AMX-004 Qubeley

General and Technical Data

Model number: AMX-004
Code name: Qubeley
Unit type: prototype Newtype use mobile suit
Manufacturer: Axis Zeon
Operator: Axis Zeon/Neo Zeon
First deployment: UC 0087
Accommodation: pilot only, in panoramic monitor/linear seat cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.9 meters; head height 18.4 meters
Weight: empty 35.2 metric tons; max gross 57.2 metric tons; mass ratio 1.41
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 1,820 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 61,600 kg total (2 x 30,800 kg); vernier thrusters/apogee motors: 12
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 10,900 meters; psycommu system
Fixed armaments: 2 x beam gun/saber, mounted in forearms in beam launcher mode, hand-carried in beam saber mode
Optional hand armaments: none
Remote weapons: 10 x funnel (mounts beam gun, power rated at 1.3 MW), stored in tail binder

Technical and Historical Notes

A next generation mobile suit development of the Principality of Zeon’s MAN-08 Elmeth mobile armor, the AMX-004 Qubeley was designed and built by Axis Zeon military leader Haman Karn for her personal use. In addition to featuring a large set of wing binders on its shoulders to assist in AMBAC (Active Mass Balance AutoControl), it carried a pair of dual purpose beam guns/sabers for close combat and a tail binder containing a set of funnels (a smaller and cheaper version of the Elmeth’s bits). These small remote weapons, while still armed with a beam gun and thrusters for movement, were powered by an energy cap system which required recharging aboard the Qubeley after a certain amount of time. Controlled by a Newtype pilot’s thoughts via the psycommu system, the funnels turned the Qubeley into a truly deadly unit, capable of attacking enemies from beyond visual range. The Qubeley remained Haman’s personal mobile suit throughout the Gryps War and the First Neo Zeon War, with its design serving as the basis for the later AMX-004G Qubeley Mass Production Type. At the conclusion of the First Neo Zeon War in early UC 0089, Haman was defeated in battle by AEUG pilot Judau Ashta’s MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam. However, rather than accept defeat, she instead opted to kill herself, bringing an end to the first of several Neo Zeon movements.

Miscellaneous Information

Pilot: Haman Karn
First appearance: Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Original mechanical designer: Mamoru Nagano

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