The FFMH-Y101 Eternal is a support ship introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. As it was extremely task-specific, only one such vessel, the class namesake, was ever produced.
Technology & Combat Characteristics
The Eternal is a space warship built by ZAFT to specifically support the nuclear powered ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam and ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam, and has special facilities for maintaining both mobile suits. To accompany both highly mobile machines in battle, the Eternal also has high speed and can outrun even the Nazca-class, ZAFT's fastest class of ship. It is lightly armed, with only a single large beam cannon, a pair of twin rail guns, numerous CIWS, and countless batteries of defensive missile launchers. Additionally, the Eternal carries a pair of Mobile suit Embedded Tactical Enforcer (METEOR Units), an optional armed module for the Justice and Freedom Gundams, which can also function as gun turrets for the ship when not utilized by the two mobile suits.
Armaments
- Main Cannon
- A single beam cannon mounted in front of the bridge. It is incapable of rotating sideways, but its barrel can swivel upwards.
- Twin Rail Gun
- A pair of twin railguns mounted behind the bridge on either side of the ship.
- A large number of CIWS guns are mounted on the Eternal and they serve as part of the ship's defense against enemy mobile suits and missiles.
- Small Beam Cannon
- A large number of small beam cannons are mounted on the ship.
- Missile Launcher
- A large number of missile launchers are mounted on the ship. As with the CIWS, these launchers are used primarily for defensive purposes.
Special Equipment & Features
- A pair of armed modules stored at the front of the ship.
History
First Alliance-PLANT War
Soon after its completion, the Eternal was stolen by the Clyne Faction, and was commanded by Lacus Clyne and Andrew Waltfeld, who used it to escape the PLANTs.[1] Together with the Archangel and the Kusanagi, the Eternal formed the Three Ships Alliance, an independent force that successfully ended the First Alliance-PLANT War.[2]
Post-War Era
The Eternal was hidden in an asteroid after the war, while Andrew and Lacus secretly immigrated to the Orb Union.[3]
Second Alliance-PLANT War
After Andrew and Lacus returned to space, the two reunited with some of the remaining members of the Clyne Faction, including Martin DaCosta, who had been commanding the Eternal in their absence.[3]
Eventually, a ZGMF-LRR704B GINN Long Range Reconnaissance Type located the Eternal, forcing it to flee its asteroid base to draw ZAFT forces away from the mobile suit factory also concealed within the base. The Eternal approached Earth as Andrew fought the pursuing ZAFT forces in the stolen ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam, until Kira Yamato arrived in the MBF-02 Strike Rouge to assist. During the battle, the outdated Strike Rouge was badly damaged, resulting in Kira boarding the ship and being presented with the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam, which he used to defeat the pursuers.[4]
After the Earth Alliance was more or less defeated by ZAFT, the Eternal, together with other ships of the former Three Ships Alliance and Orb, tried to stop PLANT chairman Gilbert Durandal from taking full control over the Earth Sphere. The group successfully stop him and brought an end to the second war.[5]
Gallery
Lineart
Anime
.png "Eternal Rear 04 (SEED HD Ep42).png (3.05 MB)")
.png "Eternal Bridge & Railguns 01 (Seed HD Ep46).png (4.68 MB)")
.png "Eternal Bridge 02 (Seed HD Ep42).png (6.63 MB)")
.png "Eternal Bridge 01 (Seed HD Ep44).png (3.53 MB)")
.png "Eternal Strategy Table 01 (Seed HD Ep48).png (3.23 MB)")
.png "Eternal's Hangar Complement 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep48).png (5.79 MB)")
.png "Eternal Catapult 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep48).png (2.82 MB)")
.png "Eternal Underside Hangar Entrance 02 (Seed Destiny HD Ep39).png (3.76 MB)")
.png "Eternal Beam Cannon 01 (Seed HD Ep42).png (2.22 MB)")
.png "Eternal Side View 01 (Seed HD Ep44).png (3.64 MB)")
.png "Eternal and Kusanagi in Battle 01 (Seed HD Ep46).png (3.29 MB)")
.png "Eternal and Kusanagi in Battle 02 (Seed HD Ep46).png (3.92 MB)")
.png "Archangle, Kusanagi and Eternal Damaged 01 (Seed HD Ep50).png (5.21 MB)")
.png "Eternal Hiding in an Astroid 01 (Seed Destiny HD Ep27).png (4.5 MB)")
.png "Eternal Rear 02 (Seed Destiny HD Ep39).png (3.97 MB)")
.png "Eternal Ventral Side 02 (Seed Destiny HD Ep39).png (4.09 MB)")
Illustrations & Artwork
.jpg "Strike Freedom Gundam and Eternal 01 (Gundam's 40th Anniversary Illustration Book).jpg (1.86 MB)")
Games
Gunpla
Notes & Trivia
- If measured by the METEOR units stored at the bow and one assumes the 99.46-meter length per METEOR unit, the resulting ship length appear to vary greatly between 447.57 to 745.95 meters (about 4.5 to 7.5 METEOR units long) depending on the official art used, far greater than the published length of 300 meters.
- The anime's depiction of the guns that are arranged in groups of three across the top and bottom of the ship's "wings" are inconsistent. Sometimes they are shown firing orange shots, which are usually associated with guns shooting physical projectile such as CIWS, while in others, they are shown firing green shots, which are usually reserved for beam weaponry. Data books also have yet to identify them as CIWS or beam cannons.
- The default captain of Eternal in Super Robot Wars J is Andrew Waltfeld, with Lacus Clyne as a swappable sub-captain, and Martin DaCosta as a supporting character. In this game, the Eternal does not have the CIWS, nor is it able to deploy, link with or, store the METEOR units. In other games such as Super Robot Wars Alpha 3 and installments subsequent to the Eternal does retain these features.
Appearances
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- Episode 42 (HD Remastered Episode 40), Lacus Strikes - (First Appearance)
- Episode 43 (HD Remastered Episode 41), What Stands in the Way
- Episode 44 (HD Remastered Episode 42), Spiral of Encounters
- Episode 45 (HD Remastered Episode 43), The Opening Door
- Episode 46 (HD Remastered Episode 44), A Place for the Soul
- Episode 47 (HD Remastered Episode 45), The Nightmare Reborn
- Episode 48 (HD Remastered Episode 46), Day of Wrath
- Episode 49 (HD Remastered Episode 47), The Final Light
- Episode 50 (HD Remastered Episode 48), To a Future that Never Ends
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Episode 27 (HD Remastered Episode 27), Unfulfilled Feelings
- Episode 39 (HD Remastered Episode 39), Kira of the Skies
- Episode 48 (HD Remastered Episode 47), To a New World
- Episode 49 (HD Remastered Episode 48), Rey
- Episode 50 (HD Remastered Episode 49 & 50), The Final Power
References
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-42, Lacus Strikes
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-50, To a Future that Never Ends
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-27, Unfulfilled Feelings
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-39, Kira of the Skies
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-50, The Final Power
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