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RX-160
Byalant
Model number: RX-160 Code name: Byalant Unit type: prototype limited custom mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces Operator: Titans First deployment: UC 0087 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 23.1 meters; head height 18.6 meters Weight: empty 34.2 metric tons; max gross 54.7 metric tons; mass ratio 1.33 Armor materials: gundarium alloy Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1760 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 28000 kg, 2 x 18000 kg; jet thrusters: 2 x 11200 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 13 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.58 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 9890 meters Fixed armaments: 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in arms, hand-carried in use; 2 x mega particle gun, power rated at 4.7 MW, mounted in forearms
Another
in a long line of mobile suit prototypes developed by the Earth
Federation Forces and the Titans during the Gryps Conflict, the RX-160
Byalant was one of the few new designs which was fast and agile,
yet did not require external support systems or mobile armor
transformations to achieve this. Capable of self-sustained atmopheric
flight, the Byalant mounted powerful thrusters in its shoulders
and on its waist, with a large-capacity fuel tank in its torso
to keep them running. However, it was only armed with beam sabers
and pair of mega particle guns in its hands, limiting the Byalant's
flexibility due to a lack of versatile weapons. This factor
kept the Byalant from being mass produced, although one test
unit was used in combat by Titans ace pilot Jerid Messa during
the last weeks of the Gryps Conflict.
Pilot:
Jerid Messa
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