#Heavy Gundam Unit 2

[gremoria411]

Gundam Requiem for Vengeance then. I don’t really have anything to say on the new trailer other than it reminds me of a trailer I once saw for Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children.

However, given that I did a post on the Gundams in the one year war last time, I figured I’d go over the Full Armour units that I skimmed over this time around.

First up, the PF-78-1 Perfect Gundam. Now I usually try to use fairly neutral pieces of art for these, so they best illustrate the mobile suit in general, but this thing…… well.

It’s a bit of an odd one. First originating in the 1982 Manga Plamo-Kyoshiro, it was built by Shiro Kyoda (the kid in the bottom left of the above picture). Note how I said built. This manga is essentially the earliest permutation of what would eventually become the build series, where the focus is shifted from War to Modelling. Now normally this is where I’d earmark it as a build kit, except that it’s canon to the Universal Century as well. It was apparently a planned upgrade plan for the original Gundam, but was never built, with its data being carried into the Full Armour Gundam, being canonised in MSV. Its armaments are much the same as the original, only adding a built-in 2-barrel beam gun to the arm, four drop mines to the shield and a Shoulder Cannon to the backpack. The shoulder cannon is notable because it’s nature is different in each work - it’s a high pressure water gun in Plamo-Kyoshiro, a 360mm Rocket Gun in MSV, and a high-output beam cannon in Build Fighters.

I admit I was looking forward to talking about the Full Armour Gundam here, but its position in canon is just difficult. Officially, it was never built and existed only as simulation data, because the excess armour and weaponry would have slowed it down too much. Unofficially, it shows up damn everywhere, typically as a foe of either Johnny Ridden or the Perfect Zeong. I’m going to call out two examples here and then move on, primarily because they actually name pilots of the thing. In the videogame Spirits of Zeon: Dual Stars of Carnage, a blue Full Armour Gundam is piloted by Earth Federation Fighter Ace Takashi Kitamoto during the Battle of Solomon. Meanwhile in the manga Mobile Suit Gundam MSV Battle Chronicle Johnny Ridden, a Full Armour Gundam is piloted by Heinz Baer against Johnny Ridden’s Full Bullet Zaku (honestly I mention this because I absolutely love Heinz Baer’s character design, shown below). Armament wise, the Full Armour Gundam retains the Vulcan Guns and Beam sabers of the original Gundam, but carries a twin beam rifle as opposed to the original’s single-barrelled model. In addition, it gains a 360mm Rocket Cannon on its back and four missile bays, built into the knees and clavicles. As a design, I really like the thing, but I’m unsure why. Maybe it’s the simplicity of it being an up-armed and armoured version of the original Gundam, or maybe it’s that there’s some really nice art of it, particularly it’s Debut in Mobile Suit Variation (MSV).

C’mon, Look at this guy. A flying ace who wears a sweater under his pilot suit.

Next up, the FA-78[G] Full Armour Gundam Ground Operations Type, originating in MSV-R. Nice and simple, now. It’s essentially a Full Armour Variant that’s designed for ground combat, using the RX-78-1 Prototype Gundam as a base. It was designed, but never built (whether due to costs, practicality or the lack of the RX-78-1). Design-wise, yeah, it’s nice. Critical areas are up-armoured, and some new weapons added, but it still looks fairly agile, and the Prototype Gundam features make it stand out a little more. It’s armed with Vulcans, Two Beam Sabers on the left arm, a twin beam rifle on the right arm, a 360mm Rocket Cannon on the backpack and a missile launcher. Not much more on this one, it’s just neat.

The FA-78-1B Full Armour Gundam (Type B). Oh, I love this thing. Also originating from MSV-R, it was developed from the G-3 Gundam, rounding out the three full armour units. It was designed primarily for anti-fleet combat, with the assumption that it would be piloted by a Newtype. MSV-R keeps things vague on the details, but given that it seems to have been developed in response to The Battle of a Baoa Qu, the general theme of Full Armour Units and that it was intended to be used with a Newtype Pilot (which the Federation really didn’t have a lot of), it feels a safe bet to say that it was probably never built (honestly, Zeon went big on Newtype research and even they only had about five combat-ready examples). Armament wise, the Full Armour Type B is rocking Vulcan guns, a 360mm Rocket Launcher, a Triple Beam Rifle, upgraded missile launchers in the knees and clavicles, two beam sabers mounted on the left arm and a large missile launcher on the back, which is loaded with two large anti-ship missiles on the front and twenty along the back of the launcher, designed to counter any anti-beam defences employed by its victi- targets. Employed by its targets. Design-wise, gorgeous, I love the patterns on its armour and the simplistic colour palette of blue, grey and golden-yellow for the details is just wonderful. It’s heavyset yes, but it doesn’t feel excessive since it’s designed for anti-fleet work in space. The box-style beam saber adds to this, since it gives the idea of a quick weapon primarily to block attacks, as opposed to its primary armament. I’m not typically a fan of the G-3, but the Full Armour Type B blends its aesthetic so wonderfully.

Next up, the FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam. Another simple one. Three-Four units built postwar, with at least one of them being piloted by one Den Berserk. Apparently one unit was lost during atmospheric entry tests. Essentially a second go-around at the full armour Gundam concept, only a brand new mobile suit as opposed to an add-on. It is armed with: A shoulder mounted Beam Cannon, a singular beam saber, a frame launcher (essentially a composite weapon combining a Gatling gun with a 4-tube missile launcher) and an optional Beam Rifle. Again, just a lovely design, really liking the added bulk on the chest and the visor emphasises its ranged speciality.

The second unit (right) is equipped identically to the regular Heavy Gundam and appears in the Manga MSV-R: the return of Johnny Ridden, where it’s repainted and piloted by Ingrid 0. Due to the series being set in U.C. 90, Unit 2 is somewhat upgraded when compared to the original, being equipped with a bio-sensor for use by newtypes and a set of Dummy Launchers not dissimilar to those found on suits around the time of Char’s Counterattack. These were pretty clearly later additions, however. It was also equipped with a bazooka, patterned off the original Hyper Bazooka used by Gundam units in the One Year War. EDIT: I’d like to note that we don’t know which unit was lost during atmospheric entry tests, so it’s possible that the “lost” unit was Unit 2, so it could be employed “off the books”, as it were.

The RX-78SP Gunner Gundam was designed shortly after the end of the One Year War, during a review of captured Zeon materials. It’s essentially a sniper Gundam, featuring an improved sensor pod and specialised beam rifle in addition to the standard Gundam armament of Vulcans and beam sabers. I say designed because it was never built, development began and a mock-up unit was built from a GM, but it was deemed that the G06 Mudrock Gundam was able to perform the same role. A Full Armour variant appears in the Shin Matsunaga Manga however (MSV-R: Legend of the Universal Century Heroes: Rainbow’s Shin Matsunaga).

[gundamfight]

[athena-gunpla]

HGBD:R 1/144 P-Bandai Planets System PFF-X7 "Core Gundam" [Real Type Colour] + Planets System Armour Unit PFF-X7/M4 "Marsfour Gundam" (Dive Into Dimension Clear)

This is the second of three core-system gunpla I've bought over the past few months. I was looking for a Marsfour to go along with my Earthree, and found this one pretty nicely discounted instead. While I don't usually go for clear kits, especially when the white is this sort of milky translucent clear instead of true clear, the cool sparkles within the plastic sold it for me.

The kit contains both a recolor of the Core Gundam, in the "Real Type Colour", resembling Tomino's initial RX-78-2 palette, as well as the base parts for the Marsfour. Disappointingly, despite being a P-Bandai version of the kit, the weapons were not included.

Just as with the Earthree's core gundam, this little unit is nicely articulated. It comes with a small beam spray gun and the core gundam's half-shield.

