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False Peace (偽りの平和 Itsuwari no Heiwa?) is Phase-01 of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. It first aired in Japan on October 5, 2002, and in the United States on April 17, 2004. The HD Remaster first aired in Japan on December 23, 2011.

Summary[]

11 months have passed since the Earth Alliance and ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty) entered into war. In L5, on the resource satellite Heliopolis of the neutral nation Orb… On this colony, Industrial College student Kira Yamato, as usual, heads for the lab where he accidentally gets involved in a Gundam extortion plan by the invading ZAFT forces. Heliopolis falls into confusion with factories exploding and MS GINNs invading the PLANT. The surprise attack is a success, and 3 of 5 prototype Gundams, the first MS Gundam by the Earth Alliance Forces that has been built in secret, fall into the hands of ZAFT. Kira, who was looking for shelter, chases after a girl and wanders into a factory district, where they accidentally see the two remaining Gundams. The girl screams when she sees them for some reason. Kira evacuates the girl but fails to secure a place for himself. Lieutenant Murrue Ramius of the Earth Alliance who was there, tries to lead Kira onto the Strike Gundam when a ZAFT soldier attacks… who was Kira’s childhood friend, Athrun Zala.[1]

Plot[]

January 25, 71 C.E.: At the Orb Union's space colony Heliopolis, Kira Yamato is met by his colleagues, Miriallia Haw and Tolle Koenig, who came to bring him back to their professor. As they discuss the news report regarding the battle at Kaohsiung, Kira remembers back to his last parting conversation with a childhood friend, who gave him his robotic bird - Birdy. After Tolle interrupted Kira's reminiscing abruptly, the group leaves for the institution at the Morgenröte facility. On route, Kira and the others find Flay Allster, and are asked by her two gossiping friends about the letter she received from Sai Argyle. During this, 3 people (Natarle Badgiruel, Arnold Neumann, & Jackie Tonomura) pass between them to get a car, followed later by Flay's group in another car heading for the mall. Kira and the others cross into the colony's factory district (owned by Morgenröte) and reach the institution lab, where Sai and Kuzzey Buskirk greet them. Kira notices an unexpected person, said to be a guest of the professor, sitting in the room.

Meanwhile, a carrier docks at Heliopolis where 5 ace pilots disembark, leaving Mu La Flaga to talk with its captain. As the Earth Alliance's pilots met with the command crew at the harbor, 2 ZAFT ships shadow the colony behind a nearby asteroid and deploy their own carriers in secret. Debating with Fredrik Ades on whether to proceed with their mission or not, Rau Le Creuset insists on continuing with the mission - to secure the Earth Forces' new mobile weapons before they're transported - without the approval of the PLANT Supreme Council, feeling inaction would be consequential later. The ZAFT carriers silently reach the colony exterior, deploying the Le Creuset Team's pilots and soldiers into the colony. The Le Creuset Team begins arming bombs across the interior and the harbor.

As the ZAFT ships begin their approach to the harbor, Murrue Ramius is ordered to move the "G-Weapons" to the hidden battleship docked at Heliopolis - the Archangel. The bombs are detonated, generating tremors and shockwaves throughout the colony, killing all within the harbor, but only slightly damaging the Archangel. Amidst the confusion, while ZAFT Mobile Suits enter the colony and attack the Morgenröte facility, Yzak Joule, Dearka Elsman, and Nicol Amalfi abduct three of the units being transported. Kira separates from his friends to chase the professor's guest into the factory, who he later finds out to be a girl. As they enter the factory, they see the last 2 "G-Weapon" units, which the girl despairingly reveals to be the Earth Forces' newest mobile weapons. As ZAFT forces continue to raid the factory, Kira finds an open bunker and forces the girl inside while he escapes to find another vacant bunker: however, Murrue, seeing Kira afar in the factory, tells him that there is nothing of the bunker left and orders him to come to her. During this, Rusty Mackenzie is killed, leaving the last ZAFT pilot to take on Murrue.

When Murrue is injured by the approaching ZAFT pilot, Kira runs to her. Both he and the soldier stop in hesitation after seeing each other: Kira discovers the last ZAFT pilot is the same childhood friend he was remembering earlier - Athrun Zala - and so does Athrun recognize Kira. Amidst this, Murrue shoots at Athrun, pushing her and Kira into the nearby Mobile Suit, while Athrun withdraws into the remaining unit. The GAT-X105 Strike Gundam is activated.

