YFX-M56 Core Splendor


General and Technical Data

Model number: YFX-M56
Code name:
Core Splendor
Unit type:
fighter for use as cockpit of ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam
Manufacturer: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
Operator: ZAFT
First deployment: 2 October C.E. 73
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 5.67 meters; overall height unknown
Wingspan: unknown
Weight: max gross 3.02 metric tons
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; laser lock system for docking with Chest Flyer and Leg Flyer
Fixed armaments: 2 x
MMI-GAU19 20mm machine gun, mounted on main body; 2 x QF908 air missile launcher (AGM33 "Ladybird" guided missiles), detachable, mounted underneath wings

Technical and Historical Notes

The YFX-M56 Core Splendor is a light fighter craft that also doubles as the cockpit for the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam. The Core Splendor, which has its own dedicated launch hangar aboard the battleship Minerva, launches and docks with the Chest Flyer and Leg Flyer via laser lock to form a complete mobile suit. As a light craft, the Core Splendor is armed with two machine guns and two missile launchers. When the Core Splendor transforms into the Impulse Gundam, the missile launchers detach and automatically return to the Minerva.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Shinn Asuka
Appearances: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
; Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY ASTRAY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara


Lineart

Core Splendor transformed for docking