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RX-78NT-1
Gundam "Alex"
Model number: RX-78NT-1 (RX-78NT-1FA for full armor type) Code name: Gundam "Alex" Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces Operator: Earth Federation Forces Rollout: December UC 0079 First deployment: December UC 0079 Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters; head height 18.0 meters Weight: empty 40.0 metric tons (standard), 50.0 metric tons (full armor); max gross 72.5 metric tons (standard), 90.0 metric tons (full armor) Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1420 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 35000 kg, 6 x 8000 kg, 2 x 7000 kg (additional 6 x 7000 kg for full armor type); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 19 (standard), 13 (full armor) Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.82 G (standard), 1.83 G (full armor); 180-degree turn time 0.8 seconds; maximum ground running speed 192 km/h Equipment and design features: sensors, range 5900 meters; magnetic coated joints; optional ejectable external chobham armor Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x 90mm Gatling gun, mounted in forearms; 2 x Blash·XB-B-09 beam saber, stored in recharge racks in backpack, hand-carried in use Optional fixed armaments: RX·C-Sh-05 UBC/S-0003 shield, mounted on either forearm Optional hand armaments: BOWA·Norfolk XBR-L Type-3 beam rifle, powered by rechargeable energy cap
Late
during the One Year War, the Earth Federation forces realized that
they had a major problem with its prototype RX-78-2
Gundam close combat mobile suit: its pilot. Gundam
pilot Amuro Ray was an emerging Newtype, and his abilities to
predict enemy movements and respond with lightning-fast reflexes
was simply pushing the Gundam
beyond its design limits. To correct this problem, the Federation
set out to develop a new Gundam prototype (code-named "Alex")
capable of taking advantage of a Newtype's quick-reacting abilities.
However, word of this top-secret project reached the Principality
of Zeon, and Zeon initiated Operation Rubicon and dispatched
its Cyclops Team special forces unit to stop the Federation
from completing and deploying the new Gundam. A surprise attack
by the Cyclops failed to stop the Federation from shipping the
incomplete Alex parts from its Arctic base to Side 6's Libot
Colony, where it was soon completed and began test trials at
the hands of Federation test pilot Christina Mackenzie. The
Cyclops discovered the Alex's new location and were dispatched
to capture or destroy it before it could be fielded. On 24 December
UC 0079, Cyclops Team pilot Bernard Wiseman managed to severely
damage the Alex (at the cost of his own life) in an attempt
to save Side 6 from being nuked by Zeon in a last act of desparation.
At that point, the war was coming to an end, and the Alex development
project was soon dropped.
Pilot:
Christina Mackenzie
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