The ZGMF-1001/M Blaze ZAKU Phantom is a Mobile Suit introduced in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
Technology & Combat Characteristics[]
The Blaze ZAKU Phantom is the ZGMF-1001 ZAKU Phantom equipped with the Wizard System's EX-M Blaze Wizard on its back. As a result, the suit has higher mobility in space and on earth due to additional high output thrusters mounted in the Blaze Wizard. The Blaze Wizard also adds two missile launchers containing large number of AGM138 "Firebee" guided missiles to the ZAKU Phantom's standard armaments.
Armaments[]
- Anti-Beam Shield
- Both shoulders of the Blaze ZAKU Phantom are equipped with shields, leaving its hands free to hold weapons. Each shield is capable of independent movement, has an anti-beam coating on its surface and three spikes for use in melee combat. Additionally, the shield's back has hardpoints for mounting two spare magazines for the beam assault rifle. It also stores the beam tomahawk, which slides out of a slot near the top of the shield when deployed, grip first.
- MA-M8 Beam Tomahawk
- An axe-shaped weapon that emits a curved beam blade, it is the Blaze ZAKU Phantom's primary close combat weapon and can also be thrown. The Blaze ZAKU Phantom has two beam tomahawks, one stored in each shield.
- Hand Grenade
- Four hand grenades are stored on the suit's side skirt armor. Several different types can be carried, including fragmentation, high-explosive, and smoke grenades.
- MMI-M633 Beam Assault Rifle
- The primary ranged weaponry of the ZAKU series, this beam firearm's design emphasizes destructive power and rapid-fire capabilities. Its accuracy is lowered somewhat as a result, but the scattering of its beam shots allows for simultaneous attack of multiple targets. Unlike most beam rifles, it does not draw power from the mobile suit's battery. Instead, the rifle is powered by the energy stored in a replaceable drum-type magazine. When not in use, this weapon could be stored on the back waist armor.
- AGM138 "Firebee" Missile Launcher
- The back-mounted Blaze Wizard contains a pair of AGM138 "Firebee" missile launchers in the front, each of which contains 14 missiles.
- M66 "Canus" Short-range Guided Missile Launcher
- First used by the GINN, it is a pair of hand-carried missile launchers. Each launcher is loaded with two small missiles and has two large missiles mounted on the side.
Special Equipment & Features[]
- EX-M Blaze Wizard
History[]
A custom white colored Blaze Zaku Phantoms is piloted by ZAFT red Rey Za Burrel, who belonged to the crew of the new battleship LHM-BB01 Minerva. When the ZAFT colony Armory One was attacked by the Earth Alliance's Phantom Pain special forces, Rey was thrown into the conflict when the Minerva pursued the special forces unit after it had stolen three Gundam prototypes. During the pursue, Rey fought several times against Neo Roanoke in his TS-MA4F Exus, although none of them managed to damage the other.[1][2]
Second Alliance-PLANT War[]
When the Second Alliance-PLANT War broke out, the Minerva traveled across Earth's oceans to ZAFT's Gibraltar Base. During this time, the ship was attacked several times by Earth Alliance forces, as well as their new Orb Union allies. Rey and his Blaze ZAKU Phantom served as a stationary gun turret for the ship. Rey's suit was eventually critically damaged in a last battle against the joint EA/Orb forces near Crete.[3] Afterwards, Rey switched to the newer and more powerful ZGMF-X666S Legend.[4]
A custom colored orange Blaze ZAKU Phantom was used by ace Heine Westenfluss, who used his suit in the first space battle against the EA shortly after declaration of the second war. During this battle, Heine was able to destroy even ships with the weapons of his suit. He eventually switched to the newly developed ZGMF-X2000 GOUF Ignited, which was painted in the same orange scheme as his Blaze ZAKU Phantom.[5]
Former ZGMF-1000/A1 Gunner ZAKU Warrior pilot Dearka Elsman piloted a custom black painted Blaze ZAKU Phantom during the last weeks of the war in battles against the EA forces defending the relay stations of the Requiem superweapon and the battle around the Mobile Space Fortress Messiah.[6][7] During this battle, Dearka's suit was shot in the left arm, although he survived without injuries.[8]
The last known pilot of a Blaze ZAKU Phantom was the ZGMF-X88S Gaia Gundam's test pilot Riika Sheder. She used her Blaze ZAKU Phantom after the Gaia was stolen to help Jess Rabble and Courtney Heironimus fight against several GAT-SO2R N Dagger Ns.[9] Later, she used her suit to escort a shuttle carrying Edward Harrelson and Bernadette Leroux to the EA. As the shuttle was handed over to Morgan Chevalier and his TS-MA4F Exus, they came under attack by the ZGMF-YX21R Proto-Saviour. Ultimately, the Proto Saviour was driven away by Jean Carry.[10]
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Anime[]
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Gunpla[]
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Action Figures[]
Notes & Trivia[]
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-03, Warning Shots
- PHASE-04, Stardust Battlefield
- First Appearance
- PHASE-05, Scars That Won't Heal
- PHASE-06, The End of the World
- PHASE-12, Blood in the Water
- PHASE-18, Attack the Lohengrin!
- PHASE-23, The Shadows of War
- PHASE-24, Differing Views
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
References[]
.jpg "ZAKU Phantom File 01 (Official Gundam Fact File 101-09).jpg (2.07 MB)")
.jpg "ZAKU Phantom File 02 (Official Gundam Fact File 101-10).jpg (2.3 MB)")
.jpg "ZAKU Phantom File 03 (Gundam Perfect Files 061-05).jpg (3.54 MB)")
.jpg "ZAKU Phantom File 04 (Gundam Perfect Files 061-06).jpg (3.52 MB)")
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-02, Those Who Call For War
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-04, Stardust Battlefield
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-28, Survivors and Sacrifices
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-35, Eve of Chaos
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-09, Bared Fangs
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-49, Rey
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-50, The Final Power
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray Chapter 12, SCOOP.12: Armory One Raid
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Astray Chapter 19, SCOOP.19: A Concerto for a Stratagem
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