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I only mentioned the things as how they were presented visually and verbally by the show and that is already hard enough, remember this is Destiny we are talking about. Anyway, I'm not going to pretend like I know more than what we all have seen.. Don't dig to much into Destiny characters, there is simply nothing there. Quote:
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2011-12-17, 00:40 | Link #2222 |
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So was i, till monster refreshed my memory. To me it has always been silly (in the back of my mind) to have a different color uniform to show your classroom position than having a medal or badge that would represent the same accomplishment. Combined the word *elite* on top of this would easily confuse viewers believing that red coat elite status represents a high caliber pilot which is not the case. So you and I have/still been confused in this matter. Just re-read the earlier posts that myself and monster have submitted and hopefully this will clear this up. If i am thinking what you are thinking i do agree it is a silly system. |
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Well, we're probably not meant to think SO much on it, but I'm sure there would've had to have been SOME kind of clearance from higher up for Luna to be given the job of piloting the Impulse after Shinn got the Destiny and I doubt they would've cleared her unless she was, based on test/mission/etc reports, found to be more than good enough to be the pilot as I doubt they'd just let anyone (red or otherwise) be made the pilot of a still-pretty-new piece of high-tech military equipment. If her piloting was SO bad, she should've still been stuck in the ZAKU Warrior while a better, more capable pilot was brought in to take over the Impulse controls.
Unfortunately, it's another one of those situations that stick out when it probably wasn't meant to...
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2011-12-17, 02:39 | Link #2225 |
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To add: Minerva is also the home-base and also designed to carter for impulse would make sense considering luna is stationed on board while shinn and rey received their new suits that luna the last of the 3 pilots would receive the next available powerful suite respectively (impulse).
Even tho it was never stated or showed I would be under the impression since luna has done sorties side by side with Impulse, she would be a logical choice having extensive knowledge of impulse capabilities oppose to having a new pilot unfamiliar with impulse capabilities excluding from reading text books and manuals or even video recordings at this late period of the war. But frankly, really doesn't matter the reason behind the next pilot for impulse. But i will say it is nice to see a gundam not trashed to pave way for a new model even if its a hand down to another pilot. @ RX-78GP04G Gerbera I understand your logic of choice and if was up to me i would also follow the same thought pattern. Unfortunately we can only conclude by the results that was handed to us not the process that was led to final outcome. Which unfortunately generally thru out Destiny doesnt help viewers when dissecting the show to get more of a coherent understanding of thought process besides *it resulted/concluded this way* Last edited by winter45; 2011-12-17 at 03:37. |
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Even though it was trashed (then again, what "normal" MS wouldn't be in that situation), the Strike was similar as it still performed well in Mwu's hands after it was restored and he had never piloted a MS before then. Only piloted Mobile Armor and Fighters. Also went and spawned out the Strike Rouge which was still being used in Destiny and still had some fight left in it, even if Kira was just trying to get to the Eternal and not duke it out with the enemy MS.
Sadly, getting trashed/destroyed is one of the only ways to ("believably") remove the previous MS from the picture to make room for the new MS, especially if there's not enough "main" main characters for the previous MS to be passed down to. One of the only other things is for it to be ditched and, for some reason, hardly be seen again (like the poor, abandoned Wing Gundam lol ).
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2011-12-17, 13:32 | Link #2229 |
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By the battle of Jaqin Due ZAFT was already running low on experienced pilots. Yzak was given a bunch of kids fresh out of the academy under his command. In Destiny ZAFT had the same issue, because you can recruit and train new pilots, but combat experience is not something you can teach in training, it's earned in the battlefield. That's why the Patrick Zala loyalists mopped the floor with the Yzak's and MInerva's team at Junius 7 using obsolete mobile suits.
Luna survived a bunch of operations and had real combat experience, so even if some of that was playing turret in MInerva, she still had a couple of kills under her belt and was more than worthy of Impulse.
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2011-12-17, 14:05 | Link #2230 |
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SEED Destiny's own production problems probably help contribute to the idea that Lunamaria was a terrible pilot: case in point, her missing Djibril's shuttle and it being blamed as atmospheric interference or turbulence or whatever (haven't gotten to the episode yet myself, stupid corrupt disc), which was fixed in the Special Edition movies, I hear. Perhaps if SEED Destiny had a less problematic production, Lunamaria would've come off as a more skilled-looking pilot.
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Part of the problem is that you're comparing Lunamaria to some of the best pilots in the war. She's certainly better than a grunt pilot, and I don't think it would be wise to try to introduce another ace pilot just to give them the impulse. For the type of character (support love interest i.e the Fa role) I think Lunamaria more than held her own.
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It's also the only large-scale infantry battle we've seen, too, and four redcoats came out of it just fine. I wouldn't call it that great an example. Plus with the whole firing range scene in SEED Destiny, I get the feeling that infantry training takes a backseat for mobile suit pilots.
Which makes a bit of sense; most engagements will have ZAFT fielding nothing smaller than a GINN at that point in the war.
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Maybe. The one good scene of Athrun's had him up against a Natural civilian that likely had minimal military training so even without a gun, Cagalli would've been outmatched. The only further scenes were during Destiny, and by then Athrun also had two years' worth of playing bodyguard to refine any infantry combat skills he had. And I'm not entirely sure, but IIRC, Athrun was known for his marksmanship anyway and stood out in that regard. I'd have to go through what I have of Destiny to be sure on that, though.
So while I'm sure they had plenty of ground training, it still wouldn't be what they're best at. IIRC, the redcoats were to just do what they can to get to the Gundams and hijack them; I'm sure command would've want the rest of the soldiers to do the brunt of the ground combat. Regardless, this conversation was originally about a ZAFT Elite's piloting ability, not his or her overall military performance in and out of a mobile suit.
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