Unit 16: Glimmering Cursed Star J is the sixteenth chapter of the manga Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Astray R.
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Lowe uses the giant Gerbera Straight to cut apart an asteroid to test the sharpened katana and thanks the Coordinator Jean Carrey, a former mobile suit pilot nicknamed "Glimmering Cursed Star J.", for his help. An Alliance Drake class ship hails the Re.H.O.M.E., and Captain Cornell demands that Jean hand himself over. Liam asks who Cornell is, and Jean explains that Cornell was his commander when he was in the Alliance. Jean says that he can't involve anyone else with his problems, but Liam points out that Lowe has already launched in Red Frame. Jean tells Liam that fighting now will only bring more fighting later, and Lowe says he doesn't want Jean's talents to go to waste. Jean explains that when he was with the Alliance, he piloted a custom-colored white GINN that had been captured from ZAFT. He says he wanted to fight to end the war, so he would disable his opponents without killing them, to the dismay of his superiors. After a battle where Jean was injured, Cornell told him that if he'd killed his opponent, he wouldn't have been injured. In a later battle, Jean confronted several ZAFT GINNs and disables them. Despite his objections, several tanks pulled up behind him and destroyed the disabled GINNs. Afterwards, Cornell told him that his strategy was to completely annihilate all threats. When Jean objected, Cornell told him that Earth didn't need to have any Coordinators on it. Jean then says that after the Alliance created the Strike Dagger, he was drummed out of the military because he wasn't needed. Lowe attacks several Strike Daggers, and Cornell says he'll destroy all possible threats. The Professor sends out both of the Power Loader's sections, and Lowe docks with the unit. He ignores the Strike Daggers and tosses the giant Gerbera Straight like a spear, which slices Cornell's ship in half. Afterwards, Lowe tells Jean that he might fit in better with the Three Ships Alliance instead of the Junk Guild. Jean thanks Lowe for helping him, and as thanks, he says he'll give Lowe information about power cylinders he's developing that would allow Lowe to use the giant Gerbera Straight without the Power Loader.
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