Notes & Trivia[]

  • This was the first of five SEED episodes streamed by Gundam Info on Match 6, 2022 for their two million subscriber celebration.
  • As seen in the "HD Remastered" version of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Special Edition complilation films, a scene of Kira and Tori at 05:05 is originally animated in the 16:9 aspect ratio before it was cropped to 4:3. Both the original edition of the Special Edition film and the "HD Remastered" version of the original show crops the original 4:3 scene to widescreen instead.

Continuity Notes[]

HD Remaster Changes[]

  • 0:44 - The ZAFT emblem seen on the pilot's helmet, which featured a red Z, a yellow star, and a light red ring, was corrected.
  • 0:56 - The glare effect from zooming into the GINN's eye was changed from green to pink to match its eye color.
  • 0:57 - The CGI model for the PLANT colony is completely revamped.

Opening changes:

  • 1:58 - The flower wreath is redrawn.
  • 2:05 - Beam effect added to the Aile Strike Gundam's beam rifle.
  • 2:43 - The rapid montage of mobile suits featuring the four stolen G Weapon and MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame was replaced with a completely new montage, featuring Miguel and his custom GINN and the other Le Creuset Team pilots with their respective Gundams, followed by two cuts of their mobile suit model numbers followed by their names.
  • 2:45 - The GINN fighting Moebius Zero was replaced with Miguel's GINN.
  • 2:58 - Characters are redrawn, Kira is now animated, and the galaxy background is replaced with a scene from Phase 13.
  • 3:00 - Scene where a GINN destroys a Moebius replaced by a new scene where Strike fights Duel, Buster, and Blitz in Earth's orbit.
  • 3:03 - The scene where Strike engages Rau's ZGMF-515 CGUE is completely reanimated, with the Strike now firing its beam rifle once before throwing it away and drawing a beam saber.
  • 3:14 - Corrected typo: "LAUCH" -> "LAUNCH"
  • 3:17 - The launching Aile Strike Gundam and its eye close-up are completely redrawn.
  • 10:39 - The eye-catch featuring the Strike Gundam's three Striker Packs are replaced with a new one featuring the GAT-X105+AQM/E-YM1 Perfect Strike Gundam and the Aegis Gundam.

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Earth Alliance[]

ZAFT[]

Orb Union[]

Others[]

Characters[]

NameTimestampNotes
Birdy03:40First Appearance
Kira Yamato03:50First Appearance
Professor Kato04:02First Mentioned
Miriallia Haw04:03First Appearance
Tolle Koenig04:03First Appearance
Athrun Zala05:07First Appearance
Marseille III-class Captain05:39First Appearance
Mu La Flaga05:47First Appearance
Rau Le Creuset06:43First Appearance
Fredrik Ades06:44First Appearance
Jessica (SEED)07:07First Appearance
Misha07:07First Appearance
Flay Allster07:07First Appearance
Natarle Badgiruel07:39First Appearance
Arnold Neumann07:45First Appearance
Jackie Tonomura07:45First Appearance
Kuzzey Buskirk09:12First Appearance
Sai Argyle09:14First Appearance
Cagalli Yula Athha09:20First Appearance
Luke11:55First Mentioned
Archangel's Captain12:03First Appearance; Decease
Murrue Ramius12:54First Appearance
Nicol Amalfi14:04First Appearance
Dearka Elsman14:04First Appearance
Yzak Joule14:04First Appearance
Miguel Aiman14:22First Appearance
Gail14:55First Appearance; Decease
Uzumi Nara Athha18:15First Mentioned; Indirectly
Brian20:25First Appearance; Decease
Hamana20:54First Appearance; Decease
Rusty Mackenzie20:56First Appearance; Decease

Mobile Weapons[]

Earth Alliance[]

ZAFT[]

Orb Union[]

Ships & Vehicles[]

Earth Alliance[]

ZAFT[]

Orb Union[]

Mechanics[]

