Model
number: AMX-104 Code name: R-Jarja Unit type: prototype knight custom mobile suit Manufacturer: Neo Zeon Operator: Neo Zeon First deployment: UC 0088 Accommodation: pilot in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit
in torso Dimensions: overall height 23.55 meters; head height 20.0
meters Weight: empty 36.4 metric tons; max gross 67.5 metric tons;
mass ratio 1.63 Armor materials: gundarium alloy Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor,
output rated at 2320 kW Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 16200 kg, 5 x 11200 kg;
vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 18 Performance: maximum thruster acceleration 1.07 G Equipment and design features: sensors, range 13700 meters Fixed armaments: beam saber, power rated at 0.72 MW,
stored in recharge rack on left hip armor, hand-carried in use;
2 x 3-tube missile pod, mounted in shoulders; 2 x flexible shield (uses AMS-05M medium missile),
mounted on shoulders Optional hand armaments: beam rifle, power rated at 3.1
MW, powered by rechargeable energy cap, with removable heat sword
Technical
and Historical Notes
One of many
new prototype mobile suits developed by Neo Zeon during the
First Neo Zeon War, the AMX-104 R-Jarja's form was inspired
by the old Principality of Zeon's YMS-15
Gyan from the One Year War. Like the Gyan,
the R-Jarja was designed primarily for melee combat, and was
armed with a large hand-carried beam sword and a removable heat
saber mounted like a bayonet on its beam rifle. Two sets of
missile launchers in the shoulders rounded out its armament,
but the R-Jarja featured a rather unique defensive feature.
This feature was the pair of "flexible shields" mounted on its
shoulders, which could be flipped to provide additional armor
protection to either the front or rear of the R-Jarja. Initially
a single prototype that was intended for later mass production,
the R-Jarja never made it past the experimental stage, with
one completed unit operated by ace pilot Chara Soon.