The shield nicely shows off the new weathering technique I've been trying out. This combines a heavy drybrushing of dark. gunmetal, a top pass of light silver (Citadel Necron compound works really nicely for this), and some Tamiya gunmetal pigment powder to catch the high edges (Weathering Kit C). I think I really managed to bring out the edges and portray a distressed look, as well as enhance the contrast and bring out a lot of the smaller details.

Again, like the previous kit, there are two small beam saber effects for the core gundam, this time in a really nice super clear trans-yellow.

The yellow effects work nicely with the gold foil stickers for the eyes and auxiliary sensors.

Like the Earthree Gundam, the Marsfour parts build into a support plane. A lot of the parts are nearly identical to the Earthree, with similar forearms, skirt, and leg design, but with an overall spikier design aesthetic.

Forming the full Gundam works just as I outlined in my Earthree review, and the final form looks just as impressive.

Unfortunately unlike the Earthree there's no shield upgrade or gun extension, and the backpack lacks the cool wings from the Earthree as well. Instead, the gimmick of the Marsfour armour is the two flip-out claw/shields attached to the forearms. Thankfully the core-sized beam spray gun still looks ok on the full Marsfour. Again, like Earthree, there are a pair of longer beam effects to use alongside the bigger armoured-up gundam.

As both kits utilize the "Core" system, you can mix and match pieces from Earthree and Marsfour together. I really like this concept, as it lets you customize a final form with your favorite colours and gimmicks. If cash wasn't a concern I'd definitely try and collect as many of the other kits as possible to mix and match.

The Marsfour/Earthree combo still looks really nice, however.

Overall I had fun with this kit. Cleanup is a little more difficult with a clear kit, as is panel lining. It turned out a lot messier than I would've liked, and it was hard to see where all the grooves were. I probably won't bother with any future clear kits. It was also difficult to hide or sand away the nub marks.

Overall, while I'm upset at how these kits are priced, and sold independent of their weapon upgrades, I still really enjoy the concept. I have one more core-system kit to show off for now, which should show up in the next couple of months. I really think it's worth trying at least one of this type of kit, if you enjoy HGs.

Interested to hear other modeler's experiences with clear kits.

[hath-e]

Another late post because time management is for losers. So Xi Gundam mechanical design part 2 or the Legs.

These are heavy heavy legs, which by all means and purposes are oversized landing gear that the Xi specifically doesn't need. The front and side skirts are just additional bits of armor with the front skirts still managing to be covered by the Minovsky Flight attachments on the chest, the back skirt however features the Xi's Funnel Missiles, housed in the bottom of the skirt this is the Xi's only Newtype weaponry, but more on that later. Further down the thighs which are the Xi's most simplistic part, there's nothing much going on with them, they're essentially just frame parts covered in 2 white armor pieces. The knees themselves are also pretty bland, being fully exposed frame with with only the axle covered from both side, however what's more interesting about them is that it utilizes the missile spike as a knee pad and that it uses the side booster/Minovsky Flight attachment as additional armor. Now onto the Calves, and these have just so much going on, from the Flight attachments, the additional stabilizer wings, the exposed frame on the back holding the booster, the missile spike itself, the 4 side boosters and the inlaying heat sink attachment. The calves are so over designed when compared to the thighs, or even most other parts of the suit they have so much going on, they hold 6 different boosters when even the main core had 2, back boosters, all this while it also holds more Flight attachments, the only thing as visually busy as the calves is the core itself due to it being dominated by the cockpit cover and the Flight unit. The Feet in comparison are 2 parts the exposed Frame and the sole, the exposed frame is just that, a solid block of grey while the sole has some bronze on it and another 2 stabilizer wings which come in play much more whenever the suit goes into Flight mode.

The legs are the busiest part of the mobile suit but ultimately they will be overshadowed by the oversized arms due to their sheer size.

So yeah that's the main body of the Xi fully gone through, P3 will the weapons and flight mode Tmrw tho Char and Hathaway, the day after Xi Gundam mechanical design P3

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#Onthisday: Aug 15th, 2017

Title: Cuteness Member - Maxwell

Here's Maxwell 🐰🖌️(enrolled the Cuteness Defender Academy, along with his two siblings) and his first armored, the "Guncannon", Earth Federations second unit and a power artillery suit. 😁🤖💥

Guncannon Max Came from the real: RX-77-2 Guncannon

Armament(s):

• 60mm Gatling Cannons "Vulcan Guns" Dual, head-mounted, triple-barreled gatling cannons in caliber 60 millimeter. Each gun is loaded with 400 rounds of ammunition and fires at a rate of 1600 rounds per minute. Primarily for the elimination of aerial and light armor targets. With sustained fire, the stream of bullets can cause damage to enemy mobile suits.

• 240mm Cannons A pair of 240mm cannons are mounted over either shoulder of the MS. The mid-range fire support artillery cannon is fed by a twenty (20) round internal magazine located inside the main body of the Guncannon. Each 240x800 millimeter shell has a 95 kilogram HE fragmentation warhead, with a casualty radius of 40 meters. Can fire to distances up to 2.5 kilometers.

• Spray Missile Launchers The pilot has the option to replace the 240mm cannons for the two spray missile launchers, which consist of 12 tubes, each tube containing two (2) missiles for a total of 24 missiles per launcher. While they do not have either the penetration power or the rate of fire of beam weapons, the rockets are not affected by the line of sight and any type of anti-beam coating.

• BAUVA*XBR-L (Bauva eXperimental Beam Rifle Long-range) The Guncannon can be equipped with a larger and more powerful beam rifle than the RX-78-2. It is powered via an internal E-Cap with an average charge of fifteen (15) rounds. Each beam is capable of tearing through the medium and heavy armor of enemy MS and MA that haven't been treated with anti-beam coating. Maximum effective range of the rifle is 2.8 kilometers.

• Hand Grenades Each RX-77-2 Guncannon comes with two (2) HEDP fragmentation hand grenades stored one per leg, inside a secured hatch on the lower part of the limb. All the MS need to do is reach down and pull the grenade from the storage rack. Once this is done the grenade is already armed. There is a five to seven second fuse, allowing enough time for the Guncannon to throw the grenade safely away. The average throwing distance is about 300 meters.

Maxwell (Rabbit OC) - owned by @bryan360 / BryanVelasquez87 (dA) Armor (Mobile Suit Gundam 0079) - Gundam Series © SUNRISE, Sotsu

[rudeb2004]

The Power of Adaptability, and an Innovation for the Future

ADVERTISEMENT #1: Taco Bell's Fry Force Commercial

The first advertisement that I chose was from the famous fast-food chain Taco Bell. Taco Bell is a fast-food chain based in the United States that focuses on the fusion of Texan and Mexican cuisine. Taco Bell’s advertising techniques are what sets it apart from other fast-food companies, as they are known for ads that implement experimental and humorous subjects. Back in 2021, one of the most eye-catching advertisements by Taco Bell was their “Fry Force” commercial which aims to advertise their new product: the “Nacho Fries.” The ad shows the story of the mecha pilot Rei and her sibling, Kosuke, who was taken as they fought monsters attracted to Taco Bell’s most coveted Nacho Fries. This advertisement clearly aims to entice anime fans as it seems to have gotten heavy inspiration from Japanese media. This includes anime series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gundam and Japanese-inspired movies such as Godzilla and Pacific Rim.

That being said, were the Nacho Fries that were being advertised healthy for consumers? Not necessarily, as fast-food products tend to have high sodium levels. However, as long as you consume fast-food products in moderation, you should be fine. While the ad was unrealistic, as 60-foot monsters and squads of robot-operating pilots do not exist in real life, it still did a great job of piquing the interests of many viewers, especially on various social media sites. Since it was presented in the style of Japanese animation, which started to become more and more popular worldwide during this time, the advertisement felt fresh and unique. All in all, the Taco Bell “Fry Force” advertisement did well as it resonates with their target audience, uses cultural trends, and because the company has the ability to adapt to the preferences of their consumers in creating promotional materials.