NameTimestampNotes
Descent Capsule00:04First Appearance
ZGMF-1017 GINN00:51First Appearance
TS-MA2 Moebius01:11First Appearance
Self-Propelled Linear Howitzer01:32First Appearance
Bulldog01:32First Appearance
TMF/A-802 BuCUE01:40First Appearance
TFA-2 ZuOOT01:41First Appearance
Cargo Truck (ZAFT)01:49First Appearance
Supply Truck01:53First Appearance
Marseille III-class05:27First Appearance
Nazca-class06:38First Appearance
Laurasia-class06:39First Appearance
Stealth Launch06:40First Appearance
Orb Elecar07:07First Appearance
Archangel-class09:36First Appearance
MAW-01 Mistral12:35First Appearance
EA Elecar12:52First Appearance
Mobile Suit Hauler12:52First Appearance
TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero13:20First Appearance
Cargo Truck (EA)14:59First Appearance
Power Loader14:59First Appearance
Power Car15:22First Appearance
GAT-X105 Strike Gundam17:57First Appearance
GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam18:03First Appearance
GAT-X102 Duel Gundam18:33First Appearance
GAT-X103 Buster Gundam18:46First Appearance
GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam18:54First Appearance

Organizations[]

Organizations[]

NameTimestampNotes
Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty00:17First Appearance
PLANT01:01First Appearance
OMNI Enforcer01:11First Appearance
Earth Alliance01:11First Appearance
Orb Union03:25First Appearance
Republic of East Asia04:23First Appearance: Appears in a news broadcast Only
CBN04:23First Appearance: Appears in a news broadcast Only
Atlantic Federation05:39First Appearance
Le Creuset Team06:38First Appearance
PLANT Supreme Council06:49First Mentioned; Indirectly
Morgenröte08:44First Appearance
Athha family09:20First Appearance
Archangel Corps12:15First Appearance

Locations[]

Locations[]

NameTimestampNotes
Earth Sphere (Cosmic Era)00:01First Appearance
Earth00:50First Appearance
PLANT Colonies01:01First Appearance
Junius Seven01:19First Appearance
Heliopolis03:25First Appearance
Kaohsiung Base04:23First Appearance: Appears in a news broadcast Only
Orb Archipelago04:39First Mentioned; Indirectly
Moon (Cosmic Era)04:57First Appearance; Flashback(s) Only
Copernicus04:57First Appearance; Flashback(s) Only
Morgenröte Facility08:44First Appearance

Conflicts/Events[]

Conflicts/Events[]

NameTimestampNotes
Bloody Valentine Incident01:11First Appearance; Conclusion
First Alliance-PLANT War01:11First Appearance
Battle of Kaohsiung03:30First Appearance; Conclusion; Appears in a news broadcast Only
Battle of Heliopolis12:58First Appearance

Technologies & Weapons[]

Technologies & Weapons[]

NameTimestampNotes
Space Colony (Cosmic Era)01:01First Appearance
Nuclear Missile (Cosmic Era)01:11First Appearance
Elecar07:07First Appearance
ZAFT Rifle09:05First Appearance
Laminated Armor09:36FIrst Appearance
Time Bomb10:03First Appearance
Wired Gunbarrel13:20First Appearance
EA Rifle16:35First Appearance
POSEIDON CO pistol20:36FIrst Appearance
Combat Knife21:32First Appearance

Items & Miscellanea[]

Items & Miscellanea[]

NameTimestampNotes
ZAFT Uniform00:41First Appearance
Rau Le Creuset's Mask06:43First Appearance
OMNI Enforcer Uniform12:15First Appearance
G Project17:57First Appearance

Terminology[]

Terminology[]

NameTimestampNotes
Coordinator00:17First Appearance
Natural01:42First Appearance
Ultimate Coordinator03:50First Appearance
Clone (Cosmic Era)06:43First Appearance
Gundam17:57First Appearance

Music[]

Music[]

TitleTimestampNotes
INVOKE01:55OP; First Appearance
Anna ni Issho Datta no ni21:36ED; First Appearance

Quotes[]

Mu: "What's the status on the ZAFT vessels in the vicinity?"
Marseille Captain: "We traced two vessels, but don't worry. They can't do a thing once we're docked."
Mu: "Because it's a neutral nation? What a joke."
Marseille Captain: "Sure, but thanks to that, we've been able to proceed with our plans to this point. Orb is a nation of Earth, after all."

Mu La Flaga and the Marseille III-class Captain, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, False Peace

References[]

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