hmm nice observation, though it seemed like just computer screen glare or something XD

well time will tell for sure!

the whole point was to at least see exia put up a fight, be it trans-am or no trans-am (and the way it went it seemed that trans-am is the only way)

wang liu mei is "neutral"

he did have stealth mechanism back on earth, full optical camouflage, assumingly radar-side as well.

now, a better question would be how the hell exia got back his head, and parts to fix the "rather big" hole on the cockpit
after the explosion, it was shown that exia is still in one piece with setsuna alive and well in the cockpit, with the whole emo letter with marina ismail.

over 5 years (assuming, 6-7+? ) .... prolly not. that O gundam iinm is the gundam that showed up in episode1?

they stripped its gn drive for gundam 00.
then finally exia's for the 2nd drive (remember CB only got 5 drives)

you mean, a billion fake drives or some shit? LOL

RIP CHRIS

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Added on October 7, 2008, 1:16 pmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mobil...GN-000_0_Gundam

lol send that junk in battle and you're so begging to get wtfpwned.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 7 2008, 01:16 PM

on the DVD mis-sub:

"teach you how to become a gundam"

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Added on October 7, 2008, 3:20 pmyea same thoughts here too

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 7 2008, 03:20 PM

wow... respect is all i can say lol. srsly go and dmg the exia XD

true also hehe

i lol'ed this

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Added on October 7, 2008, 6:14 pmseason 1, traitors

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Added on October 7, 2008, 6:20 pmyes only 5.

the one running on their mothership could be turbines or what not as mentioned by wolfx, or a different version of the gn drive unit that isnt mobile suit compatible. it DOES release gn particles though (based on s1 episodes, that the mothership is untrackable. and it HAS to refuel to the mobile suits' drives from the ship itself so assumingly the mothership has gn drives/generators.

the main difference, afaik from the anime series are:

1) trans-am on the originals
2) color difference
3) the fake drives emit more energy/power/strength, however, due to that assumingly, the drives run out of power quick and needs recharging more oftenly. the original drives however, are pretty much unlimited so long they do not overdrive it via trans-am
4) the fake drives produces harsh radiation too, louise fell to such tragic fate as her arm cannot be "regrowth" (future medical tech assumption) thanks to some form of radiation (the fake GN drive)
5) explosion caused from destroyed drive malfunction/destruction is also higher on the fakes, as graham died (based on confirmation from producers interview, however, it could be just his personality died, since we got a new graham look alike masked guy) while setsuna is entirely unharmed, and his drive is intact.

the rest, if not covered here, prolly should look up google/wiki or 4chan's /m/ as aoshi mentioned

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Added on October 7, 2008, 6:23 pmits the otherway around, the ship charges the gundams.
watch the ending episodes of S1 where the meisters spam trans-am, they have to recharge it in the ship, where the ship is basically unlimited with multiple drives/generator.

of course, IINM a limited operational time was mentioned and the ship did went to docks multiple times, so based on that, it could be just some sort of emiter etc as you said. but it still uses gn particles.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 7 2008, 06:23 PM

so based on that, the gn drives magically power themselves back?

during trans-am spammage the drives are always on full time drained. (the only one gettin away with it is exia/setsuna's plot drive LOL)
not sure bout the reliability of that gundam wiki, but wikipedia.org written arrows as "a-laws" lol

hmm what shit, even menclave are using a-laws, IINM wasnt there some official source giving out info on "arrows" before s2 start?

yeah could be as you said, it is called solar furnace after all so prolly just compressed solar energy or some sort. (s1 emphasized on the solar orbital towers after all)

for the arrows part, retarded or not, i remembered faintly there were official sources writing "a-laws" as "arrows". if its really "a-laws" i could care less if its retarded (though seriously its pretty damn retarded LOL) and ah thanks for pointing out. didnt realize the model kits already putting out "official" names on "a-laws".

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regarding the gn drive charging though, "feeding solar energy" can take time, and in the heat of battle, you'd want a faster way to charge it back up, hence the mothership. although you can prolly argue/assume that its the gundams' gn drive's stored energy, being returned back to the gundams should the need to charge after a trans-am usage.

(referring in particular, kyrios and virtue [later on nadleeh as its outer armor was damaged] using trans-am, docked ship, few minutes later trans-am again, despite kyrios AND virtue's gn drive meter clearly showing the drive being emptied)

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 7 2008, 10:27 PM

it could be that the ship has a storage capacity and it can "quick charge the gn drives up". as the drive itself doesnt fill up quick especially after a trans-am usage lol.

kyrios was unscarred wut, shouldnt need to dock. and the mothership was no where in danger of "low power" while the fight lasted fairly long, with gn fields up and evasive maneuvers. (or was it mentioned at all AFAIK)

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the last 2-3 episodes i watched like 4-7 times per episode LOL (especially last ep)
just love the BGM and action scenes XD

so much it got me burning monies and got me into gunpla'ing

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 8 2008, 12:02 AM

if you watch menclave, ep 23 13:44
ep24 12:30, at least a form of storage system is confirmed, to resupply the gundams themselves if need be. and prolly due to that, the particle reserves got low, and they didnt even manage to put up a gn field to further minimize the dmg from alvatore's incoming beam?

could be, though its still pretty damn far fetched lol

im merely pointing out the fact that the mothership does have a storage for the gn particles (how else its able to move, assumingly that it doesnt have its own GN drive, when all the gundams are absent?)

the concept is simple:
they need more trans-am, the said bucket doesnt fills up as quick as they want, they draw it from the other bucket (which is the mothership) that is definitely capable of storing a fair ammount of said gn particles.

as you said, since they refill themselves, the mothership dont even need to spend that much of its stored gn particles. its only to speed up the process if anything.

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to further emphasize on this, you can think of the gn drives as just, generators. no storage capabilities while the gundam themselves store the produced particles. being a rather small unit, theres a limit of how much it is able to store. (never a problem at all before trans-am, just perma maxed LOL)

while the mothership, consider it a 'the bucket' that you were referring to, and when the gundams are docked, it just charges to it. and not really the mothership drawing from the mobilesuit's "bucket" as there is basically none.

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 8 2008, 10:43 AM