Gundam SEED DESTINY character and mecha update!

[Character]

Stellar Loussier (ステラ・ルーシェ), MS pilot of the Earth Federation Special Task Force; pilot of Gaia Gundam. She looks too much like Cagalli to me, and the uniform is just wrong...

Sting Oakley (スティング・オークレー), sneaked into the new ZAFT ship before it entered water with Stellar and Auel; pilot of Chaos Gundam. I thought it's a cross between Orga and Shani...

Auel Neider (アウル・ニーダ), member of the Special Task Force; pilot of Abyss Gundam. Seriously, this guy looks like the main hero from a fantasy RPG game...

[Mecha]

Sword Impulse Gundam (ソードインパルスガンダム), ZGMF－X56S/β, designed for close-up combats and equipped with two huge anti-ship swords.

Blast Impulse Gundam (ブラストインパルスガンダム), ZGMF－X56S/γ, equipped with heavy firearms, pretty much like Buster.

Saviour Gundam (セイバーガンダム), ZGMF-X23S, one of the advanced units developed by ZAFT, can transform into fighter jet-like MA; the '2' signifies its ability to fly, while the '3' is its development number. My goodness, the head looks ridiculous for some reason. Poor Athrun...

Chaos Gundam (カオスガンダム), ZGMF-X24S, one of ZAFT's Second Stage MS series units, piloted by Sting Oakley, can transform into MA; equipped with claws and numerous firearms, designed for fierce attack. Is it just me, or does its head look like DeathScythe's?

Gaia Gundam (ガイアガンダム), ZGMF-X88S, one of ZAFT's Second Stage MS series units, piloted by Stellar Loussier; the '8' signifies its ability to transform into four-legged unit for land combat. Has the same colour scheme as Blitz.

Abyss Gundam (アビスガンダム), ZGMF-X31S, eqipped with beam weapons, lance, and various weapons for different situations, piloted by Auel Neider; can transform into MA for combat in water.

Zaku Warrior (ザクウォーリア), ZGMF-1000, the memorial first model line in ZAFT's New Millennium Series after the armistice; able to equip various backpacks and are the main force for the next term. They're actually using the Zaku name, huh? ^__^;

Zaku Phantom (ザクファントム), ZGMF-1001, the advanced version of Zaku Warrior for commander class; also able to equip different backpacks like Zaku Warrior, which results in many different personal colours for the unit. Don't tell me we're going to see Haro pink or some other ridiculous colours...

Personally, I'm not very thrilled with the design of the new characters (though Auel looks interesting and out of place XP). Almost everyone looks the same. No wonder I'm still having trouble adopting to Fafner. Che, he wasn't this bad in Ryvius...

Backpacks and transformability seem to be the focus for the new line-up, and apparently the designs are nothing new. Not that I care very much since I'm pretty much illiterate in the ways of mecha. I'm holding any complaints or comments for now until I actually see them in action. All the mechs revealed so far are developed by ZAFT. What is Earth doing? Too busy fighting among themselves for power and dominance? -__-

It seems that the story will be a reverse of SEED this time, where the elite team from Earth sneak into ZAFT's ship (probably Minerva) and seize three Gundams. When the Gundam takeover operation takes place is still unknown, but since it's before the ship entered water, I'm assuming it's before the secret meeting between Dullindal and Cagalli.