UGY-R38 Spinner Rodi

Model number: UGY-R38
Code name: Spinner Rodi
Unit type: mass production general purpose mobile suit
Manufacturer: unknown
Operator: civilians
Rollout: unknown
First deployment: unknown
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso
Dimensions: overall height 18.5 meters
Weight: empty 41.3 metric tons; max gross weight unknown
Armor materials: nanolaminate armor on Rodi Frame
Powerplant: Ahab reactor, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: Ahab thrusters: total output unknown
Performance: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; 2 x 4-tube anchor pod, mounted in legs
Fixed armaments: none
Optional hand armaments: boost hammer, rifle, includes grenade launcher

The UGY-R38 Spinner Rodi was a general purpose mobile suit constructed on the Rodi Frame. Spinner Rodis were used for civilian purposes, including colony construction and other work. The Spinner Rodi featured a large backpack with multiple thrusters for maneuvering inside a colony or in space. It was also equipped with 4-tube anchor pods on each of its legs. The Spinner Rodi could be armed for combat and carried a rifle with a built-in grenade launcher and a boost hammer. In P.D. 323, Dort Company workers organized into an armed rebellion in the Dort colonies to protest their mistreatment by the company. However, having anticipated the uprising, Gjallarhorn preemptively sabotaged the workers’ seized Spinner Rodis by removing most of their fuel and making their rifles nonfunctional. This made the Spinner Rodis easy targets for a one-sided slaughter, until Tekkadan intervened in the battle.

Pilot: Amida Arca
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
Original mechanical designer: Ippei Gyoubu

Boost hammer

Cockpit hatch

Head

Rear view

Rifle

Rodi Frame