Phantom Pain is an irregular special forces unit within the OMNI Enforcer, introduced in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Their official name is the 81st Independent Mobile Group (第81独立機動群).
Overview[]
Though officially part of the OMNI Enforcer, in reality, they are essentially the private army of Logos, and answer directly to its leader, Lord Djibril. They are composed mainly of the best handpicked Alliance personnel and equipment. When goods and staff are requested by Phantom Pain, other forces are expected to respond and accommodate without delay. They also have the authority to take command of other OMNI Enforcer units on the frontline. Only a small number of OMNI Enforcer officers are aware of the details of Phantom Pain.
Most members of Phantom Pain are Blue Cosmos members or sympathizers, and it is funded by Logos behind the scenes. Blue Cosmos also runs Phantom Pain's training facility, which forcefully recruits children, indoctrinates them with anti-Coordinators sentiment, and subjects them to intensive military training and brainwashing. The Lodonia Lab in Egypt provides Phantom Pain with Biological CPUs.
Though they also take on regular missions, most of their missions are black operations, such as attacking civilian targets, non-belligerent states, and targets protected by the Junius Treaty. They also operate a number of technologies banned by the Junius Treaty, including the Mirage Colloid Stealth System and the Neutron Jammer Canceller.
History[]
Second Alliance-PLANT War[]
Attack on Armory One[]
On C.E. 73, October 2nd, a Phantom Pain unit led by Neo Roanoke attacked ZAFT colony Armory One. Team members Sting Oakley, Auel Neider, and Stella Loussier infiltrated the colony and stole three Second Stage Series prototypes.[1][2]
Second Battle of the Indian Ocean[]
Neo borrowed dozens of GAT-04 Windam units from the force deployed to the Alliance's base for construction in the peninsula not far away. With the reinforcements, Neo attacked the Minerva with Sting, while Athrun and Shinn intercepted them. However, following Neo’s cunning diversionary tactic, the Abyss Gundam went deep underwater to approach the Minerva. Auel battled Rey and Lunamaria underwater and was able to destroy the Vosgulov-class vessel Degtyarev by a single blow with hardly a backward glance. Then Shinn pursued the Gaia which eventually lead to a construction base where citizens were enslaved to build the base. When the battle turned against their favor, Neo launched a signal flare for all Phantom Pain members to retreat back to the Spengler-class vessel, the John Paul Jones.[3]
Battle of Dardanelles[]
Phantom Pain and an OMNI Enforcer fleet intercepted the Minerva at the Dardanelles strait. Due to the newly signed treaty, the Orb Union supported the OMNI forces with mobile suits and a fleet of their own. Neo sent out the three Gundam units stolen at Armory One, as well as a number of Jet Windams. During the battle, the Archangel intervened to halt the conflict from continuing. The Freedom Gundam disabled countless Orb and Earth Alliance mobile suits as well as the Abyss Gundam's turbines while underwater. Phantom Pain eventually disengaged the battle after most of their mobile suits were destroyed or disabled. The Orb fleet was also forced to withdraw from the battle, mostly because of the same reason.[4]
Battle of Crete[]
The battle group under the command of Neo supported the Orb Naval Fleet as well as participated in the ambush of the Minerva. The Abyss and Chaos units engaged Shinn's Impulse and Athrun's Saviour respectively. The Freedom managed to disable the Chaos from an intercepting attack. Shinn also managed to destroy the Abyss, killing its pilot Auel Neider. After the chaotic conflict, Neo called for a retreat of Earth Alliance units to withdraw from the battlefield.[5]
Battle of Berlin[]
Phantom Pain unveiled its most critical weapon, the GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam, piloted by Stella, on Berlin. It had met ZAFT opposition during transportation and in the city. Sven Cal Bayang and his team were among the defenders before heading to the attack on DSSD space station, though at the cost of Mudie Holcroft's life.
After reaching Berlin, the Destroy Gundam wreaked havoc on the civilians and ZAFT soldiers there. Later, the Archangel arrived, and Kira in his Freedom and Cagalli in her Strike Rouge engaged the Alliance forces involved in the attack. The Minerva subsequently showed up, and Shinn joined the fray with his Force Impulse Gundam. He tried to on his own to attack the giant mobile suit, only to be notified by Neo that Stella was the pilot.
Shinn managed to remind Stella of who he was, calming her down. Meanwhile, Sting's Chaos was downed by a trio of Murasames, and Neo's Jet Windam was shot down. Neo was then brought onto the Archangel. Believing that her two comrades were dead, combined with the sight of the Freedom, caused Stella's tampered mind to lash out as she prepared to fire the Destroy Gundam's Multi-phase beam cannons. However, Kira struck the massive mobile suit with Freedom's beam saber before it could fire and the machine fell to the ground.
After the battle, Shinn pulled Stella out of the Destroy's cockpit, but the injuries she sustained caused her to die soon after, leading Shinn to swear revenge on Kira for Stella's death.[6]
Battle of Heaven's Base[]
Attacking the Acidalium[]
Attack on Toroya Station[]
Members[]
- Auel Neider - (KIA during the Battle of Crete)
- Dana Snip
- Emilio Bloderick
- Ian Lee - (KIA During the Battle of Daedalus)
- Mudie Holcroft - (KIA during the Attack on the Bonaparte)
- Neo Roanoke - (Captured during the Battle of Berlin)
- Shams Couza - (KIA during the Attack on Toroya Station
- Stella Loussier - (KIA during the Battle of Berlin)
- Sting Oakley - (KIA during Operation Ragnarök)
- Sven Cal Bayang - (Defected following the Attack on Toroya Station)
- Vanfeldt Ria Lindsay
- Joaquin - (KIA during the Attack on Toroya Station)
Notes & Trivia[]
- "Phantom Pain" is a medical condition that a painful feeling is coming from a body part that's no longer physically part of the patient's body.
Appearances[]
- Television Series
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- First Appearance
- PHASE-02, Those Who Call For War
- PHASE-03, Warning Shots
- PHASE-04, Stardust Battlefield
- PHASE-05, Scars That Won't Heal
- PHASE-06, The End of the World
- PHASE-22, Sword of the Blue Skies
- PHASE-15, Return to the Battlefield
- PHASE-16, Struggle in the Indian Ocean
- PHASE-23, The Shadows of War
- PHASE-25, The Place of Sin
- PHASE-26, The Promise
- PHASE-27, Unfulfilled Feelings
- PHASE-28, Survivors and Sacrifices
- PHASE-30, A Fleeting Dream
- PHASE-31, The Endless Night
- PHASE-32, Stella
- PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- OVAs and ONAs
References[]
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-01, Angry Eyes
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-02, Those Who Call For War
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-16, Struggle in the Indian Ocean
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-23, The Shadows of War
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-28, Survivors and Sacrifices
- ↑ Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny PHASE-32, Stella