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Model number:Â RPI-13
Code name:Â Sutherland Air
Unit type:Â modified mass production fifth generation knightmare frame
Manufacturer:Â Holy Britannia Empire
Operator:Â Holy Britannia Empire
First deployment:Â a.t.b. 2017
Accommodation:Â pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions:Â overall height 4.39 meters
Weight:Â unknown
Armor materials:Â unknown
Powerplant:Â energy filler, replaceable electrical cartridge, uses Yggdrasil drive superconductor transfer system, power output rating unknown
Equipment and design features:Â factsphere open sensor camera, range unknown, mounted in head; landspinner high-mobility propulsion system, mounted in legs; cockpit ejection system; Float system backpack, allows atmospheric flight
Fixed armaments:Â 2 x slash harken, mounted on chest; 2 x “Blaze Luminous” MSV particle shield, mounted on forearms
Optional hand armaments:Â none
The Sutherland Air was a one-off modification of the Holy Britannian Empire’s standard model RPI-13 Sutherland, though next to nothing was known about its development history or even why it was made. Presumably built by Lloyd Asplund, the Sutherland Air borrowed from his experimental Z-01 Lancelot, mounting “Blaze Luminous” energy shields and capable of using the Float system for atmospheric flight. The Sutherland Air was piloted by Lloyd’s assistant Cecilé Croomy, who used it to help chase the Order of the Black Knights out of Ashford Academy during the Black Rebellion.
Pilot: Cecilé Croomy
Note:Â custom lineart by Ashlay
Tomino has been in Brazil in 2004 for a lecture in an university, in which he talks about the history of mecha anime and a bit of his work. The VHS tape was just recovered and uploaded on Youtube.
Would anyone here be interested in a translation or a summary of it?
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