Gundam Seed - Episode 2

Phase 2 - It's Name: Gundam

Warning: This episode summary will contain spoilers.

Inside the cockpit of the Strike Gundam, Murrue instructs Kira to get behind the pilot seat as she takes the seat herself and begins activating the Gundam. As the main cameras turn on, Kira looks towards the remaining Gundam as the ZAFT soldier gets inside its cockpit, thinking that it would be impossible for that soldier to be his childhood friend, Athrun.

The Strike evetually finishes powering up and Murrue gets the Gundam to stand and then emerge from the Morgenroete facility. The now stolen model, the GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam, does the same. Kira's friends, Sai, Tolle, Kuzzy, and Miriallia, who are still trying to evacuate the area, are horrified by the ongoing destruction in Heliopolis by the GINNs and the site of the new Gundams.

Seeing a fellow GINN unit, the Aegis lands next to it. Athrun tells the pilot of the GINN, Miguel Aiman, that an Elite Soldier, Rusty Mackenzie, had been killed in action and the other Gundam is now being piloted by an Earth Forces soldier.

Angered by this, Miguel tells Athrun to leave the area; he then proceeds to shoot at the Strike, who appeared to be having trouble moving around. Athrun watches on, also thinking that it was impossible for that person he ran into earlier was Kira.

The GINN runs towards the Strike with a MA-M3 Heavy Sword and attempts a downward slash. The Strike was able to move out of the way; however, this causes Kira to lose his balance inside the cockpit and fall onto Murrue's lap. Distracted by him, Murrue didn't have enough time to dodge the GINN's second attack. She counters by quickly activating the Gundam's Phase Shift Armor and manages to block the GINN's sword attack in time. Miguel backs off from the Gundam, surprised by it's strong armor.

Athrun explains to Miguel how all the new Mobile Suits are are equipped with a "Phase Shift Armor", a stronger type of armor which render a GINN's sword useless against them when the armor is activated. After the explanation, Athrun departs from the battle field, still thinking about Kira.

The GINN charges at the Strike once again. The Gundam tries to fend off the GINN using it's Igelstellungs (Vulcan Cannons mounted on the sides of the head); however, the cannons missed its target. The GINN attacks; the Strike manages to side-step out of the way. Unfortunately, the GINN quickly makes a follow-up attack and connects, causing the Gundam to fall onto a building.

Kira then notices that his friends are still in the area, trying to get away from the battle. The GINN begins to make another slash as the Strike slowly backs away. However, Kira's friends were right behind the Gundam. If the GINN's attack were to connect, his friends would end up as collateral damage. He couldn't allow that to happen, so he quickly takes control of the Strike and dodges the GINN's attack and counter with a tackle, taking the GINN down.

At that point, Kira glances over the Gundam's Operating System (OS) and sees that it's insufficient for battle. Murrue informs him that there was no choice since it has not been completed yet. Kira then tells her to step aside so that he could take the pilot's seat. As he begins calibrating the Gundam's OS, there is a look of surprise on Murrue's face concerning Kira's remarkable capabilities.

Recovered, the GINN charges at the Strike yet again, and the Strike uses its Igelstellungs to counter again as well. This time, however, the cannons connect. The GINN still charges on, unfortunately, and tries to hit the Strike with its sword. The Gundam dodges and punches the GINN right in the face, causing the GINN to go flying and land on a building. With the GINN down momentarily, Kira finishes off calibrating the Gundam's OS.

The GINN gets up, putting his sword away, and starts shooting the Gundam with a Heavy Assault Machine Gun. The Strike jumps high into the air and the GINN follows suit. Kira looks up the weaponry of the Gundam and discovers only two available: the Igelstellungs and two Combat Knives, the "Armor Schneider". He takes out the knives from the hip section of the Gundam and lands back down on the ground. The GINN lands as well and starts to shoot at the Strike again. The Strike evades the attacks while running towards the GINN. When the Gundam got close enough, it lodged one of the knives onto the right shoulder of the GINN and the other one to the left side of its neck, causing damage to the hydraulics (i.e. causing the GINN to be incapable of moving).

