilot suit. (To the Place of Return)

Piloting the Graze Ritter Commander Type (To the Place of Return)

Attempting to introduce the Outer Earth Orbit Regulatory Joint Fleet. (To the Place of Return)

Angered by the deaths of her subordinates. (To the Place of Return)

Experiencing defeat from Tekkadan (Not Yet Home)

Flustered by McGillis' words (The Final Lie)

Attempting to challenged Tekkadan for a 3v3 duel (The Final Lie)

Carta in a pinch. (The Final Lie)

Carta's second (and final) defeat. (The Final Lie)

Carta faintly calls out for McGillis' before she dies. (The Final Lie)

Carta dying from her wounds. (The Final Lie)

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.
• Similarly to McGillis and Gaelio, Carta is based on the Zeon officer, Haman Karn.^{[citation needed]}
• 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.