Second Stage Series

Second Stage Series
Usage
Manufacturer	Integrated Design Bureau
Operator	Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Specifications
Type	Mobile Suit Development Program Mobile Weapon Series
Dates
First seen	73 C.E.
Miscellaneous

The Second Stage Series is a series of Mobile Weapons created by ZAFT, introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.

Overview & Technology

The Second Stage Series is an experimental military project, which developed several new technologies to adapt to the restrictions of the Treaty of Junius. One such technology was the Variable Phase Shift armor, a newer and less power-intensive version of the original Phase Shift armor. To cope with the fact that nuclear engines on mobile suits were now forbidden, the Deuterion Beam Energy Transfer System was developed, which allows a suit of the Second Stage series to immediately recharge its battery by receiving energy through a deuterion beam from a ship equipped with this system. Another new system created was specifically for the Impulse, the Silhouette Packs are exchangeable backpacks similar to the Earth Alliance's Striker Packs. The other suits of the series on the other hand all have the ability to transform into a secondary mobile armor mode to adapt to certain environments.

History

After the end of the First Alliance-PLANT War and the restrictions on technology and mobile suits put up by the Treaty of Junius, ZAFT created a new series of prototype mobile suits to cope with this situations. The Second Stage series introduced several new technologies and also resulted in the creation of the Minerva, the first warships of ZAFT built after the war. This ship not only was capable of using the new Deuterion beam transfer technology but was also specifically built to support the Impulse. Two suits of the series also had prototype units which were used to test several features of these suits. These prototype were the XMF-P192P Proto-Chaos and the ZGMF-YX21R Proto-Saviour.

Eventually in C.E. 73, the five completed suits and the ship were rolled out at the ZAFT space colony Armory One. On October 2nd of the same year however, three of the suits were stolen by the Earth Alliance's Phantom Pain. This also caused an early start of both the Minerva and the Impulse. Shortly thereafter, the Second Alliance-PLANT War started, which eventually saw the destruction of every suit created as part of the Project, except for the Impulse and the Gaia (which was taken by the Three Ships Alliance).

Mobile Suits

• ZGMF-X23S Saviour Gundam
• ZGMF-X24S Chaos Gundam
• ZGMF-X31S Abyss Gundam
• ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam
• ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam

These units were powered by a Hyper-Deuterion Engine, but remained part of the Second Stage Series due to political reasons:

• ZGMF-X42S Destiny Gundam
• ZGMF-X666S Legend Gundam

Ships and Vehicles

• LHM-BB01 Minerva
• YFX-M56S Core Splendor
• Silhouette Flyer

Appearances

Television Series

• Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
  • PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
    • First Appearance