Edward Harrelson
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Edward Harrelson's personal insignia. |
Edward Harrelson was born in C.E. 43, and by 28, he became a fighter pilot for the afore mentioned USSA, but was later integrated into the Earth Alliance's military when the Alliance conquered the USSA. He has an ordinary record as a fighter pilot, but when piloting mobile suits, he distinguished himself with excellent hand-to-hand combat skills. He has earned the nickname "Ed the Ripper" and is said to be "the strange man who uses his fighter in close combat". He earned the nickname when he used the Spearhead's wing to slice an
AME-WAC01 DINN Electronic Installation Type, and after a battle, he usually comes back with his suit/fighter soaked in oil, as if it were blood. Underneath the combat experience, however, Harrelson is a gentle man, and is trusted by all his subordinates. During his time in the EA, he developed a romantic relationship with fellow MS pilot Jane Houston, but they later dissolved the relationship for unknown reasons.
He first pilots a
F-7D Spearhead atmospheric fighter, then pilots a new
GAT-01 Strike Dagger. He later test pilots one of the
GAT-333 Raider Full Spec mass production mobile suits, which he steals later on. Soon after, he is assigned to a squad of
GAT-01D1 Duel Daggers but his retires his unit after sustaining severe damage. After that, he is assigned the mobile suit that will make him a legend:
GAT-X133 Sword Calamity Unit 02. He painted it orange, with his personal emblem: two swords crossing each other, with a rose in the center. He is the only known MS pilot to use an anti-ship sword to slice off the bridge of an enemy warship. His Sword Calamity, along with Unit 01, takes part in the Second Battle of Jachin Due, and Harrelson engaged in combat with ace Mikhail "Doctor" Coast and his squad of
ZGMF-1017M GINN High Maneuver Type units.
After the war Edward became disillusioned with the EA, and soon defected to the USSA to lead his people to independence. He used his Sword Calamity Unit 02 and a Raider Full Spec he stole. He engaged in combat separately (on different occasions) with Jane Houston,
Morgan Chevalier and
Rena Imelia. After combat with the latter, in which both Units 01 and 02 were severely damaged, Harrelson was critically wounded by Rena and thus sent to Aprillus One by
Jess Rabble for medical treatment by none other than Mikhail Coast. Edward recovered and stayed at PLANT until CE 73 when he is arrested to be brought back to the Earth Alliance. He however is able to escape. What happened to him after that is unknown.
He is only seen animated once, in a short OAV promoting
Gundam SEED Astray and SEED-MSV model kits. In this, he is seen battling
ZAFT forces, and
MBF-P03-2 Astray Blue Frame Second pilot Gai Murakumo.
Edward Harrelson was voiced by Yasunori Watanabe in the video game "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny: Generation of CE" and the SEED MSV Blue Frame OVA.