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ADVERTISEMENT #2: The Dissolving Bottle

The second advertisement I chose was by a local Filipino brand, The Dissolving Bottle. The Dissolving Bottle aimed to reinvent the traditional shampoo bottle as it was usually made of plastic which was unsustainable and harmful to the environment. To combat this, The Dissolving Bottle designed a shampoo bar which was shaped like a shampoo bottle. This shampoo bar is soluble in water which made it more sustainable and intuitive. The commercial was shot way back in 2021. It was a very engaging advertisement as it was filmed in a stop-motion style which showed the creativity, passion, and innovation that the brand wanted to represent. The Dissolving Bottle's advertisements' target audience was undoubtedly the general public, as it was seemingly directed towards viewers and consumers of all ages. Meanwhile, The Dissolving Bottle’s product is definitely beneficial for their target audience and consumers as this product will help in reducing the waste in the oceans, which pollutes the earth. By substituting unsustainable plastic shampoo bottles with soap bars that fully dissolve in water, consumers can get the same shampoo experience while keeping our world’s environment cleaner and safer. The ad captured its viewers' attention due to its very bright and cheerful presentation. The message that it wanted to give voice to was also a large part of its popularity as it talked about how there are more straightforward ways to use shampoo while reducing the amount of waste around the world. Additionally, it also helped that this advertisement won awards from multiple competitions, including the Consumer Wood Pencil at D&AD 2022, which meant that it was "The best of the year in advertising, design, craft, culture, and impact." It is truly unique and amazing because a product like this that strives to change the world gets a proper and well-deserved advertisement.

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In response to a completely not serious cohost prompt, i wrote a 2600 heavily gundam inspired piece about 2 mech pilots hiking up a mountain.

I like it so im cross-posting it here!

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We stopped at the base of the mountain and I checked my read-outs. Stuck into the cockpit with a wooden frame and held together with duct tape, the communications equipment that normally sat in its own tent next to the commander’s was blocking me from maneuvering my mech’s left arm. Luckily we’d stuck it in the correct position, holding the antenna ready to extend when I reached the summit. Twelve hours left until the elliptical satellite came into wide scanner range. I’d have twenty four seconds to transmit the data.

Cracking open the hatch, I swung the thick glass plates out. While I wriggled out of the cramped seat, my onboard radio squealed to life.

“Cap, everything good in there?” The Minutehand had stopped a dozen yards behind me. Jingo’s boxy stock unit had turned its head up towards me, facial sensors shielded from the harsh midday sun by its free hand. She’d spent so long fine tuning the thing that it ran almost silent, even next to a stealth model like mine.

The Minutehand models were entirely humanoid, matching the look and style of our spaceflight uniforms, with a bit of extra armor. The standard green and white color scheme that most of the Minutehands adhered to had been worn down on this unit, and the remaining white was yellowed. The cockpit glass was freshly replaced, standing out against the well traveled plating. Despite the paint, the mechanics were well maintained, joints freshly scrubbed and all the sealant was fresh.

“It’s a nine hour hike to the peak. Just taking a moment to double check the external equipment.” I ducked back inside the cockpit, out of Jingo’s sight-line.

“Okay, but are you alright, captain?” Oh god, she wanted to talk about this. I slammed the glass shut and started my mech walking. “Look, I’m real grateful for you stepping in back there, but it’s totally alright if you’re pissed at me.” I buzzed back the code for radio silence.

Forty minutes later, we were picking our way through the ruins of a village. The main road twisted up the mountain and was relatively clear of debris. Luckily, the cars were already moved off to the side, so Jingo just had to walk ahead and cut the power lines for me to pass through. My Lachrymal Actuator Stealth and Recon unit was technically capable of reducing its height, but it did so while raising the active camo, which was a drain on my power cells that we’d need to broadcast.

Getting the lines down was slow going. We had to cut each cable and make sure that it was moved clear before the LASR could pass through. With the heavy gear weighing down my left side, any slip would be catastrophic. I reopened the radio channel.

“This is real shit work, Jin,” I tried to come across as conversational, but probably couldn’t keep out the bitterness. Her Minutehand tossed the last cable onto a nearby roof and we moved up to the next pole.

“I’m not about to apologize for kicking his ass.” She cut the thinner three lines in one motion. The last line flashed with residual power that made her radio fizz with static. Sparks shot everywhere and she stumbled back, arms wheeling. I moved away, out of range of her flailing.

“Didja kill yourself, Jingo?”

“Who the FUCK is still routing power up here? This place is ancient.” I heard her coughing over the line. “And don’t give me that ‘you kill yourself?’ bull. I keep my shit properly sealed AND grounded, unlike a certain jackass we know.”

“He’s a jackass that got us stuck up here all day. Also, I distinctly remember that a lack of ass kicking was your entire problem in that exchange. If anything, you were the ass kickee,” I said as we resumed our slow march. At the next pole, the Minutehand smashed the power converter box on the side of the pole first. She didn’t respond again.

Later, deep in the tall forest that ringed the middle of the mountain, Jingo re-opened the line. We’d picked up the pace, as the higher we got the less ground level vegetation there was to worry about. I was busy monitoring my in-built visualizer, which was throwing spectrographs over the glass. We were a lot closer to the enemy lines, and they'd been known to push their patrols out this far in the past.

She opened the line, but didn't say anything for a moment. By the time she'd worked it out, however, there were three repeated spikes on the visualizer, so I buzzed for silence and brought us to a stop.

I transferred the spectrograph down to the sub-screen array that was set past my knees. It kept up the pulsing irregularity. Working fast, I added a local radio scan and a low pass decibel display next to the spectrograph. The radio scan moved steadily through bands, emitting a rhythmic static pulse through the cockpit. On the main display, I added a seismic readout. While I reached into the net pouch above my head and pulled a map, Jingo had her Minutehand crouch and ready its primary gun. That thing really was quiet, if she'd been much farther away I might have not picked up the movement.

Two, then three minutes passed while I did nothing but listen to the radio search through fuzz. The spectrograph kept picking up the same random spike, but nothing else happened. Slowly, I dialed my local radio's broadcast power supply down to essentially nothing. The signal would be too weak to pick up after more than twenty feet at most, just close enough for Jingo. I made sure our band had already been searched by the scanner and opened the channel.

“Getting an anomalous reading on the spectro, just waiting it out.” Standard Operating Procedure for this class of reading was a fifteen minute wait. I'd give it that long, but we had to keep moving.

“That's the real finicky one, right? It'll freak out if a big enough bird flies overhead,” said Jingo. That was true, but only because a big bird took up the same space on camera as an air carrier. When I'd first gotten to Earth, I had been stationed up north where geese migrate overhead in the fall. The enemy had taken to flying in a similar V shaped pattern, which meant that twice an hour we had to stop and scout for approaching mechs that weren’t coming.

I kept the line between Jingo and me open while we waited. “It really should be McArthur up here. That bitch,” I said into the air. It was stupid of her to try and attack him, but McArthur had seriously fucked up the operation with his shitty mistake.

“How do you even miscalculate seventeen hundred miles?” Jingo opened her cockpit, which was significantly smaller than mine, and was perched on the edge, stretching her arms and back. I could hear the wind coming through the radio. “It’s literally his only job. Doesn’t have to fight, doesn’t have to scout, doesn’t have to take a fucking cleaning duty. All the man has to do is math. No, but he fucks it up and we’re all out in the cold on the wrong side of the continent.” She’d swung her legs out to dangle and was chugging a canteen.

“Instead, we have to climb this mountain to get the briefest upload. If it was going to be cloudy tonight, they would have canceled it entirely. The only reason that the antenna can reach the satellite from this far off is because of some quirk in the magnetic field.”

“Did they give you the full lecture on it?”

“Naturally. Three hours with the commander and then a field test in broadcast calculations.”

“At least it was the commander and not McArthur.”

