The Daredevil and the Knight
Correcting Past Mistakes

Cosmic Era 115

Humanity is near extinction due to their inability to repel or make peace with an invading alien race. Desperate to somehow bolster humanity's chances, Mayura (Shinn and Lunamaria's daughter) uses an experimental time machine her boyfriend Kenichi (Kira and Lacus's son) developed to journey 50 years into the past. Her goal is to accelerate the development of advanced technologies while trying to preserve as much human life as possible for future soldiers to aid in the coming alien invasion.

Cosmic Era 70

Mayura was able to get a sixth Gundam designed and built on Heliopolis and also rigged a special 'vacation lottery' to Heliopolis for Shinn and his family to attend.

Cosmic Era 71

While at Heliopolis, Shinn and Mayu get caught in the ZAFT theft battle and are forced to board one of the prototypes for shelter. Mayu was able to partially reprogram the crappy OS enough to allow Shinn to fight back and help Kira. Afterwards, Shinn and Mayu get forced aboard the Archangel and to continue piloting until further notice. Thanks to some luck, the same lifeboat that Kira brought aboard after the colony's collapse also held their mother and father.

When they rendezvous with the Eighth Fleet, Shinn and Mayu both decide to formally enlist with EA so that they can continue piloting/engineering but their parents want to return home. When the shuttle gets destroyed by an annoyed and bloodthirsty Yzak, their parents are also killed.

After a small confrontation with Kira to vent his initial anger and sorrows, Shinn vows vengeance against the Duel. Kira was also wracked with guilt and wanted to find someone to vent to himself, eventually finding solace in Cagalli. Despite her best efforts, Flay was unable to manipulate Kira or Shinn too much because Mayu noticed and made a point to keep the boys away from her.

In the ensuing battles, Shinn and Kira's quickly growing levels of skill and prowess garners them nicknames among the ZAFT and EA. Separately, they become known as the 'Daredevil' and the 'Knight', but together they're called the 'Daredevil Knights'. Andrew Waltfeld was the first to coin the names for them after meeting with Kira in Africa.

"Is this fate? For some reason, I get the feeling this Gundam was made specifically for me." – Shinn Asuka

Model Number: GAT-X109
Code Name: Slicer Gundam
Unit Type: prototype high-mobility close combat mobile suit
Manufacturer: Morgenroete, Inc
Operator(s): Earth Alliance
First Deployment: 25 January C.E. 71
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Color Scheme: Yellow (helmet, chest, shoulders, knees), black (torso, highlights), white
Dimensions:head height 17.50 meters
Weight: max gross weight 75.1 metric tons (normal mode)
Armor Materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and Design Features:
Atmospheric Flight-capable fixed wings (4)
Maneuvering Thrusters (legs, shoulders, arms)
Phase Shift (PS) armor
Sensors, range unknown
Fixed Armaments:
2 x "Igelstellung'"75mm multi-barrel CIWS, fire-linked, mounted on head
2 x "Armor Schneider" combat knives, stored in hip armor, hand-carried in use
Optional Fixed Armaments:
2 x 'Panser Eisen' Rocket Anchor, mounted in forearms
Optional Hand Armaments:
2 x beam saber, mounted behind shoulders
1 x "Kumpel Klinge" 14-meter anti-ship sword, stored on right shoulder, hand-carried in use
1 x 57mm high-energy beam rifle, stored on left shoulder
1 x mobile anti-beam plated shield, mounted on left bicep
2 x "Zwilling Schwerter" heavy combat, anti-beam plated sword, stored on waist, hand-carried in use