GN-003 Gundam Kyrios

Model number: GN-003
Code name: Gundam Kyrios
Unit type: transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Celestial Being
Operator: Celestial Being
Rollout: AD 2302
First deployment: AD 2307
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.9 meters
Weight: max gross 54.8 metric tons
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: GN Drive, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Trans-Am System; optical camouflage; communication jamming
Fixed armaments: 2 x GN Vulcan Gun, mounted on main body near cockpit, operable only in flight mode; 2 x GN Beam Saber, stored in racks on rear waist, hand-carried in use
Optional fixed armaments: tail unit, mounts 14 x GN Missile; tail booster, mounts 18 x GN Bomb, 2 x GN Cannon; see GN-003/af-G02 Gundam Kyrios Gust
Optional hand armaments: GN Beam Submachine gun; 2 x GN Hand Missile Launcher, mounts 9 missiles; GN Shield, mounted on left arm in both modes, can be used as claw

The GN-003 Gundam Kyrios was a third generation transforming mobile suit based on the earlier GNY-003 Gundam Abulhool. Unlike its predecessor’s crude transformation, the Gundam Kyrios could fully switch between its mobile suit and flight modes. As an air attack unit, the transformed Gundam Kyrios had more maneuverability than the latest transforming Union and AEU suits due to the properties of GN particles. The use of GN particles helped with the suit’s transformation ability, whereas Union and AEU suits relied more on the pilot’s skill. In its flight mode, the Gundam Kyrios could carry a tail unit or tail booster, depending on the mission. The Gundam’s main weapon was a GN Beam Submachine Gun, which was designed to maintain accuracy even under high speed movement. Its power was slightly weaker than the rifles used by other Gundams, but it compensated for this weakness with a high firing rate.

The suit was also equipped with a pair of GN Beam Sabers and could optionally carry a hand missile unit with nine GN Missiles. The GN Shield was slimmer than other shields to be more aerodynamic and could be used as a claw for pincer attacks. Like the other Gundams, the Gundam Kyrios could use the Trans-Am System and release highly compressed GN particles for increased speed and combat capability. The Gundam Kyrios’ Meister was Allelujah Haptism, a survivor of the Human Reform League’s illegal super soldier experiments. When exposed to quantum brain waves, the split personality Hallelujah and his murderous streak took over. In 2308, the Gundam Kyrios was heavily damaged while fighting a team from the United Nations. Allelujah was able to eject the GN Drive and ensure its safe return to Celestial Being, but both he and the Gundam were captured by the HRL, which studied the captured mobile suit in an attempt to reverse engineer its many secrets. The Gundam Kyrios’ role was continued by its successor, the GN-007 Arios Gundam, piloted by Allelujah after he was rescued from prison in 2312.

Pilot: Allelujah Haptism
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Original mechanical designer: Takayuki Yanase

Cockpit hatch

GN Beam Submachine Gun

GN Shield

Head

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Rear view (Flight mode)