Strike Freedom Theory

Well then just gotta wait cause so far we haven't seen Strike Freedom animated in much other than the intro. Which doesn't show the DRAGOONs. Animated it already looks 4x better than the lineart. Atleast to me. Its movement and structure seems to work well for it. I just want to see Kira finally take advantage of his increased spatial awareness. He couldn't have done that with Freedom since its limited arc of fire. Always pointing straight forward. Now he has every angle covered and an awesome defense. The only way for something to get through it is for another mobile suit with the shield tech if its like the barrier used by the EA Hyperions.

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Originally posted by: DragonBladeX
Since there are 8 wings, wouldn't it be written as MA80V beam assault cannon x 8? Maybe its a typo...

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maybe, or maybe they see the DRAGOON system as a whole and thus just use MA80V instead of MA80V x8
i'd have to take a look at Providence's specs for that, to see how they said it there

edit: for Providence they stated the maximum number of beam nozzles (11 pods made a whopping 43 beam nozzles according to MAHQ) so my guess is still that there's 1 beam on every pod on SF and thus only x1 instead of x8
besides on the Legend they also only say "back & waist DRAGOON (general type) x 8: GDU-X5 assault beam machine gun" so for me that pretty much wraps it up, untill i see otherwise in the show [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Strike Freedom has 8 Weapon Pods one on each wing. I just posted a pick with weapon listing in the spoiler thread. but some of you might not like going in there. So here.

Strike Freedom & Inifinite Justice Weapon List
Plus a nice pic of the weapon pods detaching.

it looks like we will see strike freedom in action soon too!!! around episode 42...I here strike freedom will fight. I do not know who thouhg and I am not sure if hte source is good. But i think strike freedom will be given to kira a bit sooner...

I can't wait to see the suit in action with that dragoon system and that cool beam rifle in the opening.

lolz...nice...SF detach the dragoon pods...left the wings...
look kinda gay...hoping to see how it look like in the anime...

Question: whats that 'cable' attached to IJ foot and knee? Is that another beam saber? And cool, IJ has a grappling arm. Nothing like bringing your opponent close for a fatal(or non-fatal in Athrun's case) melee strike.

The beam cutter between the knee and the toe? Yea cool shit isn't it. That thing is gonna be cool in action. I wanna see Infinite Justice fly up and kick mid torso ripping through the gundam. Just the massive amount of arsenal on Infinite just is insane. But its nice to see that with the new designs they cement their styles further in. Kira with his mid to long range fighting taking on multiple targets all at once. And Athrun who fights upclose to mid range prefering one on one.

i think i know why the creators decided to put the dragoon system on the SF. but i'm gonna go off topic for a bit cuz this has to do with my theory. if any of you have seen any of the old old gundam series, you might notice certain similarities the new characters have with the old ones. which led me to believe that gundam seed is also a remake of the old gundam series. for example hair color. kira would represent amuro rey, the pilot of the original gundam and Nu gundam. athrun would be camille bidan the pilot of the Z gundam. and shinn would be judau ashta, the pilot of the ZZ gundam. that's what tipped off first. then i started seeing similarities in their gundams. it wasn't emphasized too much in GS but they showed it alot in GSD. first of all, the impulse. like the ZZ gundam it was capaple of splitting off into several parts. then it was saviour, which like the Z gundam, transformed into a plane for more maneuverability. now the strike freedom, which like the Nu gundam, has remote weapons like the dragoon system. my guess is that kira won't use it all that much like the providence or legend would. just every now and then.
and so there you have it. that's why i think the SF has the dragoon system. of course it's all only speculation.
geez this is long........(^_^)

I believe I heard something similar to that from a (semi-?)official source. It was more like they were recreating the original Gundam story line for 21st century fans. You will find that whether a person prefers UC or AU tends to be about 90% going with the one they saw first. SEED etc may be an attempt to placate both sets of fans considering how contentious it has been.

it looks like the Strike Freedom will gain speed and mobility after detaching the DRAGOON pods because there are trusters under them

It definitely needs all the agility it can get considering that its fighting Destiny, possibily Legend and especially when Shinn goes into SEED mode .

