| Model number: AMX-004 Code name: Qubeley Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit Manufacturer: Axis Operator: Axis Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.9 meters; head height 18.4 meters Weight: empty 35.2 metric tons; max gross 57.2 metric tons; mass ratio 1.41 Construction: gundarium alloy armor on movable frame Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1820 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 30800 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.08 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10900 meters; psycommu system Fixed armaments: 2 x beam launcher/beam saber, mounted in forearms in beam launcher mode, hand-carried in beam saber mode Remote weapons: 10 x funnel (mounts 1 x beam gun, power rated at 1.3 MW), stored in tail binder |
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| After fleeing to the asteroid belt base known as Axis, refugees from the defeated Principality of Zeon began developing new technologies and weapons, in anticipation of their return to the Earth sphere. The Axis engineers eventually accomplished a goal that had eluded the Earth Federation's researchers - miniaturizing the psycommu system so that it could be installed in a regular-sized mobile suit. The result was the AMX-004 Qubeley, the personal mobile suit of Axis leader Haman Khan. Like the mobile armor MAN-08 Elmeth, the Qubeley is equipped with an arsenal of remote weapons, controlled by its newtype pilot via the psycommu interface. Unlike the Elmeth's bits, which each housed their own reactor, the Qubeley's tiny funnels use rechargeable E-caps to power their beam guns. After a few shots, the funnels must return to the Qubeley's funnel container to recharge and refuel. In addition to the funnels, the psycommu system is also used to control the mobile suit's own movements, giving it phenomenal agility. The Qubeley first appears at the very end of UC 0087, and plays a major role in the final stages of the Gryps conflict in January and February of the following year. Thereafter, Haman has her hands full launching her own campaign of conquest, and the Qubeley doesn't enter combat again until the end of the first Neo Zeon conflict on January 17, UC 0089. |