“The commander doesn’t like everyone the way she likes you, Jin.” She looked up at me. There were new lines on her face and her skin was still darker after spending the summer on the high desert campaign. I still wasn’t used to it.

“I’m simply without fault.” She grinned at me, toothy and the exact same as I remembered it.

“Then this must be a high honor, and not a tedious punishment that's making us miss the good soup day,” I said as the timer started to ring. Fifteen minutes were up. I shut down the extra sensors, Jingo closed herself back inside the chest of her Minutehand and we started again.

We chased the sunset up the peak, cresting with just enough time to see it fall below under the earth. For a second, the world was painted in a deep, full red. When it changed again to an ever cooling purple, I held the LASR’s free hand out in front of me, spreading the four fingers as wide as they’d go. Under the first finger was the woody valley where our forces were camped. Between the second and third fingers, I saw the brown speck that was the town we’d passed through. Above the third, was the last battlefield where I’d fought, when we claimed this territory. There was still a scar in the earth from the fires that had started that night. I held up my smaller hand, where the wounds I’d gotten then were fresh pink scars.

The LASR had been stabbed through, an errant lance deflected by one of our massive Hourhand units. It had swept it’s shield wide and the lance was redirected into the copse where I’d been stationed in secret to assist with coordination efforts. The lance slammed into the cockpit, stabbing metal through the flesh of my arm and pinning me to the chair. My outer casing had been shorn into three pieces, which had become tangled in a pine tree. Unable to move my hand, I couldn’t untangle the mech from where it was stuck.

When an enemy mech found me, The Lachrymal system was attempting to increase the maneuverability, but it wasn’t working fast enough. The enemy unit, what we called a Trident, raised its sidearm to me. Weeping and unable to find traction, the LASR slipped and scrabbled trying to flee. The trident’s white metal shoulders tensed as it readied to fire— when it was slammed into by a silent Minutehand. The second convoy, returning from a long campaign in the south. The paint had been sandblasted off along the edges, and its cockpit glass was cracked in a long line.

Under my last finger was Jingo, picking her way carefully up the rocky slope. With her shorter legs, the rocks took longer to navigate, and I had to stop every few dozen meters to wait for her. Lowering the LASR’s hand, I took out the map and compass. It wobbled and twisted before pointing north, just like the Commander had shown me. We were there. I marked the spot on the map with a marker for later reference. The sun finished setting and it was suddenly dark. I switched the radio on.

“We’re here.” I stabilized the legs and set the map back in its pouch, removing a bundle of papers. The instructions for running the comms equipment was long, but we had very carefully labeled everything at the camp.

“Finally. Good if I climb out, stretch the legs a bit, captain?” I assented and Jingo lowered herself the twenty feet from the cockpit to the ground with a field winch. “My fucking legs… how do they expect me to sit in that thing all day if there’s not even leg room?” She bounced on the balls of her feet, talking into the handheld. “Hey, I could send in a complaint to central command, get the design division on it— oh wait, no we have to wait months before the next upload. Damn McArthur.”

“It wouldn’t be months between uploads if the enemy wasn't so fond of blowing our satellites out of the sky.” I hit the green series of switches to extend the antenna mast. The grounding spike inserted itself a foot into the dirt. “We have to use the elliptical satellites because of them, since they aren’t around long enough to get a stable target-lock on.” One more green switch locked it in place.

“I know that. Fuck those guys too,” said Jingo, laying back on a rock with her arms behind her head. I flipped the page to the yellow label checks. Main power, auxiliary power, and distributor came online. Gauges swung into position and the backlights turned on.

“You plan on fighting the whole world?”

“Just anyone who keeps me from talking to my kid.” Shit. It was so easy to forget that Jingo had a daughter back on her home station. Even after the summer campaign she was so lively that she seemed younger than most of the people they fought with. Now, I remembered that her entire family lived aboard the distant Lagrange-4 Helen Station.

“If they hadn’t encrypted the file already,” I said, pausing at the last yellow label toggle. The Commander had given me the file, compressed and encrypted enough that we could get the whole report broadcast in the short window.

“It’s locked in. I get it.”

Next page, red labels. Prep the scanner and fine tune the range. Start a ping-broadcast to confirm connection. I looked down at the paper. Next on the list was to set the connector to the temp-server that housed the file.

“I doubt they even got many images in there, let alone video.”

“Whatever it is, they sure needed every last byte.” Jingo sighed. I pulled up the file on one of my auxiliary screens. Ten Megabytes reporting on half a year's military action. Usually, they all got to record video to send home, alongside any personal letters. I hovered the cursor over the file, staring at the file size. Huh.

“Hey, Jin… Hey, I have a bad idea.”

After the broadcast, we ate dinner. The Minutehand dug out a pit for us to light a fire and we roasted our meal over the coals. I poured a little boiling water over my dehydrated meat and added an excessive amount of salt in a sad imitation of the stew we were missing back at base camp. Jingo let hers soak cold and then fried it on a hot rock using the fish oil supplements no one ever took.

Far, far above us, a tiny little metal can was busy processing the file it had received from the terrestrial complement. In another twenty hours it would leave the earth and again sail back out into space. Returning to its apogee, the satellite would transmit the data on to the waiting battleship. Whereupon, the ship would carry the file to the closest station, L-2 Webb. The decryption tech would have it ready for them at their desk when their shift began. Someone along the way would have to care, beyond just to punish us, and take the time to remember the name. Maybe while the high councils were reviewing the decrypted information the tech would be making a directory search, curious.

I swung the keyboard out to face the open hatch of the LASR, where Jingo had climbed up to meet me. Her face was lit by the screens that surrounded us. She was slow on the keyboard, and wasn't using all of her fingers. When she was done she handed the keyboard back to me and I hit enter. Red label, connect the wire to the server. The Ping came back and started the upload. The lights dimmed as the antenna surged with electricity.

“It’s a long shot that anyone will actually find her.”

“Worth trying for?”

“Yeah. Thanks, Captain.”

Happy_Birthday_Lauralie_Jino.ENC finished its upload to the stars.

[randomidiocyncrazies]

initial thoughts on Gwitch 5

Elan is not okay

given that Suletta isn’t enhanced the way Elan—specially engineered to handle the Parmet storm and otherwise bypass the strain of piloting Gundams—is, it brings what Suletta is into question. Since Gundam almost always has newtypes, Suletta may be an organic newtype? And Elan, being an artifical newtype, functions in a different way and can’t necessarily keep up.

It’s interesting that Elan suggests that Suletta is also a clone (”is her face borrowed from someone else too?”), and I wonder if Elan’s original ‘base’ will become a plot point down the line. I know there’s a theory going around saying that Suletta is a clone of the original Ericht and that Aerial’s AI is in fact Ericht, so we’ll see how it develops

okay, now for the elephant in the room: Peil Tech actively owning and developing Gund-Arms.

i guess Peil Tech got around the no Gundam rule on a technicality? because Pharact is unquestionably a Gundam, but since Delling based his anti-Gundam platform on the bioethics of pilot strain... i guess Peil can get away without consequences for making a Gundam because they specifically breed/craft pilots who can bypass that strain? And if Delling and Grassely Defense can’t punish Peil Tech and nail them as witches, then it means other companies will be making their own Enhanced Humans to bypass that rule—leading to a revival of Gund-Arm format and a likely arms war based around treating an entire type of humans as objects (enhanced humans = manufactured parts for a Gundam)

it all seems to imply that arms dealing (i.e. combat type MS) is the biggest business sector of MS deals, but... it looks like the biggest armed threat is the spacian vs earthian conflict, and even that hasn’t been an all-out war so far. so 1) is the assumption that combat MS being the largest/most important business sector even the conclusion we’re meant to draw? if so, 2) I guess the implication is that combat type MS units are heavily employed in order to rule by fear, to the extent that combat MS is the main business model in the setting, and that’s the main reason why the current system can exist as it is?

also, Guel really is shaping up to be the Patrick Colasour of Gwitch... but unlike Patrick, i think he’ll die at some point to make a point. (also, imo he still has a lot to make up for because he can be rebranded as the goofy pathetic little meow meow—Patrick was merely an annoying braggart prior to his funny simp tendencies; Guel literally was about to beat Miorine up for her ‘disobedience’ after trashing her greenhouse and treats people ‘weaker’ than him like dirt. He at least shows indication of learning to respect Suletta as a person, but even in ep 5 his way to protecting her is to police who she can hang out with... not to mention his apology to Miorine is purely because he lost the duel and he doesn’t actually see anything wrong with how he treated her in the past.)

