The Skirmish near Artemis is a conflict of the First Alliance-PLANT War, featured in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Prelude[]
Following the Battle of Heliopolis, the Archangel found itself pursued by the Le Creuset Team, intent on capturing or sinking the "legged ship" and the last remaining G-Weapon they carried, the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. With the Archangel running with a skeleton crew and carrying mostly civilians, the decision was made to head for the asteroid fortress Artemis in order to obtain their help. However, as they got close, the Nazca-class battleship Vesalius was able to catch up and ambush the Archangel, launching not ZGMF-1017 GINNs, but the very G-Weapons they earlier stole from Heliopolis.[1]
The Battle[]
As Mu La Flaga piloted his TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero through the debris field to ambush the Vesalius, Kira Yamato launched in the GAT-X105+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Gundam, and encountered Athrun Zala in his GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam. The GAT-X102 Duel Gundam, the GAT-X103 Buster Gundam and GAT-X207 Blitz Gundam, piloted by Yzak Joule, Dearka Elsman and Nicol Amalfi, closed in on the Archangel from behind before spreading out, forced the Archangel into the defensive. As the two former friends confronted each other, each questioning the other as to why they're on opposite sides, their questioning was interrupted by Yzak, who decided to help Athrun in destroying the Strike.[2]
The Blitz and the Buster continued to press the Archangel, forcing them to deploy anti-beam depth charges to nullify their beam weaponry. One shot from the Buster got through and hit the ship, but its laminated armor dissipated the shot, leaving no damage. As Kira moved to finally attack the Duel, Nicol attempted to attack the Archangel from below. Captain Murrue Ramius, learning this, and ordered the Archangel to list sideways, allowing them to protect its bottom and fight off the two Mobile Suits. From the Vesalius, Rau Le Creuset noticed that his old rival seemingly hadn't launched, with Captain Fredrik Ades chiding Rau for stating the obvious.[2]
As Kira continued to fight Yzak, his beam rifle shots continued to miss, rapidly draining his suit's battery. Athrun watched the duel, uncertain in wanting to join in or not as Dearka would soon after. As the Archangel got closer to the Vesalius, Rau gave the order to aim the main cannons. Ades warned that doing so would be dangerous as their suits were in the line of fire, though Rau reassured that they would not get hit. As Mu finally gained contact with the Vesalius, the Archangel found itself in the crosshairs of the Vesalius, unable to escape. Before it could fire, Rau sensed Mu's presence and ordered the ship to evade. However, despite this, Mu's Moebius ZERO was able to land a crippling blow to the ship's engines, forcing Rau to order a retreat.[2]
With Mu returning to the Archangel Murrue ordered the ship's "Lohengrin" to be used against the Vesalius. Though the Vesalius evaded the shot, a glancing blow damaged the starboard wing. With that, Murrue ordered the Strike to return and for the ship to head to Artemis. However, Yzak refused to let him get away, leading him and Dearka to press the attack. To Kira's horror, as the Strike's beam rifle refused to fire, he learned he had drained his battery's energy and the Phase Shift Armor powered down, leaving him helpless. Before Yzak could destroy him, Athrun turned the Aegis into its Mobile Armor mode and captured the Strike, preferring that to destroying it and killing his friend. As the Le Cruset Team escaped with the Strike, Mu sent a message to the Archangel, asking for them to prepare the Launcher Striker Pack.[2]
As Athurn explained that he was taking him to the Gamow to force him to join ZAFT with the Strike, Mu and his Mobius ZERO arrived, attacking the Aegis to force it to release the Strike. With the Strike released, Mu ordered Kira to rendezvous with the Archangel and get the Launcher. With its remaining power and Natarle Badgiruel's expert timing, Kira was able to get the Launcher before the Duel could shoot down the Strike. In desperation, Kira fired the Strike's "Agni" Hyper Impulse Cannon, destroying the Duel's right arm and forcing the four mobile suits to retreat.[2]
Aftermath[]
While the Archangel had made it safely to Artemis, they were treated with suspicion for not having an identification code by the base personnel. During the ships brief stay, Artemis' commander, General Gerard Garcia, sought to use the technology of the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam as a means to further his position in the Earth Alliance, to no avail.[3]
After the battle, the damaged Vesalius was ordered to return to the PLANTs to testify in regards to the events that took place during the Battle of Heliopolis.[2] However, Le Creuset had the Gamow remain with Artemis' territory to continue pursuing the Archangel, leaving with it the Duel, Buster and Blitz Gundams.[3]
Gallery[]
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.png "Strike Gundam Equipping Launcher Pack Mid Battle 01 (SEED HD Ep5).png (1.35 MB)")
.png "Launcher Strike Gundam Charging 01 (SEED HD Ep5).png (3.18 MB)")
.png "Archangel Arrives at Artemis 01 (SEED HD Ep05).png (5.24 MB)")
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
- First Appearance
- PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- Conclusion
- PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
- Mentioned only
- PHASE-09, The Fading Light
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-28, Kira
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-33, Gathering Darkness
- Flashback(s) Only
- PHASE-04, Silent Run
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-04, Silent Run
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-05, Phase Shift Down
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-06, The Vanishing Gundam
| Cosmic Era Conflicts and Events | |
| Pre C.E. - C.E. 9 | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |