Phantom Pain

Phantom Pain
Phantom Pain (ファントムペイン, Fantomupein)
Data
Purpose	Military Special Forces
Parent	OMNI Enforcer Logos
Enemies	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty Minerva Corps Three Ships Alliance Archangel Corps DSSD
Last Seen	74 C.E.
Mobile Weapons/Armors/Workers
GAT-X102 Duel Gundam GAT-X1022 Blu Duel Gundam GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam GAT-X207SR Nero Blitz Gundam GAT-SO2R N Dagger N GAT-02L2 Dagger L GAT-02L2+AQM/E-A4E1 Jet Dagger L GAT-04 Windam GAT-04+AQM/E-A4E1 Jet Windam GAT-02L2+AQM/E-M11 Doppelhorn Dagger L GAT-X105 Strike Gundam GAT-X105+P202QX Strike Gundam IWSP GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam GAT-X105E Strike Gundam E GAT-X105E+AQM/E-M1 Strike E + I.W.S.P. GAT-X105E Another Trial Launcher Strike E GAT-X105E Another Trial Sword Strike E ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam GAT-01A2R 105 Slaughter Dagger ZGMF-X24S Chaos Gundam GAT-X103 Buster Gundam GAT-X103AP Verde Buster Gundam GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam GAT-X303AA Rosso Aegis Gundam TS-MA4F Exus ZGMF-X31S Abyss Gundam
Vehicles
Arkansas-class Des Moines-class Girty Lue-class Hannibal-class F-7D Spearhead Spengler-class VTOL Transport
Miscellaneous
OVA	GS73: SG: #1 - Episode #3
Manga	GS73: ΔA

Phantom Pain is an unconventional special forces unit within the OMNI Enforcer, introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Their official name is the 81st Independent Mobile Group (第81独立機動群).

Overview

Though officially part of the OMNI Enforcer, in reality, they are essentially the private army of Logos, and answer directly to its leader, Lord Djibril. They are composed mainly of the best handpicked Earth Alliance personnel and equipment. When goods and staff are requested by Phantom Pain, other forces are expected to respond and accommodate without delay. They also have the authority to take command of other OMNI Enforcer units on the frontline, causing some level of resentments among the regular OMNI Enforcer forces. Only a small number of OMNI Enforcer officers are aware of the details of Phantom Pain.

Most members of Phantom Pain are Blue Cosmos members or sympathizers, and it is funded by Logos behind the scenes. Blue Cosmos also runs Phantom Pain's training facility, which forcefully recruits children, indoctrinates them with anti-Coordinators sentiment, and subjects them to intensive military training. The Lodonia Lab in Egypt provides Phantom Pain with Biological CPUs.

Though they also take on regular missions, most of their missions are black operations, such as attacking civilian targets, non-belligerent states, and targets protected by the Junius Treaty. They also operate a number of technologies banned by the Junius Treaty, including the Mirage Colloid Stealth System and the Neutron Jammer Canceller.

History

Second Alliance-PLANT War

Attack on Armory One

On C.E. 73, October 2nd, a Phantom Pain unit led by Neo Roanoke attacked ZAFT colony Armory One. Team members Sting Oakley, Auel Neider, and Stella Loussier infiltrated the colony and stole three Second Stage Series prototypes.

First Attack on the Acidalium

After the Martian ship, the Acidalium, departed from Orb, Phantom Pain Lieutenant Sven Cal Bayang took command a team of five Orb pilots, with the mission of capturing the Acidalium. As the alliance between the Atlantic Federation and Orb was not yet finalized, the Orb pilots were given Phantom Pain's GAT-01A2R 105 Slaughter Daggers, allowing Orb to plausibly deny its participation if necessary. In the ensuing battle, two of the Orb pilots were killed and Sven's GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam had its Noir Striker destroyed. However, Sven utilized the IWSP of one of the surviving Slaughter Daggers and was able to severely cripple the Δ Astray.

Second Battle of the Indian Ocean

Neo requisitioned dozens of GAT-04 Windam units from the force deployed to the Alliance's base for construction in the peninsula not far away. With the reinforcements, Neo attacked the Minerva with Sting, while Athrun and Shinn intercepted them. However, following Neo’s cunning diversionary tactic, the Abyss Gundam went deep underwater to approach the Minerva. Auel battled Rey and Lunamaria underwater and was able to destroy the Vosgulov-class vessel Degtyarev by a single blow with hardly a backward glance. Then Shinn pursued the Gaia which eventually lead to a construction base where citizens were enslaved to build the base. When the battle turned against their favor, Neo launched a signal flare for all Phantom Pain members to retreat back to the Spengler-class vessel, the John Paul Jones.

Battle of Dardanelles

Phantom Pain and an OMNI Enforcer fleet intercepted the Minerva at the Dardanelles strait. Due to the newly signed treaty, the Orb Union supported the OMNI forces with mobile suits and a fleet of their own. Neo sent out the three Gundam units stolen at Armory One, as well as a number of Jet Windams. During the battle, the Archangel intervened to halt the conflict from continuing. Kira Yamato in his ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam disabled countless Orb and Earth Alliance mobile suits as well as the Abyss Gundam's turbines while underwater. Phantom Pain eventually disengaged the battle after most of their mobile suits were destroyed or disabled. The Orb fleet was also forced to withdraw from the battle, mostly because of the same reason.

