The official site updated with new characters and MS as seen in
this month's Gundam Ace. ¶ 10:54 AM
Friday, September 24, 2004
Gundam Ace info
DESTINY Astray
The official DESTINY sidestory begins with this issue with the same
cast in charge of the Astray manga returning. 5 months have passed
since the Junius Seven Treaty. Matias hires Jess Rabble to take a
scoop/pic of ZAFT's former secret weapon, Genesis Alpha (a
smaller-sized Genesis). Once Jess reaches where the Genesis Alpha
is located, he was captured by Gai and handed over to Lowe. Here,
the Junkyard Guild was busy equipping Genesis Alpha onto ReHome as
an engine. Meanwhile, ZAFT forces attacked Genesis Alpha in order
to hide the evidence that it existed. The attacks were defended
against by Gai and Canard's Dreadnaught Eta and ZAFT retreated
after Jess took a pic of Genesis Alpha.
Characters
Jess Rabble - 20-year-old natural and photo journalist. He pilots
Raysta, a civilian-use MS built by the Junkyard Guild. He uses the
gun camera to take photos of the battlefield. Carries a goggle
around all the time to protect his eyes.
Kaite Madigan - 22-year-old Coordinator and a professional MS
pilot. He is not associated with any faction and is more of a
mercenary. He's always wearing a suit even while piloting a
MS.
Matias - Mysterious client. Natural. Age and real name are unknown.
Owns a big mansion and hires Jess.
Mecha
ZGMF-1017AS GINN Assault - Equipped with Duel's Assault Shroud.
Weapons, armor, and propulsion are all upgraded. However, not a lot
were produced. Piloted by Madigan.
MWF-JG71 Raysta - Serial number is short for "Main Works Figure
Junkyard Guild Type 71". Raysta is derived from the word Astray and
means "Civilian-use Astray". Raysta was built using data gathered
from Astrays in the previous war. The MS is built from various junk
parts. The Junkyard Guild has Raysta for sale or rental. However,
it cannot be used for war purposes.
Gundam Astray Out Frame - MS discovered by Lowe at ZAFT's Genesis
Alpha. During its discovery, it was not equipped with armor.
Therefore, Lowe named it Out Frame. No word on if this MS was built
or stolen by ZAFT. Lowe modified Out Frame as a construction-use MS
equipped with no weapons. Lowe then gave it to Jess.
Dreadnaught Eta - Modified X Astray (aka Dreadnaught Gundam)
piloted by Canard. The Dragoon System was taken out. The MS was
designed by Lowe.
Gundam Legacy - Midnight Fenrir/ Desert Rommel Edition
Continuation of the Midnight Fenrir/Desert Rommel story. Rommel
decides to attack the EFF, who are demanding the Zeon forces to
surrender as the cease fire treaty was already signed. After the
first skirmish, Rommel decides to retreat to reorganize his troops
while Garret realizes the EFF are telling the truth. Garret agrees
to act as decoy for Rommel. Meanwhile Lt. Agar (of EFF) agrees to
become a negotiator in hopes to end this stand off.
¶ 9:17 PM
Gundam Watch moves
Was a bit late to catch on when it was first announced but now that
it's happened, I can finally mention that Gundam Watch has moved
from Gundamwatch.com to Gundamwatch.net. With the change, Zeonic
Marine takes over the webmaster duties from the previous site
admin, GrayBear. Here's to hoping Gundam Watch continues to be a
fine place for Gundamheads to gather. ¶ 3:44 PM
More DESTINY stuff
Another report from 2ch lists the titles for the first four
episodes:
Episode 1 - Okoreru Hitomi ("Angry Eyes")
Episode 2 - Tatakai O Yobu Mono ("The Thing That Calls
Battles")
Episode 3 - Yochou No Houka ("Gunfire Of Omens" or "Ominous
Gunfire")
Episode 4 - Hoshikuzu No Senjou ("Battlefield Of Stardust")
Short summaries for each episode are also given but they honestly
don't say much more about the plot than is already known (Orb and
ZAFT representatives meet, Gundams are stolen, Shin and company go
after them, mystery new mobile armor appears, etc.).
And popping up on various upload boards, character design sheets
for the first ep:
Shin and Youlan
Stellar
Sting and Auel
Cagalli
Athrun
Not to mention DESTINY Astray mechs:
MWF-JG71 Raysta (aka the civilian Astray)
Dreadnaught Eta (Canard's new MS) ¶ 1:36 PM
MS IGLOO site update
The official MS IGLOO site updated with profiles of more
characters:
Ehrlic Kruger
Demezier Sonnen
Federico Czariano
Jean-Luc Duvall (test pilot of the EMS-10 Zuda)
