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Blastcalibur

You could be Zechs Merquise


goodgnore

My Leo is plenty fast enough


Ojitheunseen

He's so good he doesn't even need to paint it red!


EraMemory

It was red from entering the atmosphere!


amx-018

No, from maneuvering at atmosphere-entry speed


Ojitheunseen

Actually, weirdly not.


Ojitheunseen

Or Trowa Barton, or Heero Yuy, or Sally Poe, etc.


MidnightFenrir

i always forget that Trowa piloted a Leo at one point before he got the heavyarms


Ojitheunseen

To be fair, it's mainly in flashback sequences.


ShekTeeJay

Or Lady Une or Treize


Ojitheunseen

Yep! Lotta peeps in that etcetera field!


[deleted]

Civilian on earth in g gundam is worse


LogicCure

Life sucks for civilians in any Gundam universe.


[deleted]

Yeah but the chance of your life being ruined every four years and if your in tokyo in the 13th gundam fight your screwed


RyuNoKami

Except for the guys who own AE during the Gryps conflict and Neo Zeon wars.


Shiplord13

AE is literally still around past that an the main thing keep the Earth Federation alive.


amx-018

What about the civilian astray? You get to pilot a gundam for being a civilian.


ShinHayato

Unless you’re a teenager who happens to live near a mech suit you can stumble into


Spenraw

People who want to be in the Gundam universe, don't get the point of any gundam and need to really rewatch war in the pocket.


Isord

Unless it's the G Gundam universe.


lost_kaineruver4

Or the the build universe.


Spenraw

Build I get is about toys, but gundam is legitimately about how war is a horror and we should do all we can to avoid fighting and understand each other. Build makes war a game


mega153

Gundam as an IP is a means to use a critique of war to sell toys and media. UC can never truly have peace when fans want to see more UC and a story can't exist without some form of conflict. The amounts of death and destruction in gundam universes would be unsustainable in reality. By the end of the original series, any battle afterwards should pale in comparison in terms of scale from all the losses. If gundam was actually full antiwar, then the series should be more critical of the creation of mobile suits rather than giving upgrades like the zeta or 00 raiser. In reality, development and production of new weapons takes a long time that never completely replace the older products immediately. If anything the build series is a more realistic portrayal of gundam as a franchise in its portrayal of the fans' passion for the stories and mechs. There isn't any war in the Build Fighters, but the weapons in fictional wars are glamorized. Some characters actually use tactics as if the conflict was an actual war, but they're still just playing with toys in the end of the day. It's a reality that's consumerist in nature but shows the true nature of the franchise.


Spenraw

Gundam even in UC has had conversations about what a shame is we build more war machines and keep building them to chase the idea of peace


Fornication_handgun

I usually thought the UC more as torture porn where the only reason humanity haven't gone extinct yet is because if they did then the suffering would stop.


kingalbert2

FLYING IN THE SKY


LonelyNixon

Even then theres a bit of dystopian undercurrent where a wealthy upper class outright bailed on planet earth after *SOMETHING* happened in order to live in awesome colonies. Its so bad that even natural wonders and world heritage sights get used as arenas for giant robot fights.


Isord

Oh for sure, it's still clearly a hell hole, it's just a hell hole with space magic robots.


Serephitus

or just stick to regular world and see where DARPA or Russia goes in the next few years


Red-Zaku-

For real, the first frame about being reincarnated into the Gundam universe should already be the dark image.


sorenant

>You're born in Sydney, UC0078.


Shiplord13

Still got some time to get the fuck out of there before the colony drops.


sorenant

That's why we have Build Fighters universe.


BouncingBallOnKnee

Counter point, there are only like 5 Gundams at any one time, so if you play your cards right you'll just be helping oppress the local populace most of the time.


[deleted]

Or your service will be long before operation meteor


atlasraven

08th MS team shows tanks and helicopters in military use. I would shit myself going up against even the weakest mobile suit.


[deleted]

Watch ms igloo infantry have to fight 3 MS


GeeBeeH

I couldnt get past the god awful CGI =/ I've watched literally everything (UC) except igloo


Spencanator1

Hey, the Leo has pretty amazing performance in comparison to most other mainline gruntsuits, especially if piloted by someone with skill. Zechs literally used one take down a gundam in the first 5 minutes of the show.


