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The ZGMF-X13A Providence Gundam is a mobile suit in the series Mobile Suit Gundam SEED. It is piloted by Rau Le Creuset.

Like the other ZGMF-X series of Gundams created by ZAFT in CE 71, the Providence is equipped with Neutron Jammer Canceller and powered by a nuclear reactor. It is also armored with Phase Shift armor and features armaments reverse engineered from the stolen mobile suits of the Earth Alliance. Initially designed as a close combat unit, the Providence is later changed into a DRAGOON system equipped unit when Rau Le Creuset is designated as its pilot but it still retains the heavy armor of the former’s design. As this change is made after the main body’s design is completed, some of the new parts are not properly integrated into the body and an example of this is the quantum communication cables and power cables that run from the backpack to the chest.

The DRAGOON system is the Providence’s main weapon and is first tested on the YMF-X000A Dreadnought. It allows pilot with high spatial awareness to control multiple wireless guided weapon pods, which can be used to launch a devastating attack from multiple directions. The Providence’s DRAGOON system is mounted on the large backpack and the hips, and includes 11 weapon pods that mount a total of 43 beam gun. Other armaments of the suit include four CIWS guns, a shield with two small beam guns and a beam saber, and a hand-carried large beam rifle.