Lockon Stratos

Infobox animanga character
name = Lockon Stratos
series = Mobile Suit Gundam 00


caption = Lockon Stratos (Neil Dylandy)
first = Episode 1, Celestial Being
cause/reason = Death
created by =
voiced by = Shinichiro Miki (Japanese) cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8190|title="Mobile Suit Gundam 00" (TV)|publisher=Anime News Network|accessdate=2007-10-10]
Alex Zahara (English) [ [http://gundam00.bandai-ent.com/news/news-002.php] ]
alias = Neil Dylandy (season 1; real name)
Lyle Dylandy (season 2; real name)
age = 24 (Season 1)
29 (Season 2)
height = 185cm
born = March 3, 2283
death =
nationality = Irish
relatives = Mother (Unnamed; Deceased)
Father (Unnamed; Deceased)
Amy Dylandy (Younger sister, Deceased)
divider = yes
aux1 name = Allegiance
aux1 = Celestial Being
Kataron (Season 2)
aux2 name = Rank
aux2 = Gundam Meister
aux3 name = Mobile weapons
aux3 = GN-002 Gundam Dynames
GN-002/DG-014 Gundam Dynames Torpedo
GN-006 Cherudim Gundamnihongo|Lockon Stratos|ロックオン・ストラトス|Rokkuon Sutoratosu is the codename of two fictional characters in the Gundam series, "Mobile Suit Gundam 00". The original Lockon's real name was nihongo|Neil Dylandy|ニール・ディランディ|Niiru Dirandi. He was a Gundam Meister and piloted the GN-002 Gundam Dynames. Four years after Neil's death, his twin brother nihongo|Lyle|ラィル|Rairu is recruited by Celestial Being to assume his position and codename, piloting the GN-006 Cherudim Gundam.

History

First Season

Born Neil Dylandy, Lockon was raised in Ireland. He witnessed the death of his parents and sister Amy "See Episode 23:" "The World Stopped"] , at a young age, in a terrorist attack, and has carried a deep resentment towards terrorists ever since. This was the motivating factor towards his joining Celestial Being and continuing action in the organization.cite web|url=http://www.gundam00.net/character/index.html|title="Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Official Site"|publisher=Sunrise|accessdate=2008-02-05]

Lockon has a brother named Lyle, but chose to remain out of his life, and neither saw each other "See Episode 9:” “The Dignity of a Great Nation”] . He has an orange Haro that helped him in piloting his Gundam. He also owned blue, violet, pink, and green Haros that did the maintenance on his Gundam and are related to the orange Haro as well as the purple Haro of Nena.

In episode 19, Johann Trinity revealed that Setsuna was a part of the organization responsible for the deaths of most of Lockon’s family. In confronting him about it, Setsuna did not deny his involvement, and even implied that he would understand if Lockon were to kill him, given that his hope to eradicate war would continue in Lockon. Lockon, however decided against shooting him understanding that their real enemy is the man behind KPSA, Ali Al-Saachez.

During the GN-X assault on the Ptolemaios, Lockon was injured defending Patrick Colasour's attack on the GN-005 Gundam Virtue, resulting in not only the near-destruction of Dynames (of which the cockpit was damaged beyond repair), but also an impairment of his right eye, the extent of which was unknown. When Lockon was told that he would have to stay on the Ptolemaios for 3 weeks in order to make a full recovery, he instead resolved to keep on fighting, despite Dynames' damaged state and his own physical limitations.

During another joint UN incursion, Lockon launched Dynames with the GN Arms after being told that Ali Al-Saachez is part of the assault force. Lockon destroyed two UN mobile suit carriers with the GN Arms attachment. However, a timely intervention from Ali Al-Saachez in a back attack destroys the arm cannon of the GN arms, interrupting Lockon's attack on the last carrier. He escapes the mobile armor as a cannon shot blasts apart the GN arms. Lockon then turns his attention on Ali Al-Saachez and initially overpowered the stolen Throne Gundam but was soon overwhelmed by a suicide strike by the Union pilot Daryl Dodge's severely damaged GN-X. Ali Al-Saachez took the opportunity to take advantage of Lockon's inability to see his right side and damage the Dynames using Throne Zwei's Fangs, damage Lockon's Gundam by taking out its remaining limbs. As a last ditch effort, he jettisoned from the cockpit, connected his sniper module into a drifting GN Arms cannon, and attempted to shoot down Ali Al-Saachez. Lockon and Ali fired simeaultaneously at each other and both units took massive damage. After the GN-Arms cannon was hit, Lockon drifted into space as he reflected upon the world. Setsuna F Seiei, who was returning from Earth, attempted an ultimately unsuccessful rescue mission to save Stratos. Lockon's last action was to point at the Earth in an homage to his sniper background and say that he hated the world's current state. He met his end, when the GN- Cannon exploded.

Dynames was returned to the Ptolemios by Lockon's orange Haro.

econd Season

Lyle Dylandy, who is a member of Kataron, makes a brief cameo at the end of the first episode, where Setsuna recruits him on being a Gundam Meister just as his twin brother was.

Personality

Lockon (Neil) was the most easygoing of the Meisters. He was a much more understanding character towards some of the actions of other individuals of Celestial Being. He never objected to helping other pilots; an example of this is observed during his actions in aiding the recovery of a disconnected gravity block.

Due to his past, he harboured a strong dislike toward terrorists who targeted civilians. This later developed into a hatred of the Gundam Thrones when the trio initiated attacks against private, civilian operated military equipment production facilities. "See Episode 18:” Spearhead of Malice"] .

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