Model number: XXXG-01SR2
Code name: Gundam Sandrock Kai
Unit type: mobile suit
Manufacturer: Instructor H (with modifications by Howard)
Operator: Gundam pilots
First deployment: AC 195
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 16.5 meters
Weight: empty 7.9 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials: gundanium alloy
Powerplant: ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2998 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 72030 kg total
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; self-destruct system; Zero System in cockpit (temporary field upgrade); optional external shoulder armor with cloak
Optional fixed armaments: shield, can be mounted on left forearm
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, fire-linked, mounted in head; 2 x heat shotel, superheated blade, stored in recharge racks on backpack, hand-carried in use

Technical and Historical Notes

Although pilot Quatre Raberba Winner had activated the self-destruct system on his XXXG-01SR Gundam Sandrock during his escape into space, the ensuing explosion had rendered the mobile suit useless - but its gundanium alloy body was still more or less intact. The Sandrock's remains were be confiscated by OZ, but later would be retrieved by members of his Maganac Corps allies and taken to their underground base in the Middle East, where it would be rebuilt and fully restored. After Quatre's return to Earth, he returned to the Maganacs to pilot his Gundam once again. But the military and political strife plaguing the Earth Sphere in AC 195 would reach a decisive conclusion in space, and Quatre returned to space with his Sandrock to join the battle. Aboard the independent battleship Peacemillion, Gundam supporter Howard would upgrade the mobile suit, giving it minor improvements for space combat.

Though the changes made to the Gundam Sandrock Kai were cosmetically minor, they would give the mobile suit the edge it needed to use its abilities against the spacebound forces of White Fang's Virgo II mobile dolls and the mobile suits of the World Nation military. The addition of several vernier thrusters made the Sandrock stable to operate in a zero-gee environment. Also, over Quatre's protests, Gundam pilot Heero Yuy also temporarily outfitted the Sandrock with a component of the XXXG-00W0 Wing Gundam Zero's infamous Zero System, allowing Quatre to coordinate the Peacemillion's mobile suit forces in a major assault against White Fang's mobile dolls.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Quatre Raberba Winner
Appearances: New Mobile Report Gundam W: Endless Waltz; New Mobile Report Gundam W: Battlefield of Pacifists; Gundam Battle Assault 2
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki

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