The Second Battle near Orb is a conflict of the First Alliance-PLANT War, featured in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Prelude[]
Since reaching Earth, the Archangel was constantly hounded by ZAFT forces. Having only barely escaped an attack from the Zala Team by fighting near the borders of the Orb Union, the team's commander, Athrun Zala, still held heavy doubts about the ship's presence despite Orb's official report claiming that it had already left on its own.[1]
Upon a covert investigation, Athrun accidentally met his childhood friend, and the pilot of the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, Kira Yamato.[2] Their reunion instantly alerted both to the other's presence, and Athrun remained in the outskirts of Orb while Kira was preemptively ready for ZAFT's impending attack.[3]
The Battle[]
After several weeks of waiting, as Athrun had predicted, the Archangel finally showed itself, and the ZAFT forces launched an ambush as soon as it exited the neutral country's borders. The Zala Team departed with the GAT-X102 Duel Gundam, GAT-X103 Buster Gundam, GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam, GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam atop Guuls, piloted by Yzak Joule, Dearka Elsman, Nicol Amalfi and Athrun Zala respectively. In response, the Archangel launched a smokescreen to conceal itself before sending out both of its FX-550 Skygraspers, piloted by Mu La Flaga and Tolle Koenig. While the ZAFT suits were distracted, Kira, using the Strike's Launcher pack atop the Archangel, fired rapidly at the group. Athrun ordered his team to scatter as a result.[3]
Taking advantage of this, Kira attacked both Dearka and Yzak, damaging both their support flyers and forcing them to make an emergency landing elsewhere before swapping to the Aile Striker pack and engaging both Athrun and Nicol. Acting as Kira's support, Tolle fired missiles that distracted Nicol and the Blitz, allowing Kira to slice off its right arm with a beam saber and hijack its Guul. In the dogfight between the Strike and the Aegis Gundam, both their Guuls were destroyed, but Athrun was able to land on a nearby shoal. Acting quickly, Tolle sent out the Sword Striker pack to Kira, and the Archangel followed up by pelting the isolated Aegis with live rounds, while Kira destroyed its beam rifle with the Sword Strike's beam sword. Having gained the advantage, Kira warned Athrun to cut his losses and withdraw, but Athrun activated his beam sabers and charged forward, and Kira responded by punching the Aegis down before raising his beam sword against it as the Aegis was no longer able to maintain its Phase Shift Armor.[3]
Seeing Athrun in danger, Nicol, having hidden himself with the Blitz's Mirage Colloid, lunged himself at the Strike to save his friend. As a result of the sudden attack, Kira accidentally killed Nicol when the Blitz's cockpit met the Sword Strike's beam sword. (In the original, the attack caused Kira to instinctively swing towards the Blitz's cockpit, but the HD Remaster changed it to him stumbling backward and the Blitz running into it instead).[3] Nicol perished quickly, but not before urging his teammates to escape. As soon as Yzak and Dearka were finally able to regroup with Athrun, they immediately attempted to avenge Nicol, but were rebuffed by the Archangel and the trio were forced to flee.[4]
Aftermath[]
Following the destruction of the Blitz and the death of Nicol, the Zala Team became incensed and redoubled their efforts to take the ship down at the Battle of the Marshall Islands. Meanwhile in the Archangel, most celebrated the Blitz's destruction with the exception of Kira, who was traumatized after overhearing Athrun's grief and anger from the killing of the Blitz's pilot. Nonetheless, the Archangel had managed to remove an obstacle to its journey to JOSH-A.[4]
When the Orb Union learned of the battle near its borders, an investigation team was sent and the Blitz's severed right arm was recovered and would be implanted into, Orb nobleman, Rondo Gina Sahaku's MBF-P01-ReAMATU Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu.
