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In the anime series Gundam Seed, ZAFT created a series of advanced mobile suits based on technology reverse-engineered from the captured Earth Alliance G Project suits. Like their EA predecessors, the ZAFT Gundams were armed with advanced beam weaponry and protected by Phase Shift armor. However, a additional technology was incorporated as well: the Neutron Jammer Canceller, which countered the effects of the ubiquitous N-Jammers and allowed these suits to be powered by nuclear reactors. This gave them almost limitless combat endurance, even with Phase Shift armor activated.
One of these suits was the ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam. It was the last of the series, and in addition to its basic armament of head-mounted CIWS guns, a beam rifle, and a shield mounting small beam guns and a beam saber, the Providence Gundam was equipped with the powerful DRAGOON system (first tested in the YMF-X000A Dreadnought Gundam), which allowed the pilot to remotely control mutiple weapon pods for a devestating all-range attack. While the Providence Gundam's large backpack made it incompatible with the METEOR support system, it made up for this by carrying 11 DRAGOON pods, with the combined firepower of an amazing 43 beam guns.
The Providence Gundam didn't enter service until the final day of the war, but it was used to great effect by Rau Le Creuset, who was revealed to be a clone of his rival Mu La Flaga's father and plotted destroy humanity. Rau proved the Providence Gundam's power by overwhelming and severely damaging Mu's GAT-X105 Strike Gundam and former subordinate Dearka Elsman's GAT-X103 Buster Gundam with its power. He then heavily damaged Kira Yamato's Freedom Gundam, destroying its METEOR unit in the process. However, Kira ultimately prevailed, as Le Creuset was mortally wounded when Kira's beam saber pierced his cockpit, then vaporized by a misfire of the sabotaged GENESIS laser.
Two other subsequent Providence Gundams were made, their fates are unknown
ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam
Manufacturer: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Users: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: prototype attack use mobile suit
Head height: 18.16 m
Weight: Max gross 90.68 t
Special equipment: Phase Shift armor, Neutron Jammer Canceller, DRAGOON (Disconnected Rapid Armament Group Overlook Operation Network) system
Powerplant: Ultracompact nuclear fission reactor, power output 8826 kW
Armament: MMI-GAU2 "Picus" 76mm CIWS x2, MA-MV05A composite armed shield with beam saber and 2 small beam guns MA-M221 "Judicium" high-energy beam rifle x1, large DRAGOON pod (9 beam gun nozzles) x3, small DRAGOON pod (2 beam gun nozzles) x8
Pilot: Rau Le Creuset
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