GNMA-0001V Regnant

Model number: GNMA-0001V
Code name: Regnant
Unit type: heavy assault transformable mobile armor
Manufacturer: Innovators
Operator: A-LAWS
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: AD 2312
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in main body
Dimensions: overall height 11.2 meters (mobile armor mode), 32.3 meters (mobile suit mode); overall length 40.2 meters (mobile armor mode), 38.5 meters (mobile suit mode); overall width 70.2 meters (mobile armor mode)
Weight: max gross 586.1 metric tons
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: GN Drive Tau, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; GN Field
Fixed armaments: 2 x anti-ship GN Sword, mounted as wings; 2 x GN Particle Cannon, mounted on forward section of mobile armor and chest of mobile suit; 8 x Egner Whip, 4 mounted on each hand, doubles as GN Beam Vulcan; 2 x GN Missile Launcher, mounted on arms; 2 x GN Vulcan Gun, mounted on mobile armor main body, shift to thighs in mobile suit mode
Remote weapons: 10 x GN Fang, stored in hands

The GNMA-0001V Regnant was a transforming mobile armor based on the prototype GNMA-Y0001 Empruss. Whereas the Empruss was a pure mobile armor, the Regnant could transform into a massive mobile suit. Because of its mobile suit mode, the Regnant was capable of fighting land battles, which the Empruss was not. The Regnant’s extensive armaments allowed it to fight multiple Gundams on its own. Its weapons included a pair of GN Particle Cannons similar to its predecessors, plus GN Micro Missiles and GN Vulcans. In mobile armor mode, the wings doubled as anti-ship GN Swords. The Regnant’s “fingers” served as GN Fangs, with each mounting a beam cannon. The GN Vulcan Guns were usable in both mobile armor/suit modes, although in mobile suit form they shifted to the thighs. The Egner Whips mounted in the palms could also double as 4-barrel GN Beam Vulcans. The Regnant’s arms also housed a pair of GN Missile Launchers.

The Innovators/Innovades intended to put the Regnant into mass production, but this plan never came into fruition. The Innovators/Innovades also worked on a slightly improved variant, the GNMA-0001V2 Regnant 2. The original unit was piloted by Louise Halevy, an artificially enhanced human and financial backer of A-LAWS who held a grudge against Celestial Being for the deaths of her parents in 2308. Louise got her revenge in 2312 when she destroyed Nena Trinity’s GNW-003 Gundam Throne Drei. During a battle with the GN-0000+GNR-010 00 Raiser, ex-boyfriend Saji Crossroad was able to get through to Louise and break her free of Ribbons Almark’s control. After the battle, the Earth Sphere Federation recovered the Regnant near the Celestial Being and attempted to study it, but the cockpit block containing the combat data was missing.

Pilot: Louise Halevy
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Original mechanical designer: Kanetake Ebikawa

Rear view (Mobile armor mode)

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)