Guel’s personality is the main contributor in finding himself in the unenviable position of facing down new (superior) models, which in turn reflects badly on Jeturk Heavy Machinery. One wonders why Jeturk Sr. hadn’t beaten the concept of impulsivity having consequences into Guel when he was younger/more easily controlled, but I guess he didn’t really need to in the past—I remember Guel being shocked that his dad beat him back in ep 2. It suggests that if Jeturk Sr. had been slap happy (and Guel’s actions towards Miorine suggests that Guel may have learned it from his own parents), Guel himself hadn’t been a frequent target of Jeturn Sr.’s disciplinary tactics. It also makes sense as to how willingly Guel seems to disobey his father’s rules... unlike his brother (implying his brother is more familiar with their father’s heavy handed disciplinary methods? If that’s the case, it depends on how much Guel is aware of it—it could very well set the stage for more stuff going on with Jeturk House, if his brother is punished in place of Guel himself, and it’s the first time Guel is aware of how his actions could affect people he cares about.)

I also think it sure says something that the rules are made to be dehumanizing in general, but we’ve mostly seen it applied to women practically—Shaddiq dueling for women with the implication that the girlfriend(s) have no say in their relationship status and it’s decided by the men through duels in ep 3; Suletta can’t interfere here even though Guel is essentially policing who she can or can’t hang out with, and the narrative frames it as him being protective of her. I am curious about whether the sexism is a trait of the setting, or if it’s a (unconscious?) commentary of the writers themselves

also, it’s still a little annoying that despite same-sex relationships being supposedly “commonplace around here”, all on screen romantic entanglements and assumptions thereof are overwhelmingly straight.

I get that it’s only ep 5, but like. it wouldn’t be so grating if they 1) didn’t go out of their way to tell us that it’s TOTALLY NORMAL AND COMMON HERE, and 2) there aren’t any undeniable background same-sex relationships to normalize it within the setting (no, just vague shippy vibes don’t count imo—background couples holding hands or w/e would be acceptable, but we haven’t seen even the most tame of indications that there are same-sex couples in the background lmao). imo it’s more important to have background same-sex couples specifically of background/unnamed characters to normalize it within the setting, than only having our female leads as the most obvious/only potential same-sex couple. Hell, in the line screencapped above, it could’ve been “But a lot of people are into cool guys like that” or “But girls and guys love a cool guy like that” to indicate that straight isn’t the default in this setting.

like. I don’t mind if none of the named characters other than our female leads are in same-sex relationships, but imo it’s a bit arrogant to say “same-sex relationships are common here” and then proceed to not even have background characters give evidence of that lol.

on the bright side (i guess) I’m glad that Elan’s interest in Suletta is definitely confirmed to not be romantic, and I doubt Shaddiq will develop or even pretend to have romantic interest in Suletta, but like. Come on Gwitch, stop shooting yourself in the foot

(this is a mistranslation: 兄弟 in this context means siblings, not just brothers)

interesting that despite calling Aerial family later in the episode, and referring to Aerial as a sister elsewhere, Suletta’s immediate response is to deny that she has a sibling at all. I hope they keep going deeper into Aerial and Suletta’s relationship, and with Aerial strongly implied to have sentience in the short story, I’d be very surprised if they don’t pursue that track in the anime, especially with Elan cornering Suletta into a duel.

(also, upon rewatching the episode: it’s interesting that the siblings conversation here leads into the birthday thing, and birthdays are brought up with Elan. Being a clone specifically manufactured to pilot gundams, Elan was not given a name nor a birthday. Despite Elan and Suletta being ‘different’, they might actually share similarities like those mentioned at the beginning of this post. After all, Ericht’s 4th birthday is also Very Significant...

it also sets up that birthdays are a significant symbol for Elan’s arc—since Elan is the most dehumanized character, it might signal that when/if Elan gets or chooses a birthday later in the story, he symbolically has his personhood recognized or is making a statement about his personhood.)

As for next ep... my prediction is that Suletta will lose the duel? but then win Aerial back after Miorine and her other friends give her her fighting spirit back... but honestly who knows, i don’t really know what to expect

[gundamgirlvioletta]

RX-178 Gundam Mk-II

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Origin: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Timeline: Universal Century (U.C.)

Unit Type: Prototype General-Purpose Mobile Suit

Pilot(s): Limited-Production; Most notable pilots include Kamille Bidan and Emma Sheen

Developer: Titans

Operator: Titans, Earth Federation Forces, Anti-Earth Union Group

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TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT

A successor to the famous RX-78-2, the Mk-II was developed by the Titans in December of U.C. 0086 and was the first mobile suit to use the new movable frame concept. In it, the movable frame incorporates all the mobile suit's vital mechanisms excluding the weapons, armor and propellant tanks. This approach drastically improves on the suit's responsiveness, reliability, agility and energy efficiency,

The movable parts of the legs on the Mk-II were exposed, based on the prevailing design idea that avoiding being hit is more important than mitigating damage once hit. This stems from the fact that no existing armor could fully protect against beam weaponry, so its better to increase the suit's mobility through weight reduction rather than equip more armor onto it.

It also featured the 360-degree panoramic screen and linear seat cockpit that would become standard in Universal Century mobile suits. Meant to eliminate blind spots, provide the pilot a larger field of view and protect them from G-forces and impact shocks, the cockpit could also double as an escape pod, able to be ejected from the suit if needed.

The most major flaw of the Mk-II was its armor material; it used the by-then obsolete titanium alloy ceramic composite, instead of the significantly stronger luna titanium of its predecessor. This also caused rigidity issues in the frame's leg sections, a problem that persisted even after six design revisions. Despite all of that, the Mk-II was one of the most agile mobile suits available in its hayday, albeit for a short time.

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EQUIPMENT

Its weaponry remained mostly the same as its predecessor, wielding a pair of beam sabers for close combat stored on the backpack, a beam rifle as its main ranged weapon, a hyper bazooka for heavy firepower, and a physical shield. It didn't have the head-mounted vulcan guns of its predecessor, though it could be outfitted with an external vulcan pod. It also used a clay bazooka, a weapon designed to fire adhesive rounds meant to immobilize enemy machines, though it could be loaded with different types of ammunition, including conventional explosive shells.

The Mk-II also had its very own support vehicle called the Flight Armor. A sub-flight system developed by Anaheim Electronics for the Anti-Earth Union Group, it was designed to protect the Mk-II during atmospheric entry while also serving as a regular SFS within the atmosphere.

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HISTORY

There were three total Mk-II units developed by the Titans at the start of the Gryps Conflict. Char Aznable (under the Quattro Bajeena persona) got word of the three prototype units, and led a team with the goal of infiltrating the colony in which they were being kept and stealing them. The plan proved successful thanks to the help of Kamille Bidan, who took one of the suits. In the end, all three were stolen from the Titans and used by the AEUG from then on.

Two of them were sent to Anaheim Electronics to be dismantled and studied, and the last one was kept in service and repainted in a navy blue-on-white color scheme. The Mk-II was eventually outclassed by the Titans' new transformable mobile suits, but it still participated in many of the AEUG's most important missions.

