ZGMF/A-262B Strike Freedom Gundam Type II is the Strike Freedom rebuilt for Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Freedom (2024, C.E. 75). Erica Simmons took the damaged ZGMF-X20A as a testbed and returned it in this form, and Kira Yamato flies it for Compass from the battleship Millennium.
What it does in the story
It leaves a hangar on Akatsuki Island to replace machines the Millennium has lost, and its first job is rescuing Lacus Clyne: Athrun flies it to pull Shura Serpentine's Shi-ve.A away while the strike team slips past the Artemis barrier. Kira then takes it against the Cal-re.A and the Shi-ve.A, losing most of its weapons before the Proud Defender docks.
What makes it different
It has a second seat.
The new panoramic cockpit takes a co-pilot to the right of the pilot, a layout the Strike Freedom lacked. The film names no second crew member, so the seat is a design change.
The DRAGOONs can build a wall.
Each of the eight Super DRAGOON wings gained a beam shield emitter, and several pods working together project one large shield instead of eight small ones.
The wing pack comes off whole.
The Super DRAGOON wings eject as a unit and the suit docks with the MDE262S Proud Defender to become the ZGMF/A-262PD-P Mighty Strike Freedom Gundam, mid-battle rather than in a hangar.
The powerplant is a fusion reactor.
Where the Strike Freedom ran a hyper-deuterion engine, the Type II carries an ultracompact nuclear fusion reactor, with Picus II CIWS, a Tvashtr hyper impulse gun in the abdomen and Volans Hasta railguns.
How big is it?
Overall height: 18.88 m, with a full weight of 82.09 t, per Bandai's published spec
1/144: roughly 13 cm
1/100: roughly 19 cm
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Frequently asked questions
1. Is the Type II a new machine?
The same airframe, upgraded. The ZGMF-X20A was damaged in a hijacking incident and passed to Erica Simmons as a testbed, and the result carries a new number and a new reactor.
2. Who sits in the second seat?
Nobody is named. The cockpit is described as taking a co-pilot to the pilot's right, and that is all the record supports.
3. What is the Proud Defender?
A support craft that docks with the ejected Super DRAGOON wings. The combination is the Mighty Strike Freedom, which strengthens the Type II for the final battle.
4. Which weapons carried over?
The two MA-M21KF beam rifles, which still join into one long-range rifle, plus the Multi Lock-On System and Full Burst Mode. The rest are newer models.
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