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Originally Posted by Yavie
No, it takes some real skill to hit things while moving, even more so at that kind of speed. But you are right, sadly the script never let Nena show off at all. But the same can be said for a lot of pilots in Gundam 00 that no doubt were better than the Setsuna we saw in S1. Howard Mason surely was a more than competent pilot, (although he wasn't soldier since he broke formation and went in for close combat by himself) But Howard still got killed of easily just to give Graham something more to obsess about.
The trinities (and especially Nena since her Gundam was a support type) never had any opportunity to really shine. First the rescue the original Gundam Meisters but Nena is given the role of rescuing Setsuna (just to make fans think she will become his love interest) so she doesn't have any opportunity to fight there.
After that we aren't shown many of the Trinities operations and those we are shown mostly show us Johann burning up loads of enemies with large beams. This is just to make us feel that they are killing machines.
But after that the Thrones it turns out that the Thrones were just "paper champions" that were just there to show us that the GN-X were dangerous. The Trinities and especially Nena's Throne Drei were never created to fight such machines and in such numbers.
And then finally Nena faces of against the strongest MA in the show... one that would easily have destroyed the 00-Gundam had it had even a somewhat competent pilot.
I guess that would make Nena a faux dark action girl, but I don't think it is fair to judge her skills based on what we were shown in the show. The script simply never allowed her to kill any skilled pilots because those pilots were meant to be killed by Setsuna and crew to show how 'cool' they are.
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Precisely, Nena's unit was a support type. There must be a reason why that is so. And I believe that reason has to do with her inferiority in skills compared to only her own "siblings".
Nena shot down Tierens. Those were mobile suits that were centuries less advanced than Gundams. Unless you quote some fairer example, your case doesn't stand at all.
Somewhat competent pilots could at least hold its fort against Regnant for a while, and maybe for some curving beam shots. Her dexterity in dealing with Regnant's shots were simply too poor to acknowledge her as a more-than-competent pilot. Besides, she wasn't able to dodge ANY of Regnant's fangs. Throne Drei had defensive capabilities, but an "impressive pilot" like her wasn't able to make use of it?