FXA-05D G-Defenser

Model number: FXA-05D
Code name: G-Defenser
Unit type: fighter and RX-178 Gundam Mark II exclusive use transformable armor booster
Manufacturer: Anaheim Electronics
Operator: AEUG (Anti-Earth Union Group)
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard canopy-style cockpit in separatable cockpit capsule
Dimensions: G-Defenser: overall length 39.5 meters, body length 27.5 meters, wingspan 27.1 meters; cockpit capsule: overall length 11.1 meters, wingspan 5.4 meters
Weight: G-Defenser: empty weight 24.7 metric tons, max gross 60.3 metric tons, mass ratio 2.44; cockpit capsule: full weight 20.4 metric tons
Armor materials: gundarium alloy armor hull
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactors, output rating unknown
Propulsion: G-Defenser: 2 x 42400 kg rocket thrusters; cockpit capsule: 14000 kg and 2 x 8400 kg rocket thrusters
Performance: G-Defenser: maximum thruster acceleration 1.41 G; cockpit capsule: maximum thruster acceleration 1.51 G
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x 14-tube missile pod, mounted in binders on main body; long beam rifle, mounted on main body; 2 x mini laser gun fire-linked, power rated at 1.7 MW each, mounted in nose of cockpit capsule; 4 x vulcan gun, mounted in pairs in missile pod binders, each pair fire-linked

Early during the Gryps Conflict, the AEUG's newly-captured RX-178 Gundam Mark II mobile suit is soon outclassed by new transformable mobile suits/mobile armor being developed by their Titans enemies. Although fairly impressive for its innovative new "movable frame" construction, the Mark II soon finds itself left behind in terms of mobility, armor and firepower. To compensate for these shortcomings, Anaheim Electronics develops a new weapons platform to enhance the Mark II's performance. Called the FXA-05D G-Defenser, this new space fighter-like unit is capable of docking with the Mark II into the more powerful RX-178+FXA-05D Super Gundam. Control of the G-Defenser's main body and weapons are transferred to the Mark II's pilot, while the G-Defenser's cockpit is detached from its main body, allowing the G-Defenser to continue operating in the field in a Core Fighter-like unit. Only one G-Defenser unit is constructed and is placed in the hands of feisty AEUG pilot Katz Kobayashi. The G-Defenser and its Core Fighter are both destroyed at the end of the Gryps Conflict in early UC 0088, but Anaheim eventually develops a replacement vehicle to assist the Mark II: the FXA-08R Mega Rider.

Pilot(s): Katz Kobayashi, Fa Yuiry
Appearances: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam; Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam (manga)

Cockpit capsule
Missile pod