With this gundam Kira will be able to defeat Shin even with his no kill polesy

The only way i can see Kira defeating Shinn is bracketing him within the the DRAGOON fire or restricting his movement with that and aim for a arm or head shot. Or even better, fire off the whole DRAGOON system at once like Klueze in GS, 'binding' Destiny in 1 place and take a shot then. The advantage should swing back to Kira now that Destiny so far has not been confirmed with replacement parts on the go like Impulse. Shinn has to take really good care of Destiny here, no more 'Minerva! Chest Flyer! Leg Flyer!'.

I agree with ya Dragonblade X cept i think now alotta you guys are underestimating Destiny. It is as far as ive read the fastest most agile mobile suit created, So even if Kira can trap Shinn, Odds are Shinn Will still be able to Avoid getting shot by Kira...

Strike Freedom + Infinite Justice

Destiny's Wings of Light + Strike Freedom Comparison

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Originally posted by: DragonBladeX
The only way i can see Kira defeating Shinn is bracketing him within the the DRAGOON fire or restricting his movement with that and aim for a arm or head shot. Or even better, fire off the whole DRAGOON system at once like Klueze in GS, 'binding' Destiny in 1 place and take a shot then. The advantage should swing back to Kira now that Destiny so far has not been confirmed with replacement parts on the go like Impulse. Shinn has to take really good care of Destiny here, no more 'Minerva! Chest Flyer! Leg Flyer!'.

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it would be funny if when Kira and Shin fight in there new mobel suits and Kira cuts of arm and leg
Shin: Minerva sent me an other chest and leg flyer
Minerva: Shin the Destiny doesn't have those
Shin: noooooooooooooo
and Kira completly disables Shin during this conversation

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Originally posted by: ev0luti0nzer0
Strike Freedom + Infinite Justice

Destiny's Wings of Light + Strike Freedom Comparison

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it looks like Strike Freedom has more trusters

i think lacus might be the one who has SF and IJ built. we all know she has alot of connections in ZAFT. and one thing that's been bugging me is why does destiny need a shield if it already has 2 beam shield generators???

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Originally posted by: ArcZero
i think lacus might be the one who has SF and IJ built. we all know she has alot of connections in ZAFT. and one thing that's been bugging me is why does destiny need a shield if it already has 2 beam shield generators???

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there is a good chance that the cline faction build the Strike Freedom and the Infinite Justise sins they have the Beamschield Technology (I know this because the Dom's have those)
I dont think ZAFT build them becouse than it would be more logical for the chairman to offer Infinite Justise to Asuran sins it's a remake of his old mobel suit

I think the gave Destiny a schield so he had something in both hands because no mater how you look at is an extra schield is always better than nothing but I still think it would be better if they had givven him another gun but then they probebly thaught that it would look to much like Strike Freedom

But ZAFT did develop Beam shield technology...Destiny has it on its forearms so theres a possiblilty that it might be still be built by ZAFT. But i agree with Deamon007 that Destiny looks better with a shield in hand, probably a momento to Shinn in utilising Impulse Flight mode so much, he loves his beam rifle and shield too much i suppose. Destiny being the agile gundam, yes it has a chance of escaping SF's DRAGOON and i he might pull off a stunt like Rey did when he fought Neo. Or Kira fighting Klueze.

But on a another note, i noticed that Destiny is missing the basic weapon that most 'End' gundams have: the beam saber. Though he has that Arondight sword of his to make up for it, it looks bulky to me, swinging that sword around is not easy. Of course, we'll have to wait for the anime to showcase the actual fight but i make any further comments.

strike freedom and destiny imo cant be compared because the manufacture's are diffrent think about destiny and legend are zaft strongest gundams but zaft doesnt build sf and ij so it possible there all on the same level despite the specs it all comes down to the way the pilot use's the mobile suit which is why kira could beat destiny or the other way around

its rumored that the flash edge 2 beam boomerang can extend to become a regular beam saber