GNW-001/hs-T01 Gundam Throne Eins Turbulenz

Model number: GNW-001/hs-T01
Code name: Gundam Throne Eins Turbulenz
Unit type: transformable high mobility mobile suit
Manufacturer: Linear Train Industries
Operator: Celestial Being
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: AD 2308
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 27.9 meters; head height 18.6 meters; overall length 38.5 meters; overall width 37.0 meters
Weight: base weight 67.0 metric tons; max gross 139.2 metric tons
Armor materials: E-Carbon
Powerplant: 2 x GN Drive Tau, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: GN verniers, total output unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; hovering wings
Fixed armaments: 4 x GN Beam Saber, stored in racks in shoulders, hand-carried in use; 2 x GN Missile Container, mounted on back
Optional hand armaments: GN Blaster, mounts underneath main body in flight mode
Remote weapons: 2 x GN Fang container, mounted in legs, is not utilized by Throne Eins

The GNW-001 Gundam Throne Eins could utilize the hs-T01 Turbulenz equipment to achieve higher mobility and transform into a flight mode similar to the GN-003 Gundam Kyrios. Because of the differences in each Gundam Throne unit, there were plans to create Turbulenz versions for the GNW-002 Gundam Throne Zwei and GNW-003 Gundam Throne Drei, but the only one ever completed was the Throne Eins version. An additional GN Drive Tau was installed in the Turbulenz, which both extended the suit’s operating time and ensured that it had sufficient GN particles for combat after consuming a large amount of particles during high-speed travel. It also allowed the Turbulenz equipment to separate and function as an unmanned support unit once the suit reached the battlefield. It was thought that the Turbulenz equipment was designed to allow the Gundam Thrones to conduct missions independently in faraway areas. Hence, the combination of long distance travelling capability and support unit function in a single piece of equipment.

A pair of GN Beam Sabers, which were of the same model as those on the Throne Eins, were stored in each of the shoulder-mounted Turbulenz parts. The GN Blaster replaced the Throne Eins’ GN Launcher as the suit’s main weapon, and although its firepower was comparable to the latter, it could not be used as the GN High Mega Launcher. The GN Missile Containers were mounted on the mobile suit mode’s back (on the top in flight mode), and were especially effective in anti-air combat. Throne Drei’s version had the GN Missile Containers replaced by stealth field generator. The GN Fang Containers also contained the Turbulenz equipment’s main thrusters, and were only filled with GN Fangs when the equipment was used by Throne Zwei. Throne Eins’ Turbulenz equipment was only used in several combat exercises and never formally deployed.

Pilot: Johann Trinity
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam 00V
Original mechanical designer: Naohiro Washio

Extra GN Drive

GN Blaster

GN Missile Container

Rear view (Mobile suit mode)