To try and bring the Mk-II up to current standards, the AEUG commissioned Anaheim Electronics to build a new support craft for the Mk-II, the FXA-05D G-Defenser. It could dock with the Mk-II to create the RX-178+FXA-05D Super Gundam, which had superior speed, mobility and firepower. This didn't address anything in the end, as the Mk-II still suffered in performance compared to the latest Titans mobile suits near the end of the Gryps War.

During the First Neo Zeon War, the Mk-II was once again called to action against Neo Zeon. It wasn't officially designated a pilot and it was unable to become the Super Gundam due to the G-Defensor being destroyed during the Gryps Conflict. At the end of the First Neo Zeon War, the Mk-II was severely damaged and abandoned. Its said the suit was recovered and repaired, but ultimately retired from service after the AEUG was re-absorbed into the Earth Federation, being put into storage alongside the MSZ-006 Zeta Gundam.

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LEGACY

A Full Armor pack was proposed as an upgrade for the Mk-II, where it would have been known as the FA-178 Full Armor Gundam Mk-II. This never came to be, as the FXA-05D G-Defenser was perceived to be more well rounded and not as heavy on the Mk-II, thus the Full Armor pack was never used.

The Mk-II lead to a list of several different mobile suits, most notably the titular Zeta Gundam and the MSF-007 Gundam Mk-III featured in the Zeta Gundam Mobile Suit Variations design series.

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Personal Opinion Its really clean, I dig it. I think I prefer the Titans colors just a little bit more, but the AEUG version looks really good in motion too.

[gremoria411]

So I’ve been seeing a lot of people chatting about the new Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance trailer, and there’s a part of it I’d like to throw my two cents in on.

Honestly, in regards to there being a billion Gundam’s running around the OYW, I made my peace with that fact years ago, so it doesn’t bother me. Yeah, yeah it’s a little silly from an in-universe perspective, no matter how many times they pull the “secret prototype” card. But from an out of universe perspective, Gundams sell, and they want it to sell. It’s a rare thing in the UC series that doesn’t have a Gundam in it.

But just for the sake of it, how many Gundams are (at present) running around in the One Year War?

Note: I was originally going to ignore things like Thunderbolt, The Origin and the Sidestories, since they all have a somewhat weird canon state. Then I realised that “Gundams that Canonically existed in the OYW” ≠ “Gundams that you see marketed in OYW sidestories”. So, I’m going to lead with the suits that we know existed, then move on to the other ones. I am, however, ignoring Manga, because I haven’t read everything and we’ll be here all day.

Alrighty, so we start off with the original RX-78 series as built in Operation V (sometimes called the “Vinson Plan”). We have:

RX-78-1 “Prototype Gundam” - As its name suggests, the prototype unit to the entire line. Never deployed to my knowledge, I’m honestly not sure what happens to it. I usually read it as being destroyed during the attack on Side 7, but I’m not certain of that.

RX-78-2 “Gundam” - you know this one. Amuro falls into the cockpit at Side 7 and proceeds to pilot it from then until the end of the One Year War.

RX-78-3 “G-3 Gundam” - apparently recovered from Side 7 and used as a test bed for magnet coating technology. Beyond that we have absolutely no idea what happened to it, since there’s a bunch of conflicting accounts. My usual headcanon is that it was used as a basis for all the MSV suits, but we have absolutely no idea if and where it was deployed.

RX-78-4 “Gundam G04” - deployed alongside unit 5 at the Battle of Solomon.

RX-78-5 “Gundam G05” - deployed alongside unit 4 at the battle of Solomon.

RX-78-6 “Mudrock Gundam” - deployed in the defence of Jaburo and the re-taking of California base.

The other two units are part of the series, but were not (as far as we know) deployed during the OYW:

RX-78-7 “Gundam 7th” - completed and deployed after the war.

RX-78-8 - we know nothing about. There may have been an 8th unit, it may just have been design data, and we have no idea if it was deployed or what it looked like.

Next; The Gundam Ground Types. There were 20 (-ish, some sources say 28) Gundam ground types produced during the One Year War from spare parts of the RX-78 series. This includes:

The units seen in 08th MS Team - 12 Gundam Ground Types were deployed to the Kojima Battalion.

The Ez8 - Deployed, as above.

Blue Destiny Unit 1 - Deployed

Blue Destiny Unit 2 - stolen by Zeon Ace Nimbus Schterzen.

Blue Destiny Unit 3 - Deployed in pursuit of Unit 2.

Slave Wraith - Questionably Canon, assigned to and deployed by Slave Wraith team.

I’m also gonna quickly call out that we have no idea on the various Full Armor units (the FA Gundam, the Heavy Gundam, the FA Ground type, the FA type B etc). Some sources say they were built, others that they were only simulation data.

And finally we have everything else:

Gundam NT-1 “Alex” - Developed at Augusta Base, then moved to side 6, where it was deployed against the Cyclops Team.

Gundam NT-1 “Prototype NT-1” - apparently an entirely separate suit to the NT-1. The prototype to the above. Presumably not deployed.

RX-78XX “Pixy/Pixie Gundam” - Questionably Canon, three units built. Unit 1 deployed in Belfast, Unit 2 in the Gobi Desert (and planned to be deployed at Odessa) and Unit 3 in Africa.

RAG-79-G1 Gundam Marine type - Sometimes known as the “Gundiver”. An underwater-spec unit. Unknown amount produced, primarily because it’s essentially a modified Underwater GM as opposed to a “true” Gundam unit.

And that’s about it for mainline UC. Gundam The Origin intentionally keeps things very vague as to how many Gundam’s exist there, so I’m not going to bother.

Gundam Thunderbolt is a bit of an odd case, since at first glance, it adds three:

FA-78 Full Armour Gundam (Thunderbolt ver.) - deployed by the Moore Brotherhood at Side 4.

RX-79[GS] Gundam Ground type S - produced by the Federation during the One Year War and after, presumably deployed.

RGM-79/GH Gundam Head - a GM with a Gundam-style head in an attempt to reproduce the psychological effect on Zeon forces.

But that last one illustrates Thunderbolt’s position on the matter, which is later made clearer in the manga in regards to the Bull-G, a unit built postwar. The Bull-G is a prototype unit contending for the position of the Federations new main unit. However, it’s actually an upgraded GM, fitted with a Gundam-style head to make it more appealing.

And this seems to be thunderbolt’s position on the matter - after a certain point it comes down to a suit’s performance rather than it being a Gundam. So yes, it adds a bunch of Gundam-style suits, but it also deconstructs that just because a suit looks like a Gundam doesn’t make it special.

Which is honestly a pretty interesting position to take.

[gundamfight]

[ruiyuki-archives]

bnha + tdmm gundam AU

This is an AU I wrote on the todomomo discord server eons ago. Anything posted to this blog will be transcripts of old original work and not really edited, save for formatting. I have no guarantees if I will ever finish these AUs either so these will only be kept as an archive.

Heavily inspired by Gundam SEED/Destiny

Original transcript posted to tdmm discord: Aug 2018

BNHA MECHA/MILITARY/GUNDAM AU??? FT. TDMM + OTHERS.