Miguel sees himself to be in a predicament and decides to activate the self-destruct mechanism on the GINN and then quickly ejects from the GINN. Murrue sees this and instructs Kira to move away from the GINN. However, it was already too late. The GINN explodes; but luckily, despite being in such close range, the Strike does not sustain any serious damage.

Meanwhile, the battle outside of the colony still rages on with the Earth Forces losing. One of the ZAFT warships gets a report that Miguel Aiman has had to abandon his unit. The commander, Rau le Creuset, determines that whatever destroyed Miguel's GINN was a force to be reckoned with. He takes action by going out in a mobile suit himself.

The ZAFT warships then gives a retreat signal to all remaining GINN's fighting outside of the colony. Rau, in a CGUE, launches and engages the remaining Earth Forces soldier, Mu la Flaga.

Back inside the colony, Murrue is passed out, hurt by the bullet wound on her right arm. She eventually wakes up to find that Kira's friends are examining the Gundam. Angered by this, she tells them to get off of the unit as she shoots a bullet at them (intentionally missing, of course). She informs them that the unit is a top secret of the military and it is not something to be taken likely. Because they have seen the unit, they are forced to accompany her for the time being. Kira's friends sees this as being unreasonable since they are mere citizens and of a neutral colony. They argue that they have nothing to do with the war. Murrue fires two shoots in the air to get them to stop talking and tells them that unfair as it may be, they are in a war and this is their reality.

Meanwhile, inside Morgenroete, many soldiers and personnel have been killed as a result of the bombs the ZAFT forces had placed inside the facility earlier. Natarle Badgiruel manages to survive the endeavor and knew she had to get to the Archangel immmediately. She is later discovered by other survivors and they take her to the Archangel.

An Earth Forces officer, Arnold Neumann, explains how most of the survivors were factory workers who were inside the Archangel at the time of the explosion. Furthermore, he explains that the hangar exit is being blocked by several debris. They enter the bridge of the Earth Forces warship and Natarle checks for any damages and only sees minor ones. She then turns on the radio and finds that communications were still jammed. She then expresses her worries about the colony and the newly developed Mobile Suits.

In the meantime, Kira, in the Strike, tries to get a response via radio to anyone in the Earth Forces Alliance, but gets no response. Just then, Sai, Kuzzy, and Tolle pull up to their location with a large military truck containing the Strike's attachable pack units. Murrue tells them to equip one of them onto the Strike. As Kira prepares to put on the Launcher pack, he asks Murrue which one is the power pack. She informs him that the weapons and power pack are integrated onto one another and should be equipped as is.

Back in the Archangel, Natarle wishes to launch the warship; however, Arnold expresses his concern. It's nearly impossible to launch the ship with the personnel they have currently and fight back against any ZAFT forces outside. Natarle still insists that it be done and Arnold eventually gives in. Just then, new personnel enter the bridge to help launch the ship. They make the necessary preparations and eventually launch the ship. As the ship slowly makes its way towards the exit, the ship prepares its positron cannons, the Lohengrin.

Back in outer space, Rau and Mu continue to fight one another. Rau, however, enters the colony and Mu follows him inside. The battle between them continues as they reached the residential area of Heliopolis. Rau then spots the last Gundam and heads straight for it. Mu manages to intercept before Rau got the chance to do anything. Rau then gets rid of Mu's remaining weaponry and charges toward the Gundam once again.



Kira manages to get the pack equipped to the Strike on time and activates the Gundam's Phase Shift Armor. However, everyone is interrupted by a sudden explosion caused by the Archangel's Lohengrins. The new warship appears out from all the smoke, causing Rau to stop his attack in surprise at the site of the new Earth Forces warship.

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