Technology & Combat Characteristics

A variant of the Destiny Impulse R, the DI Adaga is almost identical except that it has a combat support AI system and a different head unit, which has a new sensor unit in place of the forehead antennas and a mono-eye setup instead of a dual eye. The suit is also installed with the 'Buddy System' and serves as a support unit for Destiny Impulse R. Combat data collected by the AI system is later used to developed an AI that can replace one of the pilots in the Buddy System. This can help overcome pilot shortage issues and the reason for not replacing both pilots is that a human is still needed to make judgement call. Adaga means "dagger" in Portuguese and also stands for anti-Dagger series MS.

History

Shortly after the cancellation of the Destiny Impulse project, help provided by an unknown ZAFT related private company led to the redevelopment of the Destiny Impulse Gundam into the Destiny Impulse Gundam R. A variant of the suit, the DI Adaga, was also created and deployed alongside it. During a test run, the Destiny Impulse R and DI Adaga were ambushed by GAT-X131B Blau Calamity Gundam, GAT-X370G Gelb Raider Gundam and GAT-X252R Rot Forbidden Gundam. They managed to fight the attackers to a standstill initially, but the DI Adaga was soon forced to self-destruct. The DI Adaga's Destiny R Silhouette was unharmed and took control of a nearby AI-controlled GAT-X105 Strike Gundam that was deployed by Valerio Valeri to collect data on the battle. The Destiny R Silhouette and Destiny Impulse R retreated after Valerio Valeri activated the Strike's self destruction system.

To collect as much combat data to improve the AI system as much as possible, the developer of the Destiny Impulse R and DI Adaga converted all the available Destiny Impulse R (except one) into AI-controlled DI Adaga. He then deployed all the suits to attack the facility in which Valerio Valeri was in. Lowe was also in the facility at that time and he launched in the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Dragon together with the other suits that Valerio Valeri created to protect the place. During the battle, Lowe deduced that the sole Destiny Impulse R present was the controller of the DI Adagas and Valerio Valeri came up with a plan to destroy it. They let the Blau Calamity, Gelb Raider and Rot Forbidden Gundam deal with the DI Adagas while they try to get close to the Destiny Impulse R. Lowe and Valerio Valeri later took advantage of the gap in the DI Adagas' attacks and closed in on the Destiny Impulse R, destroying it with the Astray Red Dragon's and Turn Red's swords simultaneously.