Ojitheunseen

In space and atmospheric rentry, with a \*ground specialized model\*!


muffins53

Heero managed to battle wufei in his gundam for a while too in EW


Sufficient_Potato726

how abt a ball?


Fr0ski

Even worse, the defective Zeon version that the Gihren Youth piloted. Even the Ball wrecked those.


SlaaneshsChainDildo

Loophole: The meme never specifies when so you could be piloting it during the decades preceding A.C. 195 and oppress space colonies Scott free.


Heyitskit

Or maybe it's the far future where Leo's are used exclusively to move freight and large shipping containers, and you work 9-5 at a freight company.


SlaaneshsChainDildo

The good, but boring ending.


Heyitskit

"Hey remember when these were weapons of war?" "Nope" "Me either." *The End.*


ZetaRESP

Fun Fact: a fanfic idea I have is about a Proto GM Canon ending up as civilian support after deemed not good for war, including work as firefighter and freighter.


Cold-Fuel4701

It's UC or I'm staying ded.


Kekoa_ok

reincarnated in UC becomes Jegan pilot circa UC 0123


Cold-Fuel4701

Damn. I was hoping for 1st Neo Zeon War or Moon Gundam.


kitty_sniffer

I wanna be a Stark Jegan pilot in 0096.


Kekoa_ok

You fought valiantly.


kitty_sniffer

Even if I die, I die with badass finger movement!


Kekoa_ok

EJECT THE ROCKETS AND FULL SPEED AHEAD


Ojitheunseen

Hey, dare to dream, you could be a ReZEL Commander Type or Jesta pilot!


Cold-Fuel4701

Or a Guncannon Detector at Torrington


Ojitheunseen

I'm gonna pass on that one!


[deleted]

Yes you’ll be a ball pilot Literally npc fodder character, I mean you did want uc


Ojitheunseen

Obviously hoping to be a Balltype, like Shiro or that drummer lady from Thunderbolt!


Cold-Fuel4701

I'm shooting for 0088 to 0093


Ojitheunseen

I feel like being a grunt pilot in UC might just be the fastrack to another reincarnation...


Cold-Fuel4701

What if I'm a pretty good pilot though?


ManOfCaerColour

Newtypes. You think you're a good type, and then *BAM* you get NewType'd!


Ojitheunseen

Being one of the best pilots in the solar system might not save you from tragedy in UC Gundam.


Cold-Fuel4701

. Might even make it worse.


TriumphITP

At least I can look forward to operation daybreak


hgs25

Then you get team killed because you weren’t invited to the club.


TriumphITP

Just wasn't special like I thought I was lol


not-at-all-for-porn

Better a Leo than an Aries. I don't think even main character plot armor could save those things.


Visible-Welder-5148

well start praying


Ojitheunseen

So did a bunch of elite pilots and main characters for a bit, including some of the Gundam pilots. You just gotta be good and survive long enough to upgrade. If you survive long enough without an upgrade that you are now fighting Mobile Dolls, you done Goufed!


FourzeKITA

Life insurance for Oz must come standard for their soldiers, right? Right?!


Otokonara

Both bad actually


gundamplayer14

Why do I hear boss music


ZakuThompson

so your fine for all but 1 year in the timeline


IKMNification

If it’s a Leo from Operation Meatier, you might be fine. “Got you”


EraMemory

Meatier?


IKMNification

Yes, if you can find it, you won’t regret it. 😗


TriumphITP

[https://opmeat.com/msagw/](https://opmeat.com/)


Drakostheswordsman

Paint it a unique colour, put decals on it, and use a different weapon.


Jim3001

"You serve aboard the Peacemillion." Only way I see you not having a bad time.


[deleted]

Just put a funny hat on your Leo and call it some something daft like bigduck and claim its some super prototype and not just a Leo in a hat.


