History Headscratchers / MobileSuitGundamSEED

* Can Coordinators get sick? I mean like a commen cold or the flu. I've seen various fansites and fanfiction that say no,and while I recall Kira saying they don't get sick it seemed like he meant serious terminal illnesses like cancer. Not to mention Kira himself does get a fever in one episode (and Meyrin Hawke gets an infection at point in Destiny).Therefore is in fact possible for a Coordinator to catch a cold or say the Chicken Pox?

*** The heat that burned the entire cockpit? Yeah, Lowe finding Kira really doesn't explain how he survived, the blast, just shows how he got help after.

*** Officially, the Freedom theft is stated to have been May 5 and the Battle of JOSH-A May 8. So however fast Kira was going, it still took him three days to get from PLANT (L5, lunar orbit) to Alaska.

*** To expand on this, the reason it takes so long for real spacecraft to get to the moon is that they basically glide there. And in space it's not so much a matter of speed as acceleration. Since there's nothing to provide drag like there is in the atmosphere, an object can keep accelerating essentially forever (cosmic speed limit excepted). Now, the Freedom can fly, so its thrusters are capable of acceleration of at least 10 m/s^2. Assuming that minimum, it would take 2000 seconds, or about 33 minutes, to accelerate to 20 km/s. At that speed, it would have taken only about 5 and a half hours to get to Earth, and the Freedom is probably quite a bit faster than the assumption I've used here. So yeah, Kira could have made that flight in the time required.

** Episode 2 mentions the Archangel has a "magnetic field chamber and pellet dispenser" when powering up, which suggests it uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion#ICF_mechanism_of_action nuclear fusion]] (which N-jammers are stated not to effect). I presume they're too big to be used on anything smaller. But why then don't they use those power plants to deal with the energy crisis that was caused by N-jammers?

** Well, The Freedom Gundam was designed for very high mobility in both space and atmosphere, being a ZGMF unit and having the [=HiMAT=] system. The Freedom alone can move much faster than the various warships in the show, and Kira had no reason to slow down, allowing him to stay at max speed. And since Kira's the Ultimate Coordinator, he can take the physical stress of moving at such high speeds, so he can indeed go that fast and stay in it, since the Freedom has unlimited energy. So on the basis that the Alaska battle was really hours long, like many big battles in war really are, its not a stretch that Kira could of made it from the Plants.

* Who is the Freedom originally designated to before Lacus and Kira stole it? It can't be some random smuck if the Justice is going to be entrusted to Athrun. Perhaps Yzak?

** Simple. He is Kira "Jesus" Yamato.
*** Well, that bug has been squashed.

*** Lowe ''is'' there during Aegis and Strike's sword fight and quickly rush-in once the battle is over. Strike's PS went down ''after'' he already pull Kira out. You can assume that cockpit wasn't burned until the outside heat creep-in afterward.

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* Can Coordinators get sick? I mean like a commen cold or the flu. I've seen various fansites and fanfiction that say no,and while I recall Kira saying they don't get sick it seemed like he meant serious terminal illnesses like cancer. Not to mention Kira himself does get a fever in one episode(and Meyrin Hawke gets an infection at point in Destiny).Therefore is in fact possible for a Coordinator to catch a cold or say the Chicken Pox?

** Well, The Freedom Gundam was designed for very high mobility in both space and atmosphere, being a ZGMF unit and having the HiMAT system. The Freedom alone can move much faster than the various warships in the show, and Kira had no reason to slow down, allowing him to stay at max speed. And since Kira's the Ultimate Coordinator, he can take the physical stress of moving at such high speeds, so he can indeed go that fast and stay in it, since the Freedom has unlimited energy. So on the basis that the Alaska battle was really hours long, like many big battles in war really are, its not a stretch that Kira could of made it from the Plants.

** Lacus still had a shitload of support among the PLANTs, not to mention having direct contact with most members of the Clyne Faction. The fact that the hit squad didn't shoot first (or bring any snipers) is a fair indication that Patrick Zala DID, in fact, want to take her into custody, drag out the names of her cohorts, then put her through a KangarooCourt for high treason.

* What the hell was up with those gunmen who came after Lacus in the theater? I understand she was being hunted for treason, but why did they all wear spy gear (suits, gloves, silencers on their pistols) to find her? We saw earlier that Patrick Zala had no problem sending uniformed soldiers to kill Seigl Cline, and he had already claimed Lacus an enemy of the state. Was it really necessary to hire a hit squad to take down Lacus rather than just having a military squad on standby in case Athrun made contact? It just seems out of place.

** The Archangel is not only meant to fight in space, it's also an atmospheric ship. Part of the reason there are no guns on the underside is because that is where the wings of the ship generate lift to keep it in the air. There was really no room for them. The reel question should have been why they needed the Gottfried's to shoot them when the Valiants ''should'' have been able to do it.

** Unfortunately, if you go all MoHS scale on Gundam, you'll find that very little actually works, especially when you start going at it with thermodynamics. Where are the radiators on the ships (in ''any'' Gundam show)? How come ''anybody's'' able to dodge particle beams? How on Earth does an [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam I-field]] repel mega particles, when it's ''specifically stated'' that mega particles are electrostatically neutral? If not electrostatic, then what force is repelling the mega particles? And for that matter, why is the most effective form of combat vehicle a 10X mechanical scale replica of a human being? What it comes down to is that in terms of the science of a Gundam show, [[MST3KMantra you should really just relax]].

