Messiah (メサイア Mesaia?) is a mobile space fortress that appears in the anime Gundam SEED Destiny.
Overview[]
A mobile fortress built by ZAFT after the Second Battle of Jachin Due. It was built by incorporating equipment into the wreckage of an asteroid after mining resources, and is cheaper to build than a battleship. Positron reflectors that can be deployed in all directions of the fortress are placed, and it is equipped with Neo-GENESIS, a smaller variant of the massive GENESIS superweapon used in the First Alliance-PLANT War. Inside, there is a vast computer room where the genetic information of the humans gathered in the Destiny Plan is analyzed and managed. In addition, the asteroid was outfitted with multiple beam gun turrets to shoot down incoming enemy units and also protected by a large fleet of warships and mobile suits. Messiah also served as the new control center for the Earth Alliance's Requiem superweapon following its capture after the Battle of Daedalus.
History[]
Near the end of the Second Alliance-PLANT War, Gilbert Durandal headed to Messiah after he left Earth and from there commanded the attacks on the Earth Alliance's Daedalus Lunar Base and the Requiem superweapon. Afterwards, the fortress headed to the moon where it engaged the forces of the Three Ships Alliance.[1] Using its Neo-GENESIS weapon, Messiah was able to destroy several ships which had defected from the Earth Alliance. While the superweapon began to charge, a large space battle broke out around it. Neo-GENESIS was then fired again, with it not only destroying several enemy ships but also some ZAFT ships. Kira Yamato in the ZGMF-X20A Strike Freedom Gundam equipped with METEOR, along with the Eternal, proceed to inflict heavy damage on the fortress. Kira then entered the fortress and confronted Durandal, who was eventually shot by Rey Za Burrel. Both Rey and Minerva captain Talia Gladys decided to stay on Messiah as the fortress descended onto the surface of the moon, before crashing onto the lunar surface.[2]
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Notes & Trivia[]
The Messiah's control room may be inspired byEmperor Palpatine's Throne Room in the Death Star II, from Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-48, To a New World
- PHASE-44, Lacus Times Two
- First Appearance
- PHASE-49, Rey
- PHASE-50, The Final Power
- Destroyed
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-49, Rey
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-50, The Final Power
External links[]
Cosmic Era locations | |
Space | |
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Apollon A | Armory One | Ame-no-Mihashira | Artemis | Boaz | Debris Belt | Development Facility Satellite | Dock | Erudou | Factory | Heliopolis | Jachin Due | L4 Colony Cluster | Liteiria | Messiah | PLANT Colonies | Troya Station | Yggdrasil | ZAFT Military Station | Zodiac | |
Debris Belt Locations Graveyard | Junius Seven | |
Heliopolis Locations Morgenröte Facility | |
L4 Colony Cluster Locations Mendel | |
Mendel Locations G.A.R.M. R&D Facility | |
PLANT Colonies Locations Aprilius One | Junius Five | Junius Seven | |
Aprilius One Locations Clyne Manor | PLANT Supreme Council Building | ZAFT Military Factory | |
Junius Five Locations White Symphony | |
Moon | |
Arzachel Lunar Base | Copernicus City | Daedalus Lunar Base | Endymion Base | Lorenz Base | Ptolemaeus Lunar Base | |
Earth | |
Berlin | Carpentaria Base | Diocuia | Fortaleza | Gibraltar Base | Giga-Float | Gulnahan Ravine | Heaven's Base | Indian Ocean | Kaohsiung Base | Kirgitz Plant | Lagash Base | Lodonia Lab | Mahamul Base | North Africa | North America | Orb Archipelago | Orbit Traffic Observation Center | Red Sea | Reverend Malchio's Orphanage | Scandinavia | South Africa | South America | Victoria Base | Yap Island | |
Diocuia Locations Diocuia Base | |
Gulnahan Ravine Locations Lohengrin Gate | |
Indian Ocean Locations Indian Ocean Base | Indian Ocean Island | |
North Africa Locations Al-Jairi's Factory | Al-Jairi's Home | Banadiya | Desert Dawn Base | Moula | Suez Base | Talbadiya Factory District | Tassil | |
Banadiya Locations ZAFT Banadiya Base | |
North America Flaga Estate | JOSH-A | Panama Base | White House | |
Orb Archipelago Locations Akatsuki Island | Kaguya Island | Onogoro Island | Sadeyori Island | Yalafath Island | |
Akatsuki Island Locations Akatsuki Manor | |
Onogoro Island Locations Morgenröte Headquarters | Morgenröte Underground Dock | Orb National Defense Headquarters | |
Yalafath Island Locations Allster Family Home | Athha Estate | Ceremonial Temple | Orb Administrative Building | Seiran Family Estate | |
Others | |
Bautroya | Jupiter | Mars | |
Bautroya Locations DSSD Supply Station |