GN-007 Arios Gundam

Model number: GN-007
Code name: Arios Gundam
Unit type: transformable mobile suit
Manufacturer: Celestial Being
Operator: Celestial Being
Rollout: AD 2312
First deployment: AD 2312
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 19.1 meters
Weight: max gross 55.4 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 Beam Saber, stored in racks in front skirt armor, hand-carried in use; 2 x GN Submachine Gun, mounted on forearms; 2 x GN Vulcan Gun, mounted on shoulder binders, operable only in flight mode; GN Beam Shield, mounted as shoulder binders, serves as nose of flight mode, can be opened for claw-style attacks
Optional fixed armaments: see GN-007/AL Arios Gundam Ascalon; GN-007GNHW/M Arios Gundam GNHW/M; GN-007+GNR-101A Archer Arios
Optional hand armaments: GN Twin Beam Rifle, mounts underneath main body in flight mode

The GN-007 Arios Gundam served as the successor to Allelujah Haptism’s GN-003 Gundam Kyrios. The Arios Gundam’s design placed a high emphasis on speed and offered improved weapons and flight capability over the Gundam Kyrios. Because of the focus on speed, the Arios Gundam got the biggest mobility boost when using Trans-Am over its partner suits. The Arios Gundam’s head antennae featured the same GN particle control function found in the clavicle antennae of third generation Gundams. The GN Drive was located between the legs to allow sufficient supply of GN particles to the docked support suit GNR-101A GN Archer. When docked with the GN Archer, the Arios Gundam became the high mobility GN-007+GNR-101A Archer Arios.

The Arios Gundam’s main weapon was its GN Twin Beam Rifle, which had a high rate of fire and a movable upper barrel that could attack ground targets while in flight mode. It was also armed with a pair of GN Beam Sabers and arm-mounted GN Submachine Guns that were as powerful as the Gundam Kyrios’ GN Beam Submachine Gun. The Arios Gundam’s GN Beam Shield was built into its body and became the nose in flight mode. Like the Gundam Kyrios, the shield could function as a claw for pincer attacks. In AD 2312, Celestial Being conducted an armed intervention to rescue Allelujah, who had been held prisoner for four years after being captured in battle in 2308. Allelujah immediately utilized the power of his new Gundam during the prison break out. Near the end of the conflict with the Innovades, the suit was upgraded to the GN-007GNHW/M Arios Gundam GNHW/M.

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

GN Beam Saber

GN Submachine Gun

GN Twin Beam Rifle

Head

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Underside view (Flight mode)