** Episode 2 mentions the Archangel has a "magnetic field chamber and pellet dispenser" when powering up, which suggests it uses [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion#ICF_mechanism_of_action nuclear fusion]] (which N-jammers are stated not to effect). I presume they're too big to be used on anything smaller. But why then don't they use those power plants to deal with the engird crisis that was caused by N-jammers?
*** 1. It might just be the spaceships engines, which may generate surpluses electrical power, but with too much harmful byproduct (plasma exhaust) to be viable as a dedicated energy sources. 2. Earth's leadership was busy being on the loosing end of a war, and once it turned in they're favor they wanted to focus on the energy crisis but Azrael overruled. It was more an issue of political will than anything.

** By blocking the beam part with its shield. Anti-Ship Swords strength come from the physical parts and momentum letting it punch though what a normal beam can't. Mwu lost that momentum the way he stuck Calamity, but now when cutting the shields on the Strike Daggers. The wiki state Calamity has an "Anti-beam Shield" with details suggesting it's tougher than the mass produced Strike Daggers shields.

** This may be an example of a [[ChekhovsSkill Chekhov's Skill]]; when the Archangel (and Strike) make re-entry, there's a scene where the ship's doctor is explaining to Kira's friends how tough he is. The doctor tells them that the heat in the cockpit would surely have killed any one of them, but Kira was (mostly) okay.

* A large amount of the confusion surrounding Kira's survival is the fault of the animators. Logically speaking, the self-destruction of the Aegis should be nowhere near as violent as portrayed in the actual show. The reason is simple; neither suit is actually powered by a reactor, but is instead fueled by an energy battery with a starkly limited operation time. When the self-destruct system for the Aegis is triggered, it has already expended so much energy that it has been left physically incapable of moving. The Strike on the other hand still has active PS Armor, indicating that it still has at least enough energy to power it's primary defensive system. If you disregard the hilariously over-the-top detonation depicted in the TV show, Kira's survival becomes far more believable.

** Oh, okay then, I must not have paid enough attention. I could've sworn his eyes were open when he was first shown on the island... Ah, thanks anyway.
* So Cagalli was actually the [[spoiler: princess of Orb ]] and Kira and his friends are FROM Orb, so shouldn't they have, you know, RECOGNIZED her?

** That said, to the particulars of the question...
*** The N-Jammer is always going to be handwavium, and I think the creators of ''SEED'' did a very smart thing by not '''trying''' to explain it, since any attempt to logically explain a physically impossible phenomenon is going to sound stupid anyway. As for the radio disruption having nothing to do with stopping fission, the device may not have been intended to do that. No doubt something like an N-Jammer is a very complex, multi-part machine, and the deafening radio noise, if you will, may well be a result of some other process that helps ''fuel'' the fission-stoppage.
*** The N-Jammer's function would require the manipulation of weak/strong nuclear forces. This is generally the answer to others of it's kin. Like above, its a very basic force of reality and physics. This brings the question why they don't use antimatter induced fusion warheads... They do use antimatter like mad... Some lines of thought do indicate that the manipulation of wing/strong nuclear forces would cause disruptions to electronic wavelengths.
*** As far as Mirage Colloid goes, it's actually not all that impossible. The idea of refracting radiation around a vehicle to neutralize active scans isn't so far out, and even rerouting visible light could be done. I realize the idea of using microprisms in a magnetic field is iffy, given the amount of finesse required with the magnetics, but it at least has some kernel of plausibility to it. Now I know about the thermodynamics "where is all the mobile suit's heat going?" issue, and that should have been addressed, but I think that once again we're dealing with the question of whether or not you should try to explain something that ''can't'' be explained. All I can say is that in my opinion, so long as they went a good way with science and then said "on the thermodynamics...yeah, just go with us on that", I'm okay with it.
*** To address the questions about Minovsky Physics, I think Minovsky Particles produce a new fundamental force that repulses pretty much any/everything. I think said force is also the reason they form the I-field lattice structure, that's how they balance their internal repulsive forces. It wouldn't be MinovskyPhysics if it weren't explained, now would it.

*** The above statement is correct. What we see is Lacus's ring that Kira is wearing as a necklace. Its floating over his face due to the low gravity. This troper understands how it could be mistaken for a hole in Kira's Helmet.

** Well, The Freedom Gundam was designed for very high mobility in both space and atmosphere, being a ZGMF unit and having the HiMAT system. The Freedom alone can move much faster than the various warships in the show, and Kira had no reason to slow down, allowing him to stay at max speed. And since Kira's the Ultimate Coordinator, he can take the physical stress of moving at such high speeds, so he can indeed go that fast and stay in it,since the Freedom has unlimited energy. So on the basis that the Alaska battle was really hours long, like many big battles in war really are, its not a stretch that Kira could of made it from the Plants.

*** Not really, since in Destiny we are told that both factions signed a treaty to restrict use of nuclear technology in military vehicles, specially the MS. It would be safe to assume that warships fall under that treaty too. So they kept using whatever technology they used before, or they started using hyper-deuterium reactors (which seem to not affected by said treaty, since noone made a fuss over the Destiny and the Legend using them). This last theory tough seems a little shaky, since the hyper-deuterium reactors were in test phase at that point and only 4 MS had them : Destiny, Legend, S.Freedom and I.Justice.

* How in the hell did Kira survive after [[spoiler: the Aegis clamped onto the Strike and self-destructed? The cockpit was charred to a crisp. There's no way that Kira could've survived that]].

* Supposedly, Muruta Azrael is against the Coordinators and anything revolving around genetic engineering. If so, then why did he have no qualms relying on the Biological CPUs starting from the battle with Orb and later?