List of biological CPUs

This is a fictional list of biological CPUs from the "Gundam SEED" anime series.

Shani Andras, Clotho Buer, and Orga Sabnak, are the three "biological CPUs" [ [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/background/glossary_misc.html#biologicalcpu GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Glossary :: Miscellaneous Terms ] ] assigned to operate the Earth Alliance's new mobile suits. Their personal data has been erased from the military records. Before they enter into battle, they take a special performance-enhancing drug known as Gamma Glipheptin; [ [http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/background/glossary_misc.html#gamma GundamOfficial :: Cosmic Era :: Glossary :: Miscellaneous Terms ] ] if they go without this drug for extended periods, they suffer from extreme withdrawal symptoms.

Shani Andras

Infobox animanga character
name = Shani Andras
series = Mobile Suit Gundam SEED


caption = Shani Andras in "Gundam SEED"
first = "Gundam SEED" episode 38
last = "Gundam SEED" episode 49
creator =
voiced by = Shunichi Miyamoto (Japanese)cite web |url=http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/credits/index.html |title=Credits ("Gundam Seed") |work=GundamOfficial |publisher=Bandai America Incorporated |accessdate=2008-08-18]
Richard Ian Cox (English)
alias =
age = 18cite web |url=http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/characters/chara_shani.html |title=Shani Andras |work=GundamOfficial |publisher=Bandai America Incorporated |accessdate=2008-08-18]
born =
death =
nationality = Atlantic Federation [GS]
relatives =
paux1 name = Genetic type
paux1 = Natural (Extended)
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = OMNI Enforcer [GS]
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 =
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = GAT-X252 Forbidden

nihongo|Shani Andras|シャニ・アンドラス|Shani Andorasu pilots the GAT-X252 Forbidden. Shani is antisocial and prefers to fight alone to avoid interference from his teammates. In between missions, he blocks out the outside world by listening to music via headphones. His eyes are different colors, but his hair, which usually covers the left side of his face, conceals that fact.

Shani is by far the most brutal of the human CPUs. Due to his insatiable lust for carnage and devastation, he often neglects orders to retreat and even attacks his own teammates while "having fun". Shani does not state Orga or Clotho's names. In addition, he does not refer to himself as "I" or "me". As the series progresses, he reveals himself to be a sadistic sociopath with no moral restraints whatsoever. In one instance in the story, he is seen eagerly anticipating the destruction of the PLANTS for the sole purpose of seeing "all the pretty lights".

Shani is the first to die among the three. Shani is killed by Yzak Joule during the Second Battle of Jachin Due, when his GAT-X252 Forbidden is destroyed by Yzak's GAT-X102 Duel Gundam.

Clotho Buer

Infobox animanga character
name = Clotho Buer
series = Mobile Suit Gundam SEED


caption = Clotho Buer in Gundam SEED
first = "Gundam SEED" episode 38
last = "Gundam SEED" episode 50
creator =
voiced by = Hiro Yūki (Japanese)
Andrew Toth (English)
alias =
age = 18cite web |url=http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/characters/chara_clotho.html |title=Clotho Buer |work=GundamOfficial |publisher=Bandai America Incorporated |accessdate=2008-08-18]
born =
death =
nationality = Atlantic Federation [GS]
relatives =
paux1 name = Genetic type
paux1 = Natural (Extended)
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = OMNI Enforcer [GS]
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 =
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = GAT-X370 Raider

nihongo|Clotho Buer|クロト・ブエル|Kuroto Bueru is a talkative and quarrelsome person who is constantly arguing with his teammates. While he he fights in his GAT-X370 Raider, he enjoys shouting out video game–inspired battle cries. Between missions he spends his time playing on a portable game system called the "Great Wonder Swan XXX (unknown number)". The WonderSwan is an actual Japanese portable game system, produced by Sunrise's parent company Bandai.

Depending on the version of "Gundam SEED" seen, Clotho is killed during the Second Battle of Jachin Due either by Yzak Joule in the GAT-X102 Duel using the Buster's rifle (original "Gundam SEED"), or by Dearka Elsman in the GAT-X103 Buster (""). According to the PlayStation 2 game, "Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow", Clotho is not killed by Dearka Elsman or Yzak Joule, but dies due to his nervous system failing.

In "Gundam SEED Destiny", during ZAFT forces investigation of the Extended laboratory at Lodonia, Talia Gladys discovers Clotho's record in the base's files. Clotho also appears in a flashback during the late Rau Le Creuset monologue to Gilbert Durandal (though the scene used is taken from the scenario in which Clotho was killed by Yzak Joule)

Orga Sabnak

Infobox animanga character
name = Orga Sabnak
series = Mobile Suit Gundam SEED


caption = Orga Sabnak in "Gundam SEED"
first = "Gundam SEED" episode 38
last = "Gundam SEED" episode 49
creator =
voiced by = Ryohei Odai (Japanese)
Matt Smith (English)
alias =
age = 18cite web |url=http://www.gundamofficial.com/worlds/ce/seed/characters/chara_orga.html |title=Orga Sabnak |work=GundamOfficial |publisher=Bandai America Incorporated |accessdate=2008-08-18]
born =
death =
nationality = Atlantic Federation [GS]
relatives =
paux1 name = Genetic type
paux1 = Natural (Extended)
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = OMNI Enforcer [GS]
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 =
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = GAT-X131 Calamity [GS]

nihongo|Orga Sabnak|オルガ・サブナック|Oruga Sabunakku is effectively the leader of the three biological CPUs. He uses tactics that are reckless and aggressive, causing him to often nearly hitting his teammates while firing his mobile suit, the GAT-X131 Calamity. He usually spends his time between missions reading paperback novels. He is also the only member of the team to care about the welfare of the other two; when Shani is killed, he screams out his teammate's name, and tries to attack Yzak, his killer.

Unlike Clotho and Shani, who were killed by Yzak Joule, Orga was killed during the Second Battle of Jachin Due by Three Ships Alliance pilot Athrun Zala in the ZGMF-X09A Justice equipped with the METEOR.

From flashback sequences in "Gundam SEED Destiny", Shinn Asuka's family is killed by an explosion resulting from a crossfire between Orga's GAT-X131 Calamity, and the ZGMF-X10A Freedom. It is never made clear which mobile suit, if not both of them, is the direct cause of their deaths.

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