Mobile Weapons
Prototype Mobile Weapon
Model Number: RX78GP00
Code Name: Gundam GP00 "Blossom"
Unit Type: Prototype general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: GaoGao Heavy Industries
Operator: Kayla
Accommodation: 1x pilot, in standard cockpit/linear seat in torso.
Dimensions: overall height: 19 meters, head height: 18.5 meters
Weight: empty weight: 35.7 tons; max gross: 71 tons
Construction: Gundarium Alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rated at 2190kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2x rated at 42000kg (replaced by mod1 hover jets), 4x rated at 12000
Performance: 1.83g ; 2.14 without Radome or Rifle; Equipped with mod1 parts: 2.4G
Equipment and Design Features: Sensors, range unknown; Minovsky Particle Interference Wave Searcher (MPIWS), mounted on left backpack mount
Fixed Armaments: long-range beam rifle, power rating unknown, mounted on backpack behind right shoulder and hand-operated in use; 2 x beam saber (doubles as beam gun), stored in shoulders, hand-carried in use; 1x Beam Machinegun, mounted in right forearm;
Optional Fixed Armaments: 1x 100mm Gatling Cannon, mounted on left arm, hand operated; 1x Long Range Beam Rifle, mounted on right shoulder, hand operated;
Optional Hand Armament: 1x shield, hand carried in use; 1x beam rifle, hand carried in use
Remote Weapons: N/A
Technical and Historical Notes
The Blossom itself is a remarkable unit for something so dated. Its MIPWS system allows it to ignore most effects of Minovsky spread on its sensors and its rifle is a powerful long ranged weapon. However the unit suffered from an underpowered reactor, limiting the shots available to the weapon. The rifle itself was prone to overheating and the suit itself lacked a linear seat and made piloting the machine difficult. While installing a linear seat was a simple task, Kayla found that she needed a more reliable weapon system that would allow her to use the Blossom in more varied scenarios.
The mod1 Heavy Weapons fit is a modification to the Blossom done by Kayla after a skirmish with a band of raiders on the outskirts of Marketdome. Prompted by her lack of firepower after the suit's long beam rifle overheated and the salvaged remains of a Dom Barrage, Kayla modified the suit's weaponry to mount on the suit's arm and rotating back mounts. Taking inspiration from another suit that participated in the skirmish, Kayla and the team of mechanics installed a smaller beam machine gun in the Blossom's left arm to round out its armament. The mod1 was intended to allow the Blossom increased mobility on the ground to combat the prevalent use of Doms and similar mobile suits in the deserts around the city. However mounting the salvaged cannon and the MIPWS radome required a customized Core Fighter and stripped away the two extra thrusters provided by the Core Booster II. Additionally, the entire mod1 assembly prevented the core fighter from being used until the ammo drum was purged. To compensate for the lost thrust, the mod1 has an extra set of powerful rocket thrusters on its legs to give it a similar hovering capacity to the Dom series of mobile suits.
Mass Production Mobile Weapons:
Model Number: RGM-79
Code Name: King GM
Unit Type: Heavy Assault Mobile Suit
Manufacturer: Marketdome
Operator: Marketdome Mobile Defense Force
Accommodation: 1x pilot in panoramic cockpit in torso
Dimensions: Head Height: 18 meters
Weight: Empty weight: 50 tons, Max gross: 75 Tons
Construction: Titanium Alloy/ Ceramic Composite
Powerplant: Minovsky Ultracompact Fusion Reactor rated at 1300kW
Propulsion: 2x rocket thrusters rated at 15000kg, mounted on waist; 2x thrusters rated at 19250kg, mounted on backpack
Performance: 1.5G
Equipment and Design Features:
Fixed Armaments: 2x 60mm vulcan cannons, mounted in head; 2x Beam Cannon, mounted on backpack
Optional Fixed Armaments: 2x 2-tube Large Missile pods, mounted on legs; 2x 4-tube medium missile pod, mounted on shoulders
Optional Hand Armament: Twin Beam Spear, hand carried; 1x Spiked solid shieldRemote Weapons:
Technical and Historical Notes
The King GM is an amalgam of various GM parts that have come through Marketdome with enough regularity to be assembled into several similar units. With a mind for defense, the King GM was constructed to hold a position with immense firepower rather than chase down an enemy and was outfitted with a heavy armor kit to increase its staying power against more advanced mobile suits.
Ship
Class: Zanzibar (Keraunos refit)
Name: Rustbucket
Unit Type: mobile cruiser
Manufacturer: Marketdome-refit
Operator: Marketdome Mobile Defense Force
First deployment:
Dimensions: overall length 255 meters; overall height 70.5 meters
Wingspan: overall width 221.8 meters;
Weight:Unknown
Propulsion: 4x jet/rocket engines
Fixed Armaments: 1 x 2-barrel main gun; 4 x mega particle gun; 5 x 2-barrel machine gun
Mobile Suit Capacity: 1x GP-00 w/ mod1 components
Launch Catapults: 2
Equipment and Design Features: Supplemental Booster