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This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era of the anime Gundam metaseries.

GAT-X102 Duel

The GAT-X102 Duel was the first mobile suit developed under the Earth Alliance's "G Project" during the opening months of the Bloody Valentine War. On Cosmic Era 25 January 71, the Duel is stolen from Morgenroete, Inc.'s Heliopolis facility by ZAFT mobile suit pilot Yzak Joule. The Duel is the first mobile suit ever to be equipped with Phase Shift armor. Later the Duel is equipped with a 34.37 ton armor system called the Assault Shroud, which it continues to use until the end of the war.

In several early battles with the Strike piloted by Kira Yamato, the Duel is damaged severely, losing an arm in one instance and suffering a penetrating hit to the cockpit in another, that causes injury to Yzak Joule's face. In battle, the Duel proves highly effective in combat against the Alliance's hordes of mass-produced GAT-01 Strike Dagger mobile suits, and frequently racks up admirable kill counts of the suits. It also destroys the GAT-X252 Forbidden, by sacrificing the Assault Shroud as a decoy and also destroys the GAT-X370 Raider using the GAT-X103 Buster's combined gun.

GAT-01D Long Dagger/GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger

The Duel has two derivative mass-production mobile suits, the early production GAT-01D Long Dagger and mass production GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger. Both designs can be considered the Dagger form of the X102 Duel. Both Long Dagger and Duel Dagger have a heavily protected "Fortresta Mode" analogous to the Duel's Assault Shroud. The -01D was originally to be named "Duel Dagger", however the name was switched to Long Dagger following ZAFT's capture of the X102. A high-performance machine for Coordinators, Combat Coordinators and Biological CPUs in the Alliance's employ, the main purpose of the Long Dagger was to gather data for the Natural-compatible OS of the Strike Dagger, using real combat situations to provide the data. The Duel Dagger was an near identical machine, except for its colour and the Natural-use OS, and operated by numerous noted Alliance aces.

Known Long Dagger pilots include Eleven Socius, Seven Socius, and Jean Carry with his custom white machine; Duel Dagger pilots include Edward Harrelson and Rena Imelia. One Long Dagger pilot, Seven Socius, takes part in the Second Battle of Jachin Due, but is killed in battle against the ZGMF-X13A Providence. Several other Duel Daggers also take part, but most of them are killed by ZAFT's elite Joule Team(which, ironically, was lead by the pilot of the original Duel Gundam, Yzak Joule). Another One Long Dagger was tested and stolen by insane "Combat Coordinator" Eleven Socius, and another was used by Jean Carry; also known as "Glittering Star J", before he defected to the Three Ships Alliance. Two more Duel Daggers were piloted by EA ace Edward Harrelson and EA mobile suit instructor Rena Imelia.

GAT-X1022 Blu Duel

In CE 73, an improved version of the Duel, the GAT-X1022 Blu Duel, is fielded as part of Logos's covert Phantom Pain force ("Blu" means "Blue" in Italian.). Unlike its predecessors, Blu Duel does not include separated external armor, and instead Phase Shift equipped Assault Shroud-like components are integrated into the mobile suit itself. The Blu Duel stores a beam saber on each of its legs, a pair of retractable beam pistols mounted on the forearms, and three "Stiletto" anti-armor penetrators in a compartment on its left shoulder. The right shoulder mounts an external strut which mounts a shield and railgun on opposite sides. It is assigned to the same squad as the GAT-X103AP Verde Buster and GAT-X105E Strike Noir.

Later in the war, the Phantom Pain Team are assigned to act as escorts for the Hannibal-class battleship carrying the Destroy Gundam piloted by Stellar Loussier. In the engagement, Blu Duel is disabled by several BuCUEs before being finished off by a trio of Kerberos BuCUE Hounds that tear it apart with their beam fangs. The unit is very heavily damaged (possibly beyond repair), and is unlikely to feature in the next mission in space. Pilot Mudie Holcroft was killed after the beam fangs repeatedly pierced the cockpit of the Blu Duel.

Note that, while the 1/144 High Grade Gundam SEED Blu Duel Gundam model does present the Blu Duel as a Duel Gundam core with Assault Shroud mounted on it, many missing components (such as front chest vents, front skirt armor) and a more permanent mountings (such as the shoulder thrusters, more or less mounted directly onto the torso) indicate that it is more of a permanent fixture and not meant to be ejectable. Alternatively, it can be viewed as a way for Bandai to cut cost, by recycling old molds; this is also evidental in both Strike Noir and Verde Buster.

Specifications

GAT-X102 Duel

Manufacturer: Morgenroete, Inc/Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance, Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Unit type: prototype close combat mobile suit
Head height: 17.5 meters
Base weight: 69.1 metric tons
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Special Equipment: Phase Shift armor
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2
Optional armament: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle with 175mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot: Yzak Joule

GAT-X102 Duel Assault Shroud

Manufacturer: Martius Arsenals
User: Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty
Head height: 17.5 meters
Full weight: 103.47 metric tons
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2, "Shiva" 115 mm railgun x1, 220mm 5-barrel missile pod x1
Optional armament: 57mm high-energy beam rifle with 175 mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot: Yzak Joule

GAT-01D Long Dagger

Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance, Orb Union
Unit type: prototype high performance mobilt suit
Head height: 18.02 meters
Base weight: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2
Optional armament: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle with 175 mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot(s): Eleven Socius, Seven Socius, Jean Carry

GAT-01D Long Dagger Fortresta Mode

Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance
Head height: 18.02 meters
Base weight: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2, cannon x1, 8-barrel missile pod x1
Optional armament: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle with 175 mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot(s): Eleven Socius, Seven Socius, Jean Carry

GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger

Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance
Unit type: limited production close combat mobile suit
Head height: 18.02 meters
Base weight: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2
Optional armament: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle with 175 mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot(s): Edward Harrelson, Rena Imelia

GAT-01D1 Duel Dagger Fortresta Mode

Manufacturer: Earth Alliance
Users: Earth Alliance
Head height: 18.02 meters
Base weight: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Armament: "Igelstellung" 75 mm multi-barrel CIWS x2, beam saber x2, cannon x1, 8-barrel missile pod x1
Optional armament: 57 mm high-energy beam rifle with 175 mm grenade launcher x1, shield x1
Pilot(s): Edward Harrelson, Rena Imelia

GAT-X1022 Blu Duel

Manufacturer: Actaeon Industries
Users: Earth Alliance
Unit type: prototype close combat mobile suit
Head height: 16.89 meters
Base weight: 84.24 metric tons
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery
Special Equipment: Phase Shift armor
Armament: M2M5 Todesschrecken 12.5 mm CIWS x2, Mk315 Stiletto rocket-propelled anti-armor penetrator x3, M443 Scorpion mobile railgun x1, ES05 beam saber x2, M7G2 retractable beam gun x2, shield x1
Pilot: Mudie Holcroft

Trivia

• Duel's head crest displays the text "UNO X-102", which means "One" in Italian and a reference to the GAT-X102 Duel being the first mobile suit developed under the Earth Alliance's "G Project".
• The Duel was also originally to be equipped with a powerful hyper-bazooka. However, that was stolen by Rondo Ghina Sahaku when he escaped Heliopolis with the MBF-P01 Gundam Astray Gold Frame.

Sources

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed/gat-x102.htm
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-msv/gat-01d.htm
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-msv/gat-01d1.htm
http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/seed-stargazer/gat-x1022.htm

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