I change my answer, Felt is BARELY the damn legal age. (at least to have sex anyway...) She got us fooled...

LOL

after watching the 21st episode, i can tell that Ali Al-Sarshes(hm did i spell right ) got hold of one of the 10 'gundam' from AEU since the AEU + Union sent 19 suits to intercept those 4 gundams... why was 1 left out? plus the murder of Laguna Harvey kinda relate with him.. btw, Lockon may die but we nver know until the next episode since he has a twin... maybe he will die and his twin replace him(LOL almost no different except we don't know if his twin is as good as him in sniping)
well this are my predictions

LOL 4 episodes left or so to say^^

^Well, one of the Union's Gundam-like mobile suits is most likely reserved for Graham Aker, and of course, he swore to pilot the custom flag, which is why only nineteen was sent.

I have currently only 19 eps of it and so far watched the first five and personally i don't really like it. If you were to ask me, i don't like the mechas, i prefer GWing, GS and GSD instead of gundam 00 and it does take a lot of time for the plot to start compared to the other Gundam series. After watching the first five, i didn't feel like wanting to watch the others but a friend of mine told me to continue to cause it is starting to get cool and better now and i will like it . Maybe could you fans of 00 tell me if it is true. At any rate i found the characters and environment were well drawn. sometimes the main character makes me think of lelouch from code geass.

Man Gundam 00 is too good. Definitely the best anime this past season along with Kaiji in my opinion. Poor Kinue :( but she was warned and yet she still kept getting deeper and deeper into her investigation. I always thought lockon would bite the dust but I dont think he is dead just yet, at least I hope so. I cant wait for the next episode cause this was one hell of a cliffhnager.

As I have seen so far, these gundams are the best yet because they are easy to look at. The Gundams that came before were overly complicated in appearance and a bit TOO well armed. You often notice that the gundams have a tendency to either overuse weapons, or ignore others altogether. For example, in Gundam Seed, the Providence rarely if ever uses his main cannon while relying solely on his DRAGOON pods. The Throne Zwei on the other hand uses his sword mainly as a guard while the fangs do most of the fighting. Most Gundam units in 00 are more streamline and balanced making them much more effective in appearance than the previous models. If it was old models vs the new ones, matching units like Buster vs Virtue, Virtue wins because of its design scheme and combat type. I liked the ideaf combining two cannons into one but I liked the GN bazooka better.

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Looks like my prediction was correct. They are going to install a GN drive onto the Union Flag to enable it to fight at Gundam levels. Heh. Also, it seems like all four gundams are now capable of massive power. Exia in particular's ability is revealed firsthand, hyperspeed. This means that in combat, Exia actually is faster than Kyrios. Also, the first time where the main character's gundam is red, not blue. Ali Commanding the Zwei though, now that is a new one. It matches him well. But Johan was my favorite of Trinity... Ah well, perhaps they'll take Nena's Throne Drei and install a Mega-launcher on it LOL.

As an after-note, does Aeolia look so evil now?

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Wow! Episode 22 was awesome. The new Gundam abilities were really unexpected. I had a feeling that something was going to happen when they bad guys took over Veda but not that. No way Aeolia would leave that place defenseless.

As for the Trinities. Wow. Killed off just like that O_O. And they left the red head. Wonder what's going to happen to her. I can't see her joining forces with the others.

Moving back to the new Gundam abilities I'm wondering if the other Gundam's have access to them? By other Gundam's I'm talking about the ones with the red particles. Any ideas?

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Day2Dream

As for the Trinities. Wow. Killed off just like that O_O. And they left the red head. Wonder what's going to happen to her. I can't see her joining forces with the others.

I can see it happening. She's going to need help and there's really no one else she can turn to. And she'll want revenge, all the more reason to seek aid from Celestial Being.

Also, concerning the Exia's Trans-Am system, why did Aeolia choose only Exia? There were three others. 0-o

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ChaosNataku

I can see it happening. She's going to need help and there's really no one else she can turn to. And she'll want revenge, all the more reason to seek aid from Celestial Being.

But the question is will they let her in?

ChaosNataku

Also, concerning the Exia's Trans-Am system, why did Aeolia choose only Exia? There were three others. 0-o

It isn't just Exia I don't think. The others weren't in their Gundams! I think the message was being played on the ship too where everyone were watching also. I'm just wondering if the fake Gundams can get the Trans-Am system.

Probably not. The Tau type GN drives are built without the TD plunket and the material may be required to activate the Trans-arms system. Also, the Gundams themselves are built point for point for the GN drives and even while the Throne units are relatively the same, they had no limitations from Veda which means that they could have activated any backup system they had from the get-go, but they didn't because they weren't built with one or they couldn't handle one without a proper GN drive. Either way, the GN-X is a less powerful suit compared to the Throne series and I doubt that even THEY have the capability to produce anything similar to trans-ams.