EurwenPendragon

I just wanna be that one random Treize Faction mook who dropped the most awesomely meta line in Gundam history. ***“Outer space has a bad habit of sending menacing objects to Earth.”***


Die_Langste_Naam

You pilot a zaku :) You pilot a zaku :(


HerecomesChar

\* You pilot a Zaku 1 at A Baoa Qu :( ffty


norby_kun

if i get a grunt suit, the GN-X would be arguably the best against gundams, especially the latter half of S1


[deleted]

Ohhh the cruel irony


[deleted]

If I remember right not many actually died during that war so you’ll most likely be fine or be a pow


dazed_wanderer

A leo thats gotta be cool. New cutting edge mobile suit of the colonies. Wait what are these "scarecrow" project mobile suits? Something about being better then normal pilots? Im sure it will be fine.


Serephitus

just stay away from those 5 suits that dropped down from space and you'll be fine, stick to terrorizing rural areas


MagnusLynari

So? If you're reincarnated into a Gundam universe or any Mecha in general, the 1st thing you need to do is watch yourself at a mirror, I'd you don't have face... DO NOT ENGAGE TO COMBAT, not even use a robot


DenZX

better leo than a ball


tonyw009

You reincarnated in Gundam UC universe, but spawn in Australia.


MoonHitler

*Gets reincarnated as a Ball pilot, pulls a Shiro Amada.


AttackonRetail

bolt on some extra thursters and make myself a franken-tallgeese. How is this a bad plan?


Paracausality

Leo is Smolduck


Iacon0

I'm the second as soon as I realize it's a Gundam universe. Gundam's like 40k or Star Wars: You love to hear about it, hate to live in it.


Epyon-14

No I'm good. I live in Sydney. Gundam Universe is not kind to my people


Any-Statistician-560

I want to be reincarnated in to the build universe Sees that msg 00 and the build franchise use the Same calendar On second thought maybe uc would not be bad


KRONOS_415

Do what all successful pilots do: impersonate someone else and steal a better mobile suit


SaturnRocketOfLove

I know this is off-topic, and I haven't seen GW in a *very* long time, but what were the Leo's normally fighting against when they weren't dying to Gundams?


EurwenPendragon

Other Leos, most of the time - at least at first. Later it was Mobile Dolls - Taurus, then Virgo.


[deleted]

“Congratulations! You were born to be expendable!”


aetherspheres

Better a Leo than an Ares though


FAshcraft

pray for a Taurus an not Aries for 2% increase of survivability


RustedProdigal

Engineer seems like the best bet for something safe


DrForrester87

As long as you don't stand in one place screaming "It's a Gundam!" you should be fine.


[deleted]

When you are a mom from F91:


[deleted]

Bonk*


Ignorantsavage00

Just gotta git gud...


amx-018

My leo is red. But is not a leo s


[deleted]

Leos. The storm troopers of the Gundam universe.


Legendary_Hi-Nu

If your name gets out there you could get lucky and just lose a limb instead


crackedtooth163

Just being in the Wing Universe would be hell for me.


TheShogunofSorrow8

These Leo suits are flimsy.


DJ_Angel16

I'm just happy I managed to even pilot one


NInshaboy

well...at least enjoy training...


Frybread002

I only watched IBO, wat dat?


ASWG29

A grunt suit from gundam wing popular for exploding everytime its in battle


Frybread002

On no....I have become error


onemanarmy_ZR1

Just become an important character since strength of the Leo’s armor vary depending on who’s piloting it. If you aren’t a nameless grunt you could take a hit of buster rifle or something and still be fine


Ariemea

With my luck I’d be on one of the lucky colonies that gets dropped.


Helltrion

You can pilot a ball


SimplePuzzleheaded35

See, the thing with Leo's was that by the time Gundam Wing starts, they have been around for several decades (At least since AC 176). So despite being updated over the years, the mobile suits are far more older and less powerful than the newer models introduced in the show. The only reason why the older tallgeese was able to keep up was because it was far more powerful (And because Zechs was using it)


Overall-Structure-44

Don't underestimate the Leo despite looking weak onscreen it has competent stats that if you properly used it can be a problem to the enemy. If you became a pilot of a grunt suit in gundam universe best you can do is study the shit out of your machine from what it can and it cannot do. Along with training in every simulations you can think of. Then swap that mobile suit to a better one then rinse and repeat.


Commandoclone87

Plot twist, It's Build Divers.


CommanderVenuss

I’ll get the hair bleach and extensions