GNMA-04B11 Trilobite

Model number: GNMA-04B11
Code name: Trilobite
Unit type: transformable underwater combat mobile armor
Manufacturer: Union Arsenal
Operator: A-LAWS
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: AD 2312
Accommodation: one pilot and one gunner in cockpit in main body
Dimensions: overall height 6.1 meters; overall length 62.2 meters; overall width 20.5 meters
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: 3 x GN Drive Tau, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown
Fixed armaments: 2 x claw arm, mounted on main body, each arm includes 6 x small GN torpedo; linear spear, mounted on front of main body; 24 x large GN torpedo, stored in ports in rear weapons container; chain mine worm, stored in main body; many x chemical jelly bombs, stored in ports in rear weapons container; many x anti-vessel/land missiles, stored in ports on main body

The GNMA-04B11 Trilobite was an underwater mobile armor developed by Union Arsenal for the Earth Sphere Federation’s A-LAWS. Thanks to its Union design heritage, the Trilobite’s head used sensors from the Flag mobile suit series. Designed for two pilots, the cockpit included a residential block for long trips. The Trilobite’s rear section was a weapons container, and to reduce water resistance while cruising, the arm units were retracted while the container is in its contracted state. During combat, the arms were extended while the weapons container split apart. The Trilobite’s armaments were all physical due to the reduced underwater power of beam weapons. Its nose functioned as a linear spear for ramming attacks. The claw arms mounted 12 small GN torpedoes, but they could also be used for underwater work. The main body and weapons container housed multiple armaments, including the chain mine worm, a bomb that entangled enemy units or propellers, anti-vessel/land missiles, large GN torpedoes and chemical jelly bombs, which solidified on impact. The Trilobite made its combat debut in 2312 in a battle against the reconstituted Celestial Being in the Strait of Hormuz, but it was destroyed by the organization’s new Gundams.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Original mechanical designer: Hitoshi Fukuchi

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