Gundam keeps on getting better and better...

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WOW ep. 22, was awesome! SO much things happened, didn't think the trinities would get killed just like that. Well Rena survived, I think she just going to join Setsuna and the others, shes going to torment Setsuna again, poor Setsuna.

Anyways... Many things happened, Saji is going all dark now, super negative aura is surrounding that poor boy. Okay enough about him, since he came out for like 5 seconds, I think? So the trinities were made for the Gundams, so I guess they're kinda like Tieria, also when the evil dude(forgot his name) stole Michael's Gundam after killing him, how could he move it, since Michael was made for the Gundam and you needed his biological data to pilot it, then how do you actually change that? I was just wondering, since that would mean he hacked it, or did something else in a damn short period of time.

My two cents on Episode 22:

Exia, Char mode, on. Obviously 3x faster.

Day2Dream

It isn't just Exia I don't think. The others weren't in their Gundams! I think the message was being played on the ship too where everyone were watching also. I'm just wondering if the fake Gundams can get the Trans-Am system.

I was making a random guess due to the preview of episode 23. The other three Gundams were active but weren't in a "Trans-Am" state. My assumption can very well be wrong, but yours can too...I guess we'll just have to wait and see for episode 23.

Day2Dream

But the question is will they let her in?

That's a good question, but I'm assuming they will. They really don't have much of a choice. I think at this point, they need all the help they can get, though they'll probably place a few rules on Nena or they'll kill her. But judging by the scans I've seen in the gallery, Nena does get a souped up throne somehow, so...I really don't see how she would be able to if she didn't join them.

And is it just me, or does this series look like it'll end before the typical 50ish episodes mark? Most of the series I've seen were about 50 episodes long, but things seem to get fast paced now and they seem to be running out of plot devices.

Machdude

Probably not. The Tau type GN drives are built without the TD plunket and the material may be required to activate the Trans-arms system. Also, the Gundams themselves are built point for point for the GN drives and even while the Throne units are relatively the same, they had no limitations from Veda which means that they could have activated any backup system they had from the get-go, but they didn't because they weren't built with one or they couldn't handle one without a proper GN drive. Either way, the GN-X is a less powerful suit compared to the Throne series and I doubt that even THEY have the capability to produce anything similar to trans-ams.

Ah! That's what I forgot. The limitations. Well technically who's to say that the Gundam's emitting red particle ain't been limited. They had access to Veda too! And they also might have been restrained by Veda. At the moment I believe the other machines are still running under Veda. Of course you can still argue the fact the Trans-Am wasn't kept within Veda since it only activated under Aeolia's order due to the security breach.

All the other Gundams were built point for point for GN Drives. The only information that wasn't included was the solar furnaces, something in the GN Drive and that means everything else should be the same in terms of the body structure. That means we can't say that the Gundam's machine affects it. Although now that you mention the GN Drives, Aeolia DID state that he allow full use of their GN Drive so *shrugs* fake furnace's may affect it.

ChaosNataku

And is it just me, or does this series look like it'll end before the typical 50ish episodes mark? Most of the series I've seen were about 50 episodes long, but things seem to get fast paced now and they seem to be running out of plot devices.

I guess that's why they are splitting it up into two seasons. With the break they can come up with more idea's and think about how to work the plot rather than rushing it. There ARE a lot of unanswered questions so I guess they can spare some episodes to answer them.

It should be noted that the throne series are incapable of having an unlimited amount of GN particles. They need to be recharged every so often in order to continue operation unlike the Celestial Being team which have no limitation on the time they can remain in service. The material required is the TD Plunkers and without them, the particles themselves are produced differently. The particles themselves are different from the true GN drive type as it deals lasting damage to cell structures, disabling cell regeneration.

The limitations prevent it from remaining in service for a long time and thus makes Trans-Ams less likely to be equipped on Throne especially since the data is encrypted into Veda in a safeguard file rather than within Veda itself. This means that even when Veda was hacked, they had no knowledge that the Gundams had such capabilities and even Laguna, who had stolen the Gundam designs for his own use did not know of such a system. This means that neither the Throne Series nor the GN-X series are capable of using anything similar to the Trans-Ams system. It is highly likely that the other three units are also capable of Trans-Ams. However, it is unknown whether or not that is possible and since the Exia was developed from the Astrea and in turn, the O Gundam, Exia may possibly be the only suit capable of Trans-Ams as the O-Gundam is the first known Gundam model ever produced and the Exia is the direct derivation. The rest were developed from external derivations like the Sadalsuud and the Plutone.