Mobile Armor

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History

The Mobile Suit demonstrated its superiority during war with its high versatility. When local warfare became more diverse, situations arose to which this general-purpose weapon could not adapt. Aside from the adaptation of general-purpose machines for local warfare (so-called MSV), the development of new support weapons was also proposed as a solution.

At this point, the mobile armor plan considered before the outbreak of war resurfaced. The mobile armor is a large mobile weapon that is not limited to humanoid form, and the first prototype machine was a high-speed space boat equipped with a manipulators and a powered-down mega particle cannon. At the time, due to a strong desire for versatility and working capabilities, the mobile armor plan was defeated by the mobile suit plan. But as the war situation changed, it was reconsidered once more.

Another factor in the birth of the mobile armor was the existence of the psycommu system. This system was a man-machine interface developed by the Newtype research institute known as the Flanagan Agency. Simply explained, it allows machines to read human thoughts and transmit them to other terminal machines. Direct control via brainwaves made for extremely high transmission speeds, but because the system itself was very large, it could not be installed in a mobile suit.

After the completion of the space combat mobile armor known as the MA-05 Bigro, the psycommu-equipped MAN-03 Braw Bro was developed. While it remained in the category of a test machine, it was equipped with four wired mega particle cannons, and although it normally required a crew of three people all its cannons could be operated by a single Newtype pilot using a psycommu system.

Further psycommu research produced an unexpected byproduct in the form of reactive waves (psycho-waves) that were entirely unaffected by Minovsky particles. These could be detected in people with high Newtype abilities, and a new mobile armor was developed in order to apply their power to wireless weapons. This was the MAN-08 Elmeth, a Newtype machine equipped with unmanned combat pods known as bits. Ultracompact nuclear fusion reactors were installed in these bits, enabling them to fly at high speeds and attack with mega particle cannons.

The MSN-02 Zeong was developed in order to equip a mobile suit with this psycommu system. Naturally its body was enlarged, but its offensive capabilities were tremendous.

Other machines also appeared, such as the underwater MAM-07 Grabro and the MA-08 Big Zam that was equipped with anti-beam deflection field generators for fortress defense. But in the final stage of the war, the Principality forces no longer retained their mass production capabilities, and they also lacked the pilots necessary for Newtype machines. A handful of prototype machines entered combat one after another without adequate training flights, only to be shot down by the Federation Forces' RX-78 Gundam.

Credit

• adapted from: [[1]]