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RPI-11 Glasgow
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Model number: RPI-11
Code name: Glasgow
Unit type: mass production fourth generation knightmare frame
Manufacturer: Holy Britannia Empire
Operator(s): Holy Britannia Empire; Resistance/Order of the Black Knights; Japanese Liberation Front; United States of Japan
First deployment: a.t.b. 2010
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 4.24 meters
Weight: combat weight 7350 kg
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: energy filler, replaceable electrical cartridge, uses Yggdrasil drive superconductor transfer system, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features: factsphere open sensor camera, mounted in head, range unknown; landspinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs; cockpit ejection system
Fixed armaments: 2 x slash harken, mounted on chest; 2 x stun gun, mounted on forearms; 2 x stun tonfa, mounted on forearms
Optional hand armaments: assault rifle w/grenade launcher, mounts on backpack; large cannon
Influenced by the success of the YF6-X7K/E Ganymede prototype, the Holy Britannia Empire begins researching the use of Knightmare Frames as combat weapons. The fruit of their labor is the RPI-11 Glasgow, the first combat-capable Knightmare. Building upon the foundation laid out by the Ganymede, the Glasgow relies upon its small, light frame and landspinners for high-speed combat, allowing it to outflank ground forces such as tanks and APCs. The Glasgow also introduces the slash harken, a wired projectile weapon that can double as a grappling hook, or be used to help the Knightmare descend from aerial transports safely, and becomes standard equipment in all Knightmares thereafter. The effectiveness of the Glasgow is proven when it's deployed during Britannia's invasion of Japan. The Glasgow's participation makes the brief war a complete route, allowing Britannia to easily take over the island nation, which is then renamed Area 11. Seven years after the invasion, the Glasgow is still seen as venerable, but outdated, and is slowly phased out of production in favor of the newer RPI-13 Sutherland. Many units are refitted into the police-use LE-E106 Knightpolice, while the proliferation of Glasgows means that they often end up in the hands of anti-Britannian rebels, such as the Order of the Black Knights and the Japanese Liberation Front. Further, the reliable Knightmare is used as the basis for several "new" designs, including the Type-10R Burai and Type-1R Burai Kai.
Pilot(s): Kallen Kouzuki (aka Kallen Stadtfeld), Ryou Sayama
Appearances: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion; Code Geass: Nightmare of Nunnally; Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (game); Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
Note: "Kallen Kouzuki colors" custom lineart by asterphage
Assault rifle w/grenade launcher
Assault rifle mount
Cockpit
Emergency ejection system
Factsphere
Hand
Head
Large cannon
Stun gun/tonfa
Slash harken
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