AGE-2A Gundam AGE-2 Artimes

Model number: AGE-2A
Code name: Gundam AGE-2 Artimes
Unit type: prototype transformable multi-mode mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: AG 141
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.3 meters
Weight: empty 34.2 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; AGE System; radome, mounted on Artimes long-range rifles
Fixed armaments: 2 x Artimes long-range rifle, mounted as shoulder binders; 2 x beam saber, stored in recharge rack in rear skirt armor, hand-carried in use; 2 x beam machine gun, mounted on shoulders; Artimes beam gun/saber, mounted on right forearm
Optional hand armaments: 2 x DODS cannon; can mount on beam machine guns

The AGE-2A Gundam AGE-2 Artimes was a reconnaissance mobile suit that could detect cloaked Vagan units by analyzing the changes in the movement of the cosmic dusts, but how well it did this depended greatly on the condition/state of the cosmic dusts. As a result, the system often didn’t perform that effectively. However, the AGE-2 Artimes performed superbly as a fleet’s recon machine and accomplished numerous exploits. Some of the recon role it played included target acquisition and evaluating the results of artillery attacks. It thus also had a secondary function as a frontline attack supervision suit. The shoulder-mounted Artimes long-range rifle allowed the suit to attack enemy units while keeping its distance from them. The long-range rifle also mounted a radome, and the shoulder-mounted beam machine guns could be mounted with the AGE-2DB Gundam AGE-2 Double Bullet‘s DODS rifles. As the suit often scouted around enemy areas alone, it was equipped with the Artimes beam saber that could function as a beam gun so that it could handle multiple combat situations and increase survivability.

Pilot: Asemu Asuno
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: EXA-LOG
Original mechanical designer: Kanetake Ebikawa

Beam saber