Rondo Ghina Sahaku is introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray as the main antagonist. He is the twin brother of Rondo Mina Sahaku, both of whom were Coordinators and who were members of the Orb Union's nobility. He returns as a Carbon Human in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED VS Astray.
History
Gundam SEED Astray
While Rondo Ghina was male and Rondo Mina was female, the two looked nearly identical. In addition to their appearance, they also shared the desire for Orb to rule the Earth Sphere (however, Ghina seems to have been more tyrannical and aggressive than his sister). To achieve that goal, they initiated Morgenroete's collaboration with the Earth Alliance in building the G Project mobile suits on Heliopolis. While providing genuine assistance, Morgonroete also stole data on many elements of the G Project in order to create their own prototype mobile suits, the MBF-P01 Astray Gold Frame, MBF-P02 Astray Red Frame, MBF-P03 Astray Blue Frame, MBF-P03 Astray Green Frame and the MBF-P05LM Astray Mirage Frame. When Heliopolis came under ZAFT attack, Morgenroete planned to destroy the Astrays and erase all evidence of their actions, but Ghina had other ideas. He uploaded a prototype Natural-use operating system into Red Frame and data on multiple hardware upgrades into Blue Frame, then escaped the colony using Gold Frame and a heavy bazooka Morgonroete had designed for the GAT-X102 Duel. However, his intent to recover the other two Astrays was inadvertently thwarted by a Junk Guild team and the Serpent Tail mercenaries, who took possession of Red Frame and Blue Frame.
Later, shortly after the death of their father Koto Sahaku left Ghina as the head of the family, the Sahakus acquired several powerful Earth Alliance mobile suits, piloted by Socius series Combat Coordinators, through secret arrangements with Blue Cosmos leader Murata Azrael (who most likely was unaware of the Sahakus being Coordinators), and also carried out covert missions on behalf of Azrael. These missions, carried out personally by Ghina as the pilot of the Gold Frame, eventually let to conflict with the pilots of Orb's lost Red Frame and Blue Frame, Junk Guild technician Lowe Guele and Serpent Tail leader Gai Murakumo. The first two battles proved inconclusive, but the third cost Ghina his life at Gai's hands.
Gundam SEED VS Astray
After the Second Bloody Valentine War, Rondo Ghina Sahaku, comes back with his Librarian Works forces identity as a Carbon Human and pilots the MBF-P05LM Gundam Astray Mirage Frame. A confrontation with Librarian begins at Ame-no-Mihashira Mina attacks in the Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina. Fighting her brother Gina had been an agonizing decision for her, but she was unable to come to terms with his obsessively old ways of thinking. Gold versus Gold, the flames of battle are lit by brother and sister. After the battle, Ghina faces off against Gai Murakumo at the space station Ame-no-Mihashira as well. Ghina loses the battle against Gai and retreats back to the Librarian Works base. Rondo Gina Sahaku’s Mirage Frame, which lost in battle to Gai’s Blue Revise was rebuild into MBF-P05LM2 Gundam Astray Mirage Frame 2nd Issue. To pilot Gundam Astray Mirage Frame 2nd Issue Gina has enhance his own physical body as well.
After completion, Gina boards the Second Issue, but his attack is halted by the Nebula Blitz under the direct control of Prayer the Supreme Librarian. The two enter into battle, but at the same time an enemy appears where Lowe has just completed the Red Frame Kai as well. Incredibly, it is the Nebula Blitz, piloted by Lily, which is supposed to be off fighting with Gina at that same moment.
Trivia
In the TOKYOPOP translation of Gundam SEED Astray, Rondo Ghina was erronously labeled as a female instead of a male due to their identical looks.
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