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Model number: RX-78 GN02/GN03
Code name: Newtype Gundam
Unit type: pre-production Newtype use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces
Operator: Project N
Rollout: December UC 0081
First deployment: January UC 0082
Accomodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters; head height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 40.0 metric tons; max gross 72.5 metric tons
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1420 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 35000 kg, 6 x 8000 kg, 2 x 7000 kg vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.82 G; 180-degree turn time 0.8 seconds; maximum ground running speed 192 km/h
Equipment and design features: "HUD" controled FLS, range 8000 meters; magnetic coated joints; optional ejectable external chobham armor
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60 mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x 90 mm Gatling gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: 1 x shield, mounted on either forearm
Optional Hand Armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargable energy cap
Pilots: Mike Hannigan, Eric Swanson, Jason "Chase" Fokker, Victor Santana |
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In UC 0081, Admiral James Carter was given approval to begin the developement of an elite corp of newtype soldiers in order to hunt down Zeon remnants. In order to provide adequate equipment for this new unit, Carter saw to the resurection of the G-4 Project and the Gundam "Alex", as well as several additional Gundam designs that until that point had either been scrapped or abbandonned. In order to strengthen his slightly under-equipped unit, Carter arranged for the G-4 team to construct two additional mobile suits based on the Gundam Alex. For all intents and purposes, both of these units are essentially the same suit as the Alex except for their innovative new FLS (Forward Looking Sensor) unit mounted in it's head. This new tracking system allows for greater sensor resolution and target accuracy by focussing a huge ammount of sensory equipment directly in front of the head. Though this does limit the search radius of the sensors, the system is linked to a "HUD" interface mounted in a helmet that tracks the movement of the pilot's head and moves the mobile suit's head accordingly. This works very well in tandem with a newtype's natural searching ability, which actually makes up the bulk of the sensor array. |
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