Episode 31 Discussion "spoilers"

[Curium]

Well Destroy has beam guns all the way around the backpack thing, as well as beam guns in every finger. Also anywhere in front of it is just a deathtrap, with the primary guns, the 3 chest cannons, and I think it had a cannon in the mouth as well. Defensively it is set with it's positron reflector as well as shields on both arms that can be moved to anywhere around destroy.

A major key to the battle, take out Chaos and Neo's Windam first. Destroy is going to be a handful and haveing them there as a distraction will only make things worse.

[Terracosmo]

Man, Sting is so going to die in the next episode.

[NM]

I saw the episode and man, Destroy is really packing O_O. I don't like how Shinn is acting like he's the big shot all of a sudden just because they let him live. Athrun may have been annoying when Minerva met with ORB a few episodes before but he's still got some principles, as Ramius pointed out with her chat with Kira. Next episode seems like its gonna be a good one. I wonder if Impulse meets its destruction in this episode? I'm really looking forward to seeing Shinn's Destiny Gundam, the energy wings are so cool!

[chitgoks]

i guess people's reaction after watching ep 31 would be to hate shinn even more. the way he sort of let out an evil grin at athrun (or probably a smirk?, like "ha! im almight..")

destroy is lame. doesnt even look like a robot. more like a giant turtle ha ha ha. it's a very slow mecha, it was just appropriate to have shields as defenses as fast moving mechas like freedom can easily go to its weakspot (provided they know where it is)

but then again, it is awfully huge. i hope it will be action this time going to ep 50. the way it's been going (take out the flashbacks from previous episodes and from gundam seed) it feels like the series is still in episode 15 [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

[Board of Command]

Slow? Nah, you never know. It just might suddenly drop its shell and bust out some kung fu. I don't see how Freedom will beat it. It's like a combination of all the defensive and offensive gear from every gundam. But seeing how this is a show, we know something magical will happen and something will hit the magic G spot.

[Kovash]

Something about the way Shin acted inthat lasst episode makes it seem lke he's got a secret he's not telling anyone - that cocky statement about 'someing at headquarters understands me' was delivered to cooly to be anything but damn evil, plus that look... you know the one i'm talking about!


Side Note: I got annoyed when Destroy launched those mobile I-field emmitters; the stupid pilots decided to shoot at them (the only things they had NO hope of damaging), rather than the big gun shooting at them... Reall,y is ANYONE that stupid?

[Digiangel]

Did you see how cynnical Shinn looks, with that cocky face of his... haha.. i think he's gonna hit hard when he finds out what he did. I think in the end, Shinn will pay dearly for his actions (eg. handing Stellar back) that includes sacrificing his life.

thats the worse Gundam (X1 Destroy) I've ever seen, its like its head is stuck in a heavily amoured and fully armed toilet seat with christmas lights dingling around it (e.g. Disco Ball).

I like to see Freedom and Impulse dance around Destroy.. haha

[Astronopolis]

oh cmon just because it isnt small and nimble and has big frilly wings on its back doesnt mean it isnt cool. id take destroy anyday over like, i dunno, that silly wing gundam zero custom. besides, its a gundam that transforms into a byg zam, how cool is that!?

[Kovash]

The main problem i see with Destroy, is that Mobile Suits were cutting edge, tide-turning technology because they were fast and manouverable, so they stood a better chance at surviving than mobile armours... why the EA didn't think to just build a bigger, more indestructable gun before is beyond me. So having a giant Gundam seems pointless, though you can only have SO many new systems to keep 'regular' sized Gundams seem more and more interesting.

Hell, why doesn't ZAFT just build another G.E.N.E.S.I.S. to do the job?

They can do that now, atleast I would, since the EA just busted out a huge MS that took out 3 innocent cities full of even more innocent people.

[Board of Command]

Like the other 3 Gundams (Abyss, etc), Destroy can also "transform" a little. Its head isn't always stuck in that toilet seat. I've seen pictures of it standing and the toilet seat is on its back. The toilet seat mode is probably the "destroy mode" while the other form is "regular combat mode"

[LokeXero]

Yep its interesting nevertheless.

