Gundam Seed: Launch of the Freedom

Watch in High Def. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PZfiAumCJM&fmt=18 Design The Freedom is armed with advanced weaponry, based on technology reverse-engineered from the captured Earth Alliance mobile suits and ZAFT's original technology. Apart from the head-mounted MMI-GAU2 "Picus" CIWS and "Lacerta" beam sabers, the Freedom is equipped with a pair of "Xiphias" rail cannons on its hips. It also carries MA-M20 "Lupus" high-energy beam rifle, stored on back skirt. For defensive purposes the Freedom is equipped with a large shield which is mounted on its arms. This shield is similar to that of its brother unit, ZGMF-X09A Justice. The most distinctive feature of the Freedom is probably the set of ten wings housed on its backpack/thruster array. These wings give the Freedom HiMAT (High Maneuver Aerial Tactical) mode capability for superior speed, mobility and agility. Twin powerful M100 "Balaena" plasma beam cannons, are also mounted on these wings near the backpack/thruster array. The unit and ZGMF-X09A Justice are equipped with hardpoints to dock with the METEOR (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) weapon system. The Freedom utilises Generation Unsubdued Nuclear Drive Assault Module complex operating system. The ZGMF-X10A Freedom is focused on firepower and excels at handling multiple enemies at once at medium range. The suits made by combining technology reverse-engineered from the captured Earth Alliance G Project suits and ZAFT's original technology. The Earth Alliance technologies mainly used are the advanced beam weaponries and Phase Shift armor, while ZAFT's original technologies incorporated is the Neutron Jammer Canceller which counters the effects of the ubiquitous N-Jammers and allows these suits to be powered by nuclear reactors giving the mobile suits almost limitless combat endurance, even with Phase Shift Armor activated. To assist the Freedom and Justice during heavy assaults, ZAFT also designed and built additional large unmanned vehicles for Freedom and Justice. This support unit, known as METEOR (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) (METEOR), is extremely well-armed, sporting two battleship-grade beam cannons, two smaller beam cannons, two heavy beam swords, and 77 heavy missile launchers. These weapons are powered by a direct connection to embedded mobile suit powerplant. In addition to the METEOR, ZAFT developed a special vessel to carry Freedom and Justice with the two METEOR units, named as Eternal, which later become the flagship of Clyne Faction. Freedom features high firepower and high mobility and excels as medium range mobile suit, as it has various range weapons and high speed. In medium range combat, a beam rifle and twins railguns are available. For long range, there are twin plasma beam cannons, which is wing-mounted and mounted over shoulders in use. For defensive purpose, a large shield can be equipped on left arm. The shield is similar to its companion's shield, the ZGMF-X09A Justice which excels in close combat. Despite its excels as medium range mobile suit, Kira often use it as close combat mobile suit, using Freedom's high speed and the combinable beam saber, aside from the CIWS, which also can be utilized. Additionally, Freedom is compatible with METEOR (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) weapon system to augment its already impressive firepower. This METEOR is a large mobile weapons platform with powerful thrusters and an even more powerful armament of battleship-caliber beam cannons, large beam swords, and dozens of heavy missile launchers that is designed specifically for the Freedom and its brother unit, ZGMF-X09A Justice. The "trademark" feature of Freedom is that it has capability to lock onto multiple units. This multi lock capability allows the pilot, to target several enemies at once with multiple weapons salvo firings this ability is known as "Full Burst Mode". This ability is also shared by the Strike Freedom. Freedom's high mobility come from a set of ten wings housed on its backpack/thruster array. These wings give the Freedom HiMAT (High Maneuver Aerial Tactical) mode capability for superior speed, mobility and agility. The Freedom's HiMAT's special effects (which show blue or red, sparkling gas coming off the trailing edges of the wings when in flight) is similar to the concept of real world altitude compensating nozzles of Aerospike engine. Freedom is powered by Ultracompact Nuclear Fission reactor. This reactor provides an effectively unlimited energy supply for its Phase Shift Armor and its weapons and give significant advantage to other battery-based mobile suit in terms of endurance. Kira Yamato once that the Freedom has four times output capability of GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. However, because of the effects of the N-Jammers, Freedom is equipped with Neutron Jammer Canceller to allow the mobile suit using nuclear reactor.

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