@Dark Dragon:
Bless your innocent mind, uncorrupted, unlike the rest of us.

Soma was showing a considerable amount of attachment to Sergei last season, and in the latter episodes, it extended beyond the normal friendly wish of keeping her commanding officer safe. She abandons a battle with Al/Hal in order to save him right at the end.

I suppose Sergei might have been one of the first people she met who treated her normally, but you could see her growning attachment that never really settled into the father-daughter bond. In the years since, she's only been growing closer to Sergei, more or less acting in a girlfriend capacity in his home. I also hate to say it given my reservations in the episode 1 thread, but the OP has her starting between Andrei and Sergei, and she looks longingly at Sergei as she floats into the foreground. It shifted from a father-daughter relationship in season 1 to what we now see here.

Quote Originally Posted by ChaosK
Well it is upgraded because the scientist hinted that Aeolia Schenberg had programmed more "theoretical data" to be sent to Celestial Being so I'm assuming along with attaching another solar furnace port, some of its capabilities were upgraded. Also, dual furnaces is quite an upgrade in itself. Definitely increased maneuverability, speed, and apparently it can hax by sending away beam particles.
Haha.
All true, but I don't think it's that much of a hax. It's more like an All-in-One. The A-LAWS pilot tossed a grenade in the middle of the battle that diffused all of Setsuna's beam weaponry, forcing Setsuna to engage in close combat, where he annihilated the overconfident pilot. So unlike Tieria's fatty Gundams, the 00 can do the GN shield (though it is more of a torrent), while moving very fast as well. It doesn't put Setsuna at an enormous technological advantage like we have seen in other Gundam series, or the Gundams here were at the beginning of the first series.

Quote Originally Posted by ChaosK
You know apparently she was 18 in season one? I had no idea...I thought she was 12.
I wasn't a lolicon for liking her last season? This is the best news I've heard all day.