XGF-E3 Gundnode

Model number: XGF-E3
Code name: Gundnode
Unit type: unpiloted GUND-BIT mobile suit
Manufacturer: Shin Sei Development Corporation
Operator: civilians
First deployment: A.S. 122
Accommodation: none
Dimensions: head height 18.9 meters
Weight: max gross weight 44.1 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Shell Unit; optional armor pack, features amplifier Shell Unit
Fixed armaments: 2 x beam blade, generated by forearm hand guard
Optional fixed armaments: 4 x beam saber, mounted on armor pack
Optional hand armaments: beam rev rifle
Remote weapons: 4 x GUND-BIT, mounted on armor pack

The XGF-E3 Gundnode was an unpiloted GUND-BIT mobile suit developed by the Shin Sei Development Corporation. The Gundnodes were designed by Prospera Mercury to work in conjunction with the XVX-016RN Gundam Aerial Rebuild by expanding its data storm. The Aerial Rebuild was the centerpiece of Prospera’s plan to use the superweapon Quiet Zero to create a massive data storm and assume control of all systems using Permet links. This elaborate plan was intended to create a peaceful world for Prospera’s deceased daughter Eri Samaya, whose consciousness was preserved within the Aerial Rebuild. The Gundnodes were armed with beam blades and a beam bev rifle, but they could also equip an armor pack with four beam sabers and four GUND-BITs. The Space Assembly League mobilized a fleet to destroy Quiet Zero, but its mobile suits were immobilized by the data storm that had already been initiated by the Aerial Rebuild and boosted by the Gundnodes. Destroying Gundnode units had the effect of decreasing the range of the Aerial Rebuild’s data storm.

First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
Original mechanical designer: Kanetake Ebikawa

Beam rev rifle

Head

Rear view (Mobile suit)

Underside view (Equipped with mobile armor attachment)