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Model number: ZGMF-X56S/α
Code name: Force Impulse Gundam
Unit type: prototype multi-mode mobile suit
Manufacturer: Integrated Design Bureau
Operator: ZAFT (Zodiac Alliance of Freedom Treaty)
First deployment: 2 October C.E. 73
Accommodation: pilot only, in standard cockpit in torso using YFX-M56 Core Splendor
Dimensions: overall height 18.41 meters
Weight: max gross weight 78.30 metric tons
Armor materials: unknown
Powerplant: ultracompact energy battery, power output rating unknown
Propulsion: unknown
Equipment and design features: sensors, range unknown; Variable Phase Shift (VPS) armor; deuterion beam energy supply system, allows for remote recharging of energy with battleship Minerva; hardpoints for mounting Silhouette packs
Fixed armaments: 2 x MMI-GAU25A 20mm CIWS, mounted in chest; 2 x M71-AAK “Folding Razor” anti-armor knife, stored in hip armor, hand-carried in use; MMI-RG59V mobile shield, mounted on left arm; 2 x MA-M941 “Vajra” beam saber, stored on Force Silhouette pack, hand-carried in use
Optional hand armaments: MA-BAR72 high-energy beam rifle, power rating unknown
The ZGMF-X56S/α Force Impulse Gundam was the ZAFT equivalent to the Earth Alliance’s GAT-X105+AQM/E-X01 Aile Strike Gundam. The Force Silhouette pack provided the Impulse Gundam with increased mobility in space, as well as atmospheric flight on Earth. The Force Silhouette pack was stored on the Minerva‘s dedicated hangar for the Impulse Gundam and was deployed via a computer-controlled Silhouette Flyer craft. The Flyer delivered the pack to the Impulse Gundam and automatically returned to the Minerva while the Force Silhouette pack docked with the Impulse Gundam via a laser lock. The only additional armament carried by the Force Silhouette pack was a pair of beam sabers.
Pilot(s): Shinn Asuka, Lunamaria Hawke
First appearance: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED DESTINY
Original mechanical designer: Kunio Okawara
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