JUST HEAR ME OUT OK:

idk when this is set but some sci-fi au where earth is at war w some enemy people and the military uses mechs

U.A. aka United Alliance is the military organization in charge of Earth's mechs

decades ago for idk.. WW III or something, pilots enlisted in U.A. piloting giant mechs (aka H.E.R.O.S. - “high efficiency robotic operating systems”) became protectors of citizens?? some shit like that.

the top pilots made a name for themselves were namely Toshinori Yagi piloting the TPHR-ALL MIGHT at #1 and #2 Todoroki Enji piloting the FLHR-ENDEAVOR

(Bonus: TPHR for "The People's HERO" and FLHR for, you guessed it, "Flame HERO" woooo)

but during the final mecha fight that subsequently ended WW III, Toshinori Yagi was declared MIA bc his mech crash landed on some coastal shore and by the time they found ALL MIGHT, the cockpit was empty and the pilot was gone

anyway fast forward >> U.A. has a cadet school and low and behold who do we find enrolled,,, aspiring young pilots Midoriya Izuku and Bakugou Katsuki

they both heard the heroic stories of pilot Toshinori and ALL MIGHT and woooo got into U.A.

also in U.A. ofc is Todoroki Shouto whos been groomed to be a mecha pilot since age 5 courtesy of Enji. D u h. (Enji's still piloting ENDEAVOR at this time but has it pretty set that Shouto will inherit piloting his mech)

aaand ofc we get the rest of class 1A in U.A. cadet school for various reasons

ANYWAY im not going into cadet school days bc thats boring but lets say ofc top of the class pilots are Izuku Bakugou and Todoroki that aces all the flight simulations blah blah blah

Also Toshinori was found to be declared MIA to the public but actually whoop. He's at U.A. as one of the boardmembers bc ofc that’s how im making the story work. Idk he was too injured and has too much ptsd that he cant pilot anymore and is looking for the next pilot to inherit ALL MIGHT (which is fixed up by now)

NOW INTO THE ACTUAL MEAT OF THE STORY - NEW WAR (WW4? I GUESS)

CADET KIDS ARE NO LONGER CADETS. THEYRE FULL FLEDGED PILOTS NOW AND ARE THROWN INTO THE NEXT WAR BC THAT WAS PART OF WHAT THEY SIGNED UP FOR. Whos the enemy? LoV ofc but i dont have a cool name for them yet LMAOOOO

K SO new war. New battle cruisers. New mechs yayayya

U.A. has 2 new battle cruisers: Sirius A and Sirius B, designated (1-A and 1-B DUH)and duh, the crew of 1-A and 1-B is gonna be classes respectively

1-A, Aizawa is captain of the ship LMAOOOO Momo's the crew's battle analyst on comms + nav, Iida takes the helm, idk whos gonna be on weaponry yet but I kinda wanna make it Tokoyami

Izuku Bakugou and Todoroki are mecha pilots ofc

they have custom made mechs that were made for them for mostly training so the models are pretty basic compared to ALL MIGHT and ENDEAVOR but eh they do the job.

I'm doing the hero name thing again so Izuku pilots OAHR-DEKU, Todo pilots HCHR-SHOUTO and Bakugou pilots.... EXHR-K.E.KILL

bc they’re custom they got to name the mechs so friggin Bakugou. I tried LMAO (if someone can guess the acronyms, bonus points)

also hey! they have a squadron of fighter jet pilots and hey! Its the Bakusquad!!!

each of the fighters have their own names too so you guessed it, their hero namessss ha..ha..ha..ha..

OKAY more people: Hatsume Mei's their engineer. She basically built the mechs and works under Powerloader that built the cruiser ships

Gran Torino built the fighter jets lol

uhh Tsuyu's probably the crew's nurse in the infirmary or smth. Chiyo is the head military doctor back at the U.A. base??? idk

Nedzu head of U.A. Self explanatory.

Fuyumi and Natsuo are there too!!! Fuyumi's part of the cadet teaching staff. Natsuo's a fighter pilot of another fleet

Anyway, TODOMOMO IN THIS AU

they met in cadet training. Momo was working towards being an analyst anyway so naturally they paired up for training exercises as comm + pilot top of the class. Aizawa's first choices when choosing who to enlist in for the 1-A crew

every time Shouto deploys for a fight Momo's hypervigilant in keeping tabs on him in the air bc honestly the worst is seeing a laserbeam aiming for his mech's cockpit

I mean she keeps tabs on Deku and Bakugou too but. y’know she has a bias loool

and god forbid if anything were to happen to Shouto bc the worse would be for him to be MIA or KIA bc this is a war. People lose their lives. She knows its what they signed up for but if she can help him avoid it, she will

but sometimes it cant be helped. Especially since she’s navigating for the other pilots and the ship

it doesn’t help that Shouto's kinda reckless in his mech fights when they get too intense. sometimes he'll ignore his comms all together and when he does that half the time he comes out of his cockpit injured bc nuclear explosions. Recoil. Life threatening occupational hazard. D u h

Momo's basically crying by his bedside in the infirmary every time that happens

and THE ONE INSTANCE WHERE HE IS OFFICIALLY DECLARED MIA, Momo loses it

bc its his fight against the enemy mech CRHR-DABI. Its in the midst of the enemy's unexpected assault. and the 1A and 1B are taking heavy fire. So she has to focus on Aizawa's orders. and Shouto is getting out range that she cant keep tabs on him. and he's ignoring her comms. so by the end of it, by the time the enemy ships and mechs retreat, HCHR-SHOUTO is g o n e

the dust clears up. Its raining. The fighting's stopped. All of the enemy forces has retreated so U.A. calls their pilots to retreat

2 of their 3 mechs have returned to the ship except for SHOUTO. And Momo's frantically trying to get through to him. But nothing.

Aizawa orders her to stop trying. they'll send out a search team to investigate his last known location after everyone rests. Repairs to 1A and the mechs need to be made. They have to make haste, but for now, rest.

all the logistical post-battle crap is cared for first. Status reports, repair agenda, the next battle plan. The search team is sent out.

nothing.

they keep looking.

nothing for days.

keep looking.

they find it. HCHR-SHOUTO in a lake torn to shambles. The cockpit cut open. Blood stains trail out toward the forest it crashed in but no pilot nearby. (Bc hell ya im gonna recycle tropes loool)

Todoroki Shouto declared missing in action.

Momo gets the update and she’s devastated

but theres no time to mourn. A second enemy attack.

the Orion fleet is called in. ENDEAVOR's fleet.

and there he is. that mech. CRHR-DABI. again.

DABI VS ENDEAVOR wooooooooooooo

but this time its nearby the city. Civilians need to be evacuated. WGHR-HAWKS assists in protecting the city as much as possible.

but yup ENDEAVOR gets destroyed too. Enji comes out of his cockpit in critical condition. and the enemy retreats again.

more aftermath. More repairing, more strategies, more recovering the injured. Its a war after all.

U.A. works on building a new mech. ENDEAVOR #2. But Enji has to officially retire from piloting due to his head injury.

and his successor is missing.

there is no pilot.

that is until Shouto shows up again!!!!

he has new scar on the left side of his face.

he saw ENDEAVOR's fight.

he’s alive. He’s come back. And he's out to take down DABI.and you bet he made his dramatic reappearance like:

Aizawa, at a battle meeting with Momo, Nedzu, Toshinori and other UA officials: "Tell me Nedzu. what choices do we have? Enji is compromised. His successor is missing. We're out of pilots. Who’s going to pilot the second ENDEAVOR?"

Todo, walking casually through the door: "I will."

After thoughts:

hi yes pls imagine all the pilots in skin tight pilot suits and helmets bc HAHAHHAA NGL THAT WAS THE 5% MOTIVATION OF ME COMING UP WITH THIS AU 👀

also momo in a military uniform 👀

the mechs look like their hero uniforms. OAHR-DEKU is green & white in colour. EXHR-K.E.KILL is black & orange. HCHR-SHOUTO is red blue silver.

TPHR-ALL MIGHT is gold & royal blue. FLHR-ENDEAVOR is blue red and orange.

