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Old 2024-02-07, 11:50   Link #12357
quagmire
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Originally Posted by Renegade334 View Post
The ZGMF/A-262 is the original Strike Freedom, but refurbished (different railgun geometry, reworked pauldrons) and dubbed "Spec II". It still uses the original frame and overall equipment, but the original DRAGOON-carrying flight pack can be swapped with the new Proud Defender, at which point it is essentially considered a new model (and a two-seater, at that).

The only other thing they really changed is the mega particle cannon they slotted into the forehead block (a homage to the MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam)...which is useless without the PD.

What is peculiar, though, is that the Infinite Justice, which is described a "modified version" of IJ (though I am not fluent enough in Japanese to tell whether it can be more accurately translated as a "modified/altered/updated IJ")...does not share the /A suffix of the Mighty Strike Freedom or the Destiny Spec II. Also it is named "Type II" rather than "Spec II"...a different frame?
Naming conventions are a bit all over the place here...
Oh I know it is still the same MS....

I was mostly pointing out the fact they didn't even bother to put the new designation on the suit. The animators were just being lazy/missed that attention to detail and left X20A on there.....
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