FXA-08GB[Bst] Core Booster

	Standard version	Extended version

Model number: FF-08GB[Bst]
Code name: Core Booster
Unit type: fighter
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0088
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit canopy style cockpit
Dimensions: overall length 16.03 meters
Wingspan: 14.76 meters
Weight: empty weight unknown; max gross 27.25 metric tons
Armor materials: gundarium γ alloy composite
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 2 x 267500 kg
Performance: maximum thruster acceleration: 19.63 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 6 x hardpoint; movable frame base mount
Fixed armaments: 4 x missile launcher
Optional fixed armaments: 2 x beam cannon, power rating unknown

Despite its high performance as an aerospace fighter, the small fuselage of the FXA-08GB G-Core gives it very limited armament and propellant space. To address these problems, the booster units used by the MSA-0011[Ext] Ex-S Gundam can be connected to the G-Core to form a Core Booster similar to the original FF-X7-Bst Core Booster introduced in the One Year War. The standard version of the Core Booster can be used both within and outside the atmosphere. The utility space in the front half of the booster unit, which normally holds propellant tanks, is instead used for an adapter unit that includes landing skids and downward-pointing vertical wings. The main wings attached to the sides of the booster unit have a total of six hardpoints for missiles and optional equipment, and beam weapons can be installed on the movable frame mounts on top of the booster. The main wings can be removed to create a version exclusively for space use. The space version can also be equipped with extended propellant tanks, enabling the Core Booster to carry out longer missions. This last version was developed mainly for attacks on the Axis asteroid far outside Earth orbit.

Appearances: Gundam Sentinel
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki