1.) Given the context, it seems pretty clear that the line was at least partially tongue in cheek. It's pretty obvious that the two are very good friends, since the only time that the two haven't appeared together was when Graham was in his Flag. So the question then is what parts of the quote were mistranslated, and how much of it was "obvious" silliness.
2.) Back in episode 1, the captain passed the two mobile suit pilots still onboard the ship right before they deployed in space. Her compliments were specifically directed at one of the two pilots. In episode 3, we see the same pilot back up in space, and the captain hitting him up for a drink while wearing casual attire. Maybe it is just her idea of a running gag to play on the crew, but combining the episode 1 interaction with the interaction in episode 3 I get the feeling that she's focusing a lot more on him than anyway else. A non-romantic explanation could also be that he's the most uptight of the pilots, and she enjoys finding new ways to tease him.
3.) Remember, though, that the boy got caught off-guard by her comments. So it's possible that there's still a certain amount of uncertainty in the status of their relationship.
4.) It's possible that Setsuna has "lived" in the place for a while, but is only home very rarely.
RE: Underage Drinking - Setsuna wasn't the only one. Whatsername gave her age as a reason to decline a cocktail when the guy she was meeting with suggested one.
Khyrios's warhead module - Yeah, I'm talking about one he would have dropped in episode 2. iirc, they're inspecting it within the episode even before Khyrios starts its bombing run in episode 3.
RE: Dropped Shield - iirc both times when Setsuna draws Exia's beam saber in episode 3, he's dual wielding - i.e. he has his beam saber in one hand, and a physical blade in the other. So the shield would get in the way. Presumeably as time goes on and he becomes unable to surprise people with it, he'll use it in conjunction with his shield.
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Subject : Re: [gundam] *Spoilers* Episode 3
Date : Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:54:23 +0000
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>As mentioned, spoilers.
>1.) It crossed my mind early in this episode that Graham and his Intelligence Officer friend seemed to be awfully close, and the comment from the Intelligence Officer later in the episode made it pretty blatant. I'm not entirely ruling out the idea that the comment was merely a poorly translated joke, but until I see something to indicate otherwise it appears that the two are an item.
People are saying it's mis-translated, but hard to tell at this time. I would wait for the "Better" sub to come out before confirming it.
>2.) Back in episode 1, I got the impression that the Ptolemaius's (sp?) captain seemed to have an interest in Tiere (sp?), and her invitation to him in this episode reinforced that impression. It seems that he doesn't feel the same way about her, however.
I think it's just her "joke" on her crew - remember in episode 1, she was drinking when she got to the bridge? She just brush off the operator's comment about her drinking while "working" - she seems to enjoy showing people that she likes to drink (kind of the usual Misato from EVA feel.
>3.) The two kids in school spend a lot of time together and appear to be attracted to each other, but aren't "officially" a couple.
Think they are a couple - hard to imagine having a female friend asking her male friend about her being in his future without them being a couple, or something along those lines.
>4.) We finally see how the kids are involved in the story. The boy is the son of the female JNN reporter, and happens to be Setsuna's next-door-neighbor (question - How long has Setsuna had that apartment as a residence? And how long will he be staying there?).
Can't be that long - hard to imagine Saji miss Setsuna that many times if Setsuna is there for a long time. Probably as long as his mission last - doubt Setsuna cared about staying at one place for so long.
>A couple of comments about drinks for the young in this episode.
Seems to be a running gag - the way they tease Setsuna about it, and the way the captain just cannot seems to stop drinking.
>Graham demonstrates that in the hands of a skilled pilot, the current top of the line mobile suits are actually capable of evading the Exia to a certain extent. Col. Sergei's mobile suit didn't seem to be nearly as maneuverable, but he was fairly resourceful. He still shouldn't have been able to survive Setsuna's slice, though. The fact that Setsuna got the leg and not the cockpit was blind luck (no pun intended) for the Colonel.
For Graham, Setsuna is at a disadvantage because I doubt Exia is designed to handle air to air combat all the time, so Graham has the edge in acceleration. As for Sergei, he survive because Setsuna don't intentionally hit the cockpits - he just whack at places to make sure he can disable the unit. As for Sergei's hand to the face, that's simple rookie mistake on Setsuna's part - it's a common tactic used by soldiers to basically give up a part of themselves to give them an opening on the opponent.
>While not stated, I'm guessing that the warhead carrier that the technicians were carrying was from Khyrios, and was dropped after the mobile suit released the warheads on its bombing run.
If you were talking about the one he drop in episode 2, then yes. He didn't drop the one he carries in episode 3. Probably due to the fact that he doesn't need to transform in episode 3, therefore, no need to drop the "package."
>The old scientist that is a part of the Union team appears to have known the 200 year old guy that acted as CB's spokesperson. The sub I have had the old scientist accuse CB's spokesperson of some sort of deceit 70 years prior.
>From the current consensus - seems to be error on the sub.
>Speculation... It was stated that CB's spokesperson came up with the theories behind the solar power system. I'm guessing that CB is something that he created that's been out of sight waiting until the nations of the world finally built the solar power system. Presumeably that would create the right sort of condition for CB to do exactly what it's now doing. So in a sense, this is all the spokesman's plan even if he's no longer still running the show.
Not only that, he also come up with the idea of the whole elevator, MS, etc., but he was laughed out of the scene by the people back at his time.
It looks like we're finally going to meet the HRA's ace next episode.
I just hope it's the usual "because it looks cool" explanation, but Setsuna having to drop its shield before it can draw the beam saber is just old - most MS in UC timeline never has to, because even if there is a rifle, they can usually store the rifle on the back and then draw out the saber.
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