| Model number: RX-178 Code name: Gundam Mark II Unit type: prototype general purpose mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces (Titans) Operator(s): Anti-Earth Union Group; Titans First deployment: UC 0087 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 19.6 meters; head height 18.5 meters Weight: empty 33.4 metric tons; max gross 54.1 metric tons; mass ratio 1.44 Construction: titanium alloy/ceramic composite on moveable frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1930 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 4 x 20300 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 10 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.50 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 11300 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x beam saber, power rated at 0.45 MW, stored in recharge racks on backpack, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: 1 x 60 mm 2-barrel vulcan pod, 1400 rounds total, mounted on head; 1 x shield, mounted on either forearm Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 2.6 MW, powered by replacable e-pac, 2 spare e-pacs stored in shield; 360 mm hyper bazooka, clip-fed, 7 rounds per clip plus 1 round in chamber, can be stored on rear skirt armor storage rack; clay bazooka, clip-fed, 7 rounds per clip plus 1 round in chamber, can be stored on rear skirt armor storage rack |
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| The Gundam Mark II is a prototype mobile suit developed by the Earth Federation's elite Titans force. It was created as a movable frame testbed, and this revolutionary design concept gives the Mark II superb performance and maneuverability. Like its namesake, the original RX-78 Gundam, the Mark II is armed with a beam rifle, two beam sabers, and an optional bazooka. Though it lacks the traditional head-mounted vulcan guns, the Mark II can be equipped with an external vulcan pod system. The Gundam Mark II was completed in December of UC 0086, whereupon testing began at the Titans' Green Noa headquarters. In March of the following year, all three prototype units were stolen by the AEUG resistance group. The AEUG retained unit 03 as a combat mobile suit, using the other two as sources of spare parts. While unit 03, now repainted in more traditional colors, went on to become one of the AEUG's flagship mobile suits, its dismantled siblings enabled the AEUG and Anaheim Electronics to discover all the secrets of the Titans' movable frame technology. Though the Gundam Mark II is heavily damaged on several occasions, it proves itself to be one of the AEUG's most versatile and valuable mobile suits. Initially piloted by Camille Bidan, it's passed on to Titans defector Emma Sheen when Camille receives the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam. Emma is fatally injured, and the Mark II wrecked, during the final battle against the Titans on February 21, UC 0088. One month later the Mark II is repaired and assigned to new AEUG recruit Elle Vianno, who uses it throughout the first Neo Zeon conflict. |
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