Corner - Corner buying it soon has been suggested as likely here already. But I find the idea of Schoenberg mocking him from deep inside Veda as funny regardless of how unlikely it may be.
GN Drives - Even if Corner had the technology, I'm not sure how much good it would do. Eifmann's research seemed to suggest that real GN Drives could only be built out near Jupiter for some unexplained reason. Sole Control of the GN Drives - This may or may not be a concern of Corner's, but the important thing is that it was not the reason he stated in the dialogue for making sure that the Gundams were destroyed. There was a question on this mailing list about why he shut down the Gundams. Corner makes it explicitly clear that the reason he wants them destroyed is because so long as CB has the solar furnaces, it can revive itself. He's not trying to destroy the Gundams so that he can have exclusivity over the solar furnaces (though that may be a secondary concern). His primary concern is to permanently bury CB, and he believes that he can only ensure that by destroying the furnaces. Corner's reference to a "United" something that you guys got as HRL in your translation is probably what was translated as United Nations in mine. During the dialogue in question, Corner seems to think that the world will now unite under the UN. I think there was also a suggestion that this would cement control under Corner, although I'd have to doublecheck the dialogue in question (which I can't do at the moment). My point regarding the thinking Trinity, though, is that it's most likely the case that the ability to think long-term is an accident. Yes, the ability to lead the team in the field is a requirement for his position. But I don't think the people who picked him were counting on him having any ability beyond that. It may not matter, though, if he dies in the next episode. The Union lost a Jinx as well. At one point Graham's former wing-man shouts someone's name as one of the Jinx's gets blown up, indicating that he knew the pilot. junior ---------[ Received Mail Content ]---------- Subject : Re: [RE][gundam] Gundam Episode 21 **Spoilers** Date : Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:47:17 +0000 >From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [email protected] -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Joseph Riggs" > *snip* One of the popular rumor is that Corner will bite the dust either the next episode or the episode after that - it is the usual bad guy got used by another bad guy plot. > But I doubt it'll happen that way. It does appear that Corner's after > something > hidden in Veda, though. Probably the technology behind the GN Drive - remember, only the current Meister and the one for the other team has the 5 working GN Drive - rest are knockoffs that has running limit. If the GN Drive can do what the solar elevator can do, imagine how many small countries will pay? How about the big power countries? > In the dialogue I had, Alejandro told Ribbon that the Solar Furnaces really > did > need to be destroyed, because with them CB would eventually rise again. > Shutting the Gundams down appears to have been Corner's way of ensuring that > the > Gundams didn't pull off a miracle or make a run for it at the last second, > saving their precious furnaces for CB. And hope no one can reverse engineer it - he would have the only one, since he has access to Veda. > I didn't see Corner or Ribbon mention the HRL. He is mentioning something that resemble HRL in Japanese - something United or what not. > Regarding the Trinities - two of them appear to be rather impulsive and > emotional, but it also seems clear that one of them (the tall dark-skinned > one - > Johann?) is a pretty good strategist and realized quite quickly that they'd > been > setup. I'm guessing that the team as a whole wasn't recruited for its > long-range tactical thinking (that sort of thing might interfere with the > eventual betrayal of the team), but the team leader ended up with those > traits > anyway as a result of the basic skills that he'd need to lead the team. Someone has to be sane and thinking for that team, as his siblings have no other really good quality to be a team member or what not. > We were told that 19 mobile suits attacked the Ptolemais. Presumeably each > superpower got 10 each, and the mission was a joint operation between the AEU > and Union. Where was the 20th? Supposedly, it was left with Graham in case he decide to pilot it. Now each side only have 9 "Active" GN-X, as HRL and AEU has one destroyed each. The rumor/spoiler was that Billy kind of retrofit the GN Drive or what not from the GN-X into the Flag (most likely fake rumor).
