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XM-05B
Berga Balus
Model number: XM-05B Code name: Berga Balus Unit type: mobile suit Manufacturer: Crossbone Vanguard Operator: Crossbone Vanguard Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: head height 15.6 meters Weight: empty 9.7 metric tons; max gross 27.6 metric tons Armor materials: titanium alloy/high-ceramic composite Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5410 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 1 x 16580 kg, 4 x 9580 kg, 3 x 8950 kg, 8 x 3180 kg; vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 87 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 3.88 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: 1 x beam shield, mounted on left forearm; 2 x beam saber, recharge rack/storage location unknown, hand-carried in use Optional hand armaments: 1 x shot lancer, with attached 2-barrel heavy machine gun
The last model of the Berga series, the Crossbone Vanguard's XM-05B Berga Balus mobile suit was a high-performance, customized version of the standard XM-05 Berga Giros. The increase in performance in the Berga Balus was due primarily to the "wide wing type" shelf nozzles on its backpack. With the thrusters arranged over a much wider arc, the Berga Balus was much more maneuverable than its Berga Giros predecessor. At least one Giros-type unit is known to have existed, operated by the Crossbone Vanguard's Dark Tiger force in Side 3's Zebra Zone in early UC 0123.
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