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EMS-10
Pez Batara
Model number: EMS-10 Code name: Pez Batara Unit type: mass production anti-ship mobile suit Manufacturer: Jupiter Empire Operator(s): Jupiter Empire; Crossbone Vanguard First deployment: unknown Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso Dimensions: unknown Weight: unknown Armor materials: unknown Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown Propulsion: rocket thrusters, output unknown Performance: unknown Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown Fixed armaments: beam axe, mounted on main body; 2 x 3-tube missile launcher, mounted on main body; beam shield, mounted on left forearm Optional hand armaments: beam rifle
Like most of the Jupiter Empire's mobile suits, the EMS-10 Pez Batara was a variation of the EMS-06 Batara. The Pez Batara was intended as an anti-warship mobile suit. As its name implies, though, the Pez Batara is more closely related to the Batara than the Empire's other mobile suits. Though it mounts the Batara's arms and legs, the rest of its body is different. The Pez Batara's main body mounts a set of beam generators along its centerline, allowing it to create a powerful beam axe. The preferred tactic for anti-ship combat was to ignite the beam axe, then charge bodily into the enemy battleship. However, this was the Pez Batara's only melee weapon, leaving it at a disadvantage when fighting other mobile suits. Further, the Pez Batara had a huge blind spot on either side of its body, as it would have a hard time reacting to attacks from its sides fast enough. Despite these shortcomings, the Pez Batara was commonly used by the Jupiter Empire as well as the Crossbone Vanguard, which would salvage enemy mobile suits to fill their ranks.
Pilot: Tobia Arronax Appearances: Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam; Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam: Skull Heart |
