Innovators

Please note that this is the Gundam Wiki's article on the evolutionary classification of human beings in Mobile Suit Gundam 00; if you are looking for the article on the group of antagonist Innovades during Season 2 of the same Gundam Series then you should head to Innovators (Group).

Setsuna's Innovator Eyes

Innovators (イノベイター, Inobeitā^?) is the classification of natural humans that has evolved to utilize quantum brainwaves in Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Also called 新人類 (literal meaning New human, same kanji as the Newtype in the Universal Century. An Innovade group, self-proclaimed Innovators also exist; they are weaker artificial genetic design version of the true Innovators.

Description & Characteristics

Generally called Genuine or True Innovators, they are humans that naturally evolved from exposure to concentrated high grade GN particles. The evolutionary process is also called Innovation. The full capabilities of a naturally evolved Innovator are unknown, as Setsuna F. Seiei and Descartes Shaman are the only documented and observed cases. With only minimal observation of Descartes, observation of Setsuna is the only consistent resource as to the capabilities of a True Innovator. In theory, a Genuine Innovator has the ability to sense other users of quantum brainwaves, possesses telepathic abilities that allow him or her to sense the thoughts and feelings of neighboring people, enhanced reflexes and a sense for danger precognition, and the capability to utilize the special propeties of high grade GN particles to communicate emotions/feelings out towards other people. It is not clear whether a True Innovator is capable of interfacing with machinery like an Innovade can, nor is it ever implied to be possible. The scope and depth of a True Innovator's abilities aren't fully defined due to the limited explanations offered, with much of their abilities only defined by speculation and observation. Their use of quantum brainwaves is classified as A-Class, surpassing those of Innvoades (B-Class users) and the HRL's Super Soldiers (C-Class users).

According to Ian Vashti, Innovation is caused by the GN Particle's special state in Trans-Am (Trans-Am Raiser and Trans-Am Burst System specifically). He theorized that it may be possible that this special state of GN Particles can even be felt regardless of range, and that more possible genuine Innovators have awakened as a result of the Trans-Am Burst that Setsuna used during the final battle with the Innovators. In addition, he is also worried that the Earth Sphere Federation, having now gained possession of the Trans-Am System technology, will eventually notice its relation to Innovation.

Further development

By the end of 00 movie, when the Outer space expedition began, 40% of the human race had become innovators, and the expedition members on the space ship Sumeragi are all innovators. They have peacefully integrated into the human society and performs different jobs along with regular human. Their abilities, as revealed in 00 movie narration, are the capability to use quantum brainwaves to communicate with each other and machine interfaces designed to do so, high spacious sense, able to use given information to analysis to a high accuracy and predict what will happen and about twice the life span of regular human.

Known Innovators

• Setsuna F. Seiei
• Descartes Shaman
• Amia Lee
• Sumeragi spaceship expedition crew members

Pics Gallery

Setsuna's eyes

Descartes Innovator eyes