ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos (1st Form)

Model number: ASW-G-08
Code name: Gundam Barbatos (1st Form)
Unit type: general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: Gjallarhorn
Operator(s): CGS (Chryse Guard Security); Tekkadan
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso using Alaya-Vijnana System
Dimensions: overall height 18.0 meters
Weight: empty 28.5 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials: nanolaminate armor on Gundam Frame
Powerplant: 2 x Ahab reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: Ahab thrusters: total output unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Alaya-Vijnana System, interfaces directly with pilot’s spinal cord implants; 2 x sub-arm, mounted on backpack
Fixed armaments: gauntlet, mounted on left forearm
Optional hand armaments: mace

More than 300 years ago, Gjallarhorn created 72 Gundam Frames in an effort to fight off the existential threat of unmanned mobile armors during the Calamity War. Compared to standard mobile suits, these high performance machines each mounted two Ahab reactors. The Gundams also utilized the Alaya-Vijnana system, a man-machine interface in which plugs from the cockpit would connect to spinal cord implants protruding from the pilot’s back. This system allowed data to flow both ways between the Gundam and the pilot’s brain, and it also allowed for human-like movement. However, exceeding the system’s safety limits could permanently injure the pilot’s body. The names and model numbers of all the Gundams corresponded to the names and ranks of demons from the Lesser Key of Solomon. The ASW-G-08 Gundam Barbatos was named after the demon Duke Barbatos.

At some point prior to P.D. 323, the abandoned Gundam Barbatos was found in the Martian desert by Maruba Arkay, president of Chryse Guard Security. In its deteriorated state, the Gundam Barbatos mounted a gauntlet on its left forearm and was missing its shoulder armor and cockpit block. To correct the latter deficiency, an Alaya-Vijnana compatible cockpit from a TK-53 CGS Mobile Worker was installed. Instead of combat, Arkay used the Gundam Barbatos to power the CGS base. In P.D. 323, CGS took on a new job to transport Kudelia Aina Bernstein to Earth, which resulted in an attack by Gjallarhorn. Young Mobile Worker pilot Mikazuki Augus, who uncommonly possessed three Alaya-Vijnana implants, was chosen to pilot the Gundam Barbatos into battle. In this form, the suit’s armaments were limited to the gauntlet and a mace. Mikazuki successfully fought off several EB-06 Graze Standard Types, and the shoulder armor from one of these suits was used to upgrade the Gundam Barbatos to its 2nd Form.

Pilot: Mikazuki Augus
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Original mechanical designer: Naohiro Washio

Cockpit

Cockpit screens

Gundam Frame

Rear view

Sub-arm