Model
number: RXF-91 Code name: Silhouette Gundam Unit type: prototype mobile suit Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics Operator: Anaheim Electronics Rollout: August UC 0122 First deployment: November UC 0122 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat
cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 15.4 meters Weight: empty 8.5 metric tons; max gross 21.7 metric tons Armor materials: gundarium alloy/ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 4570 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 31460 kg, 1 x 19920 kg,
2 x 4620 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: bare mobile suit
50, equipped with VSBRs 56 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 4.24 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in
head; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried
in use; 2 x mega machine cannon, fire-linked, mounted in torso;
2 x heavy machine gun, fire-linked, mounted in left forearm; 2
x VSBR (Variable Speed Beam Rifle), selectable mega particle acceleration
speed for damage or penetration application, with attached beam
cannon, mounted on backpack, hand-operated in use; 1 x beam spray
gun, mounted on right forearm Optional fixed armaments: 1 x beam shield, mounted on left
forearm Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, powered by rechargeable
energy cap
Technical
and Historical Notes
Having lost
the race to develop an advanced new high-performance, small-scale
mobile suit, Anaheim Electronics launched a desparate plan in
UC 0112 to play catch-up to the Earth Federation Forces' Strategic
Naval Research Institute. Called the "Silhouette Formula Project",
Anaheim's plan was to steal the plans and technical data of
the mobile suits developed for the SNRI's "Formula Project"
and adopt the newly-developed technology for Anaheim's use.
One highlight of the Silhouette Formula Project fielded in UC
0122 was the RXF-91 Silhouette Gundam, which was Anaheim's version
of the SNRI's Gundam F91. The Silhouette
Gundam, while visually a different mobile suit, was basically
the same in terms of equipment and performance, integrating
new technologies incorporated in the Gundam
F91, such as the beam shield and Variable Speed Beam Rifle
(VSBR).