Gallery[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- First Appearance
- PHASE-30, Flashing Blades
- Conclusion
- PHASE-31, Grieving Skies
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-37, Divine Thunder
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-38, Decisive Fire
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-39, Athrun
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-42, Lacus Strikes
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-45, The Opening Door
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-49, The Final Light
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- Movies
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom
- Flashback(s) Only
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-25, The Land of Peace
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-28, Kira
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-29, The Turning Point
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-30, Flashing Blades
Cosmic Era Conflicts and Events | |
Pre C.E. - C.E. 9 | |
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Reconstruction War | |
C.E. 15 | |
Coordinator Revelation | Jupiter Exploration Mission | |
C.E. 30’s - C.E. 50 | |
Coordinator Boom | |
C.E. 50’s - C.E. 60’s | |
Assassination of George Glenn | Flaga Estate Burning | Blue Cosmos Attack on Mendel | |
C.E. 60’s - C.E. 69 | |
Mandelbrot Incident | Attack on the Junius Colonies | Mendel Accident | |
C.E. 70 | |
First Alliance-PLANT War Tragedy of Copernicus | Bloody Valentine Incident | Invasion of South America | Battle of Yggdrasil | First Battle of Victoria | Operation Uroboros | Battle of Carpentaria | Battle of Coral Sea | First Battle of Jachin Due | Grimaldi Front (Battle of Endymion Crater) | First Battle of Casablanca | Battle of El Alamein | Battle of Nova | First Nova Recapture Operation | October Talks | |
Unrelated Conflicts First Attack on the Graveyard | |
C.E. 71 | |
First Alliance-PLANT War Battle of Kaohsiung | Battle of Heliopolis | Skirmish near Artemis | Battle of Artemis | Second Nova Recapture Operation | Clash at Junius Seven | Skirmish in the Debris Belt | Battle near Junius Seven | Skirmish in the North African Desert | Skirmish towards Earth | Battle of Orbit | Second Battle of Victoria | Blue Cosmos Attack on PLANT | Desert Dawn Campaign (Attack on the Archangel | Attack on Tassil | Retaliation of the Desert Dawn | Blue Cosmos Attack in Banadiya | Battle of Talbadiya) | First Equatorial Skirmish | Second Equatorial Skirmish | Skirmish on an Uninhabited Island | Strait of Malacca Breakthrough | First Battle near Orb | Orb Infiltration Mission | Second Battle near Orb | Battle of the Marshall Islands | Theft of the Freedom Gundam | Operation Spitbreak | Shoot Out at White Symphony | Mission to Recapture the Freedom Gundam | Battle of Porta Panama | Battle of Orb | Assassination of Siegel Clyne | Third Battle of Victoria | Attack on a ZAFT Fleet | Theft of the Eternal | Battle of Mendel | Second Battle of Casablanca | Operation 8.8 (Ayers Rock Landing Operation) | Operation Elvis (Battle of Boaz | Second Battle of Jachin Due) | |
South American War for Independence Attack on South American Forces Base 12 | Duel at the South American Shore | Battle in the USSA Neutral Zone | Ambush in Low Orbit | |
Unrelated Conflicts Campaign on the ZAFT Supply Route (Attack on a ZAFT Supply Station | Battle at ZAFT Supply Station 4) | Skirmish at Heliopolis | Pirate Attack on the H.O.M.E. | Recapture of Artemis | Skirmish at Artemis | Second Attack on the Graveyard | Actaeon Hostage Incident | Skirmish at Liteiria | Barnacle Incident | First Attack by the Gundam Astray Gold Frame | First Attack on the Lesseps | Second Attack on the Lesseps | Confrontation in the Deep Sea | Infiltration of the Lesseps | First Battle of the Giga-Float | Second Battle of the Giga-Float | Battle of Ame-No-Mihashira | Battle of the Gundam Astrays | Third Attack on the Graveyard | Find Kira Yamato Operation | Skirmish at Mendel | Raid on the Dreadnaught Gundam’s Transport | Attack on the Serpent Tail Transport | First Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | Attack on Supply Station 15B | Escape from Artemis | Assault on Ptolemaeus Port Seven | Attack on the Ortygia | Attack on Ame-No-Mihashira | Battle at the Abandon Colony Zone | Battle at the Mobile Suit Auction | Clash at Mendel | Second Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | Assault on the Sahaku Force | Erudou Breakthrough | Third Attack on the Re.H.O.M.E. | First Battle of GENESIS Alpha | First Attack on GENESIS Alpha | |
C.E. 72 | |
First Alliance-PLANT War Nairobi Peace Conference (Attack on the Junius Treaty Ceremony) | |
South American War for Independence Battle for South America | |
Unrelated Conflicts Battle of the Blue Cosmos Asteroid Factory | |
C.E. 73 | |
Second Alliance-PLANT War Attack on Armory One | Battle of the Debris Belt | "Break The World" Incident | Battle of Aprilius One | Operation Spear of Twilight | Ambush of the Minerva | Assassination Attempt of Lacus Clyne | Kidnapping of Orb's Chief Representative | Battle of the Indian Ocean | Attack on Lohengrin Gate | Battle of Gulnahan | Battle in Lunar Orbit | Battle of Dardanelles | Skirmish at Lodonia Lab | Lacus Clyne Shuttle Hijacking | Battle of Crete | |
Unrelated Conflicts Second Attack on GENESIS Alpha | Third Attack on GENESIS Alpha | Second Battle of Genesis Alpha | Attack on Ed the Ripper’s Shuttle |Attack in Fortaleza | Attack on Kirgitz | Declaration of the Sky | Attack on The Clan Space Station | Assault on the Coordinator Refugee Camp | |
C.E. 74 | |
Second Alliance-PLANT War Minerva Breakout | Attack on the Bonaparte | Destroy Crisis (First Attack on Eurasia | Second Attack on Eurasia | Third Attack on Eurasia | Battle of Berlin) | Campaign Against Logos | Operation Angel Down | Desertion of Athrun Zala and Meyrin Hawke | Operation Ragnarök | Eternal Chase | Operation Fury | Battle of Requiem Station Gounod | Battle of Daedalus | Assassination Attempt in Copernicus City | Proclamation of the Destiny Plan | Attack on Requiem Station One | Battle of Messiah | |
Unrelated Conflicts Attack on Toroya Station | Foundation Shock | Freedom Hijacking Incident | |
C.E. 75 | |
Blue Cosmos Campaign Battle of Aldrin City | |
Foundation Conflict Eldore Incident | Moscow Tragedy | PLANT Coup d'état | Millennium Hijacking | Lacus Clyne Rescue Operation | Battle of Requiem |