RX-80RR Red Rider

Model number: RX-80RR
Code name: Red Rider
Unit type: prototype mobile suit
Manufacturer: Earth Federation Forces
Operator: Earth Federation Forces
Rollout: UC 0079
First deployment: UC 0079
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: head height 18.0 meters
Weight: unknown
Armor materials: Luna Titanium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: total output unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; ARES System, Rymm-Va shock resuscitation program; optional wearable armor
Fixed armaments: 2 x vulcan gun, mounted on sides of head; beam saber, stored in recharge rack in left skirt armor, hand-carried in use; 2 x missile pod, mounted in legs
Optional hand armaments: Zweihänder; 90mm bullpup machine gun; 100mm machine gun; 180mm cannon; shield, mounted on forearm

The RX-80RR Red Rider was one of three prototype mobile suits from the Pale Rider Project, which also included the RX-80BR Black Rider and RX-80WR White Rider. The Red Rider was created to gather data for the development of the RX-80PR Pale Rider. The Red Rider was equipped with ARES, an experimental system that served as a precursor to the Pale Rider’s HADES (Hyper Animosity Detect Estimate System). By activating ARES, the Red Rider’s limiters were removed, which could improve performance by 150 percent for up to 300 seconds. However, the increased performance placed incredible strain on the pilot’s body and could be fatal. To counteract this, the Red Rider was also equipped with the Rymm-Va shock resuscitation program that automatically activated if the pilot’s heart stopped beating. The Red Rider was also capable of mounting the wearable armor used by the RGM-79FP GM Striker. Its main armament was the Zweihänder, a swingable handheld shield that incorporated a large beam saber. Additional armaments included vulcan guns, a beam saber, a shield, two leg missile pods, a bullpup machine gun, a 100mm machine gun and a 180mm cannon. The Red Rider was piloted by Chase Skullgard, a member of an EFF aggressor unit comprised of Zeon defectors.

Pilot: Chase Skullgard
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam Aggressor

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