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In the anime series Gundam Seed, the Earth Alliance collaborates with Muruta Azrael's Azrael Conglomerate to build three second-generation mobile suits to counter the G-units stolen by ZAFT. These designs feature a new variation of Phase Shift armor known as "Trans-Phase". Unlike normal Phase Shift, which drew power constantly, Trans-Phase armor activated only when the mobile suit was hit, and only at the point of impact, reducing the armor's power consumption and increasing combat endurance. In addition, these three suits' pilots were designated as "Living CPUs", with their abilities enhanced by drugs to match those of Coordinators.
One of these was the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam, an artillery mobile suit, whose "Living CPU" was Orga Sabnak. Its armament consisted of two "Schlag" beam cannons on the shoulders, a "Scylla" beam cannon in the chest, dual "Kaefer Zwei" cannons on its shield, and a "Todesblock" plasma-sabot bazooka. The Calamity Gundam was first used in the conquest of neutral Orb, then sent to space and assigned to the Archangel class assault ship Dominion under the supervision of Muruta Azrael, who was also the leader of the anti-Coordinator terrorist group Blue Cosmos. Near the end of the war, it was destroyed by Athrun Zala in the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam.
In addition, a close-combat variant of the Calamity Gundam was created, the GAT-X133 Sword Calamity. These utilized a Natural-use OS rather than "Living CPUs", and had armament derived from that of the GAT-X105+AQM/E-X02 Sword Strike Gundam; like the Sword Strike, it used the "Schwert Gewehr" anti-ship sword, "Midas Messer" beam boomerang, and "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchor, but it carried two of each rather than just one. It retained the Calamity Gundam's "Scylla" beam cannon, but its power output was reduced to 30% so that 70% of that power output can boost the mobility of the mobile suit. Three Sword Calamities were built, with one piloted by Earth Alliance ace Edward Harrelson, and another given to Orb's Rondo Sahaku faction by Azrael. After the war, Harrelson defected to the United States of South America, and the third Sword Calamity was assigned to another Earth Alliance ace, Rena Imelia, who was sent after him.
Specifications
GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam
Manufacturer: Earth Alliance/Azrael Conglomerate
Users: Earth Alliance
Unit type: prototype artillery mobile suit
Head height: 18.26 m
Base weight: 81.48 t
Special equipment: Trans-Phase armor
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Schlag" 125mm high-energy long-range beam cannon x2, "Kaefer Zwei" 115mm dual ram cannon x1, "Scylla" 580mm multi-phase energy cannon x1, "Todesblock" 337mm plasma-sabot bazooka x1
Pilot(s): Orga Sabnak
GAT-X133 Sword Calamity
Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance, Orb Union, United States of South America
Unit type: prototype close combat mobile suit
Head height: 18.26 m
Base weight: unknown
Special equipment: Trans-Phase armor
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Schwert Gewehr" anti-ship sword x2, "Midas Messer" beam boomerang x2, "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchor x2, "Armor Schneider" combat knife x2, "Scylla" 580mm multi-phase energy cannon x1
Pilot(s): Edward Harrelson, Four Socius, Rena Imelia
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