Battle of Crete

The battle group under the command of Neo supported the Orb Naval Fleet as well as participated in the ambush of the Minerva. The Abyss and Chaos units engaged Shinn's Impulse and Athrun's Saviour respectively. The Freedom managed to disable the Chaos from an intercepting attack. Shinn also managed to destroy the Abyss, killing its pilot Auel Neider. After the chaotic conflict, Neo called for a retreat of Earth Alliance units to withdraw from the battlefield.

Battle of Berlin

Phantom Pain unveiled its most critical weapon, the GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam, piloted by Stella, on Berlin. It had met ZAFT opposition during transportation and in the city. Sven Cal Bayang and his team were among the defenders before heading to the attack on DSSD space station, though at the cost of Mudie Holcroft's life.

After reaching Berlin, the Destroy Gundam wreaked havoc on the civilians and ZAFT soldiers there. Later, the Archangel arrived, and Kira in his Freedom and Cagalli in her Strike Rouge engaged the Alliance forces involved in the attack. The Minerva subsequently showed up, and Shinn joined the fray with his Force Impulse Gundam. He tried to on his own to attack the giant mobile suit, only to be notified by Neo that Stella was the pilot.

Shinn managed to remind Stella of who he was, calming her down. Meanwhile, Sting's Chaos was downed by a trio of Murasames, and Neo's Jet Windam was shot down. Neo was then brought onto the Archangel. Believing that her two comrades were dead, combined with the sight of the Freedom, caused Stella's tampered mind to lash out as she prepared to fire the Destroy Gundam's Multi-phase beam cannons. However, Kira struck the massive mobile suit with Freedom's beam saber before it could fire and the machine fell to the ground.

After the battle, Shinn pulled Stella out of the Destroy's cockpit, but the injuries she sustained caused her to die soon after, leading Shinn to swear revenge on Kira for Stella's death.

Attack on Toroya Station

Sometime after the Battle of Requiem Station Gounod, a Phantom Pain task force, led by Commander Joaquin, deployed the Strike Noir, the Verde Buster, as well as multiple 105 Slaughter Daggers to attack DSSD's Toroya Station, in order to steal the GSX-401FW Stargazer Gundam and its AI unit. During the attack, they fought against the space station's UT-1D Civilian Astray DSSD Customs as well as the Stargazer. Eventually, the Phantom Pain fleet was destroyed along with its Mobile Suit contingent.

Second Attack on the Acidalium

Following the death of Lord Djibril during the Battle of Daedalus, a group of Phantom Pain forces - led by Dana Snip and Emilio Bloderick - on Earth launched another attack on the Acidalium, spearheaded by a Destroy Gundam piloted by Vanfeldt Ria Lindsay, with two Slaughter Daggers as escorts. Vanfeldt's Destroy engaged Ergnes Brahe's MMF-JG73L Turn Delta, which had launched to protect the Martian ship. Using the Destroy's heavy firepower, Vanfeldt kept Ergnes' Turn Delta on the defensive. However, once the Turn Delta's Voiture Lumiere was fully powered, Ergnes charged at the Destroy, easily deflecting its attacks and then stabbed his beam saber into the unit's cockpit.

Members

• Auel Neider - (KIA during the Battle of Crete)
• Dana Snip
• Emilio Bloderick
• Ian Lee - (KIA During the Battle of Daedalus)
• Mudie Holcroft - (KIA during the Attack on the Bonaparte)
• Neo Roanoke - (Captured during the Battle of Berlin)
• Shams Couza - (KIA during the Attack on Toroya Station)
• Stella Loussier - (KIA during the Battle of Berlin)
• Sting Oakley - (KIA during Operation Ragnarök)
• Sven Cal Bayang - (Defected following the Attack on Toroya Station)
• Vanfeldt Ria Lindsay - (Unofficially; KIA during the Second Attack on the Acidalium)
• Hoskin Gira Sakato - (Unofficially; KIA during the First Attack on the Acidalium)
• Sars Sehm Ilia - (Unofficially)
• Waid Rabby Nadaga - (Unofficially)
• Gard Dell Hokuha - (Unofficially; KIA during the First Attack on the Acidalium)
• Joaquin - (KIA during the Attack on Toroya Station)

Notes & Trivia

• "Phantom Pain" is a medical condition that a painful feeling is coming from a body part that's no longer physically part of the patient's body.

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
    • First Appearance
  • PHASE-02, Those Who Call For War
  • PHASE-03, Warning Shots
  • PHASE-04, Stardust Battlefield
  • PHASE-05, Scars That Won't Heal
  • PHASE-06, The End of the World
  • PHASE-15, Return to the Battlefield
  • PHASE-16, Struggle in the Indian Ocean
  • PHASE-22, Sword of the Blue Skies
  • PHASE-23, The Shadows of War
  • PHASE-25, The Place of Sin
  • PHASE-26, The Promise
  • PHASE-27, Unfulfilled Feelings
  • PHASE-28, Survivors and Sacrifices
  • PHASE-30, A Fleeting Dream
  • PHASE-31, The Endless Night
  • PHASE-32, Stella

OVAs and ONAs

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: STARGAZER
  • Episode 1, STAGE 1
  • Episode 2, STAGE 2
  • Episode 3, STAGE 3

References

Phantom Pain File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 143, Pg 7)

Phantom Pain File 02 (Official Gundam Fact File, Issue 143, Pg 8)

Phantom Pain File 03 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 70, Pg 25)

Phantom Pain File 04 (Gundam Perfect Files, Issue 70, Pg 26)