I still reckon that Dulindal and Jibril are on the same side though. Me goes thinking back to the dinner party and what was said there...Essentially though ep 31 was half the episode about Shinn's consequences, and the other was the chaos of the Destroy Gundam (Which reminded me of Freedoms obliteration earlier, when Kira beat up everybody but Shinn).

Unrelated though, i would like to see Freedom or Destroy face Gundam Wings Wing Zero or Epyon...

Anyway Ep 32 Should be Good...

[alukard]

Few things to note here.

Destroy is more of a mobile armor than mobile suit. Its too gawd darn big with a shield generator that is the size of a football stadium. It would swat units like freedom like a fly and unless there are alot of kiras there arent going to be much of a sting and will make Kira and Shinn join up to take her down.

That baby was loaded. It commanded a respectable firepower to boot as well. Extended program has created a monster. She's got the perfect, although somewhat scary, mindset for warring. No emotion...except fear for your own life. Even if that thing misses she could take the side of a barn and everything else...no need for aiming. I wonder if that thing has backup batteries or run on nuclear energy...its only downside since EA has been banned from using such weapons but who is to say they wont. If not i suspect it will be pretty expensive to maintain on the battlefield but with that much power who cares if you gotta bring the cavalry just to retrieve when it could wipe out the other sides'.

Wonder how Archangel and Kira will take it down as we know Minerva is docked somewhere a bit far away from scandanavia (possibly still in the mediterranian sea) after getting its arse whupped and dealing with Athrun's shrunk pride while keeping in check Shinn's growing rebellious teen's attitude as Dulindal said he would have done away with him in under other circumstances but he's one of their best pilots atm and as such cannot afford to lose anymore after losing Heine.

Destroy reminds me of watching godzilla. On a side note i could have sworn it looked alot like one of zone of enders' bosses.

[Roko]

Well, either way, it is a mobile suit, not mobile armor. Although I do agree with you about it being more of a mobile armor. The fact that Destroy is a MS is said ***SPOILERS*** here, where Guardian_2000 posts what will happen in the next few eps.

[Curium]

Originally posted by: alukard
Destroy is more of a mobile armor than mobile suit.

It's acctually more of a Mobile Fortress, which explains why they call it's transformed mode it's "mobile fortress mode".

Wonder how Archangel and Kira will take it down as we know Minerva is docked somewhere a bit far away from scandanavia (possibly still in the mediterranian sea)

Acctually the fight against Destroy is supposed to take place in Berlin. That is ABOUT halfway between where the Archangel and Minerva are.

Dulindal said he would have done away with him in under other circumstances but he's one of their best pilots atm and as such cannot afford to lose anymore after losing Heine.

I don't remember Dullindal acctually saying that way. He just forgave him of all wrong "because of his excellent record to date" or some such nonsense.

[DDBen]

Originally posted by: Curium

Originally posted by: alukard

Dulindal said he would have done away with him in under other circumstances but he's one of their best pilots atm and as such cannot afford to lose anymore after losing Heine.

I don't remember Dullindal acctually saying that way. He just forgave him of all wrong "because of his excellent record to date" or some such nonsense.

Actually both are incorrect Dullindal falsified the report to say that Stellar died in there care and was unable to be transfered. It was a coverup nobody actually pardoned Shinn they simply made what he did not happen.

[masamuneehs]

Yeh well with all you moving on to Ep 32 (which i need to get!) I'm sure nobody will read this post but...

Twh Welcome to the forum! Nice to see new faces. But don't talk smack about Auel or I'll see to it that your forum life here is a living hell!

I have never really liked mobile armors because I sometimes feel they are given godly crazy powers. And Destroy is no exception, but what the hell is up with those scrawny little chicken legs it has?!?! A thing of that mass couldn't possibly be supported by those little twiggy legs (like any MS could actually stand... but bear with me...)

Oh, and Rey made Shinn and Athrun shut the hell up during the jail scene. Way to go Rey!