Lunamaria Hawke

Lunamaria Hawke is one of the main characters from the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny anime.

One of the Minerva trio of ZAFT Redcoats. She apparently comes from a totally normal background and family life, compared to Shinn and Rey. Luna is cheerful and outgoing, and a "people person", which balances out her friend Shinn's frequently-wrathful disposition and their friend Rey's nigh-disturbing calmness. On the other hand, she can be a bit petty, insensitive, or oblivious, especially to subtle things or pessimistic emotions. Her younger sister, Meyrin, is one of the Minerva's Bridge Bunnies. From Athrun's first appearance on the Minerva, she idolizes him and crushes on him.

She is the pilot of a red ZGMF-1000 ZAKU Warrior and later inherits the Impulse after her ZAKU gets trashed and Shinn upgrades to the Destiny.

In the XP4 fics, Lunamaria is part of the Dimensional Defense Union and is a member of the Alpha Squadron.

Appearance
Lunamaria has a short, reddish-violet hair with an ahoge on top and she has indigo eyes.

XP4 Fanfics
Lunamaria wears a white long-sleeved, collared uniform with black linings and buttons, a white pleated skirt with black folded and black waistband, black tights, white boots and black fingerless gloves. She also has a set of eight violet crystals floating behind her.

Personality
She is a sociable person who is both cheerful and charming. However, she can be quite stubborn and can be prone to jealousy during certain situations as shown after rescuing Shinn and Stella from being stranded in an island in the Special Edition. To her friends and loved ones, Lunamaria is very supportive and kind. She is also especially caring to her little sister, Meyrin. To her superior officers, she is respectful and is willing to follow orders, even if she doesn't agree with the orders emotionally. After her sister's apparent death, a larger aspect of Lunamaria's personality is shown, as she is seen as a forgiving person towards Shinn, who was ordered to kill Meyrin.

Abilities
A skilled mobile suit pilot. Although her customized ZAKU Warrior is geared for long range combat, she is not lacking in close range combat skills as seen when she switched to the Impulse Gundam. Strangely, Lunamaria's skill with a gun outside a mobile suit is drastically different, as she is unable to make an accurate shot. This is due to her habit of twitching her wrist while pulling the trigger. However, after learning of this habit, her skills have improved. Other than that, she can fly a helicopter and is also quite good at intelligence gathering.

Trivia

 * Luna's name is Latin for "moon". This contrasts with Stella's name, which is Latin for "star".
 * Her name may have derived from lunar maria (singular lunar mare) which are basaltic plains on the moon.
 * Lunamaria's bad aiming became a running gag in the Super Robot Wars series. Her status always has more melee points despite her using the Gunner ZAKU and the Accuracy command either costs her more SP than usual or learned very late. In SD Gundam G Generation Wars, Luna initially has 25 points in melee but only 13 in shooting. The gap however isn't as severe in certain SRWs.
 * Her ZAKU Warriors are similar looking to Char Aznable's MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type. In Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 and Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3, the Gunner Zaku Warrior is not usable in-game, so Lunamaria is given Char's Zaku instead though this is remedied in Shin Gundam Musou where she is given her Gunner Zaku.
 * Lunamaria's relationship with Shinn after Stella died mirrors that of Fa Yuiry's relationship with Kamille Bidan in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam.
 * At near the end of Gundam SEED Destiny: Special Edition part 4, Lunamaria is seen wearing a regular ZAFT red uniform, instead of her custom one.
 * Lunamaria's voice actress, Maaya Sakamoto, also voices Mayu Asuka in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny.
 * On August 8, 2011, Maaya Sakamoto married Kenichi Suzumura, the voice actor of Shinn Asuka.
 * In Gundam SEED DESTINY Suit CD Vol. 6's Suit Mini-Drama "Academy Advancement Exam", Lunamaria is depicted as a good student though she tends to takes shortcuts on subjects that she has trouble with, especially theoretical and mechanical ones. To this end, she borrows Rey's notes, but since they were very detailed, Lunamaria didn't feel like copying every single page. Instead, she opts to glance through most of them and print out only the ones she thinks will appear in the exam. Lunamaria later lends the copies she made to Shinn. This small act of kindness ends up getting all three of them in big trouble with the Academy Faculty on suspicion of cheating, leading to extension classes and a retake of the test. Her results for the retake were never mentioned, but Lunamaria is totally astounded at Shinn's test score, which was even higher than Rey's.