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The Acidalium was an interplanetary transport ship built at the Mars' Australis colony, for the purpose of interplanetary travel between Mars and Earth. Like the Archangel and Minerva, the Acidalium is capable of atmospheric flight, and can land on a planet's surface or in any sufficiently deep body of water. Though Mars remains neutral in the Earth Sphere's conflicts, the Acidalium is equipped with multiple weapons, all of which are concealed behind sliding hatches. Its primary armament is a Positron Blaster Cannon in the bow. The ship also carries twelve sets of 3-tube missile launchers just aft of the main cannon, and twelve 5-barrel CIWS rotary cannons in wing-mounted pods.
Armaments
- Positron Blaster Cannon
- 5-barrel CIWS
- 3-tube Missile Launcher
Special Equipment & Features
- Interplanetary Sailing Unit
- As the ship's mission requires it to travel long distances with no opportunity to replenish its supplies, it can be optionally equipped with a large "interplanetary sailing unit". This unit, connected to the Acidalium's rear, is roughly two and a half times longer than the ship itself, and contains three large quadruple thermonuclear pulse thruster arrays and a large fuel supply. When operating near Earth or Mars, the sailing unit is detached at an appropriate docking facility.
History
The Acidalium had a very small crew, and its captain was Ergnes Brahe, a hot-headed Coordinator who also piloted the GSF-YAM01 Δ Astray. His second in command, Nahe Herschel, piloted the transformable GSF-YAM02 Guardshell. When the ship arrived in the Earth Sphere in C.E. 73, it docked at the PLANT capital, Aprilius One. Ergnes met with PLANT Supreme Council Chairman Gilbert Durandal, who discussed the possibility of cooperation between PLANT and Mars. Shortly after the meeting, the Earth Alliance launched a massive offensive against PLANT, and Ergnes impulsively launched in his Δ Astray to assist in the defense of the PLANT Colonies.
After the battle, Durandal assigned TMF/A-802W2 Kerberos BuCUE Hound pilot Isaac Mau to the Acidalium as an observer, while Ergnes left for Earth to investigate the Earth Alliance forces. This resulted in a confrontation with elements of the elite Phantom Pain special forces, with an inconclusive duel between the Δ Astray and Phantom Pain's GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam being broken up when the Acidalium itself intervened, destroying several GAT-01A2R 105 Slaughter Daggers with a blast from its positron cannon.
The ship's next stop was Orb, where Ergnes met Chief Representative Cagalli Yula Athha and attended her wedding to Yuna Roma Seiran. When the wedding was interrupted by Cagalli's brother, Kira Yamato, who used the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam to "abduct" his sister. Not knowing the true nature of these events, Ergnes attempted to pursue in the Δ Astray, but was blocked by Rondo Mina Sahaku in her MBF-P01-Re2AMATU Gundam Astray Gold Frame Amatsu Mina. After a brief battle, the Orb noblewoman convinced Ergnes that "rescuing" Cagalli was not be the best interest of either the Chief Representative or Orb itself.
After the Acidalium departed from Orb, Phantom Pain Lieutenant Sven Cal Bayang took command a team of five Orb pilots, with the mission of capturing the Acidalium. As the alliance between the Atlantic Federation and Orb was not yet finalized, the Orb pilots were given Phantom Pain's Slaughter Daggers, allowing Orb to plausibly deny its participation if necessary. In the ensuing battle, three of the Orb pilots were killed and Sven's Strike Noir had its Noir Striker destroyed. However, Sven utilized the IWSP of one of the surviving Slaughter Daggers and was able to severely cripple the Δ Astray. In the aftermath of this battle, the Acidalium fled at Isaac's suggestion to Lagash Base, ZAFT's secret underwater supply base, for emergency repairs. Just as the ship left, the new Martian mobile suit MMF-JG73L ∇ descended from space, piloted by Ergnes' (technically) older sister Setona Winters.
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Notes & Trivia
The Acidalium is named for the Mare Acidalium on Mars.
Appearances
- Manga
- Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73 Δ Astray
- Chapter 1, Gate.01 Martians
- First Appearance
- Chapter 1, Gate.01 Martians
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