Mobile Suit Gundam SEED/Recap/Ep 16 Burning Sandstorm: Difference between revisions

The BuCUEs, ZAFT's quadruped mobile suits, attack the Strike, pinning it down despite Kira's attempts at counterattacking. Natarle orders the ''Archangel'' to attack with missiles despite the fact that they'll hit the Strike as well, knowing that its phase shift armor will protect it. The BuCUEs avoid the missiles, but Kira does not; the ZAFT commander remarks that the ''Archangel'''s commander either doesn't care what happens to Strike's pilot or else has faith in his abilities. Kira trades shots with the BaCUEs while modifying the Strike's OS to take the desert conditions. Its movement notably improves, and he immediately damages one BaCUE and destroys another. The ZAFT commander notices this sudden improvement and orders his ship, the ''Lesseps'', to fire its main cannon. The two remaining BaCUEs fire a missile swarm at the Strike, but Kira shoots them down with the Launcher's gatling gun. Mu reports the Skygrasper ready to launch just as the ''Archangel'' detects the incoming cannon fire. Murrue orders the ship to take off, managing to avoid the worst of the blast. They estimate the position of the enemy fire and realize that it's out of their range, but Mu volunteers to find it and mark it with a laser designator. He launches, warning the ''Archangel'' not to let themselves get taken out in the meantime. The ZAFT commander watches the Skygrasper, remarking that it wasn't mentioned in the report he received.

 

 

Additional BuCUEs attack the Strike, which is now low on power. Kira berates himself for using his beam cannon too much, while the ZAFT commander reviews the data he has on the Strike, commenting that it should be almost out of power and they'll have to destroy it for killing his men. As the BuCUEs and helicopters surround the Strike, Murrue orders the ''Archangel'' forward to cover it, but Natarle says that they can't risk hitting the Strike when its power is already low. Before they can decide what to do, however, one of the helicopters is destroyed. Both the ''Archangel'' and ZAFT look in the direction of the attack, finding a force of jeeps equipped with machine guns and missile launchers attacking. A teenage blonde girl in one of the jeeps approaches the Strike, firing a [[Grappling Hook Pistol]] at it and using it to transmit data to Kira. She gives him the location of a trap they've set up, and tells him to lure the BuCUEs there.