The Theft of the Freedom Gundam is a conflict of the First Alliance-PLANT War, featured in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED.
Prelude[]
Since his election, PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Patrick Zala took a more hard-line approach against the Earth Alliance in contrast to his predecessor, Siegel Clyne. One of the big pushes in development was to find a way to bypass the Neutron Jammers used to prevent the use of nuclear weapons, eventually leading to the creation of the Neutron Jammer Canceller which allowed nuclear weapons to be used. This breakthrough led to the creation of the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam and the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam.[1]
Concurrently, Zala had also planned for a major invasion on the Atlantic Federation headquarters, JOSH-A, known as Operation Spitbreak.[2] The plan was so concealed that both Siegel and the PLANT Supreme Council were not informed of the attack beforehand, and believed their primary target was the Alliance's spaceport at Panama Base. This sudden revelation shocked Siegel and his daughter Lacus, who were unable to protest, but their guest, Kira Yamato, the former pilot of the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam, was most affected as he was formerly a crewman of the Archangel-class battleship, the Archangel, which had docked at JOSH-A. Kira desperately asked for a way to return to Earth to help his friends, and Lacus was moved by this and opted to help him.[3]
The Theft[]
After providing Kira with a red ZAFT Uniform and pilot suit, Lacus used her father’s clearance for her and Kira to enter a restricted ZAFT hangar containing the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. As soon as Kira turned the unit on and detached the hangar's cables, ZAFT operators realized something was wrong and ordered the rogue pilot to exit the unit at once, but Kira ignored them and used the Freedom's beam rifle to blow a hole through the hangar door. A pair of ZGMF-1017 GINNs then attempted to intercept the Freedom, but Kira drew his beam saber and quickly cut through the main cameras of both units before beelining for Earth at full speed. Once Kira had left, Lacus also made her own escape from the facility.[3]
Aftermath[]
Kira eventually got his wish as he was able to protect the Archangel during Operation Spitbreak, and the ship survived the explosion that eradicated the base and most of the soldiers in the vicinity.[4] The failure of the operation, and the robbery of the unit, however, caused a great uproar in ZAFT, and security camera footage of Lacus during the Freedom's theft only further angered Zala.[5]
Perceiving this as a betrayal, Zala declared the Clynes traitors and ordered their arrest. While Lacus evaded officers and continued to broadcast anti-war speeches on the radio, Siegel was killed during a firefight between his guard and ZAFT forces.[6] Fearful over the ramifications of one of their nuclear-powered prototype units going against them, Zala ordered his son Athrun, to take the second experimental unit, the Justice, to retrieve or destroy the Freedom.[5]
Gallery[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
- PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
- First Appearance; Conclusion
- PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- In Flashback(s)
- PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
- In Image(s); Appears in video
- PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-32, In the Promised Land
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-20, On a Calm Day
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-34, Seen and Unseen
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-35, The Descending Sword
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-36, In the Name of Justice
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED PHASE-41, Trembling World
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 |