ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam

One of these suits was the ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam. It was the second suit in the series, and in addition to its basic armament of beam sabers, head-mounted CIWS guns, and a beam rifle, the Freedom Gundam mounted additional weapons for use in HiMAT (High Mobility Aerial Tactics) mode: shoulder-mounted plasma beam cannons and hip-mounted railguns. However, the suit's most powerful weapon was the optional METEOR (Mobile suit Embedded Tactical EnfORcer) support system, a large mobile weapons platform with powerful thrusters and an even more powerful armament of battleship-calibur beam cannons, large beam swords, and dozens of heavy missile launchers that was designed specifically for the Freedom Gundam and ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam.

Late in CE 71, the Freedom Gundam is stolen by former GAT-X105 Strike Gundam pilot Kira Yamato, with the aid of Lacus Clyne. Kira rushed to Earth with his new suit and came to the rescue of the Archangel at the Battle of JOSH-A. Along with the Archangel, he defected to neutral Orb, and fought along side his old friend Athrun Zala, pilot of the Justice Gundam, against an Earth Alliance attack on Orb, then returned to space along with the Archangel and Orb battleship Kusanagi, and met up with the support vessel Eternal, which had been stolen by Lacus Clyne and her supporters, led by former ZAFT commander Andrew Waltfeld, and which carried both METEOR units. Atrhun and Kira used the METEORss' firepower to thwart an Earth Alliance nuclear missile attack on the PLANTs, and Athrun also destroyed the GAT-X131 Calamity Gundam. Then, on the final day of the war, Kira battled against Rau Le Creuset and his ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam. The Freedom Gundam was severely damaged, but Kira emerged victorious when he impaled Rau's cockpit with his beam saber.

After the war, the Freedom Gundam was refurbished and hidden in a secret underground base in Orb, where it remained for more than a year. It returned to action in CE December 73, after an assassination attempt against Lacus Clyne by a Coordinator combat team, apparently sent by PLANT Chairman Gilbert Dullindal. The Freedom Gundam by itself decisively defeated the assassins' mobile suits. After this, the heroes of the first war stole their ship, the Archangel, evacuating from Orb and fading away deep into the ocean.

Meanwhile an upgraded Freedom is developed by ZAFT in order to break the deadlock of the war. This unit is currently referred to as the "Super Freedom" or Nu-Freedom/M AKF-0, and has new equipment including a chest mounted beam cannon, simplified rail cannons, arm-mounted lightwave shields similar to those of the CAT1-X Hyperion Gundams and two beam rifles which can be combined like Buster. Unfortunately, it seems the fate of this unit will be the same as the original as it is believed that it will also be stolen by Kira Yamato.

Specifications

ZGMF-X10A Freedom Gundam

Super Freedom Gundam

フリーダムガンダム