RX-9/A Narrative Gundam A-Packs

Model number: RX-9/A
Code name: Narrative Gundam A-Packs
Unit type: multipurpose test mobile suit
Manufacturer(s): Anaheim Electronics; Luio & Co.
Operator(s): Luio & Co.; Earth Federation Forces
First deployment: UC 0097
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit using Core Block System
Dimensions: overall height 27.0 meters
Weight: empty 88.0 metric tons; max gross 193.6 metric tons
Armor materials: Gundarium alloy
Powerplant: Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 5,070 kW
Propulsion: rocket thrusters: 304,000 kg total (with large boosters), 209,600 kg total (without large boosters)
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range 20,240 meters; NT-D (Newtype Destroyer) System
Fixed armaments: 2 x 60mm vulcan gun, mounted in head
Optional fixed armaments: high mega cannon, mounted in forward section of A-Packs; 2 x psycho capture unit, mounted on forward section of A-Packs; 2 x large beam saber, mounted on tip of psycho capture unit; 6 x 5-tube medium missile pod, mounted on main body of A-Packs; 2 x beam saber
Optional hand armaments: none

The RX-9/A Narrative Gundam A-Packs was a special equipment version of the RX-9 Narrative Gundam designed to capture the runaway RX-0 Unicorn Gundam 03 Phenex. Due to the Narrative Gundam lacking any armaments beyond basic vulcan guns, the rest of its weapons in that mobile armor-like configuration were part of the A-Packs parts. The A-Packs were equipped with four external large boosters, allowing it to nearly match the speed of the Phenex. It was also equipped with a pair of psycho capture units that could trap the Phenex by interfering with its psycho waves and immobilizing it in an energy field. Its armaments included a pair of beam sabers, a high mega cannon, two large beam sabers and six 5-tube missile pods. In UC 0097, pilot Jona Basta was deployed in the Narrative Gundam A-Packs to engage the Phenex in Side 4’s shoal zone. The A-Packs equipment was damaged during the course of the battle, and some of it was subjected to a strange effect of the Phenex’s psycho waves where it reverted to a state prior to its assembly. Due to the Phenex being piloted by Jona’s friend Rita Bernal, he hesitated to fire the high mega cannon and allowed the target to escape. For its next mission, the suit was reconfigured as the RX-9/B Narrative Gundam B-Packs.

Pilot: Jona Basta
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam Narrative
Original mechanical designer: Hajime Katoki

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