GNR-101A GN Archer

Model number: GNR-101A
Code name: GN Archer
Unit type: transformable support mobile suit for GN-007 Arios Gundam
Manufacturer: Celestial Being
Operator: Celestial Being
Rollout: AD 2312
First deployment: AD 2312
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall length 25.8 meters; overall width 11.6 meters; overall height 16.9 meters (mobile suit mode)
Weight: max gross 30.8 metric tons
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: GN Condenser, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; docking point with Arios Gundam
Fixed armaments: 2 x GN Vulcan Gun, mounted near nose, operable only in fighter mode; 16 x GN Missile, stored in launchers in side binders; 2 x GN Beam Rifle, mounted underneath main body in fighter mode, hand-carried in use in mobile suit mode
Optional hand armaments: none

The GNR-101A GN Archer was a transformable mobile suit designed to support the GN-007 Arios Gundam. The GN Archer’s concept was based on the tail booster from the GN-003 Gundam Kyrios, and its body was a modified version of the GNY-0042-874 Gundam Artemie. Because the GN Archer was based on an existing design, its transformation process was rather simple. Celestial Being mechanic Sherilyn Hyde conceived the idea of repurposing the Gundam Artemie into a support unit for the Arios Gundam. When docked, the combined GN-007+GNR-101A Archer Arios had increased speed and firepower. The GN Archer was powered by the Arios Gundam’s GN Drive when docked and could make use of Trans-Am. The GN Archer’s armaments included a pair of GN Vulcan Guns, 16 guided GN Missiles and two GN Beam Rifles. The rifles’ muzzles were larger than a normal beam rifle and could fire a beam with a broader attack area. However, the rifles’ purpose was to protect friendly units rather than attack enemy units. That suited the desires of pilot Soma Peries, who used the GN Archer in a support capacity beginning with A-LAWS’ attack on the African orbital elevator in 2312, which was later known as the Break Pillar incident.

Pilot: Soma Peries (aka Marie Parfacy)
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Original mechanical designer: Takayuki Yanase

GN Beam Rifle

Head

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)

Rear view (Fighter mode)