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Here is a question I have for Wing Gundam and Wing Zero.

With their transformations, do the shields actually become cockpits or the place where the pilots supposedly pilot the Gundams from, I mean in MS mode they are in the chest, but why is it the shields had small bits for cockpits and all that if there isn't a pilot there?

Ah that would explain things basically like the new viewpoint when it all changes, then again Zero's head doesn't rotate in the 1/60 scale model when you transform it, not sure about the others.

1) Colonies maintain gravity (or more correctly, simulate gravity) via centripidal force; that is so say, they spin fast enough that the force of the rotations holds everything in place with about the same amount of force as the Earth's gravity. Have you ever seen a science teacher or an edutainment TV show where they put a liquid in a cup, then spin it around on a string and the liquid stays in place? That's basically it.

2) Mariemaia refers to the Serpent MS as a present her father left for her; it's said in supplimental materials that they were designed by Treize to replace the Leo, which was already 20 years old at the time. It's implied that the Barton Foundation modified Treize's original design, possibly removing a set of beam sabers and making the machine more like Heavyarms (the Gundam most closely monitored by the Foundation).

3) Dorothy only appears in the movie version of Endless Waltz, which you can see on the DVD. She gets a scene following Relena's theft of Dekim's broadcasting equipment in which she helps the guys by encouraging the citizens to rise up against Mariemaia's forces themselves, instead of allowing people like the Gundam Pilots to always do things for them. It really shows how much her character has developed, IMO.

Also, responding to the earlier comment about Heavyarms' Gatling (which I didn't see before): the beam Gatling runs off of an e-cap, which is basically an internalized source of energy used by beam rifles and the like. The e-cap can't be removed, so the only way to "reload" is to recharge it, a lengthy process reserved for between battles. In UC Gundam, e-caps are further refined into e-paks, which are something like ammunition clips for beam rifles. Strangely enough, though AC seems more advanced in terms of basic MS function, they don't seem to have hit upon this idea yet.

*blink*

Is that a beam gatling? I always thought it ran off bullets instead of energy. Granted, there's no casings flying off all over the place or a chain of ammo running through the chamber to prove that, but you do see smoke coming from the barrels when they go 'empty'.

Quatre is established in magazine interviews with the creators has being of Berber heritage. Berbers are known for having almost European coloring despite being Arabs, and also tend to wear the style of clothing he and Maguanacs are wearing (vests, loose pants, etc). If you look at his mother and father, as well as the one sister they show, they're also of lighter coloring.

OMG....You wanna know the weird thing?! I JUST learned about him in World History YESTERDAY!!! Creepy...lol and then I had to joke around with this one girl who LOVES him to death (we were walking in the hall and it was breif so she didn't get it since I had to leave real quick...plus she's an airhead) But I told one of my other friends the joke and she laughed her behind off.

The joke was "OMG, he's quatre's ancester!"

(then we kind of related it to the war now)

"OMG, we're fighting/killing quatre's ancesters!!! crying crying "

The Bedouins and Berbers are totally unrelated, so no worries, there. 3nodding