It held a Beam Saber in each hand, its blades closing in on Justice Gundam at tremendous speed under the acceleration of its thrusters.
Athrun Zala had seen this unit in the reports. Two months ago, during the battle at Mendel in L4, the Earth Forces had deployed a new G-Series unit.
According to the intelligence gathered at the time, at least four new units of different models had taken part in the battle—the Calamity Gundam, Forbidden Gundam, and the Raider Gundam that Rau Le Creuset had destroyed in combat.
Its model number was GAT-X155, with the identification name "Freedom Goddess"—the Goddess of Liberation Gundam.
Information on this unit was extremely limited. The only thing that could be confirmed was that it was an exceptionally dangerous machine.
The Goddess of Liberation Gundam was astonishingly fast. The enormous light-wing thrusters on its back provided thrust far beyond the specifications of conventional MS, allowing it to perform high-speed maneuvers in the vacuum of space that were nearly impossible.
As the distance between it and Justice Gundam rapidly shrank, Athrun could clearly make out the unit's details on the magnified display.
That was the Goddess of Liberation Gundam. Athrun confirmed it in his heart.
Within mere seconds, the distance between the two machines had narrowed enough for close combat.
The Goddess of Liberation Gundam swung the Beam Saber in its right hand, slashing at Justice Gundam along a diagonal path from upper right to lower left.
Athrun raised the shield on his left arm to meet it. The anti-beam coating on the shield's surface began to burn the instant it came into contact with the beam blade, the special heat-resistant coating neutralizing the beam's energy by consuming itself.
The pink beam blade left a deep scorch mark across the shield's surface, shoving Athrun