RPI-V4L Gareth

Initially, the IFX-V301 Gawain was little more than a showpiece model, an experiment never truly intended for combat. However, following its theft by Zero and his subsequent use of the Gawain to dominate the battlefield of Area 11, Britannia’s engineers reconsidered the unusual design. Over a year after the Gawain’s theft, a scaled-down mass production model was developed and put into production. The new machine, called the RPI-V4L Gareth, was designed as a long-range fighter in similar fashion to the Gawain. Instead of hands, it mounted hadron guns in pincer-like units modeled on the Gawain’s shoulders. Though weaker than full-scale hadron cannons, these weapons were still incredibly effective, and could be charged to fire high-power beams like the Gawain. To supplement this energy-draining weapon, the Gareth was also armed with a pair of machine cannons and a set of missile launchers on its chest and legs, as well as hip-mounted slash harkens. The initial three Gareths were given to the surviving Glaston Knights; however, by the time they proved the effectiveness of the unit, Zero (now going by his real name, Lelouch vi Britannia) had usurped the Britannian throne, and thus most of the Gareths produced would be used by his forces.