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The Descending Sword is Phase-35 (Phase-33 in the HD Remaster) of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 2003 and in the United States on December 18, 2004. The Remaster episode aired in Japan in 2011.

Summary[]

Operation Spitbreak is initiated, with both ZAFT and the Earth Alliance believing they have outsmarted the other. The Archangel is left behind to be destroyed in a calculated plan that would decimate everyone on the battlefield, until Kira arrives to save them.

Plot[]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Though the organization would not be introduced until the next series and later notes would later place him in this organization, this episode would technically be the first appearance of FAITH through Ray Yuki's first appearance.

HD Remaster Changes[]

Appearances[]

Characters[]

Earth Alliance[]

ZAFT[]

Orb Union[]

  • Elle - (Flashback(s) Only)

Clyne Faction[]

Characters[]

NameTimestampNotes
Lacus Clyne00:02In Flashback(s)
Kira Yamato00:03
Athrun Zala01:03
Murrue Ramius03:22
Dalida Lolaha Chandra II03:27
Jackie Tonomura03:27
Kuzzey Buskirk03:33
Arnold Neumann03:33
Unidentified Linear Gun Tank Commander03:50First Appearance; Decease
Yzak Joule04:12
Mu La Flaga04:32
Romero Pal04:52
Sai Argyle05:13
Miriallia Haw05:18
Rau Le Creuset05:37
Flay Allster05:48
William Sutherland07:03
Natarle Badgiruel07:25
Kojiro Murdoch09:16
Elle17:34Flashback(s) Only
Unidentified Atlantic Federation Rear Admiral18:24
Unidentified Vosgulov-class Captain (Le Creuset Team)19:10
Unidentified GINN Pilot (JOSH-A)19:39First Appearance; Decease
Ray Yuki21:35First Appearance
Tad Elsman21:51

Organizations[]

Organizations[]

NameTimestampNotes
Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty00:01
PLANT00:01
Clyne Faction00:02
OMNI Enforcer02:36
Earth Alliance02:36
Atlantic Federation03:17
Archangel Corps03:22
Le Creuset Team04:10
Eurasian Federation05:35Mentioned only
11th Air Defense Corps06:13First Mentioned; Destroyed
Blue Cosmos07:03
14th Tank Corps11:23First Appearance: Destroyed
Orb Union17:34Flashback(s) Only
FAITH21:35First Appearance

Locations[]

NameTimestampNotes
Aprilius One00:01
Earth Sphere (Cosmic Era)00:01
PLANT Colonies00:01
Earth00:58
JOSH-A02:36Destroyed
Panama Base08:24Mentioned only
PLANT Supreme Council Building21:23
Carpentaria Base21:30Mentioned only

Conflicts/Events[]

Conflicts/Events[]

NameTimestampNotes
Theft of the Freedom Gundam00:01In Flashback(s)
First Alliance-PLANT War00:01
Operation Spitbreak02:36Conclusion
Battle of Orbit17:35Flashback(s) Only

Music[]

Music[]

TitleTimestampNotes
Believe (OP)01:08
Meteor (BGM)15:34
Distance22:04ED; HD Remaster Only

Quotes[]

"I didn't choose to become a hero, but...!"

Mu La Flaga before leaving JOSH-A and returning to the Archangel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

"Ground crew unit! Some nut in an aircraft is trying to land on board! Take shelter!"

Murrue Ramius unknowingly referring to Mu La Flaga during the latter's emergency landing on the Archangel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

"H-How can you call this a plan? Because this is a war... because we're soldiers... so if we're told to, we must throw away our lives?"

Miriallia Haw after learning about the Cyclops System, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

Murrue: "Note that I, Murrue Ramius, Captain of the Archangel made this decision, and therefore no other crew member is in any way responsible!"
Mu: "Don't put so much pressure on yourself."
Murrue: "This ship will now abandon this battleground and retreat! Send a message to all other Alliance ships, to follow us! Engine, full speed!"

Murrue Ramius and Mu La Flaga, after having been told about the Atlantic Federations plan, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

"ZAFT! Earth Alliance! I call upon both Forces! Any moment now, the Cyclops System will activate and the Alaska base will self-destruct! I ask both Forces cease battle at once and retreat from this area!"

Kira Yamato, warning ZAFT and Earth Alliance Forces about the Cyclops System, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

"For the preservation of our blue and pure world."

William Sutherland quoting the Blue Cosmos catchphrase, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, The Descending Sword

References[]


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