CRHR-DABI is grey and purple and is piloted by Touya who else would it be

the fleet that i said Natsuo was a part of is the Orion fleet.. Enji's fleet

now that I think about it, Aoyama is probably the designer behind the pilot suits

Shouto names the 2nd ENDEAVOR mech HCHR-REI after his mom

his mom is a civilian and is very much alive kthx Im not pulling some EVA shit here ok

> bonus tdmm mecha NSFW

> archives masterpost

[000tragicsolitude000]

FA-78-2 Heavy Gundam Unit 2, UC 0090

[MSV-R: The Return of Johnny Ridden]

[etes-secrecy-post]

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#Onthisday: Aug 8th, 2018

Title: Cuteness Member - Hovee

This is Hovee 🐿️, Jordan K.'s sibling / teammate was a flying squirrel! And he's flying above with his first Cuteness Mecha Armor, the armored "Windam" w/ Jet Striker add-on! 😁🤖

BTW: 1. Despite Hovee was a flying squirrel, I removed his side skirts for obvious reason. 2. Original I'd choose Gundam Airmaster or the GW-Bit for Hovee until I'd found something different from hardly search and that's the "Jet Windam". Which you've already seen my art as Hovee's first armor. 3. And don't worry, you'll meet two Kaplan's Brother, sooner.

Jet Windam Hovee Came from the real: GAT-04+AQM/E-A4E1 Jet Windam

Armament(s):

• M2M5 "Todesschrecken" 12.5mm Automatic CIWS The Windam is equipped with two CIWS guns located at the torso, to shoot down incoming missiles or enemies at close range.

• ES04B Beam Saber Another armament of the Windam which is standard on most mobile suits are its two ES04B beam sabers for close combat. When not in use, these sabers are stored on the back shield or in the back skirt.

• Mk315 "Stiletto" Rocket-propelled Anti-armor Penetrator These penetrators are dagger-like weapons, which are stored inside the suit's side armor. The penetrators can be used for close combat but are most times used as throwing weapons, which can destroy a single suit if they hit a critical spot.

• A52 Offensive Shield Type E Mounted on the left forearm and/or handheld, it is a physical shield that is used to defend against enemy attacks. The A52 Offensive Shield Type E is a new type of shield and is named as such as it carries missiles.

• Mk438/B Dual Multipurpose Missile "Würger" SA10 This shield mounts a Mk438/B dual multipurpose missile "Würger" SA10, giving it some offensive power.

• Drache" Air-to-surface Missiles Guided heavy anti-ground target missiles mounted on hardpoints on the underside of the jet striker's wings.

• Mk1323 Unguided Rocket Pods Rocket pods mounted on hardpoints on the underside of the jet striker's wings. The pods can fire a barrage of unguided rockets that are effective against multiple target types.

• Mk438 Triple "Würger" Air-to-air Missile Pods Missile pods that each hold three anti-air "Würger" missiles that is mounted on the underside of the jet striker's wings.

• M9409L Beam Rifle For ranged combat, the Windam is equipped with a M9409L beam rifle. This new beam rifle is larger and more powerful than the beam carbine used by other armors.

Special Equipment(s) / Feature(s):

• Hardpoints for Striker Packs A specially designed auxiliary armament units that allows an armors to adapt to a number of different roles. Originally developed for the armored Strike, it is also used by its mass production counterparts and their successors. Similar armament units are subsequently used by other factions and they are given different names.

Hovee (HTF OC) - owned by KaplanBoys214 (dA) Armor (Mobile Suit Gundam SEED) - Gundam Series © SUNRISE, Sotsu

[macks-mechas]

Next kit for review: HGUC RX-79 BD3 Gundam ‘Blue Destiny’ unit 3!

I was always curious about these units, especially as they were space type mobile suits constructed purely from the bodies of decomissioned ground type gundams. Equipped with the EXAM system, a predecessor to the NTD system, the mobile suits were incredibly difficult to master but highly effective for those who could tame them. But how does it translate as a kit?

Firstly, this is the version 2 of this kit from 2018. The original is still great and worth buying, but this has significant improvements in terms of parts separation, detail and articulation. The kit needs stickers are the eyes, scopes, backpack white areas and two small blue ones on the waist armor which is quite a few compared to other kits. You also get a few detailing stickers and optional EXAM eye stickers.

The weapon loadout is heavy for this kit. You get the beam rifle used by the ground type MS, a twin barrel beam cannon and two leg stored beam sabers. It comes with a heavy shield, but thanks to the extra parts carries enough pieces to nearly construct a full ground type shield as well.

Much like the new ground types, the BD3 features enhanced articulation that compliments its features. Although I do have problems there as often the waist will separate too easily and the new shoulder joints have stretched with obvious seams.

All in I give the BD3 7/10 - it’s a great new rendition, but has a few issues to watch out for.

[vaporwave-trolls]

G Valkyrie

, tok im just gonna go on a tangent about my troll rezells mech if anyone's interested and also for my own reference 

rezell pilots the G- valkyrie XIII but is commonly known as just g- calamity , her gundam is based off the unicorn gundam banshee and  kimaris vidar but her suit is so heavily customized and modded it’s become it’s own thing but shes currently experimenting with new mods taking from red frame and rozen zulu weapon wise 

her unit is black with neon pink  accents when NT-D is activated it’s phycoframe  glows either neon pink or red depending on how hot the unit it’s self is which she has a lot of problems with ill explain later . Her suit could be labeled somewhere between a heavy to normal build as she tries to keep away from over bulking her unit for many reason and tends to thrive in close battle but g- calamity is extremely good for  atmospheric battle much like the unicorn the system has been tweaked to account for alternias gravity and the atmosphere's frictional resistance commonly  struggled with from more general units like zakus and fleet assigned mechs so the g-calamity has the ability to fight easily between the transition BUT  in its normal state it can struggle in  zero gravity combat,when it’s been going for to long destroy mode activates and essentially over writes it’s regular programmed function but this causes the system to go haywire and over heats the unit this pretty much starts a countdown for her to end battle before the unit over heats and breaks down or the program over shots. she hasnt disclosed how unstable it can be becuse she doesnt want anyone to worry or step into the middle of her battle

her unit does have an Ahab reactor to hide the destroy form as she doesnt want anyone really knowing just how far her unit can go in battle so the Ahab is always on over time pretty much

weapons  so like most shes equated with standard stuff like beam sabers and some sort of blaster/turret or cannon but she also has modded  lot of things with her weapons and the way they function  

she has 3 beam sabers 2 mounted on the backpack of her built and 1 mounted on her left arm and the other arm has a beam tonfa. she is currently trying to get rid of ill go into it in the mods section

1 shield

armed armor VN 

60mm Vulcan Gun

beam magnun

and psycho jammer

it also isnt uncommon for her to take external  weapons laying around the hanger for specific missions but this is just what her gundam already has attached

mods she has and currently working on 

she tweaked her unit to run a newtype-destroyer system  so instead of running a system like the old calamity era units shes taken a completely new system and reworked it to the point the fleet literally has no idea what it is and it makes everything harder for them,they dont now how to check the systems whats considered right or wrong whats a red flag its all up in the wind and she refuses to tell anyone more about it despite it being a new age system that could push a new era of build

External Propellant Tank,she has 2, 1 on each calf tucked under the outer armor, while theyre both meant to carry extra fuel shes actually converted one for a hydro cooling system on a large scale so tubing intertwined with her psyco frame to try and cool it, this helps but it only lasts for so long t gives her an extra hour or 2 at best

psyco INCOM this is the current mod she is trying to flesh out,this is the mod that will get rid of her beam tonfa and the 1 beam saber in her left arm. essentialy what shes trying to do is take out the 2 and using the 2 empty compartment she wants to put a wireless  quasi-psycommu system in there with almost egg shaped pods that would act like the g lucifers skirt funnel or farsias flower bits. so what it would do it when ever activated the pods could come out and using the main INCOM they move, around each pod is equipped with triple mega particle cannons of adjustable outputs so in the end it’s like having a mini beam field which would help in long range attacks and lighten the load on her gundam 

FRAME CHANGE, shes messing around currently with trying to merge a  psycoframe and an astray frame, astray frams are much lighter and made of lighter foam metal compounds which helps it move faster ,she feels her unit could benefit from it

shes trying to find a way to alleviate stress on her build but is having a lot of trouble 

shes working on ways to cool the unit 

theres some small things shes working on too but those are the main things, so thats her unit